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From: hirai@cs.swarthmore.edu (Eiji Hirai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: War Games
Summary: critique of SSG games
Message-ID: <8M6VS7@cs.swarthmore.edu>
Date: 2 Jan 91 00:26:14 GMT
References: <1990Dec31.232505.27769@svc.portal.com> <1991Jan1.212346.8052@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Organization: Medieval Metaphysics Dept., Miskatonic U., Arkham, MA
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[ discussion of SSG's Halls of Montezuma and Panzer Battles games ]

I began to hate the Battlefront games because you couldn't tell the
individual units to go where you wanted them to go.  Many times, the
computer would move units in the most idiotic places, places which any sane
division commander wouldn't go to.  Furthermore, you're limited in where you
can go.  If I want an army corp to take one road instead of the other, you
have to give up since it's impossible.  They just take the minimum distance
route.  Whatever happened to devious flanking of the enemy positions?  Oh
well.  I felt like the computer was playing the game, not me.  I felt like a
bystander.

sharp@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) writes:
> the latest version of HOM/PB is 1.2, it speeds
> things up again.

That was another reason why I began to hate the Battlefront games (version
1.2).  The computer takes sooo long to make its moves that it was
excruciating.  I found that most of the time I plunged into the game was
spent in waiting for the computer to finish its moves.  That's not a very
fun way to spend your time.

sharp@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) writes:
> moose@svc.portal.com writes:
> >I have also heard that Battles of the American Civil War is out,
> 
>     I was chatting with SSG a few days ago. Civil War is not due out
> until the end of this month.

Is their Decisive Battles systems any better than their Battlefront system?
Does it let you move your units the way you want them to?

I'd love to see a game with the graphics and details of SSG games without
the stupid restraint of computerized unit movements.  Any leads anyone?

-- 
Eiji Hirai @ Mathematics Dept., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397
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