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Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition vs HARPOON 3 - ADVANCED NAVAL WARFARE

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General Fear

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Mar 18, 2008, 7:19:47 AM3/18/08
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Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition vs HARPOON 3 - ADVANCED
NAVAL WARFARE


Matrix games has 2 Harpoon games for sale. Which is better. Which has
the potential of finding most opponents?

HermanH

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Mar 18, 2008, 10:55:53 PM3/18/08
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If your primary interest is with the multi-player function, your only
choice is ANW. HCE is only for solitaire play.

I have both and play them both, equally. Please elaborate on what you
are looking for if you wish to compare the versions.

i.e. Big scenarios with hundreds of units?
Design your own scenarios and databases?

General Fear

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Mar 20, 2008, 12:01:35 AM3/20/08
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Thanks for the response. I was leaning ANW. I believe that I read
somewhere that many players have created scenarios for ANW which means
great reply value. Also there is the possibility of players others
over the Net with ANW.

Basically, I was looking for a reason why HCE might be better. I
thought that someone might say that HCE is ANW only better. Apparently
not.

HermanH

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Mar 20, 2008, 12:56:54 AM3/20/08
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On Mar 19, 9:01 pm, General Fear <richma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response. I was leaning ANW. I believe that I read
> somewhere that many players have created scenarios for ANW which means
> great reply value. Also there is the possibility of players others
> over the Net with ANW.
>
> Basically, I was looking for a reason why HCE might be better. I
> thought that someone might say that HCE is ANW only better. Apparently
> not.

There are hundreds of user-created scenarios for both versions. In
fact, the Harpoon Classic line of games has over a 1,000 third-party
scenarios. The Harpoon3 and ANW version has hundreds, as well.

Try out the demos and see for yourself.

ANW:
ftp://ftp.matrixgames.com/pub/Harpoon3ANW/Harpoon_3_Gouge_Demo_1.exe

Also, you might want to check out the list of "* Known Harpoon [ANW]
Issues" to see if the current level of performance is up to your
expectations.
http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42076

There is no Harpoon Commander's Edition demo, yet. Demos of older
versions are available at:

http://www.harpoonpages.com/harpoon1.htm

The current list of defects:
http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showforum=46

They won't show exactly the same thing as HCE, but they will give
users an honest feel for the game.

Both games are similar, yet different in implementation of naval
warfare simulation. Kind of like American Football and Canadian
Football, Squash and Racquetball, ...

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