Newbie: Best war games ?
Rich
Which are the best games in the following categories
1.) Air warfare
2.) Naval warfare
3.) Grand Strategy army game.
4.) Tactical level army game.
5.) Which wargame is most actively played over the Net against other wargamers.
Michael A. Oberly
>I know that this can be a loaded question but . . .
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>Which are the best games in the following categories
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>1.) Air warfare
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As far as flight sims go,currently probably one of the IL2 games.Or
perhaps one of the Microsoft Combat Sim versions.Strategic
games,probably Bombing the Reich or maybe the upcoming Down in
Flames,which is a boardgame port.
>2.) Naval warfare
Who knows,but I'm looking forward to Koger's Russo/Japanese game.
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>3.) Grand Strategy army game.
Not a lot of choices,but I like Strategic Command,released by
Battlefront.SC2 is coming in the near future.
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>4.) Tactical level army game.
There's really no contest for tactical level WW2 combat--the various
Combat Mission games are far ahead of any competition.
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>5.) Which wargame is most actively played over the Net against other wargamers.
Who knows?My guess would be the various Combat Mission games.The email
play is great,and the TCP is maybe even better.
Eddy Sterckx
> I know that this can be a loaded question but . . .
Really ? :)
> Which are the best games in the following categories
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> 1.) Air warfare
Managing it (Battle of Britain) or flight simulator (IL-2 Sturmovik)
> 2.) Naval warfare
Anxiously awaiting Norm Koger's Russo-Japanese war ...
> 3.) Grand Strategy army game.
Strategic Command (watch out for World at War and Strategic Command 2)
A certain "HR" individual is going to come in here and say that Third
Reich is the best ever made, but that's just to trap you into playing
3R with him :)
All joking aside 3R is excellent, but only vs. a human player.
> 4.) Tactical level army game.
Combat Mission, if you're looking for a company/battalion/regiment
level game : Highway to the Reich.
> 5.) Which wargame is most actively played over the Net against other wargamers.
Probably the Steel Panthers games, TOAW comes to mind too as does
Strategic Command.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Giftzwerg
rich...@earthlink.net says...
> I know that this can be a loaded question but . . .
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> Which are the best games in the following categories
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> 1.) Air warfare
IL2
> 2.) Naval warfare
HARPOON 97
> 3.) Grand Strategy army game.
STRATEGIC COMMAND
> 4.) Tactical level army game.
HIGHWAY TO THE REICH
> 5.) Which wargame is most actively played over the Net against other wargamers.
STARFLEET COMMAND: ORION PIRATES
--
Giftzwerg
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is all we need to know."
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Hermann
Unlike Strategic Command? ;)
Hermann
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> 2.) Naval warfare
Second Giftwerg's suggestion of Harpoon on both items. If you meant airsim,
I have to go with Wings, if just for the pure joy of playing it.
> 3.) Grand Strategy army game.
Europa Universalis II. Personally, I much prefer Victoria - an Empire under
the Sun, but I'm in minority. If PvP is an option, then Third Reich PC.
If historical realism is not a strict requirement, then Rome: Total War.
However, neither the strategical nor tactical view are excellent on its own,
rather it's the combination. If Pvp is an option, then Diplomacy.
> 4.) Tactical level army game.
Combat Mission, most likely.
> 5.) Which wargame is most actively played over the Net against other
> wargamers.
No idea, but I know there's a _huge_ Diplomacy fan base.
kpacera
> Which are the best games in the following categories
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> 1.) Air warfare
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> 2.) Naval warfare
>
> 3.) Grand Strategy army game.
>
> 4.) Tactical level army game.
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> 5.) Which wargame is most actively played over the Net against other wargamers.
You could give Gary Grigsby's old monster PacWar a try, it has air,
naval and ground aspects, but it's more of an operational level game.
Matrix has it at:
http://www.matrixgames.com/games/pacificwar/
While you're at the Matrix site you might want to look at War in the
Pacific (http://www.warinthepacific.net/main.asp) if PacWar interests
you (personally both are beyond my tolerance level <g>), but since
PacWar is free I think, it might be worth a shot. War in the Pacific
on the other hand requires you to take out a second mortg . . . never
mind <g>
Also for a great modern day tactical game check out TacOps 4, located
at:
http://www.battlefront.com/index.htm
There's plenty of other wargames at the Battlefront site as well. Also
consider stopping by:
They also publish some fine games. Another game worth looking at is
Peoples Tactics at:
http://www.peoplestactics.com/
Not only is it free, but it's a damn fine wargame.
Ken
Giftzwerg
alau...@nomailherefolks.com says...
> >STARFLEET COMMAND: ORION PIRATES
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> Whoa.... I'm surprised to hear you say that. You mean Dynaverse2?
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> I really wanted to get my SFC:OP fix once again, but -- since the
> Taldren forums are gone -- I can't find where all those D2 folks are
> hanging out.
>
> Any leads?
I think they've pretty much moved on to D3. Try
www.starfleetuniverse.com or www.dynaverse.net.
YMMV. I didn't like SC3 all that much, so I more or less faded from
the scene after Taldren started up D3. I'd hope that somebody was still
running D2, though.
--
Giftzwerg
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no longer inscrutable. The bad news is that it is now
indefensible."
- The New Republic
Eddy Sterckx
@newsc.telia.net:
>> All joking aside 3R is excellent, but only vs. a human player.
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> Unlike Strategic Command? ;)
LOL - you're right of course - but I would argue that SC has a very good
tactical AI and a not too bad strategic AI where the AI in 3R is mediocre
overall
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Martin Rapier
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>> 4.) Tactical level army game.
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> Combat Mission, most likely.
Or Close Combat.
For ultra tactical, Full Spectrum Warrior is pretty good, but some people
may find manouvering just one squad a bit limiting and it doesn't support
British Army doctrine of the decisive bayonet charge! (after suitable
suppressive fire of course).
Cheers
Martin