The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Tamas]

I have been playing Civil War 2 for the past week or so.  Seems ok, and it models the strengths of the North fairly well.  Tamas will be happy to know the US can still build huge 30k man corps by summer of 1862.

I know 

[Tamas]

I have been playing Total War Attila BTW. If you like the Total War games you should get it.

[The Brain]

I want little pictures of buildings and soldiers in the UI, not the Rome 2 symbols. What does Attila have?

[Tamas]

I want little pictures of buildings and soldiers in the UI, not the Rome 2 symbols. What does Attila have?

little pictures IIRC, Mr. Man-Child.

[The Brain]

I might look into that.

[Tamas]

I must break my self-imposed censorship on talking about our own games (being not impartial to them), because I think this trailer  of Vietnam '65 nicely conveys the feeling of playing the game, which, BTW, I have been very happy to work on, as it manages to be very authentic on the situation and challenges it portraits, while completely avoiding of being an excel sheet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sft4XvTt9Oc&feature=player_detailpage

[Valmy]

I am still holding out for Indochine '54.

[The Brain]

I am still holding out for Indochine '54.

AIDS killed the party.

[Barrister]

I must break my self-imposed censorship on talking about our own games (being not impartial to them), because I think this trailer  of Vietnam '65 nicely conveys the feeling of playing the game, which, BTW, I have been very happy to work on, as it manages to be very authentic on the situation and challenges it portraits, while completely avoiding of being an excel sheet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sft4XvTt9Oc&feature=player_detailpage

I don't think you need to not talk about your company's games.

[Valmy]

I also do not not think you shouldn't not talk about your company's games.

[Ed Anger]

Polishing the turd time from Tamas.

[Tamas]

Polishing the turd time from Tamas.

You, sir, are ignorant of the finer matters of the world.

[Razgovory]

Hey, Tamas.  I was recently told that the PC game business is like rocket science, is that correct?

[Ed Anger]

Polishing the turd time from Tamas.

You, sir, are ignorant of the finer matters of the world.

Yes sir, lord Beet.

*bows*

[Syt]

Polishing the turd time from Tamas.

I've read the previous on the game, and it looks like it's maybe the first Vietnam game to try and properly simulate the conflict, i.e. the uncertainty of where the enemy is, trying to locate the (randomized) Ho Chi Minh trail, and the difficulty of using conventional forces to counter this.