Llyranor
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Since it seems you guys like indie strategy games, I thought I'd post this here. Officially, this isn't an 'indie' game, since it's being published by Paradox (who made Hearts of Iron II - which seems to be played to some extent around here). It is, however, made by 2 people in their garage after their day job.
The bottom line of the following rant is, essentially, to try the demo and let it speak for itself.
http://www.madminutegames.com/
TC2M is a wargame based on the American Civil War (it's a strategy game and happens to be in real-time, but labelling it simply a 'RTS' isn't doing it justice). It has pretty cool implementation of chains of command. The demo allows you to try out being a brigade commander as well as a division commander. It's not a twitch/micro fest, and tactical planning is what will allow you to win, not fast clicks-per-seconds.
It's being published by Paradox, and due for release in mid-April.
I hadn't heard of this game before until the demo got out (I simply downloaded it since I noticed Paradox was publishing - good strategy publisher/developer). I'm not even American, so I have ZERO interest in the American Civil War per say, yet this game turned out to be very interesting. I don't remember the last time I enjoyed the battles this much in a 'RTS'. I'll definitely be picking this one up. This is being made by two guys who've been working on this for the past 4 yrs in their garage in their spare time, in addition to their full-time jobs. Gotta respect and support that. The prequel of this game also won the 'Gold' award from Wargamer.net for 2005 in the wargame category http://www.wargamer.com/articles/reader ... /page7.asp
If you have any interest in wargaming, I suggest trying out the demo. Links can be followed by clicking on the website url above.
Here are some interviews:
http://www.wargamer.com/articles/civilw ... efault.asp
http://pc.gamezone.com/news/02_07_06_12_15PM.htm
http://uticensis.blogspot.com/2006/03/d ... impko.html
And a preview http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/second_ ... s_preview/
Footage here:
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2417
The videos don't do the graphics justice, if you care about that. The demo showcases high res sprites (that's right, freaking 2D) that are actually pretty appealing to the eye. More importantly, look at the SCALE of those battles. Those maps are bloody massive.
The bottom line of the following rant is, essentially, to try the demo and let it speak for itself.
http://www.madminutegames.com/
TC2M is a wargame based on the American Civil War (it's a strategy game and happens to be in real-time, but labelling it simply a 'RTS' isn't doing it justice). It has pretty cool implementation of chains of command. The demo allows you to try out being a brigade commander as well as a division commander. It's not a twitch/micro fest, and tactical planning is what will allow you to win, not fast clicks-per-seconds.
It's being published by Paradox, and due for release in mid-April.
I hadn't heard of this game before until the demo got out (I simply downloaded it since I noticed Paradox was publishing - good strategy publisher/developer). I'm not even American, so I have ZERO interest in the American Civil War per say, yet this game turned out to be very interesting. I don't remember the last time I enjoyed the battles this much in a 'RTS'. I'll definitely be picking this one up. This is being made by two guys who've been working on this for the past 4 yrs in their garage in their spare time, in addition to their full-time jobs. Gotta respect and support that. The prequel of this game also won the 'Gold' award from Wargamer.net for 2005 in the wargame category http://www.wargamer.com/articles/reader ... /page7.asp
If you have any interest in wargaming, I suggest trying out the demo. Links can be followed by clicking on the website url above.
Here are some interviews:
http://www.wargamer.com/articles/civilw ... efault.asp
http://pc.gamezone.com/news/02_07_06_12_15PM.htm
http://uticensis.blogspot.com/2006/03/d ... impko.html
And a preview http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/second_ ... s_preview/
Footage here:
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2417
The videos don't do the graphics justice, if you care about that. The demo showcases high res sprites (that's right, freaking 2D) that are actually pretty appealing to the eye. More importantly, look at the SCALE of those battles. Those maps are bloody massive.
