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Author Topic: GG War in the East 2  (Read 7918 times)

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on: March 28, 2021, 11:58:15 AM

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Reply #1 on: March 28, 2021, 12:07:11 PM
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Reply #2 on: March 28, 2021, 12:48:51 PM
Nice one



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Reply #3 on: March 28, 2021, 01:02:22 PM
Much better than his Kenny G article.  :whistle:

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Reply #4 on: March 28, 2021, 01:38:50 PM
Yeah good article BC 👍



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Reply #5 on: March 28, 2021, 02:06:35 PM
Nice job BC.

If I remember correctly, you could set production priorities in the original WitE.  Can you do that in 2.

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Reply #6 on: March 28, 2021, 02:24:57 PM
Much better than his Kenny G article.  :whistle:

That's not a high bar to cross  :D

If I remember correctly, you could set production priorities in the original WitE.  Can you do that in 2.

If you mean with reinforcements (new and shattered/destroyed), then yes I believe you can, but you can only build new units as the Soviet player.

Priority can be set for supply provisions by the player, so you can decide where supplies are going (e.g. you want them to go to a Panzer division before some Luftwaffe field division, etc.).




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Reply #7 on: March 28, 2021, 05:10:53 PM
Excellent article, BC   :bigthumb:

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Reply #8 on: March 29, 2021, 02:57:24 AM
Yeah, great write-up, BC!  Now I just have to decide whether to actually pull the trigger on this beast or not... 



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Reply #9 on: March 29, 2021, 09:37:11 AM
Thanks to all, glad everyone liked it. It's not easy doing a first impressions piece on such a deep game. It's like reviewing the Mariana Trench by just looking at the first ten feet of it.  ;D

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Reply #10 on: April 03, 2021, 08:22:21 AM
good first impressions - thanks a lot! :)



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Reply #11 on: April 03, 2021, 11:07:55 AM
Great read BC. It's my understanding that the Finnish Front is abstracted like the West Front and N. Africa. Is this correct?

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Reply #12 on: April 05, 2021, 02:56:48 AM
It's posts like this

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4995715

That make me scared to even open this game!



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Reply #13 on: April 05, 2021, 10:54:06 AM
Great read BC. It's my understanding that the Finnish Front is abstracted like the West Front and N. Africa. Is this correct?

I've not dived TOO deeply into it, but from the looks of things, yes - other theaters are abstracted. They appear to affect supply and Victory Points to an extent but I'm not 100% sure about supply. Reinforcements would be interesting too - I imagine they DO impact things (e.g., Allies land in Italy, there's a demand to move troops from Russia to Italy to stem the tide). It will be interesting to learn more.

I'm going to do a deeper dive into the game and should have a review out in a month or so (May-ish). There's a lot to look at, here.

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Reply #14 on: April 05, 2021, 10:55:20 AM
It's posts like this

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4995715

That make me scared to even open this game!

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This game reminds me of that War in the Pacific game that Matrix did in the 2000s. Crazy detail.

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