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Wargaming => The Modern World => Topic started by: bayonetbrant on October 22, 2021, 07:49:58 AM
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1363740/The_Troop/
free demo
anyone know anything about it?
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Read on rps it’s a bit close combat a bit combat mission - not feature rich yet but looks good from here
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downloaded the demo and have really enjoyed it - if anything its a very small scale Steel Panthers
You have a set number of units over a very small patch of land, focusing on things like a crossroads, a very small stretch of beach - its TBS and looks beautiful
These shots are from the crossroads scenario, 14:00 on dday and pushing back against some German resistance
This is the viewpoint for the majority of the game, its fully 360 so you can move the battlefield round - here an AT gun has engaged the Sherman in the middle of the screen, the objective is to reduce the enemy to 0 morale by killing them basically, i have infantry on the hedgerows at the top and tanks covering the intersection
(https://i.imgur.com/ZCKPmNL.jpg)
A stug and the same sherman are playing cat and mouse round the farmhouse
(https://i.imgur.com/GutDyjE.jpg)
One of the coolest features is when you fire a tank at the enemy or vice versa, the action zooms in cinema style to the shot
(https://i.imgur.com/6fYTFqG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mdRl5Us.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/X33JGtU.jpg)
and the results too
(https://i.imgur.com/lPiE098.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5mSIC72.jpg)
The last been the stug finally getting caught at the back of the farm house
In short great fun, its been released onto Easy Access now but a lot of the community are appalled at its price of 31
Completely expected are the 2 negative reviews so far - the usual guy who ignores the fact that its in early access and cant get past any bugs or incomplete features and the nazi fan boy who finally got a tiger and is sulking it didnt kill everything everywhere ever
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.... and the nazi fan boy who finally got a tiger and is sulking it didnt kill everything everywhere ever
:ROFL:
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Have not heard of this, just downloaded the demo. Tanks all!
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I played the demo when it was first released. Even though I had a hell of a time beating the last mission, I figured it'd be a sure buy for me. Then I saw the price and decided to wait. I think they might gave priced themselves out of a fair number of sales based on posts I've seen around.
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Yup that seems to be the big issue at the moment - I can’t see how they can reduce price and have to refund everyone who’s bought so far other than wait for a sale
It’s a great game - I’ll keep an eye on it
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Looks like a cross between 'Combat Missions' and 'Close Combat' games :-) No bad thing, obviously.
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I've been playing the demo and it's more like a 3D Steel Panthers. The demo scenarios have very few units, only half dozen or so per side, but it's enough to get a good feel for the game. Turn based, IGO-UGO play style.
But no elevation now and chit chat seems to indicate no time soon... so only flat maps. ???
$45 CAD does seem a bit steep for EA and what's available right now but I'll probably cave before the end of the week. Really hoping for a Steel Panthers replacement.
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"3d Steel Panthers" sounds like a must to try, especially if theres a demo.
Deffo keeping my eye on it, thanks for the heads up!
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I spent many an hour with all the Steel Panther's games, and then the SP Camo Workshop variant.