War in the Pacific-Admiral's Edition announced

[Torplexed]

Matrix Games' massive Pacific theater wargame War in the Pacific is receiving a major refit. Going from 60 mile hexagons to 40 and with substantial changes to the naval, sea, and land combat model and the economic model as well, It's due to be released in Summer 2008. Ownership of the original WITP is required.


http://www.matrixgames.com/news.asp?nid=468#

Barrage balloons, blimps, over 500 airplane types, new ships, more terrain types, major and minor ship damage, engine vs. system damage, task force waypoints, new bases, more detail. As if the original didn't long enough to play. :cool:

[FAdmiral]

OH No, I'm only up to Nov. 1942 now with the WITP game. I only have 6 more
months to complete it before the expansion arrives !!!!!!

JIM

[Torplexed]

OH No, I'm only up to Nov. 1942 now with the WITP game. I only have 6 more
months to complete it before the expansion arrives !!!!!!

JIM

Hehheh! I think I've only ever seen the victory screen once when I got the Japanese to surrender sometime in 1943. There's so much stuff to keep track of even when you're trying to play fast. :lol:

[Rotary Crewman]

Hmm, this one went past me. Is it similar to Hearts Of Iron or is it pure war gaming? (As in, not dealing with supplies, research etc)

[Torplexed]

Research is somewhat abstracted as in that you can rush the production of advanced aircraft or ships...but it comes with a big hit to existing production. Only Japan can do this. Allied production and research is more set to reflect that fact that they were fighting another opponent on the other side of the planet.

Supplies and logistics on the other hand were very important in the Pacific War and this aspect is heavily modeled. Supplies and fuel have to shipped from ports in home countries to every little atoll or airstrip where they might be needed and are subject to intercept on the way. For the Japanese, oil and resources have to be loaded in occupied areas to be shipped back to Japan to keep factories running. A lot of this game is like the real war, the part you rarely read about. Loading up troop and supplies on unglamorous freighters and tankers and setting them on a multi-week journey across the Pacific. But if you don't your troops at the front starve and your planes are grounded for lack of fuel.