Sucessor to Close Combat series

Blakenzy · 04-03-10, 12:44 PM

Hello.

As much as I have enjoyed the CC series and played all of them back and forth, I am tired of being stuck with graphics from a decade ago(CC hasn't evolved much since CC4). Is there any game out there that takes advantage of the leaps computing power has made, has the similar feel of CC, a real time strategy squad based (no BS resource gathering involved) where it is possible to concentrate on tactics using historically accurate modeled units?

There are games out there that would appear to be like this but really aren't such as Company of Heroes, Codemaster's Soldiers of WWII...

Basically what I am looking for is a Close Combat that looks and handles appropriate for 2010.

AngusJS · 04-03-10, 01:47 PM

Combat Mission: Normandy should be coming out sometime this year.

http://www.battlefront.com/community...ad.php?t=91606

CCIP · 04-03-10, 02:25 PM

Give Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 a try. For its price you cannot go wrong, and honestly, I am superbly impressed with this game. It's much more polished than any recent Combat Mission (shock force) release, and although its scope right now is very small and it lacks multiplayer, it is a great little game. It's much more similar to Close Combat than Combat Mission in terms of game flow, although the maps are way bigger.

Here's a review for instance: http://kriegsimulation.blogspot.com/...43-review.html

I heartily recommend it, anyway.

Raptor1 · 04-03-10, 02:38 PM

Heard a lot of good things about Kharkov 1943, but haven't gotten around to buying it yet (Bought way too many games lately).

How is CM:SF, BTW? Barbarossa to Berlin was a lot of fun, but I don't know how the whole thing holds up in a modern setting...

CCIP · 04-03-10, 03:02 PM

CMSF is kind of a different game, both in setting and mechanics. I like it, and at this point it's polished and enjoyable. When it came out, its state was a little miserable, but patches fixed it right up. I recommend it, if the modern setting interests you and you don't mind the expensive (assuming you get the add-ons with it) price. I like the modern setting, but it doesn't quite play the same as the WWII Combat Mission games.

AP:K'43 is only $20 so it's hard to go wrong with it. On the other hand, a big minus to it is a lack of multiplayer, and the scope of is far from "whole Eastern Front '41-'45" that CM2 had - instead here, you get units and maps from a small sector of front during one week's fighting in March 1943. That ensures a lot of good historical detail, but limits the scope/variety.

Raptor1 · 04-03-10, 03:06 PM

Well, I can get CMSF without the expansions right now for free due to Paradox's 200k member celebrations and leftover blue coins on GamersGate, figure that can't be a bad deal...

papa_smurf · 04-04-10, 05:09 PM

I loved Combat Mission 1 and 2, didnt care about the graphics, its all about strategy. You have to plan ahead guessing what the enemy will do next - adn if your screw it up, it can go FUBAR, but you've only got yourself to blame...

As for CM:Normandy - looks nice, can't wait till its out. Until then, think I will put CM: Barbarosa bak on, and re-fight the battle of Stalingrad

04-03-10, 12:44 PM	#1
Blakenzy Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Sucessor to Close Combat series Hello. As much as I have enjoyed the CC series and played all of them back and forth, I am tired of being stuck with graphics from a decade ago(CC hasn't evolved much since CC4). Is there any game out there that takes advantage of the leaps computing power has made, has the similar feel of CC, a real time strategy squad based (no BS resource gathering involved) where it is possible to concentrate on tactics using historically accurate modeled units? There are games out there that would appear to be like this but really aren't such as Company of Heroes, Codemaster's Soldiers of WWII... Basically what I am looking for is a Close Combat that looks and handles appropriate for 2010.

04-03-10, 02:25 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Give Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 a try. For its price you cannot go wrong, and honestly, I am superbly impressed with this game. It's much more polished than any recent Combat Mission (shock force) release, and although its scope right now is very small and it lacks multiplayer, it is a great little game. It's much more similar to Close Combat than Combat Mission in terms of game flow, although the maps are way bigger. Here's a review for instance: http://kriegsimulation.blogspot.com/...43-review.html I heartily recommend it, anyway. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

04-03-10, 02:38 PM	#4
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Heard a lot of good things about Kharkov 1943, but haven't gotten around to buying it yet (Bought way too many games lately). How is CM:SF, BTW? Barbarossa to Berlin was a lot of fun, but I don't know how the whole thing holds up in a modern setting... __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

04-03-10, 03:02 PM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	CMSF is kind of a different game, both in setting and mechanics. I like it, and at this point it's polished and enjoyable. When it came out, its state was a little miserable, but patches fixed it right up. I recommend it, if the modern setting interests you and you don't mind the expensive (assuming you get the add-ons with it) price. I like the modern setting, but it doesn't quite play the same as the WWII Combat Mission games. AP:K'43 is only $20 so it's hard to go wrong with it. On the other hand, a big minus to it is a lack of multiplayer, and the scope of is far from "whole Eastern Front '41-'45" that CM2 had - instead here, you get units and maps from a small sector of front during one week's fighting in March 1943. That ensures a lot of good historical detail, but limits the scope/variety. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

04-03-10, 03:06 PM	#6
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Well, I can get CMSF without the expansions right now for free due to Paradox's 200k member celebrations and leftover blue coins on GamersGate, figure that can't be a bad deal... __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

04-03-10, 01:47 PM	#2
AngusJS Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 746 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Combat Mission: Normandy should be coming out sometime this year. http://www.battlefront.com/community...ad.php?t=91606

04-04-10, 05:09 PM	#7
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I loved Combat Mission 1 and 2, didnt care about the graphics, its all about strategy. You have to plan ahead guessing what the enemy will do next - adn if your screw it up, it can go FUBAR, but you've only got yourself to blame... As for CM:Normandy - looks nice, can't wait till its out. Until then, think I will put CM: Barbarosa bak on, and re-fight the battle of Stalingrad __________________