Richie61 wrote:The 1941 campaign would be awesome! I am having so much enjoyment from the base game & DLC, you have my money on the next add-on!
I agree. But please, as I've stated before, take your time, if you manage to release something as big as Red Turn again, I guess the fans will be VERY pleased, because this one is HUGE. Maybe a concentration on different addons/scenarios would do some good, like in Red Turn, where ComradeP did all the scenarios. He seem to be able to do AWESOME Eastern Front scenarios. Why not let him work on the 1941 scenario (where he doesn't need to modify the map too heavily), and let Tomislav, Nenad etc. concentrate on the Western Front (because there they need to do more rule revisions, a new map etc.)?
But I guess, since some really good community scenarios have been released in the last weeks (look here:
viewforum.php?f=52 !!), there'll be much more to expect from the community as well!
What it needs most, and what should be introduced with subsequent patches, are more multiplayer scenarios and refinements to multiplayer rules (look here, I've made some suggestions, and add anything you find useful for the developers:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=658&start=10). It's great that we have a lot of interaction with the devs themselves here, I've made some quite contrasting experiences on other Indie games, namely World Supremacy by Shrapnel Games, clearly the worst experience I've ever had in a game community, with moderators and devs who couldn't understand or tolerate criticism and tried to suppress any of that by simply shutting down threads etc.! The worst thing is that they still sell this heavily unfinished game for full price - really idiotic commercial decisions! Hope I don't offend any other users with these views, I really tried to be friendly over there, and actually to HELP them, but they always reacted extremely hateful, and there was kind of a flamestorm by the community in the forum directed against the devs and Shrapnel (for good reasons, I was really angry I had paid so much for an unfinished game the dev wasn't willing to work on further!). I guess things like that won't happen here, because 2xGames clearly show a LOT more effort than Shrapnel and Malfador Machinations.
Hehe, actually 2012 saw one of the biggest devs move away from them, namely Digital Eel, who clearly were unsatisfied that there game was only available there and extremely overpriced. They completely pulled their whole roster from Shrapnel Games. BTW, if you're interested in a light space exploration game, head over here:
http://www.infinitespacegames.com/ This is especially true if you like FTL, which was clearly influenced by their Infinite Space series, or Star Control 2, in this case, you owe yourself to try out Weird Worlds!
BTW, Shrapnel also is worth visiting, especially if you like the old SSI game Steel Panthers, they distribute free, heavily updated versions called SPMBT and SPWW2:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Works ... _page.htmlhttp://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Works ... _page.htmlIf you want even more features for them, like higher resolutions, you can buy them there, but they're fully functional in their free versions as well!
Cool, just discovered another free treat at Matrix (Gary Grigsby's War in Russia Matrix Edition!):
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/236/downloads/You should also give Matrix' version of Steel Panther's a try, which was done by the original devs of the game. The version without campaigns is free like Shrapnel's Steel Panthers games (which do have campaigns though!):
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/297/downloads/Those games cover different scales as Unity of Command though, so they kind of complement it!