I played the death out of this game, especially since it came with a scenario editor.
Wasn't 'Road to Moscow' basically going to be similar to what GG War in the East is?
So many unreleased wargames over the decades...
On Lock and Load, Rutins says:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3180189
Add mandatory lump of salt.
Another game I was once looking forward to was Sean O'Connors' (of Firefight fame) 'Close Assault' which was going to be the new and improved version of Firefight released through Matrix. Vanished into thin air.
From a post made in 2011 on the Shrapnel Forum. With no response said:I pre-ordered 82nd......in 1999. How do you go about getting a refund?
I sent in an email to Customer Support with no reponse.
Thanks.
On Lock and Load, Rutins says:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3180189
Add mandatory lump of salt.
Another game I was once looking forward to was Sean O'Connors' (of Firefight fame) 'Close Assault' which was going to be the new and improved version of Firefight released through Matrix. Vanished into thin air.
Yeah, liked that one as well. A lot of Matrix products vanished. Tom Proudfoot (Natuk rpg dude) also worked on Combat Leader which looked like an amazing JA/Close Combat/Combat Mission cross-over. Just went silent. Proudfoot then started working on Lock and Load.
Combat Leader site: http://www.matrixgames.com/products/284/details/
And I am really appalled that Shrapnel Games is still seling 82nd airborne on their site for over 40 euros a pop. The game has been dead for years with no updates since 2008 or so. At least Matrix pulls down the pre-order links when they turn vapourware.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/02/17/the-flare-path-vapour-and-vapidity/#more-94895
From a post made in 2011 on the Shrapnel Forum. With no response said:I pre-ordered 82nd......in 1999. How do you go about getting a refund?
I sent in an email to Customer Support with no reponse.
Thanks.
Disgusting.
Well, let us hope he learned his lesson about pre-ordering...
Lords of Midnight
I always thought it was a shame that not more strategy games used the first person view, as it made for a very different and more immersive experience.
Doomdarks' Revenge:
by Mike Singleton. May he rest in peace.
I guess I haven't spent that much time on any game since that. I still have somewhere the map of the game world that I drew on grid paper during the countless playthroughs (and still the map has blank spaces, I guess one more playthrough is in order...)
Lords of Midnight
I always thought it was a shame that not more strategy games used the first person view, as it made for a very different and more immersive experience.
QFT. I'm still wondering why no-one else ever made a game like these...
Sadly the third game in the series was apparently crap. Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's Revenge are still playable as heck, and my inner graphic whore cannot but wonder how beautiful they still look (yeah, games released almost 30 years ago).