People's Tactics/Advanced Tactics

http://www.peoplestactics.com/

What are your opinions on this game?

I liked PT, the way command structures worked, battle results were calculated and shown, having to split trucks between army transport and supplies/reinforcements, and that it's so generic that it can adapt to any setting.

Haven't tried AT because it's commercial and a new version might be coming out soon.

The only thing that annoyed me was that you weren't shown enemy moves during their turn. That's a pretty big problem, unless your opponent is purely defensive (the demo scenarios), which is not mentioned in the manual.

 

Anyone?

 

It's decent freeware, but I'd never pay for Advanced Tactics. Not a huge fan of its overly generic style to be honest. If you want a system which can be tailored to anything then The Operational Art of War is surely a better option?

 

OAW is also much more complicated. Advanced tactics is much simpler to learn, the AI, in my opinion, is actually better and there are many scenarios available.

If you prefer more complexity (AT has plenty though) and game against other gamers, you might prefer OAW though. Massive amounts of scenarios, but not all are compatible with the newest version.

 

Gosh, I haven't seen Mefi post in a really long time

 

i dled this and battle for wesnoth but found myself playing bofw more so i deleted it
people tactics good?

 

Fair enough. The depth and complexity of TOAW also makes for some less than stellar AI scripting at times, but in the smaller scenarios it's fairly easy to find a well scripted AI. The price you pay I guess if you're unwilling/unable to do PBEM with these games.

 

I own TOAW but it's difficult to get into. Many maps have hundreds of units and there's no 'campaign play' which is what I like about strategy games - they're all historical scenarios.

Could you recommend a good TOAW map? I have the Norm Koger edition.

 

I'd recommend the tutorials to get your feet wet first. Counter-intuitive advice I know

Arracourt '44 is quite small and gives you a good and fairly simple game. France 40 is your introduction into larger maps. Saddam's Final Gamble has been getting a lot of plaudits but I've not played it as post-1945 warfare is not my cup of cha.

If you're wanting advice from people who have far more knowledge of decent scenarios for Toaw beginners try here: http://www.the-strategist.net/RD/news.php

The site also hosts a hell of a lot of scenarios for download so I'm sure you'll find something of a size not to discourage you.

 

TOAW III has a hypothetical scenario that simulates a civil war. What makes it special is that you start out with one corps (or division, don't remember which), and have to occupy towns; doing so can run you a probability of generating another corps to fight for you, nothing, or generate a corps in league with the enemy. So you're effectively building up your armed forces as your borders expand to meet the enemies in an eventual head-on encounter. The scenario is called Revisionist War 1937 but I don't know if it's exclusive to TOAW III.

Good stuff.