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<p><a href="http://www.hpssims.com/" target="_self" title="HPS Simulations">HPS Simulations</a> has announced the next in John Tiller’s Panzer Campaigns series, <strong>Stalingrad ‘42. </strong>According to <a title="StrategyZoneOnline " target="_blank" href="http://www.strategyzoneonline.com">StrategyZoneOnline </a>much like other HPS games the emphasis will be on wargaming accuracy rather than graphics whoredom:
</p><blockquote><p><em>The game will include 42 scenarios covering three periods of the famous
Eastern Front campaign. There are ten individual scenarios covering the
early fighting in July and August.
</em></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><em>Stalingrad ‘42 will ship with an <span class="caps">OOB</span>
and Scenario editor allowing players to customize the game. Multiplayer
options include play against the computer AI, Play by e-mail (PBEM), <span class="caps">LAN </span>and Internet "live" play, and two player hotseat.</em></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/" target="_self" title="StrategyZone >StrategyZone Online</a>. As per other HPS games, the emphasis is on wargaming intricacies rather than graphics whoredom:</p><blockquote><p><em>The game will include 42 scenarios covering three periods of the famous
Eastern Front campaign. There are ten individual scenarios covering the
early fighting in July and August.</em></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><em>Stalingrad ‘42 will ship with an <span class="><img width="225" vspace="20" hspace="60" height="168" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/uploads/screenshots/stalingrad42/screen3s.jpg" alt="Ooh purty" title="Ooh purty" /> </a></p><p> </p><p>================================================ </p><p>And while on the subject of old-fashioned wargames, <a href="http://www.strategyinformer.com" target="_self" title="StrategyInformer">StrategyInformer</a> has shafted <a href="http://www.shrapnelgames.com/" target="_self" title="Sharpnel Games">Shrapnel Games</a>' <strong>The Star and the Crescent</strong>, giving it a measley <strong>5</strong>
out of 10 wotsits. It should be obvious this sort of game is very much
about grognard-appeal and stats n shit, but despite this Mr Informer
still seems rather offended by the interface and graphics:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em><span class="normal">Take for example, the button on the tool bar that
you use to show your units. This button is represented by a box with a
plus symbol over it. What the hell were these people thinking? Would it
have killed them to refine the interface and put decent graphics on
these things?</span> </em>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p>To get an idea about the presentation level, here is a screenie of a tank battle:</p><p> </p><p><img width="200" vspace="20" hspace="60" height="145" border="0" align="middle" src="http://images.strategyinformer.com/screenshot2/00140052.jpg" alt="Oooh purty" title="Oooh purty" /> </p><p>This image was accompanied by the rather fuckwittish comment "my squares are better than your squares". Twits. </p><p>Read the rest of the review <a title="here" target="_self" href="http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/starandthecrescent/review.html">here</a>.
</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hpssims.com/" target="_self" title="HPS Simulations">HPS Simulations</a> has announced the next in John Tiller’s Panzer Campaigns series, <strong>Stalingrad ‘42. </strong>According to <a title="StrategyZoneOnline " target="_blank" href="http://www.strategyzoneonline.com">StrategyZoneOnline </a>much like other HPS games the emphasis will be on wargaming accuracy rather than graphics whoredom:
</p><blockquote><p><em>The game will include 42 scenarios covering three periods of the famous
Eastern Front campaign. There are ten individual scenarios covering the
early fighting in July and August.
</em></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><em>Stalingrad ‘42 will ship with an <span class="caps">OOB</span>
and Scenario editor allowing players to customize the game. Multiplayer
options include play against the computer AI, Play by e-mail (PBEM), <span class="caps">LAN </span>and Internet "live" play, and two player hotseat.</em></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/" target="_self" title="StrategyZone >StrategyZone Online</a>. As per other HPS games, the emphasis is on wargaming intricacies rather than graphics whoredom:</p><blockquote><p><em>The game will include 42 scenarios covering three periods of the famous
Eastern Front campaign. There are ten individual scenarios covering the
early fighting in July and August.</em></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><em>Stalingrad ‘42 will ship with an <span class="><img width="225" vspace="20" hspace="60" height="168" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/uploads/screenshots/stalingrad42/screen3s.jpg" alt="Ooh purty" title="Ooh purty" /> </a></p><p> </p><p>================================================ </p><p>And while on the subject of old-fashioned wargames, <a href="http://www.strategyinformer.com" target="_self" title="StrategyInformer">StrategyInformer</a> has shafted <a href="http://www.shrapnelgames.com/" target="_self" title="Sharpnel Games">Shrapnel Games</a>' <strong>The Star and the Crescent</strong>, giving it a measley <strong>5</strong>
out of 10 wotsits. It should be obvious this sort of game is very much
about grognard-appeal and stats n shit, but despite this Mr Informer
still seems rather offended by the interface and graphics:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em><span class="normal">Take for example, the button on the tool bar that
you use to show your units. This button is represented by a box with a
plus symbol over it. What the hell were these people thinking? Would it
have killed them to refine the interface and put decent graphics on
these things?</span> </em>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p>To get an idea about the presentation level, here is a screenie of a tank battle:</p><p> </p><p><img width="200" vspace="20" hspace="60" height="145" border="0" align="middle" src="http://images.strategyinformer.com/screenshot2/00140052.jpg" alt="Oooh purty" title="Oooh purty" /> </p><p>This image was accompanied by the rather fuckwittish comment "my squares are better than your squares". Twits. </p><p>Read the rest of the review <a title="here" target="_self" href="http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/starandthecrescent/review.html">here</a>.
</p>
