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[Sir Slash]

I played the demo for the Russia themed one and there was a little action followed by a lot of action all at once and if you didn't move your units fast they would be scraps and bodies. I remember having to click a lot to keep up. That's what kept me from buying but that was a long time ago when I was still a 'clicking noob'.

[BanzaiCat]

In CC3 the Stalingrad maps (especially the one centered on the Tractor Factory) were huge pains in the rear to play as the Germans. Easily the most challenging maps out of all of them except maybe for the Berlin one(s).

[Sir Slash]

Stalingrad sounds very familiar to me. That could have been the one from the demo I played.

[Rayfer]

These game were quite the click-fest back in the day. Are they improved any since then?

No, they're just the same pausible-order real-time wego that they've always been. ;)

(Maybe multiplayer is more clickfesty? -- I never played that so I don't know if players can pause the action for orders.)

Been awhile since I played any of them, but I don't remember them having a pause function in which you could issue orders.  Am I just remembering wrong?  Thanks.

[JasonPratt]

To be fair I haven't played any of them in at least 10 years, although I picked up at least one of the newer iterations on sale last Christmas. So I might be wish-fulfillment misremembering....  ???

I think someone talks about it in our review for Panthers in the Fog. When I get a link I'll post it back here.

[ikrananka]

These game were quite the click-fest back in the day. Are they improved any since then?

No, they're just the same pausible-order real-time wego that they've always been. ;)

(Maybe multiplayer is more clickfesty? -- I never played that so I don't know if players can pause the action for orders.)

Been awhile since I played any of them, but I don't remember them having a pause function in which you could issue orders.  Am I just remembering wrong?  Thanks.

In CC2 pressing the option button does pause the game but you can't do anything other than change the options.  So useful for a comfort break but not as a means to issue orders etc.  However, in the options you can change the game speed between slow, medium and fast.  With the slow setting you get plenty of time to issue new orders to all of your units as the action changes.

[Sir Slash]

Thank you for that info. Clears up a lot for me.  O0

[Gusington]

Is CC3 worth getting now or is it too dated?

[mirth]

Just buy it.

[JasonPratt]

Is CC3 worth getting now or is it too dated?

I honestly don't know why someone would get that instead of the Matrix update Cross of Iron. (More mods for the old one that somehow didn't get ported over into CroI? Somewhat less expensive?)

[Gusington]

 Cross of Iron is solid?

[JasonPratt]

Solid-ish? It's still a Close Combat game after all, and only the first one that they updated.

[Gusington]

Hmm...

[Phantom]

Is CC3 worth getting now or is it too dated?

I honestly don't know why someone would get that instead of the Matrix update Cross of Iron. (More mods for the old one that somehow didn't get ported over into CroI? Somewhat less expensive?)

Somewhat less expensive = one tenth of the price... I can see why someone would get it.

I like the fact that Matrix update older games, but I honestly don't think it justifies a 10x price hike for what seem to be some pathfinding tweaks & fixing the odd bug.

[GDS_Starfury]

CC3, the game that started my internet gaming life.