WarPlan -- new game announced from Matrix Games

Started by al_infierno, May 08, 2019, 12:04:31 PM

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al_infierno

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/2841/Take.WWII.into.your.hands.and.create.your.best.WarPlan!

This looks very promising -- like a nice bridge to the gap between Gary Grigsby and Strategic Command games.  Beta signups are open!
A War of a Madman's Making - a text-based war planning and political survival RPG

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If they made nothing but WWII games, I'd be perfectly content.  Hypothetical matchups from alternate history 1980s, asymmetrical US-bashes-some-3rd world guerillas, or minor wars between Upper Bumblescum and outer Kaboomistan hold no appeal for me.
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I guess it's sort of nice that the word "tactical" seems to refer to some kind of seriousness during your moments of mental clarity.
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W8taminute

I'm definitely interested.  Looks like the map only covers the European theatre?  No Pacific/Asia campaign then.
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The dev commented in the form when asked about that and replied they wanted to shake out the concept  before going the whole world war route.
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Hofstadter

Hopefully they can distinguish themselves, it looks super bland.
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Huw the Poo

Quote from: Hofstadter on May 12, 2019, 07:52:47 AM
Hopefully they can distinguish themselves, it looks super bland.

This is a hilarious comment to me because I can't tell any of these games apart! :D

They all look awful, it's probably the main reason I haven't seriously dived into any of them.  Ironically enough I was thinking this might be the game I buy to take the plunge.

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Quote from: Huw the Poo on May 12, 2019, 08:11:33 AM
Quote from: Hofstadter on May 12, 2019, 07:52:47 AM
Hopefully they can distinguish themselves, it looks super bland.

This is a hilarious comment to me because I can't tell any of these games apart! :D

They all look awful, it's probably the main reason I haven't seriously dived into any of them.  Ironically enough I was thinking this might be the game I buy to take the plunge.

It will look better when IronX does a counter and map mod for it, something like this http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4584600  :)
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release on october 24th....not sure if buying, but by then I should have my matrix coupon in hand:)

solops

After reading some of the Matrix forum I am less than optimistic about this game. I am ready to be wrong. I really want something deeper than Strategic Command.
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al_infierno

I got into the beta and never really sunk my teeth into this one.  Something about it didn't grab me.  It felt a bit deeper than the SC series in terms of HOI-style alt history research and production, but not a whole lot else -- not that 30-40 minutes of dicking around in the menu can really tell you that...
A War of a Madman's Making - a text-based war planning and political survival RPG

It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge.  War endures.  As well ask men what they think of stone.  War was always here.  Before man was, war waited for him.  The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.  That is the way it was and will be.  That way and not some other way.
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian


If they made nothing but WWII games, I'd be perfectly content.  Hypothetical matchups from alternate history 1980s, asymmetrical US-bashes-some-3rd world guerillas, or minor wars between Upper Bumblescum and outer Kaboomistan hold no appeal for me.
- Silent Disapproval Robot


I guess it's sort of nice that the word "tactical" seems to refer to some kind of seriousness during your moments of mental clarity.
- MengJiao

MOS:96B2P

Matrix WarPlan looks like an interesting game.  After reading this thread I watched a few u-tube videos of the Beta version of the game.  As I looked at the map and counters it reminded me of the Avalon Hill board game Rise and Decline of the Third Reich.  I eventually found and read the developer diaries for the game.  On the very first post of Dev. Diary #1 was a big screenshot of the old Avalon Hill game box for Rise and Decline.  The developer goes on to explain how he played the Avalon Hill board game as a kid.  It seems some of the inspiration for WarPlan came from the board game.  As a kid I also spent many hours playing the board game with the game map sections, counters, manual and a notebook spread out on the dining room table.  It was a fun board game.  Now with a computer handling the record keeping, number crunching etc. (instead of my notebook) it should, in theory, be even more fun.  :)     

Granted, my judgment is biased and clouded with nostalgia for a favorite old board game but still ..........  I'll follow this one with interest.           

Huw the Poo

This will probably be released on Steam, right?  I've decided I need this game.