/v/ - Video Games

Since Command Ops I got sick and done with hex based wargames, there's no reason for them anymore

I tried getting into Grigsby's games but they're way too expensive where I live and don't go to sale often, also pirated versions are very outdated

>>14799082

Well do you have any tips? I've always wanted to play these games since they look like they have crazy depth and emergent gameplay but they're both expensive and intimidating. Even a starter buyers guide or something would be handy.

>>14799080

Command ops?

>>14799106

>Well do you have any tips? I've always wanted to play these games

It's like playing any RPG or turn based strategy game. Expect every turn or round is a week, and every week you must crush Bolshevism. All the "complicated" gameplay details are figured out while playing, and if you're having fun you'll figure it out easy.

>>14799131

>paying anything for a paradox game

W O W

>>14799003

I tried it once. Was doing well at first, but got stopped at the Stalin line

>>14799037

>How did you learn how to play this game?

I watched several hours of a tutorial/playthrough on youtube

I'm still terrible at it

>>14799114

fuck i need to buy that now. that was the only thing holding me back from getting it because i liked operation star so much

>>14799766

>Road to Minsk

Road to Leningrad is also good too, IIRC it's a bit longer so you can play around with stuff

>>14799766

One more thing to note:

Germans force the enemy to retreat if CV is 2:1

Soviets force the enemy to retreat if CV is 1:1

This is passingly mentioned in one section of the big manual and is actually quite important.

>>14799722

Graviteam.Tactics.Mius.Front.Black.Snow-SKIDROW

anybody got a pirate link? the only one on tpb has no serial

>>14799961

I searched everywhere for a link for his games a while ago, you won't be able to find one to a current version. The demand for this kind of games are extremely small so no one cares to crack them

>>14799961

IGG Games has it.

>>14800014

nice, cheers bud.

for anyone grabbing it from IGG, the only working link is the google drive one. It has patches up to 1.0.4.22

and there's an uploader called GEVD who has patches to 1.0.6.11 and the Don to the Danube

>>14800099

>>14800014

IGG is full of crypto miners now

>>14800203

Your head is full of downs.

>>14800203

Where's the proofs?

>>14800219

>>14800223

One of the VNs I got from IGG had a bitcoin miner in the installer. Luckily they did a fucking terrible job of trying to hide it. Just use a private tracker or a decent public one you faggots.

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=aaBSxEDjOKg

I just watched an entire 40 minute video about a German guy talking about the basics of the game and then he shows a 300+ page manual. The amount of people that knows how to play this game must be less than a 100. This game reminds me of another turn based hex war game. I don't remember the title though because the author just put his name on it. I wonder if it's by the same people.

Shame that this game isn't talked about on /gsg/. Even hearts of iron 3 is too complex for them. This game looks a lot better. I went to the developer website (http://www.2by3games.com) and saw there that one of the developers was doing interviews which is what I'm watching now https://hooktube.com/watch?v=JARauQklGR4

I just finished watching the second interview on his founding of a game company called SSI (doesn't exist anymore) which finished their first game on late January 1980. I had no idea that these guys have been making war games for that fucking long.

>>14803472

>This game reminds me of another turn based hex war game. I don't remember the title though because the author just put his name on it

Found it http://johntillersoftware.com/