I own upwards of 20 of these and some because of this series. Its been great and to have them all in one place seems great. Also helps to bring new eyes to the work you guys do. Appreciated!
Steam has an "Indie Wargame Bundle" that includes "Hex of Steel," "Until the Last Plane," "SGS Africa Corps," and "Cauldon: Stalingrad" for around $60.00. I wasn't going to buy any more games for a while, but this bundle caught my attention.
Hex of Steel is one of my favorite games of all time. I play it with Jays Sound Mod. The replayability factor is high and its got a lot of great mods, scenarios, depth and is easy to dive into. You can configure your units via the editor to your liking. The devs are simply the best. btw i agree panzer corps 2 is like a puzzle. well said
For folks with more of a scifi bent, Aurora 4X is a great space-based wargame/grand strategy game. It's not listed via Steam, but it is completely free (it's originally a hobby project) and the level of detail is mind blowing. You design every warship in your empire, every weapon system, every missile, every fighter, etc.
As a big fan of the Sudden Strike series I recommend people pick up the first two games as well. They’re pretty cheap on steam and can run on pretty much any gaming PC. Sudden Strike 4 does a lot of interesting things but it has a lot of miss-steps. It’s a decent game but 1 and 2 hold up a lot better; Resource War and 3 aren’t half bad either
You missed out John Tiller's Campaign series trilogy namely East Front , West Front and Rising Sun . They're avaliable to buy from the Matrix Games site. The gameplay is a little slow , the graphics are a bit dated and the manual is the length of a novella but if you remember the game from 25 years ago you'll snap it up and cancel any free time you might have over the coming weeks
Ugh, good compilation, but I reckon you should have part deux: anything from AGEOD, Koger's Jutland and Distant Guns, People's General, Shrapnel Game's BCT Commander, Armor Brigade Commander, etc; Anything from Harpoon series.
WarPlan does the Pacific too which is really good. Hex of Steel is the best of the style imho and flows with newbies or old pros it is solid. Attack at Dawn is brilliant
7:15 just want to say, after seeing the absurd war thunder "armoured dune buggies" zipping around the battlefield, seeing the tanks crawl around slowly, carefully, is refreshing.
Been playing a bunch of Fleet Command this last month as well! The controls are a bit jank and I hate that you can't Alt-Tab out of it, but it really does hold up quite well. There's a mod for it called Naval Warfare Project that adds a bunch of new vessels, weapons and aircraft but I haven't tried it yet. I wanted to finish the vanilla stuff first! PS. How do you get it widescreen?!
Atlantic Fleet is really good. The dynamic campaign on the map is somewhat meh for me, but the other campaigns going through the missions are awesome. And if you lose a ship its gone, and you might not have the money to replace it. A single shot can sink your ships if youre unlucky, so its always kinda tense.
Great video! I was wondering if you and Tom thought that, if Panzercorps 2 is more of a puzzle game (as was Panzercorps 1), what do you think of Hex of Steel? is it less "puzzly?"
Regiments,Cold Waters, GHPC, CMO, War on the sea are most definitely NOT forgotten games. They're very popular among wargamers of all kinds, so i don't understand why you included them in a list full of forgotten games, but you didn't include Steel Fury, which is basically Steel Armor but set in WWII and without the weird battle preparation map thing. Or if you like, its like playing Graviteam Tactics but from the perspective of one tank crew. In my opinion the BEST WWII tank simulator ever made.Maybe the best tank simulator in general, after Steel Beasts 2. People are still playing it and there are still mods made for it, but it's largely forgotten.
Hi LT , some very great but underated games ( especially pike and shot). Maybe you and the viewer can held. I‘m searching since a long time for an old turned based game. Should be realeased in 1998 to 2003 ( i‘m sry for not much more concretization of the timeline). The was two faction. One human army ( i think the us army)with modern military equipment fighting against nature monsters like trees and so on. Maybe someones knows the games. Would be awesome. Thanks people👍
hmm. Sword of the stars (the first one) is a really great game. command ever increasing fleets, real time combat, where you literally design the ships in your fleet. Can be pretty addictive, and really sits with me being a older gamer. Very cheap on Steam, and when on sale it is a absolute give away.
To use the title of this video and missout Wargame: Red Dragon is a real bummer for me. Its a real gem and only community that can wipe our your dreams
Worth mentioning War Thunder. While it's your typical F2P, - Air battles in simulator mode are really something to behold. While the flight model is behind DCS, and the cockpits are not interactive, the stuff like modelling of the missile seekers, radar cross-sections, etc. is... perhaps the best of all the games on the market??? - Tank battles in Realistic mode are also something amazing, volumetric armors + volumetric physics + the fact that it's a combined-arms PVP with helicopters and airplanes really makes for an unique experience. - Naval battles - here, I would recommend Arcade Bluewater, as it's where most players are, plus: select more than one sever - at the moment it's the naval game with *by far* the most detailed damage modelling. While the map design is awful, the sheer detailing of the vessels and their interiors, including individual decks and armor plates, goes way beyond anything you can find in any other naval game.
Man I sat and listen to this massive video and didn't get to some real forgotten games like On The Western Front, Klotzen! Panzer Battles, Dangerous Water, Deity Empires and wow no Strategic Mind but a mobile game like Frontline series.
those 10 dollar "early access" games by one or two highly devoted people, l am happy to sling them that if the game looks worth the help, some l know l will never play but l enjoyed the concept and wished them with with a early access purchase. I still have a second playthrough as the allies on talonsoft's Bomb the Reich, and at least one as the Germans, (having completed U.S.A.A.F. as the allies on the C64 last century), then l have War in the Pacific Admirals edition to START, at 65, time is running out.
Comment #2 I love the addition of all the Vietnam games at the end of this list. Feels like a war that's not covered all too often in games. Sure, we have some great hex games for it, but I'd love to see something more.. 3D / pretty, but with the depth of the hex games.
I don't understand the choice you made here... That you talk about Ultimate General: Gettysburg, which is only the beta version of the full game Ultimate General: Civil War is strange. Gettysburg has ONE battle, lacks ALL of the player customizable units and army composition, and ALL the dozens of other battles. The FULL title, and therefore the one you should've brought up is Civil War, not the beta, Gettysburg! I don't understand the choice here...
@jonathanallard2128 its a lesser known game and is a different game in its own right. I reviewed UA:G on the channel. People have forgotten a game that came before it. A very good game 🤷♂️ easy to understand...you almost prove the point in your own comment 🤣 also going on about Beta and full game is just silly. Two different games 🤦♂️ you don't understand the legacy of these games back too the Sid Meier's games to have written this.
@@LTGamingUA-cam IM gonna get the Middle East one cause when studying the battles they were close to evenly match in capabilities. Just Arabs were incompetent tactically and had poor training. But the weapon and arms capabilities was similar.
The best modern AVF combat modern tank battel group ,is Steel Best NATO WW3 it is used by all NATO armies ,go and get it there a lot of guy will that you putting it on your channel.
Destroyer The U-boat Hunter is dead. I've had problems with the game from when it first came out. The game completely locks up when I have killed a U-Boat. Don't waste your money on it.
54 problems but a forgotten war game isnt one . 2024 people dont need reminders to sub and like if ppl like theyll sub 90% of ppl just dont give a crap... and no i havent done a poll 😂😂😂 thats just humanity for the most part.who cares lol
Hi, I made this digital implementation of Castle Itter. What a lovely surprise to see it mentioned here. thanks a lot !!
Great game and wonderful subject matter! I red a book on the history after playing your game :) Great to hear from you!
+1 for Close Combat 3. An oldie but goodie, thanks for adding it!
Pike & Shot and Sengoku Jidai are great wargames along with the Field of Glory 2 series!
Love them all! ❤️🚀
I own upwards of 20 of these and some because of this series. Its been great and to have them all in one place seems great. Also helps to bring new eyes to the work you guys do. Appreciated!
Glad that you found many games due to our videos!
Steam has an "Indie Wargame Bundle" that includes "Hex of Steel," "Until the Last Plane," "SGS Africa Corps," and "Cauldon: Stalingrad" for around $60.00.
I wasn't going to buy any more games for a while, but this bundle caught my attention.
Another great end of year compilation brother! Maybe we have one more left? :D
Hmmmm what could it be!
You forgot one.
Many more to be added in 2025! And rest of the year 😇
@@LTGamingUA-cam I enjoy seeing videos a lot. Keep it up!
naval war arctic circle??
Hex of Steel is one of my favorite games of all time. I play it with Jays Sound Mod. The replayability factor is high and its got a lot of great mods, scenarios, depth and is easy to dive into. You can configure your units via the editor to your liking. The devs are simply the best. btw i agree panzer corps 2 is like a puzzle. well said
For folks with more of a scifi bent, Aurora 4X is a great space-based wargame/grand strategy game. It's not listed via Steam, but it is completely free (it's originally a hobby project) and the level of detail is mind blowing. You design every warship in your empire, every weapon system, every missile, every fighter, etc.
Instantly looking for this! thankyou :)
Fleet Command is old... but is perhaps the best naval sim game of all time.
As a big fan of the Sudden Strike series I recommend people pick up the first two games as well. They’re pretty cheap on steam and can run on pretty much any gaming PC.
Sudden Strike 4 does a lot of interesting things but it has a lot of miss-steps. It’s a decent game but 1 and 2 hold up a lot better; Resource War and 3 aren’t half bad either
I agree Hex of Steel is the best war game for new players. And on iphone its a steal
Cracking compilation, going to have to pick a few of these up.
Thanks glad you enjoyed it! It would of been a shame not to bring all these videos together into one guide.
You missed out John Tiller's Campaign series trilogy namely East Front , West Front and Rising Sun . They're avaliable to buy from the Matrix Games site. The gameplay is a little slow , the graphics are a bit dated and the manual is the length of a novella but if you remember the game from 25 years ago you'll snap it up and cancel any free time you might have over the coming weeks
Castle Itter was worth this video
thanks a lot ;)))
Bastogne Breakout sounds like the most exciting game i didnt know about
Ugh, good compilation, but I reckon you should have part deux: anything from AGEOD, Koger's Jutland and Distant Guns, People's General, Shrapnel Game's BCT Commander, Armor Brigade Commander, etc; Anything from Harpoon series.
This is a compilation of a long running series we have....Many more to come in 2025!
hahah i would never play a wargame or any serious game on an iphone lol iphone is for candy crush
Love the list LT. Thanks for shout out to the Deck friendly games.
I'm playing a few on Legion Go now 😉
I bought Sengoku DLC last month, I better put some time in finally.
WarPlan does the Pacific too which is really good. Hex of Steel is the best of the style imho and flows with newbies or old pros it is solid. Attack at Dawn is brilliant
instant subscription
Gary G games u have been warned 5 yrs required to play lol a true pros game
playing through the battle for wesnoth again for the first time in 10+ years.
7:15
just want to say, after seeing the absurd war thunder "armoured dune buggies" zipping around the battlefield, seeing the tanks crawl around slowly, carefully, is refreshing.
Been playing a bunch of Fleet Command this last month as well! The controls are a bit jank and I hate that you can't Alt-Tab out of it, but it really does hold up quite well. There's a mod for it called Naval Warfare Project that adds a bunch of new vessels, weapons and aircraft but I haven't tried it yet. I wanted to finish the vanilla stuff first!
PS. How do you get it widescreen?!
I must try out that mod! I'm still working on wide-screen 🤷♂️😇
This was great, some oldies instaled :). I wonderd will there be Tom Clancy’s EndWar, but didn't got to this amazing list.
Atlantic Fleet is really good. The dynamic campaign on the map is somewhat meh for me, but the other campaigns going through the missions are awesome. And if you lose a ship its gone, and you might not have the money to replace it. A single shot can sink your ships if youre unlucky, so its always kinda tense.
Id like to play it on the channel :)
Cripes almighty. Thanks so much for another Amazingly Great video I will store in my archives forever ! !
Next year this will be over 100+ games I'm sure. I might even do an A to Z of Wargames!
@@LTGamingUA-cam Great news! Thank you so much ! !
Great video! I was wondering if you and Tom thought that, if Panzercorps 2 is more of a puzzle game (as was Panzercorps 1), what do you think of Hex of Steel? is it less "puzzly?"
Yes I felt that way personally and Hex of Steel feels more of a wargame. But it is subjective! 🚀
Ancient Warfare Han Dynasty reminds me of Ultimate Generals Civil War. A light version of total war
graviteam tactics,nuff said
Rise of the white sun is in his own league, like Mao's legacy. Both incredible diamonds
im playing 2 PBEMs for War in the Pacific Admirals Editions right now, sneaky fun!
Regiments,Cold Waters, GHPC, CMO, War on the sea are most definitely NOT forgotten games. They're very popular among wargamers of all kinds, so i don't understand why you included them in a list full of forgotten games, but you didn't include Steel Fury, which is basically Steel Armor but set in WWII and without the weird battle preparation map thing. Or if you like, its like playing Graviteam Tactics but from the perspective of one tank crew.
In my opinion the BEST WWII tank simulator ever made.Maybe the best tank simulator in general, after Steel Beasts 2. People are still playing it and there are still mods made for it, but it's largely forgotten.
Hi LT , some very great but underated games ( especially pike and shot). Maybe you and the viewer can held. I‘m searching since a long time for an old turned based game. Should be realeased in 1998 to 2003 ( i‘m sry for not much more concretization of the timeline). The was two faction. One human army ( i think the us army)with modern military equipment fighting against nature monsters like trees and so on. Maybe someones knows the games. Would be awesome. Thanks people👍
ive been playing pc games since 1983. But ive never heard of military tactics game, where the US military engages with Soviet trees....:P
Would Shadow Empire fit into this ? Its not that old or anything, but ive had a really good time with it once i understood how some stuff worked.
It could for sure! The player base is quite small. Solid game but very hard :)
a VERY old game that i love: The Perfect General
Close Combat 3 is on steam now
Fun fact: 688i hunter killer works on Windows 10 with no extra tweaks.
You left out "Combat Mission" series on sale now for 60% off on steam.
bought hex of steel 3 weeks ago. its not forgotten.^^
Hi. As someone that has never played a hex world war 2 battle game like Panzer General I should start with Hex of Steel?
It's very approachable for sure!
hmm. Sword of the stars (the first one) is a really great game. command ever increasing fleets, real time combat, where you literally design the ships in your fleet. Can be pretty addictive, and really sits with me being a older gamer. Very cheap on Steam, and when on sale it is a absolute give away.
Does anyone remember playing the board game Afrika Korp!
Regiments is a great game. what it really *REALLY* needs is MP though.
Nice video, but I miss a lot CLASH OF NATION. Great game concept even if it was full of bugs, but I think it should be addeed to this list. Great game
To use the title of this video and missout Wargame: Red Dragon is a real bummer for me.
Its a real gem and only community that can wipe our your dreams
The series isn't finished so one for a future episode!
@LTGamingUA-cam good man!😜
no pressure...
WW2 Online? give that game some love. in fact go have a try it's free.
Battlestations midway/pacific?
Worth mentioning War Thunder.
While it's your typical F2P,
- Air battles in simulator mode are really something to behold. While the flight model is behind DCS, and the cockpits are not interactive, the stuff like modelling of the missile seekers, radar cross-sections, etc. is... perhaps the best of all the games on the market???
- Tank battles in Realistic mode are also something amazing, volumetric armors + volumetric physics + the fact that it's a combined-arms PVP with helicopters and airplanes really makes for an unique experience.
- Naval battles - here, I would recommend Arcade Bluewater, as it's where most players are, plus: select more than one sever - at the moment it's the naval game with *by far* the most detailed damage modelling. While the map design is awful, the sheer detailing of the vessels and their interiors, including individual decks and armor plates, goes way beyond anything you can find in any other naval game.
War Thunder isn't forgotten though
@@frye672 It pretty much doesn't exist in a wider gaming discourse.
I may try SGS Korea again. I hated what I played. Maybe too lazy to go through the whole tutorial or just not that interesting.
Once these games clicked with me I enjoyed them!
Man I sat and listen to this massive video and didn't get to some real forgotten games like On The Western Front, Klotzen! Panzer Battles, Dangerous Water, Deity Empires and wow no Strategic Mind but a mobile game like Frontline series.
This series has many episodes to go into the future ;)
@@LTGamingUA-cam haha i figured
Also, WDS for the win
Met with them today! Great team over there :)
those 10 dollar "early access" games by one or two highly devoted people, l am happy to sling them that if the game looks worth the help, some l know l will never play but l enjoyed the concept and wished them with with a early access purchase.
I still have a second playthrough as the allies on talonsoft's Bomb the Reich, and at least one as the Germans, (having completed U.S.A.A.F. as the allies on the C64 last century), then l have War in the Pacific Admirals edition to START, at 65, time is running out.
naval war arctic circle
Comment #2 I love the addition of all the Vietnam games at the end of this list. Feels like a war that's not covered all too often in games. Sure, we have some great hex games for it, but I'd love to see something more.. 3D / pretty, but with the depth of the hex games.
How do I get any of this stuff
Steam 🚀
@@LTGamingUA-cam Thank you
Cancer Core 2 can give you an aneurism if you don't have any experience with such games. Look up guides before playing
interesting, Destiny of the World is WEGO.
Basically hearts of iron, but turn based. WITPAE simplified......
WDS games are gorgeoes but those ww2 titles need 3d troops instead of NATO counters like their gunpowder titles
Panzer Corps 1 is more forgotten and better
He mention combat mission?
Big miss.....Wargame European Escalation (series) Aside from that....I feel immersed.
I don't understand the choice you made here...
That you talk about Ultimate General: Gettysburg, which is only the beta version of the full game Ultimate General: Civil War is strange.
Gettysburg has ONE battle, lacks ALL of the player customizable units and army composition, and ALL the dozens of other battles.
The FULL title, and therefore the one you should've brought up is Civil War, not the beta, Gettysburg!
I don't understand the choice here...
@jonathanallard2128 its a lesser known game and is a different game in its own right. I reviewed UA:G on the channel. People have forgotten a game that came before it. A very good game 🤷♂️ easy to understand...you almost prove the point in your own comment 🤣 also going on about Beta and full game is just silly. Two different games 🤦♂️ you don't understand the legacy of these games back too the Sid Meier's games to have written this.
I just cant get excited over War Over Vietnam. Sounds like fighting a bunch of Zulu tribes men with an air force.
Been one of my favorite wargame finds of the year!
@@LTGamingUA-cam IM gonna get the Middle East one cause when studying the battles they were close to evenly match in capabilities. Just Arabs were incompetent tactically and had poor training. But the weapon and arms capabilities was similar.
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The best modern AVF combat modern tank battel group ,is Steel Best NATO WW3 it is used by all NATO armies ,go and get it there a lot of guy will that you putting it on your channel.
Destroyer The U-boat Hunter is dead. I've had problems with the game from when it first came out. The game completely locks up when I have killed a U-Boat. Don't waste your money on it.
54 problems but a forgotten war game isnt one . 2024 people dont need reminders to sub and like if ppl like theyll sub 90% of ppl just dont give a crap... and no i havent done a poll 😂😂😂 thats just humanity for the most part.who cares lol
I need an Xbox replace for WoT, it's getting to cheaty
IM not the biggest on graphics but yikes Operation Art of War 4 is too ugly. I tried lol
90% of the games shown are copy paste tabletop games that will run on a pocket calculator from the 90's ......
@@PhilipKerry yeah jog on joker 😉
most of them are new and not forgotten...
What reality do you live in haha
@@LTGamingUA-cam looks like u r drunk and live in a fantasy world. go to school and learn what forgotten means.
Total Conflict: Resistance kinda sucks ass.
Gunner Heat PC is poggers as the kids say
dude. no games before 2000 lol