"Recent events seem to indicate otherwise". Sums it all up really. For years in the Arma community we have been complaining about the AI walking down the middle of the road, driving over blatant landmines, driving AA vehicles off of bridges and into the sea, infantry not reacting to contact instead choosing to lie down in the middle of the road and just stare at the enemy etc. Turns out that all along the system has been perfectly simulated and we just didn't know it yet.
I keep hoping for an early war game, operation Barbarossa or battle for France timeline. The early development of tanks really makes that time shine for a history perspective.
It’s mentioned elsewhere but I would love to see it go to Korea next. Everything from Task Force Smith to the loss of Daejeon, the defense of the Busan perimeter, Chosin, any of the 4 battles for Seoul would be great scenarios. Plus it gives way to see a lot unique factions including China, North Korea, United States, UK, Turkey and a bunch of other banners under the UN command. I think the British/Dutch/Indian/Chinese fight against the Japanese in Southeast Asia deserves more attention as well.
What's interesting is the Soviets most likely wouldn't rush the Fulda gap, instead going north through the Dutch zone and go for the ports on the North sea. Wouldn't change too much, but always thought it was interesting how fixated the NATO was on Fulda.
I would also like to give a shout-out to Combat Mission: Afrika Korps, and Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin. They do an excellent job of filling the gaps in what the CMx2 engine has yet to cover, to a point, with Afrika Korps covering everything from the beginning of the fighting in North Africa in 1940 up to and beyond where Fortress Italy picks up. Barbarossa to Berlin covers the entire eastern front, and is great for getting in everything that comes before the setting of Red Thunder. The one downside is that they are using the previous generation Combat Mission engine, CMx1, which is noticeably not as good as the CMx2 engine used by every Combat Mission game since 2007. But I'm happy to overlook that, on the grounds that the CMx1 engine is still the second best game engine in the world after only the CMx2 engine. Another downside is that, even going back to the CMx1 titles, there is still no Combat Mission game covering the really early operations of WW2, from the Invasion of Poland to the Battle of France.
It's so wild seeing how far these games have come. I remember the first Combat Mission game coming out when I was a kid. Back at the start of Covid I was messing around with the Afghanistan demo, which was a lot of fun.
Quite a long time ago, CM was trying to develop an operations campaign that carried over from battle to battle, with an operations map for moving forces and logistics. They gave up on it, but I wish they would give it a second look. Beyond that, I wish they would do an Afrika Korps upgrade from the older game engine.
Worth to note Battlefront has great and quite knowledgeable community - average age there must be something like 60, which is almost unprecedented in gaming.
Combat Mission Beyond Normandy will always be my favorite since it's my Grandfather's theater of war. I'm very happy it's getting a battle pack expansion, but I always hoped it would get expansions to completely flesh out the war in 1944 France and the low countries: Uncon units representing French partisans, allied OOBs reflecting the overlord beach assault teams, DD tanks, tank riding infantry, dedicated Free French units.....it's one of the most popular TOW in wargaming, and I just wish they would squeeze all the available goodness out of it.
This is super helpful. I'm often down on UA-cam's algorith, but this week the algorithm brought me to your channel (and thus introduced me to Combat Mission). I've been jamming with WARNO, Wargame, Steel Division, and Men of War, but this looks like the next step up from those. This is super helpful as a means of getting up to speed on the franchise, and your other vids are super exciting teasers of what I have to look forward to!
My first Combat Mission is the Cold War one. Still getting used to the vehicle combat there, with the early incarnations of ATGMs and all round high lethality of it. A kickass game tho, love to learn the intricacies of it. Maybe the next one I'll get is Battle for Normandy one
This was an interesting video! I haven't played a CM game since the original three games, and I was interested in them again now that a WW2 CM has finally been released. I'm just a simple guy who loves strategy games, not a wargaming buff, so it was nice to see the modern titles being discussed in a clear manner here. Thanks!
I absolutely loved playing as the Italians in CMFI with their clunky squad system and tankettes. Would kill to to see a Spanish Civil War CM. I know it would not sell very well at all, but one can always dream.
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"Recent events seem to indicate otherwise". Sums it all up really. For years in the Arma community we have been complaining about the AI walking down the middle of the road, driving over blatant landmines, driving AA vehicles off of bridges and into the sea, infantry not reacting to contact instead choosing to lie down in the middle of the road and just stare at the enemy etc. Turns out that all along the system has been perfectly simulated and we just didn't know it yet.
I think it would be really cool if they made a Korean war title.
I keep hoping for an early war game, operation Barbarossa or battle for France timeline. The early development of tanks really makes that time shine for a history perspective.
It’s mentioned elsewhere but I would love to see it go to Korea next. Everything from Task Force Smith to the loss of Daejeon, the defense of the Busan perimeter, Chosin, any of the 4 battles for Seoul would be great scenarios. Plus it gives way to see a lot unique factions including China, North Korea, United States, UK, Turkey and a bunch of other banners under the UN command. I think the British/Dutch/Indian/Chinese fight against the Japanese in Southeast Asia deserves more attention as well.
Wait so Putin is the reason I still don't have Marines in Black Sea? If you needed yet another reason to support Ukraine...
What's interesting is the Soviets most likely wouldn't rush the Fulda gap, instead going north through the Dutch zone and go for the ports on the North sea. Wouldn't change too much, but always thought it was interesting how fixated the NATO was on Fulda.
I do hope we get CM game based on North (and possible east) Africa campaign in future.
I would also like to give a shout-out to Combat Mission: Afrika Korps, and Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin. They do an excellent job of filling the gaps in what the CMx2 engine has yet to cover, to a point, with Afrika Korps covering everything from the beginning of the fighting in North Africa in 1940 up to and beyond where Fortress Italy picks up. Barbarossa to Berlin covers the entire eastern front, and is great for getting in everything that comes before the setting of Red Thunder. The one downside is that they are using the previous generation Combat Mission engine, CMx1, which is noticeably not as good as the CMx2 engine used by every Combat Mission game since 2007. But I'm happy to overlook that, on the grounds that the CMx1 engine is still the second best game engine in the world after only the CMx2 engine. Another downside is that, even going back to the CMx1 titles, there is still no Combat Mission game covering the really early operations of WW2, from the Invasion of Poland to the Battle of France.
Seeing this recap of the original CM also reminds me of the old Close Combat from the 90s which first started me in WW2 computer war gaming.
CM: CW demo when?
It's so wild seeing how far these games have come. I remember the first Combat Mission game coming out when I was a kid. Back at the start of Covid I was messing around with the Afghanistan demo, which was a lot of fun.
Quite a long time ago, CM was trying to develop an operations campaign that carried over from battle to battle, with an operations map for moving forces and logistics. They gave up on it, but I wish they would give it a second look. Beyond that, I wish they would do an Afrika Korps upgrade from the older game engine.
Worth to note Battlefront has great and quite knowledgeable community - average age there must be something like 60, which is almost unprecedented in gaming.
Combat Mission Beyond Normandy will always be my favorite since it's my Grandfather's theater of war. I'm very happy it's getting a battle pack expansion, but I always hoped it would get expansions to completely flesh out the war in 1944 France and the low countries: Uncon units representing French partisans, allied OOBs reflecting the overlord beach assault teams, DD tanks, tank riding infantry, dedicated Free French units.....it's one of the most popular TOW in wargaming, and I just wish they would squeeze all the available goodness out of it.
This is super helpful. I'm often down on UA-cam's algorith, but this week the algorithm brought me to your channel (and thus introduced me to Combat Mission). I've been jamming with WARNO, Wargame, Steel Division, and Men of War, but this looks like the next step up from those. This is super helpful as a means of getting up to speed on the franchise, and your other vids are super exciting teasers of what I have to look forward to!
My first Combat Mission is the Cold War one. Still getting used to the vehicle combat there, with the early incarnations of ATGMs and all round high lethality of it. A kickass game tho, love to learn the intricacies of it. Maybe the next one I'll get is Battle for Normandy one
This was an interesting video! I haven't played a CM game since the original three games, and I was interested in them again now that a WW2 CM has finally been released. I'm just a simple guy who loves strategy games, not a wargaming buff, so it was nice to see the modern titles being discussed in a clear manner here. Thanks!
I absolutely loved playing as the Italians in CMFI with their clunky squad system and tankettes. Would kill to to see a Spanish Civil War CM. I know it would not sell very well at all, but one can always dream.
Really glad you made this video, I’ve already got 3 but looking at picking up Normandy next
Great video, perfectly answers any and all questions