As a new player I have a lot of questions. I'll introduce myself briefly first. My name is Nikolaus Türner. (sualokin backwards), live in Stockholm Sweden and 30 years of age. WW2 has always been a great interest, especially after I learned as a kid that my grandfather and his brother were directly involved in the action on the eastern front and prior to that spent about a year in a soviet gulag camp. They grew up in Tallinn, Estonia in the 1920's and 30s and were sent to gulag in the summer of 1940 because they were studying at the university. In total about 8000 students were deported that summer, of which roughly 2500 would die within a year. It was a horrible war in many respects even (or perhaps particularly) for those who survived it.
Personal mil experience, 2. AmfBat of the Swedish Amphibious Corps, rank Staff Sergeant. As a civilian I've survived being hit by a car while biking, motorcycle crashes, and a knife through my right lung. So you could say I have had my share cut out for me. What's good about it is you learn to appreciate life. I'm sure many of you can relate. It's just life, you never know. :)
Anyway... I've not been playing turn-based games since the Panzer General days. Instead I found 'Hearts of Iron', and is a great fan of the series playing the 'Historical Stony Road' mod (HSR) but there has always been something lacking. HoI is a true strategy game played at the very highest level where the smallest unit is of division size and the map is made up of provinces not hexes. So there is not any room to maneuver tactically, all movements and combat actions remain on a strategic level.
So imagine my delight when I came across the HPS titles this weekend. I figured, why hesitate (?), and ordered all the eastern front titles of the PzC series, save for Budapest '45 I'll get that one later most likely. Also ordered the air campaigns 'Defense of the Reich', 'War over Vietnam' and modern day 'Decisive Action'. I probably bit off more than I can chew atm but wth.
On that note I've been oogling Market Garden '44 as well as "the Bulge", seem to be nice titles. I'm just totally sold on the eastern front, it was there the war was won, and lost. In all honesty the western campaign from '44 to '45 look like a picnic in comparison. ;)
Ok questions, questions questions... :chin:
Installation
What is the best way to install these games. I've understood they all use the same core engine, so do you install them into the same directory or treat each title as a separate install? Is it even possible to have all campaigns using the same install?
The game & ladder
I'll need a boot camp game, but first I need to learn the game! So... any hints or recommendations of what type of game one should start off with?
Graphics
Ok it's not a pretty game, I know that. However are there any custom graphics that will fit the whole series? Or is it again, title specific? Where is this downloadable?
About the display size; The game is played in a window right? So a big screen is good yes?
More questions will come up later for sure, but that's it for now. I'm very excited about getting these titles (as you probably can tell).
Expecting the PBEM games to be very challenging, but looking forward to it!
Salute!
"I sincerely believe the banking institutions having the issuing power of money are more dangerous to liberty than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Monroe, January 1, 1815.
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