thinkin' 'boutit

[Compass Rose]

I was heavy into Combat Mission series before I discovered John Tiller JTS/HPS games.

I started off purchasing CM:BO which happened to be the first game I ever purchased off of the internet.

It was a very enjoyable game and biggest enjoyment came from being able to watch the replays from every possible angle and also from every possible unit. Nothing like being able to actually see a projectile in the air, about to hit your unit, or having the replay angle centered on a bazooka unit that is hiding, and watching it pop up and take out a enemy tank and close range, or having the replay angle centered on one of your tanks as they are firing as quickly as they can to knock out a enemy tank that is firing on them while having shells ricocheting off of your tank. It can be very, very addictive....with a price.

The price you pay, is time. It is so easy to get caught up in the scenarios and watching replays that it is easy to drop 2-3 hours of time, and then wonder why the day/night went so quickly!

CM:BO was great until CM:BB came out and the graphics on BB are blew BO out of the water.

The last title in that original series to be released was CM:AK which I never could get into.

From my POV CM:BB was the best and most enjoyable title, of the three.

At one point Special Editions were released of each title which included extra graphics mods, and maybe a few extra scenarios, etc.

I would suggest looking on Ebay or Amazon for the Special Editions (SE) versions of these games as I think they should be available very cheap.

Also, BO and BB originally were released with a printed manual. CM:AK only came with a PDF manual.

Also, IIRC, the Special Editions of BO and BB came with two cd's, one with the game and one with all of the extras. I think the AK Special Edition came only on one disk.

BTW, you can mod the games like crazy. Using JSGME is a must.