Which Game to Get...

[MattP]

Let's be realistic here, the graphics for the series be it ACW or NAP are horrid.   It is one of the biggest detriments of playing them, they're hideous to look at and difficult to see given my screen resolution.   I installed Leipzig last night and ran through a small test scenario and BGN Russia even makes it look bad and that game was made in the 90s...…though I think those had hand drawn maps, not modular or whatever maps like the others.  

Perhaps they don't sell enough of these titles to warrant a full graphics overhaul or ...perhaps because the graphics are so outdated and horrific, it prevents them from selling more of them.    If they would overhaul the game and get rid of the silly low res graphics I'd probably buy all of them and certainly enjoy them more.   I guess one thing I don't understand is that most VASSAL boardgames and all printed boardgames look 1,000,000 times better, so what gives.    

The changes made to the ACW graphics are certainly an improvement but still restricted by incredibly low resolution and not nearly what they should be in 2018.  

In regards to Jison mentioned in another post, if he is the one who did the War in the East Map mod, I loved it.   It was 100 times better than the stock map that came with the game and I would be ecstatic if these games could look like that (and really, can't fathom why they don't).