Buyer's Remorse?

[Liebchen]

I wanted a Pacific Title when I was picking up a bulk buy during the Summer Sale, and while I was initially leaning towards J45 I ended up with Philippines 44.  Although I bought it weeks ago I hadn't actually installed it until yesterday when a friend asked if I'd like to play a game.  I loaded it up and looked around at the offerings and all I can say is that the longer I looked, the more I regretted buying this title.  Sure it comes with 80 or scenarios, but a full 75% of them are intended to be played against the AI.  I know, I know, gamers who play with themselves make up the majority of the Panzer Campaigns customer base, but I'm used to the split being at least 50/50.  Of the 20 or so that can be played H2H, 4 of them are 700 turn monsters that frankly will never be played H2H because even at a turn a day (good luck) that's 2 years.  Most of the other H2H scenarios (and many of the self gratification ones too) are about the size of postage stamps and would be better simulated by Squad Battles or even a Panzer Battles engine.  Reeling from the disappointment I went into the Scenario Data Base to see what others think and it's a ghost town....literally less than a handful or reported games, and only one of them rated above a 5 for enjoyment.  I get the subject matter, and I get that historically the war in the Pacific from 1943 on was the Japanese refusing to die and the Americans killing them one by one and taking territory yard by yard.....and that's the game facts that need to be dealt with.....but ......well.....can anybody out there step up and tell me, nah man you got it wrong; P44 is a great title and here's why.    Never in 20 years have I acquired a PzC title and found nothing to like about it from the jump.  Sure I've had some that took me a while to warm up to, and some that lost their luster over time, but every other title has been like.....bam, can't wait to play that scenario....and I didn't get that with this title.

I am not too thrilled with the Philippines title, either, but the J'45 and J'46 titles are a blast.