For those who don't like CMSF, maybe this game is for you.

[jomni]

http://www.csosimtek.com/PressRelease.html

There will finally be a Commercial release via Matrix games.
Care to share your thoughts on this?

[Fubar]

Oh god.....i see a mention of the dreaded 'realistic asymmetric battlefield' there. I hope they implement it better than BFC. As it's an Anti Terrorism game i'm guessing there'll be no vehicles or heavy equipment like ATGM's or RR's?

It does look interesting though........nice find. :thumbs_up:

[RedDevil]

Looks like a SP map, nothing like the Cm maps.

[Fubar]

It's using the immortal Close Combat engine.....i may have to buy Close Combat again. ;)

[jomni]

Well unlike CMSF, this is being used by the Marines as a training tool for years now.

Advantages of the game engine over CMSF:
Better TacAI
No graphical quirks (since it's 2D)
Proven soldier psychology model and morale
Our favorite right-click drop down orders list.

Disadvantages:
2D... so difficult to assess elevation
Dated graphics
It may still have the dreaded "crawl of death".

But quite interesting. I never knew they're going to release Close Combat Marines commercially. But this is it.

[Fubar]

The new Close Combat Cross Of Iron by Matrix says that things like tank pathing and the crawl of death have been fixed so fingers crossed this is the same.

http://www.matrixgames.com/games/game.asp?gid=335

[jomni]

I have COI. Craw of Death is somewhat solved.
But will CCM use the COI fixes?
Now that is the question.

[Fubar]

I have COI. Craw of Death is somewhat solved.
But will CCM use the COI fixes?
Now that is the question.

Is CoI any good? I was thinking of buying it but funds are in short supply and i didn't know if it was worth it at the moment.

[McIvan]

Pretty much the same as any other CC game....if you liked them, you'll like COI.

[Fubar]

One of the reasons i liked CC was all the community made mods, another reason why i love CM so much.

I may ask for CoI for my birthday then. :thumbs_up: