"The Road to Montebourg"
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

http://www.battlefront.com/
http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?opt...&Itemid=458

Thank's for the heads up Magnum.

Amazing screens. Going to have a lot of fun with this tactical game. Panzerblitz in 3D!

nice the HMC M8 is sexy along with th StuG and MarderIII!

Ya I really got my hopes up with this title... still love all three of the classics... just hope Battlefront don't blow it....which they seem to be doing alot more lately IMO.

CMSF was buggy on release but seemed to patch up nicely. The botched release of CMSF combined with Steve at BFC being not too skilled in the PR dept turned off a lot of people! haha
BFC needs someone like the German player (Bil Hardenger(sp) moniker) in the AAR to advertise the game and answer questions. He is extremely polite and patient with the game questions and is not afraid to admit when he does not know something in particular.

Last I read BFC was estimating a late April release for CM:B4N.

The early release of CMSF has way more to do with Paradox than with BF "blowing it." As we have seen with CMSF, they are committed to supporting their games and fixing problems as they arise.

more OT here...

Steve's words not mine.

...and this is where the conspiracy theorist come in claiming BFC was given a firm release date by the publisher when they signed the contract and that their surprise at having to release CMSF early was faux.

I'm done.
please PM me or start a new thread on this subject and have a good weekend.


back to the topic!

Still shovelling it at full throttle are you Pat?

still the pollyanna, eh?

enough OT with you, too. Please send me a PM or start a new thread on this subject. please have a good weekend.

what are the combat mission games like? I have only ever seen a little bit of them on these forums? how's the game play, tactics etc

The first 3 classic ones are some of the greatest WEGO type tactical combat games ever. imo...

The modern ones are nice, but due to modern weapon ranges just don't play the same.

But of course those classic ones are really showing there age, but can be played on this work laptop... which is great.

I went to the bay area preview of the game. Even though they are still on my hard drive, it has been a long time since I've played any of the CMx1 titles, they pale in comparison to CMx2, IMHO. While I too prefer WW2 combat to modern, I have also been amazed at some of the stuff I've seen in CMSF and it has really opened my eyes to what modern weaponry is capable of. CMBN still has a CMx2 feel to it, so if you didn't like the interface or 1to1 infantry modeling and its limitations you probably won't like CMBN either. A lot of the development time went into fixing/restoring/improving the CMSF Quick Battle generator. My impression from the preview is that when I get the game I will mess around with the QB force selector prior to playing any scenarios (I'm mostly a pvp player so I'll probably save the scenarios for pbems too). For me the single player aspect of the game is the least attractive part which means I'm underwhelmed with the Campaigns too. There is also the CMx2 option to play either RT or turn based. To sum CMBN up, I am unaware of any game on the market that can provide what CMBN is going to provide (just as there is no game on the market to directly compete with CMSF), so if you're looking for a tactical wargame that can be played on the scale of Battalions down to squads and teams you should download the demo once it is released and check it out.

If you want to know about gameplay and tactics without waiting for CMBN release you can go to Battlefront and download the CMSF demos and get an idea of the general mechanics of CMx2 games.