How do you like AB? And as a brand new release I suppose it was wishful thinking that it would be in the sale.
Sorry for the delay, cooking lunch at present and had to attend.
Yes, new releases are never on sale with there Holiday sales, but hey whishing is free
That´s why I went ahead and bought it, because till there "summer sale", it wont be discounted, even then, it wont be as big discount as there holiday sale which is once a year.
I personally like AB alot, aside from some other reasons like the battle generator, data base editor and other goodies, the main reason is it´s lethality!
By this I mean that even in the cold war era, weapons, and warfare in general is lethal. In any footage of modern land warfare, or if you ever played Steel Beast, or even CMBS or CMSF, you know that if your hit, your most likely destroyed/dead/inoperative. Weapons are lethal, and you find that in Armored Brigade. If your spotted by the OPFOR, your most likely dead, by that I mean there isn´t that much "random CRT" dice rolls in the background as in some wargames. Sure there are some, because you don´t always have perfect aim/LOS/track, but for the most part, if they see you (spot), your done for!
Which is how it is in real life. You also have more control over your units, as opposed to CMANO or CMSF. Although you have most of the options (in gameplay) that these formentioned have, I find it easier to play/manage. Tacticaly, one could argue with the AI, but I find that NO AI is perfect. Overall I think the AI does a good job, and if your not to demanding, some input on your own always helps, by that I mean "understanding/flexible" on behalf of both sides.
Really enjoying it, and to be honest, I was looking forward to AB since the free version came out some years ago.
Red