TOP 3 RETRO WORLD WAR 2 STRATEGY GAMES

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AgrippaMaxentius

Күн бұрын

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@Swonje Ай бұрын

Steel Panthers ❤

@daxconnell7661 Ай бұрын

loved Steel Panthers, wish they would do a remake, or even an update to the Close Combat series

@loreauvillephil Ай бұрын

I was expecting to see Steel Panthers on this list.

@odinn1111 Ай бұрын

@@daxconnell7661 There's already a version of Steel Panthers remade for the modern systems called WinSPWW2.

@Mer-Man-Man Ай бұрын

sudden strike 1, blitzkrieg 1 and 2 are still head of his time also so much better than today's games

@chrisdude2675 Ай бұрын

Combat Mission is my favorite. There something about the old ones i love more than the new ones. Also endless user made maps.

@AgrippaMaxentius Ай бұрын

Man absolutely, gives me a huge nostalgia hit.

@allanjensen6855 Ай бұрын

My first wargames was Arnhem and Desserts Rats for the ZX Spectrum by CCS and Crusade in Europe for the Commodore 64 by Microprose - That was the good old days 🤩

@mikeck4609 Ай бұрын

Combat mission is one of the best games ever made. Was just so different and so much more compelling and realistic than anything we had seen. I used to have a dozen play by email Games going on at the same time

@generalk3n0b13 Ай бұрын

I still remember playing Panzer General and Allied General on my PC. Anyway, great list, ty for the video 👍

@4002-n5c Ай бұрын

The first combat mission trilogy was THE experience for me. I got beyond overlord as a gift when 8 and used to play it with my father explaining things to me and guiding me.

@jeffercinadams9026 Ай бұрын

I love the Combat Mission early series. Tons of fun still.

@Rattlesnake8 Ай бұрын

The Close Combat series is amazing. I've been playing them since the 90's and still play them fairly often.

@szilardszente4496 Ай бұрын

When I tried the Combat Mission game for the first time, I couldn't believe what I was experiencing! I didn't know it until then, but that was exactly the experience I needed. Great video, keep it up!

@combly7 Ай бұрын

The combat mission classic trilogy is my favorite wargame series. The new ones are good as well, but something about that abstraction of the original makes it an easier to play experience for me.

@MarioFernandez-x2d Ай бұрын

I loved playing Combat Mission! I remember playing the demo,, challenging, hability to create random and make your own maps, select your troops. no idea if you can still play it???

@JD-vj4go Ай бұрын

I'm really old and my first was called Battle Group i think. Mid 80s.

@brucesim2003 Ай бұрын

CCIII was one of my favourite games way back when. One campaign that sticks in my memory was playing the long campaign as the Russians. We'd reached the stalingrad scenario. I deployed, and hit start - immediately realising I'd forgotten to redeploy the 120mm mortar. I'd left it right on the front line, next to a factory, and it was one of those units that either couldn't be moved or moved excrutiatingly slowly. I cursed, and hit the truce button - which needs the opponent to agree for the battle to end. A German tiger emerged from the factory, which made me metally write off the mortar. But the mortar faced the tank and lobbed a round right on top of the tiger, killing it instantly. The AI immediately hit the truce as well. Shortest battle I ever had, and a huge sigh of relief that I managed to keep the mortar, which got a bucketload of xp just for killing the tank.

@AgrippaMaxentius Ай бұрын

Haha beautiful

@TheMachinePUA Ай бұрын

SSI really was the GOAT of war games back in the day. Ubisoft bought them in 2001 and killed them shortly after.

@odenat3701 Ай бұрын

Another great video! Cheers Agrippa.

@georgecoventry8441 Ай бұрын

I think those 3 games you were covering were more along the line of tactical simulations (local battle tactics) rather than strategic simulations (which involve various factors on a far larger than tactical scale...which can include overall planning for campaigns, supply, war production, economic management, etc...). In any case, they all looked good. The WWII military games I liked best in the 90's were: Steel Panthers (tactical), Panzer General/Allied General (strategic and tactical), and one involving carrier battles in the Pacific, but I can't recall its name at the moment. I generally prefer turn-based games as opposed to "real time" simulations, although the "real time" stuff is okay if I can "pause" it when I want to.

@allanjensen6855 Ай бұрын

I think you are thinking of Carriers at War 1941-1945: Fleet Carrier Operations in the Pacific by SSG - That was a wargame I enjoyed alot too (my 4th wargame actually and Im an oldtimer as well) ☺

@georgecoventry8441 Ай бұрын

@@allanjensen6855 - Yes! That's the one. Great game!

@harrypalmer6228 Ай бұрын

Cloce Combat 3 with the Real Red mod was amazing

@ajlynch123 Ай бұрын

I played TONS of Sudden Strike back in the day. I even have the music on my phone lol

@antondzajajurca7797 Ай бұрын

We had an awesome community for Sudden strike 2 Real Warfare Mod, originally created by Otcho, then nurished by "Barbarossa" :)

@Amazer1971 Ай бұрын

Talonsoft's Westfront and Eastfront 2

@chrisdude2675 Ай бұрын

I never seen Close Combat move that fast before

@geoff-brady Ай бұрын

Great video. It gets an old wargamer excited (57). I own all these games but have yet to play them (shame on my lazy arse). I will install Combat Mission because I like the "Simultaneous Action Turns". My current favorite game is the 2004 Battle Academy. Totally addicted. Not sure if you have checked it out. There is also East Front 1 & 2.

@daxconnell7661 Ай бұрын

a grand-daddy of war strategy games Perfect General

@AnthonyJones-p3s Ай бұрын

I dont know how many 1000s of hrs i spent playing cmbo and cmbb. I forgot how psychedelic the color scheme of cc3 was😂

@77Arcturus Ай бұрын

Love the CLOSE COMBAT series especially the audio work which is incredibly immersive bringing all the excitement and horror of war. My first wargame was LORDS OF THE RISING SUN on the Commodore Amiga 500 back in 1989 along with BATTLETECH THE CRESCENT HAWK'S INCEPTION. Before that it was tabletop gaming with my first wargame being AXIS & ALLIES and my first hardcore wargame being BATTLETECH from FASA followed a few years later by NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO which had a fantastic detailed map and a nice supply line system which started awakening the magic of real world game mechanics beyond science fiction. CLOSE COMBAT is great but they need to update the ui for modern systems. Many of the games i picked up during a bundle sale earlier this year have all sorts of full screen issues with many not going full screen or other issues which ruin the immersive view. Fortunately the bloodcurdling audio of raw death dealing BLAZING COMBAT!!! is still working flawlessly. Thanks for the great video AgrippaMaxentius. Perfect timing with November soon arriving which is my favorite time to play wargames. Looking forward to the release of ZEPHON on the 8th. Have a great weekend and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ☕

@AgrippaMaxentius Ай бұрын

Great to see you Arc! Thought you were going to say "Lords of the Realm" one of my first strategy games

@77Arcturus Ай бұрын

@@AgrippaMaxentius Ha ha, unfortunately i never played LORDS OF THE REALM though looking at it just now on GOOGLE i wish i had. Graphics remind me of the STRONGHOLD series. Will have to see if there is a modern version that has been released in recent years.

@77Arcturus Ай бұрын

@@AgrippaMaxentius Found out i already have the second game in the series in my STEAM library so i will definitely give that a try especially since it is considered the best in the series before they tried a TOTAL WAR approach with the third sequel.

@worldwarmini3919 Ай бұрын

great video

@toolsey2 Ай бұрын

I love the 3 original Combat mission games better than the newer versions , what people have to remember is that they are based on Avalon Hills Squad leader games as was Close Combat in which both versions veered off the original premise , that’s why there are 3 figures in the Combat Mission games and make it more of a platoon level game as you can double click on command to manoeuvre. I wish they would remaster the original 3 as I they think they are nearly a perfect system , my other wish is that you could have a campaign add on like they were working on in the early 2000s which was ended due to 2nd engine being worked on. The modern versions have every man in the squad and skid about all over the place and so seems to have lost the original feeling to me , I remember my platoon in foxholes along a ridge next to a road to Bastogne with fog shrouding the trees in the distance with enemy vehicles coming along the road as yet unseen, the foxholes were better than the modern versions which look like termite hills, Some of the old mods make the games look fantastic.

@sylviagilbert8536 Ай бұрын

I thought Combat Mission: From Barbarossa to Berlin was the best of that series. Close Combat: Battle of the Bulge was my fav from that series. Never played Sudden Strike.