"It is important to note that the storyline for Black Sea was first developed in 2009 and production started in 2013. In early 2014 Russia invaded Ukraine, making our story much less hypothetical. As a direct result we slightly modified the story's timeline to minimize contradictions with real life events. However, we deliberately made no attempt to portray an ongoing, undecided conflict. This means Black Sea is not equipped to simulate the "frozen conflict" that has since evolved in eastern Ukraine." And in February 2022, again, Russia invaded Ukraine. ~Statement from the devs This become a historical game before it even released.
@TheWizardGamez Жыл бұрын
It’s incredibly inaccurate. The Russian military is way less effective than in game
@jonshive5482 Жыл бұрын
@@TheWizardGamez It's not the developers' fault. Who could have imagined Russian forces would be so inept and poorly led?
@HypervoxelRBX Жыл бұрын
makes me want it now
@jonshive5482 Жыл бұрын
@@TheGrimmChannel Heh-heh. Tell it to Wagner. Their techniques of suppression through fire, maneuver towards the enemy, , infiltration, and finally storming their positions is percolating through Russian combat units. Unfortunately for them the commander of those ill-fated assaults on Ugledar didn't get the message. In fact I heard he'd been promoted! Ah well, nobody's perfect...
@TopHatHat3 жыл бұрын
Seems so weird I had no clue what combat mission was a couple of months ago, and now you are possibly my favorite channel and I wait on every high quality video. Keep up the excellent content and thank you for introducing me to the game!
@user-vl8fb1gu6k3 жыл бұрын
I've been playing these games for years: you have many enjoyable hours ahead of you. Welcome to the club!
@cheetengho78763 жыл бұрын
black sea is out now on Steam!
@dariusstan13573 жыл бұрын
glad for your discovery. ! i remember first one that i've played...CM: beyond overlord....damn...this came a long long way.
@kacperguzinski84912 жыл бұрын
who would have tought that this scenario will be real back then....
@user_____M2 жыл бұрын
It's still not real, the Russians failed to even come close to Kharkov from the direction shown in the game, lol.
@spearPYN2 жыл бұрын
This is a scenario unfolding live...in real life.
@c.j.34042 жыл бұрын
And aparintly the Russians do not in fact know how to fight with combined arms lol.
@Someone-lr6gu2 жыл бұрын
@@c.j.3404 Dunno bro, Mariupol and eastern Ukraine seems like good proof of the opposite.
@c.j.34042 жыл бұрын
@@Someone-lr6gu yep, a multi mounth sige were the Russian lost thousands of soldiers, got completely boged down in a strategically unless position and still haven't managed to full secer the city because the army still hasn't figured out how to move infrantry, tanks and artliarly at the same time and despritly needs troops at actually important points. Truly the sine of competence here. Seriously russia is struggling to coordinate artliarly and infrantry attacks in the domas right now, something the rest of the world figured out back in 1918, and russia is only at that point because it completely failed at coordinating infrantry and tanks for the first months of this war (something there still trying to figure out btw).
@Someone-lr6gu2 жыл бұрын
@@c.j.3404 > were the Russian lost thousands of soldiers According to who exactly, lol. Ukraine never stated how many troops Russia lost in Mariupol, and even if they did - that wouldn't mean shit because it's Ukraine reporting someone else's losses. > got completely boged down in a strategically unless position and still haven't managed to full secer the city The city is taken for more than a week now with Azovstal being the last stronghold held by Azov battalion with civilians inside pretty much held hostage. > because the army still hasn't figured out how to move infrantry, tanks and artliarly at the same time and despritly needs troops at actually important points. Truly the sine of competence here. I have zero idea where you are taking this from. If you look at any video, almost every time there's a firefight you have soldiers and a supporting tank/BTR engaging the target, as well as artillery, air force and navy conducting regular strikes on targets to support the ground troops. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hny5oXmum9hjnZY > Seriously russia is struggling to coordinate artliarly and infrantry attacks in the domas right now, something the rest of the world figured out back in 1918, and russia is only at that point because it completely failed at coordinating infrantry and tanks for the first months of this war (something there still trying to figure out btw). Again, you are clearly pulling this out of your ass, because there is literally no evidence in support of your words and you did not provide a single example as to how that would be the case, lol.
@ISD_Nemesis2 жыл бұрын
@@c.j.3404 yeeeaaa I would as the opposite for the Ukrainian forces instead
@sheeplord4976 Жыл бұрын
It seems like the heavy firepower of the BMP-3 was a real lifesaver here. In effect, every vehicle can act as a heavy mortar.
@javierperalta76482 жыл бұрын
'fictional escalation between Ukraine and Russia'. Nothing fictional about that
@yesyes-om1po11 күн бұрын
game started development in 2009 lol
@SirPatrickofPoland3 жыл бұрын
Great video, I'd love to see a full campaign playthrough if you can make one.
@bobtank63182 жыл бұрын
He did one on the American campaign when it came out on the BF website. Search the Task Force 3-69 playlist on his channel.
@darkivn3 жыл бұрын
The names of the two ground objectives are references to the early space race programs - (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voskhod_programme and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_programme ). As such, the first one is pronounced with a soft 's' and the 'k' is more or less silent - "vos-hod", not "wok-shod" :P ... "vos" should rhyme with "loss" and "hod" sounds like "hog" with a hard "d" at the end instead of the hard "g". (learned this because of a fantastic brand of razer blades of the same name ;))
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
Well that makes sense. Not going to pretend I'm ever going to master Russian pronunciation though.
@bwcmakro3 жыл бұрын
It also just means "Dawn" and "East".
@MDSR174552 жыл бұрын
@@usuallyhapless9481 Hey can you make videos with the T 90Ms
@cheetengho78763 жыл бұрын
Great video! Black Sea was my first combat mission and wargame. It's still my favourite. Great tactical command over your troops and casualties.
@Prederick2 жыл бұрын
Between Shock Force and now Black Sea, the dudes at Battlefront really have some cursed game ideas.
@OperatorMax199310 ай бұрын
Quite interesting to have two households (Combat Mission and Graviteam Tactics) I wonder what else do they have in mind (Israeli module for Shock Force ? Korean War ? Arab-Israeli war ? Sino-Japanese war ?)
@purpheart233 жыл бұрын
I see Hapless video, I like a Hapless video.
@WysteriaGuitar2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video I feel like you are reporting on this operation...very detailed...
@rhysrphoto3 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Also alerted me to the fact that Black Sea is on Steam! I'll be purchasing today.
@lonl1232 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, your narration and knowledge base are really top notch....It's easy to monday morning quarterback, but while watching I was seriously thinking you were taking too long and being a bit too cautious in the beginning...which forced you to rush things toward the end. If you could have gotten some more of your infantry moving on the left, and kept pressing forward after the drone recce, I think you might have been able to win the objective. Regardless, awesome video and you have a new subscriber.
@lonl1232 жыл бұрын
And, due to your video, I just purchaed the game!
@whya2ndaccount3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, one of the enduring issues of Cbt Mission titles set in the modern era, is map size. Tanks tend to "zero" at between 1,500 and 2,000m so 1,200m is a "snap shot" (a bit like firing a hunting rifle at something under 100m away). "Big maps" in Cbt Mission are basically small sandboxes in the modern era.
@michaeldean66353 жыл бұрын
try the master Maps on a few good men THEY ARE GIAGANTIc my freind and i do crazy multiplayer games that literally take 30 hours with house rules for reserves and scouts
@whya2ndaccount3 жыл бұрын
@@michaeldean6635 Do you have actual dimensions (as opposed to "gigantic")? E.g I'm comfortable with another product using mapping from 20km x 20km up to 80km x 80km. This allows for actual manoeuvre.
@OKOK-hm2is2 жыл бұрын
@@whya2ndaccount Combat Mission is company to battalion level sim. Front of battalion assault is about 1-2 km. So combat mission maps are quite sufficient for those purposes.
@whya2ndaccount2 жыл бұрын
@@OKOK-hm2is Except they provide pretty much zero manoeuvre space. You need the Freedom of Action to apply that frontage where you want, not have all your planning options marginalised because you are fighting on a postage stamp - unless you just want to do the Somme with weapons updated to 20XX.
@OKOK-hm2is2 жыл бұрын
@@whya2ndaccount There is no way a company will freely roam on 40х40 grid just looking for better angles to engage with other company. That is also there alone. Just never gonna happen. You will maneuver, of course, but always as a part of larger force, in a route determined by your superiors. And you will fight on frontage, that was given to you, not chosen by you. And that is what this game is about - small units firefight tactics. Not strategic army maneuvers.
@kondor999992 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. You’re certainly more careful and methodical than Russian doctrine demands! They’re willing to accept casualties to maintain their “violence of action” (loosely translated). Your approach is very British indeed. I’d rather serve under you, that’s for sure. I might even make it home.
@c.j.34042 жыл бұрын
See also the complete hash of things the actual Russians are making there invasion right now.
@Br1cht2 жыл бұрын
The UK havn´t fought a equal force in 50 years though, looking at how politicized the armed forces of the West have become and that their training seems to be mostly targeted vs their own population in the war games(to "keep order") I´d rather not serve in a Western force, and I am a westerner.
@KaiserAvG Жыл бұрын
Complete shit, Russian tactics are not based on neglect of personnel, that's why the "Special Military Operation" has been going on for so long, because the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation protects the lives of Russian soldiers (I will keep silent about the Wagner PMCs, these are not the armed Forces of the Russian Federation) - proof of my words, look at the blockade of Azovstal, where it was possible to eliminate a whole regiment of "Azov", without suffering losses. Make a conclusion yourself.
@DirtyCivilian143 жыл бұрын
Great video mate. Black Sea offers a nice change to CMSF2
@CHAPPER-10 ай бұрын
this didnt age so well.
@OperatorMax199310 ай бұрын
It is said that the game was conceptualised since 2009 (same gear Arma 2 released which alot of people thought it predicted the Ukraine war even though it was more based on the war with Georgia)
@man_vs_life2 жыл бұрын
"...hypothetical Russian invasion of Ukraine." Hmmm.
@majormuckup3733 жыл бұрын
Another great informative vid Hapless
@MDSR174552 жыл бұрын
Just imagine playing all the Combat Mission franchise games with good graphics it would be awesome
@ChongiFishing Жыл бұрын
I think the current graphics are fine, all I want is better fps and lower prices. They have a monopoly on being the most realistic rts war game developer
@Ickie712 жыл бұрын
Subbed and Black belled :) CM BS is also now in my steam baskett!
@gojira20553 жыл бұрын
You don't get enough credit for these videos. Thank for your content
@markraffety32463 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. Thanks for putting it up
@JimLederer3 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanations of your analysis and actions in this mission.
@thesilencec29153 жыл бұрын
I love this game, I am playing it daily, I no expert by no means, but I love watching your videos when you play CMSF or CMBS, I'm not that crazy about the second world war games.
@pauldangel7343 жыл бұрын
Good video! Very enjoyable. Thanks.
@LeDeux11 Жыл бұрын
Now historical video.
@MagnusDivision3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I agree this is a great mission for new players and punishes you for being too aggressive or two reserved.
@leb417173 жыл бұрын
Any chance you are going to do one of the new campaigns released in the new Battlepack? The Campaign with the 2nd Cavalry Stryker Regiment seems the most interesting, considering how brittle the force seems. Looking forward to any new videos!
@InvictusProductionsX3 жыл бұрын
How do you get your game to run so smoothly with good resolution? I'm new to Combat Mission and Black Sea is my first title. I love the game even if I'm complete trash, and would really love to have a smoother experience.
@dadoogie3 жыл бұрын
I've already paid enough for Shockforce 2 and BfN. My wallet can only take so much, stop it please!
@absolutmauser3 жыл бұрын
Gotta start saving up for Battle for Normandy, Fortress Italy, Red Thunder, and Final Blitzkrieg 😅
@ktall67493 жыл бұрын
Fortunately Steam and Slitherine have sales. I picked up Black Sea on the Easter sale. I will add new titles as sales are available.
@kingsleyzissou5881 Жыл бұрын
I'm curious - does the game actually simulated damage to optics on the T-64 from the 120mm mortar hit on the roof?
@usuallyhapless9481 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@davestory61232 жыл бұрын
Fast forward 12 months ......................................
@Joeyboots803 жыл бұрын
Very well done video. You have a new subscriber. :)
@nicologiani34262 жыл бұрын
"Hypotetical"...didn't age well
@Dynamo11115 Жыл бұрын
“Hypothetical Russian invasion of ukraine” kinda funny now
@BrouwerVids3 жыл бұрын
im happy to see this also coming to steam but im really hoping that they will add combat mission battle for normandy to the steam store next
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
Normandy is next in line ;)
@PitterPatter203 жыл бұрын
Great video! I'd love to watch a playthrough of the Ukrainian campaign
@biassicalabria30553 жыл бұрын
Can all the modern combat mission games be combined to play all the maps and conditions together or no
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
Sadly not
@runswithbears35173 жыл бұрын
6:38 RIP that guy
@Mr.McMuffin2 ай бұрын
Not too hypothetical anymore m8
@TheWizardGamez Жыл бұрын
wild world where a hypothetical operation in a game makes more sense than actual Russian strategy
@hmabboud Жыл бұрын
How do you know the weapon's range (IE:M16) for each unit?
@usuallyhapless9481 Жыл бұрын
Wikipedia ;) Though honestly, small arms almost all fall within the 500m max/ 300m effective bracket and heavier weapons have the ranges marked on their unit cards when you select them.
@hmabboud Жыл бұрын
@@usuallyhapless9481 Thank you, sir!
@Themaritimes993 жыл бұрын
Great content!
@nbr1rckr3 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah
@mutantos67783 жыл бұрын
How did you combine all the battle in one replay so you could review it?
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
You've got to play WeGo, then save every turn. It takes a while.
@mutantos67783 жыл бұрын
@@usuallyhapless9481 Thanks :)
@ShadowDragon18482 жыл бұрын
Not so hypothetical anymore...
@originalpastaman54703 жыл бұрын
Do you play real time or turn based?
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
Turn Based. It's just impossible to process everything in realtime in enough detail. It's also al lot easier to make videos when you've saved a replay of each turn.
@konebrieber23903 жыл бұрын
i love CM but even after 100+ hrs I still suck at this game
@stardekk14613 жыл бұрын
Does the steam version have any downsides ?
@nomennisceo64953 жыл бұрын
It's the same game, The closest thing to a downside is that it is tied to steam with all that intails, but that is likely a positive for most people
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
Yep. It's functionally exactly the same. Saves, mods, it's all compatible.
@David-wp2iw8 ай бұрын
is there no artilery systems? why would a whole russian brigade standing there in the corner for almost 15 minutes.
@jussi81118 ай бұрын
the ones sitting in the corner were ukrainina AI and most artillery is offmap call ins
@gepflegtePCSpieleKultur Жыл бұрын
Russian Generals saw ;-) your gameplay here and concluded that the mighty motherland will be unstoppable & victorious... Cheers.
@jcamo10zuekamo3 жыл бұрын
your game seems prettier than mine. is it a mod?
@timothysmith73643 жыл бұрын
a great video!
@t36853 жыл бұрын
Is it not possible to call in precision missions using the UAV?
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
Yes... with some precision ammo and some UAVs. In this mission, the ammo is laser guided and the UAV doesn't have a laser designator, so you can't do it. US precision arty is GPS guided, so you don't need a drone with a laser.
@t36853 жыл бұрын
@@usuallyhapless9481 Thanks, I was guessing there must be a good reason, otherwise you would not have gone through the trouble of moving your FO team :)
@boylikenik61672 жыл бұрын
Hi! Something odd with my game is happening. It’s like the colors increased brightness and gamma, have any idea how to fix this? It’s only happening on this game
@kite20369 сағат бұрын
6:09 Proof that God is a Russian and guides everyone's artillery
@raymondyee20082 жыл бұрын
Such a hard game to play.
@LongTran-em6hc11 ай бұрын
Russian Generals agree with you.
@user-ck7zh7qz5x5 күн бұрын
Это легко!😊
@jtscool1233 жыл бұрын
how do you lock the camera to a unit?
@usuallyhapless94813 жыл бұрын
Just select it and press tab.
@brandonwright17913 жыл бұрын
I've bought all the CM's and I love them but my last and final purchase was of Fortress Italy which cost a small fortune and unfortunately seems to have disappeared into my PC somewhere. I'm no IT geek so have no clue how to retrieve it, it took many hours to download (Dunno why) and had to be restarted multiple times for 'network error'. Any help would be extremely well appreciated.
@d.c.60653 жыл бұрын
Comment for The Algorithm
@zer97612 жыл бұрын
more professional than average russian commander
@setoki2838 Жыл бұрын
Average russian commander sold all the specalized equipment and bought a nice house for himself...
@danielspillett53932 жыл бұрын
and T90s are all taken out by M1A2 and Challenger 2 and T90s rounds just bounce of the Chobham Dorchester amour and as we found in the golf BMPs taken out with ease
@chrissbasement169 Жыл бұрын
Russian soldiers should have watched theese videos lol
@verschlusssache6283 Жыл бұрын
This could be such a great game, if only it would be playable and wouldn't look like out of the 90s.
@ChongiFishing Жыл бұрын
When I first started playing, it was clunky and unbearable. But after playing it on and off for the past month, I don’t have any issues with the graphics. Simple graphics allow for much more complexity in gameplay, that’s why games like Rimworld are so beloved when it looks like if chess was a survival game. My only problem is with fps because that makes any game bad, no matter the graphics or gameplay
@OperatorMax199310 ай бұрын
1990s : 2d pixels or low poly 3d models (see for example - Half Life 1, Rainbow Six, SWAT 3, Hidden and Dangerous 1, System Shock 1&2, Fallout 1&2, Command and Conquer '95-'99) Excuse me ?
@verschlusssache628310 ай бұрын
@@OperatorMax1993 All of them run better than this
@verschlusssache628310 ай бұрын
@@ChongiFishing Would be nice if the FPS could go above 15 though