WinSPWW2 Enhanced Price Tag

grant · #1 December 31st, 2009, 05:42 PM

I'm a long time player as well. It's one of those games that I don't play for a couple years and then come back to, over and over. I had the original games as well as the old dos SPWW2 versions. I figure it's time to pay again, and I'm hoping the resolution capabilities will make me feel like I got a bonus. I have a couple questions about other "paid version" features.

Can you really play campaigns PBEM?

What does "Encyclopedic sorting ability!" mean? I'm hoping it means a more descriptive way of sorting scenarios.

Grant

Charles22 · #2 January 1st, 2010, 01:55 AM

Grant: I'll take a stab at that. firstly the encyclopedic sorting in at least one sense would refer to the versatility of sorting you have with the encyclopedia. You can sort it by default, unit class, unit type, date avilable. You can also see it through all dates or the current date. You can also set the default. No other SP has had that versatility.

As far as playing campaigns PBEM, I don't know if it works, but with V4, it's first version available, 21 campaign battles can be fought PBEM, with each PBEMer taking a side. It sounds like the two campaigns have to be the same two nations throughout, and that you would always be trying to get experience, at the price of not letting your enemy get too much either. Could lead to some real bloody battles, or maybe a more frequent Bravely Bold Sir Robin Strategy.

JohnHale · #3 January 1st, 2010, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by grant

Can you really play campaigns PBEM?

Grant

Absolutely!

Not the scripted Campaigns such as ANZAC etc, rather a generated Campaign such as you would play solo.

You can agree parameters with your PBEM Opponent - anything from 3 battles upwards.

As Charles advised: it is sometimes prudent to be Bold Sir Robin!

I'm playing 5 PBEM Campaigns at the moment......

Imp · #4 January 1st, 2010, 11:17 AM

Being able to set the encyclopedia so it only shows units available for the current date can be a nice feature at times.

Mobhack · #5 January 1st, 2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Imp

Being able to set the encyclopedia so it only shows units available for the current date can be a nice feature at times.

That is the one that I find myself using all the time really. Sort by available now + either of class (to put all the same unit class together) or type (sorts all AFV, APC etc roughly together).

That lets me know what the enemy can have (e.g. have tiger 1s arrived), or me without having to scrabble through the buy screens and look at formations etc individually.

The sort by availability date is quite useful in really long campaigns (WW2 LC) - to check when something important is going to be coming up, like say 6pdr APDS toting tanks, fireflies, the lee/grants etc. If near, then I might hold back on upgrades till that point and save my repair points for a battle or 3.

Andy

Kartoffel · #6 January 1st, 2010, 03:37 PM

In my opinion, the resolution, yearly patches that fix things and improve the game, quick forum response to questions and special features only available on non-free version are worth 40 bucks.

Charles22 · #7 January 2nd, 2010, 07:46 PM

I thought of another feature, which especially with the duo PBEM campaign possibility, would be indispensable, and that is the filter option off the range (Y) command. I have toyed with the filter a tad, but as I consider it too much of an advantage over the AI (which cannot use it) I almost haven't used it at all.

Having such a filter for firing, where both sides can use it equally, and using it for the PBEM campaign, may just make those campaigns the definitive SP experience.