[AT_Stalky]

[flick]

Yeah, an option would be great. Let the player decide.

[Flamethrower]

[squadleader_id]

[squadleader_id]

[CSO_Linebacker]

[squadleader_id]

[Flamethrower]

[CSO_Linebacker]

[mooxe]

[squadleader_id]

[Flamethrower]

[platoon_michael]

Jeesh,
Trying to get caught up trying to read on this topic is boring.

When ever I have had vehicles that close to a building just like the screen shot someone posted my vehicle couldnt move because it was stuck.

No aggressive AI/not even in VETmods?
Ahhh I would look at TT's Vl's for that.
The AI did a great job at having some tactics from the AI due to the hidden VL's TT provided.
His vehicles moved very well in battle.There is no crawl of death.
Probably the first time I had ever seen a flanking move from the AI

I dont see any problem with the re-release.

The biggest problem I see is the constant: I want this/I want that.
well with what sounds like everything or almost everything now being in a text file I dont see why you guys cant have that.


lETS BUY THE GAME.
lETS PLAY THE GAME.
LETS MOD THE HELL OUT OF THE GAME.

You can have this conversation again when/if a true CC6 comes out.

[squadman45]

Well, you know that the client ALLWAYS are in the correct??? people says "we want CC6" CC owners sold COI, CCMT and now WaR (CCIV with a new look), i think there are a little problem of comunication...... or they take us for a band of Junks.

In my country we say "Experiments with the righteous and soda", we all play CC2,CCIII, CCIV and CCV (not all but at least yes to CCV) and i think all the people loves play in Ardenas.. well in the Bulge, or in Holand but i asume this is the past and now CC need new horizonts not allways looking back (CCMT ISNT THE FUTURE MY GOD!!!!).

WaR have many new things but why dont use it in a new game??? ooooo is easy take and old game use all you can recycle and selling as a "new" game for the price of a new games.

I dont say WaR is a bad game but i dont pay more than 20 Euros (a little less than 30 american dollars) for it (i buy Ageod games for 30 Euros phisical for example).

Now what´s the next??? the game before called CCV ??? OFTN (Operation f**k teutons in Normandy???) or better OLDFW (Operation let´s drink french wine???).

If the expend money and time in releases they can expend it in a NEW CC game

[Digs]

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein

RATING: Everyone
RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2008
PUBLISHER: Matrix Games
DEVELOPER: Strategy 3 Tactics
PRODUCT CODE : MXG183881000953
UPC: 183881000953
File/Download Stats: v4.50 882 MB = 34h 3m @ 56k / 2h 59m on 640kbps DSL, Satellite or Cable / 1h 14m on 1.5mbps DSL or Cable

Physical Shipment Plus Download (Can$64.99)
Digital Download PC Download (Can$47.99)
PC Physical Shipment (Can$58.99)

Description:
“Winter 1944, the Last Blitzkrieg. This is Close Combat, You are in Command!”…
Based on Atomic Games’ award-winning Close Combat series, Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein brings together the classic top-down tactical gameplay from the original series and plenty of new features, expansions, and improvements! This remake based on Close Combat: Battle of the Bulge gives newcomers and veterans to the series alike a vastly improved and expanded version of the original experience. The Wacht am Rhein remake comes with a brand new Grand Campaign including a new strategic map with 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical maps, over 70 scenarios, tons of new interface and unit graphics, countless engine improvements, and much more!

In Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein, you take command of US or German forces and either retrace the last steps of Hitler’s army in one desperate attempt to turn the tide of the impending allied victory or ride to the rescue with General Patton and push back the German offensive to reclaim Bastogne.

Also included is a bonus “classic” version of the original Close Combat IV.

Things didn't look good for the German Army in late 1944. The allies had advanced as far as the West Wall and had taken back most of the conquests of the Blitzkrieg. Although the Montgomery's plan to end the war, Operation Market Garden, had failed there was still a palpable sense that the Allies were on the verge of a major victory. With things not looking good on the Eastern front either, Hitler decided to make one last gamble and attempt to cut off a significant portion of the Allied army. Throwing in what remained of his feared Panzer divisions and his last reserves, he drove through Belgium to Antwerp in what would be called Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (translated as Operation The Guard on the Rhine or Operation Watch on the Rhine).

At first it looked as though Hitler’s plan had a chance of succeeding. Early in the operation the advance was reminiscent of the Blitzkrieg across Europe early in the war. Although undersupplied and under trained, US troops still fought valiantly and in many spots offered pockets of stiff resistance which despite the rapid German advance. The German advance was quick, but as the days wore on, the advance out-paced its own supply and stockpiles began to run low. The situation was made worse with poor roads throughout the Ardennes and difficult winter weather. Almost as quickly as the attack had started, the advance ground to a halt.

To add insult to injury, the 101st Airborne earned the nickname the “battered bastards of Bastogne” by putting up a unrelenting defense for this strategic point while vastly outnumbered and surrounded by heavily armored German forces. Refusing to back down, they prevented the Germans from occupying the important Belgium crossroads town and scored a major strategic and psychological victory for the Allies. Later, as the weather cleared, Allied air support was able to decimate German supply columns and advancing armor. This bought enough time for Patton’s armor and other reinforcements to arrive and begin the long slow reduction of the Bulge the Germans had created in the Allied line.

Now in this classic top down real time tactical simulation, you take command of either US or German forces to retrace these fateful days of the war. Attempt to turn the tide of the impending Allied victory or desperately defend Bastogne while riding to the rescue with General Patton’s 3rd Army. In this vastly improved rebuild based on the critically acclaimed and award winning Close Combat series, You are in command!

Game Features:
An easy-to-use but powerful Scenario Editor - Create your own "what if" Scenarios.
Largely expanded moddability: all strategic layer features, all campaign details including weather, turns per day, scoring, support mission (artillery, airstrike) capabilities for both Germans and Americans, battlegroup recycling, battlegroup retreat/disband, supply and much more!
Further improvements have been made to the AI to enhance most, if not all, performance issues: vehicle pathing, infantry tactics, team and unit morale, overall AI aggressiveness and decision-making in general.
Accurately depicts World War II tactical warfare and its challenges
Realistic soldier psychological profiles during combat
... and many more!

Game Data:
Complexity: Basic to Moderate
Field of Play: Tactical
Historical Period: World War II
Theater: European
Unit Scale: Individual Soldier to Squad Level
Turn Play: Real Time Strategy
Players: 1 - 2
AI: Yes
TCP/IP: Yes
PBEM: No
Game Editor: Yes
Manual: PDF (Download) & B/W printed(Physical), 92 pages
Display Resolution: 1024x768 or higher

Requirements:
OS: 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
CPU: Pentium 133 MHz (300 MHz recommended) or fully compatible
RAM: 256 MB (512 MB / 1 GB for Windows Vista recommended)
Video/Graphics: 1MB 16-bit Vided Graphic card (8MB recommended)
Sound: 16bit DirectX 9.0 compatible soundcard
CD-ROM Drive: Yes, for boxed version installation
Hard Drive: 1.5GB