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What's the deal? Is there a new tactical squad-based RTS WW2 game out there that's as good as CC? Anything in the works?

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[squadleader_id]

You can try Theatre of War (RTS/TBS hybrid with realistic data) ... but IMO CC is still much better...and more fun to play
Try Faces of War and Soldiers: Heroes of WW2 (1&2) if you like tactical wargaming mixed with Commandos style action
And if you want to just blow things up WW2-style with pretty graphics...try Company of Heroes, Blitzkrieg Series and maybe Sudden Strike Series

As for me...I'm still happily exploring (and reexploring) the CC Series and the mods! Enough wargaming to last a lifetime! And I'm just gonna wait until Shrecken & Co. produce the next CC!

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Is the "next CC from Schreken & Co" CC6?

[ANZAC_Tack]

i been hooked on a FPS Call of duty4 for months now...god its fun.

[squadleader_id]

[ANZAC_Tack]

played demo of CoH, looked quite good, but i found the 3d interface quite difficult to move around in, and soldiers acted in strange ways,such as a us 7 man squad tacking on a HMG42 crew, and winning....and in the open, as if...

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[diggin.robat]

Theatre of War is coming next to CC IMHO. I played the Demo only. It is too much micro management but moreover it lacks the atmosphere and immersion. It is not much editable, due to 3d. Sadly GI Combat and it´s succesor was troubled from the start. My gaming combintion is CC and OFP with it´s numberous mods. Best is the Liberation Mod 1941-45.
In fact I have CC running on my HD constantly since 1998.

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Same here. I find the 3d games weight you down with camera micro-management -- you can't beat a solid top-down 2D game, or at least if it's 3d, have sensible default camera views/modes. Seeing how many dedicated CC players there are, it blows my mind that somebody hasn't picked up where it left off and ran with it.

[squadleader_id]

Forgot...a friend of mine suggested John Tiller's Squad Battles series for a change of pace (Battalion/Company level tactical battles but TBS).
Lock'n Load Heroes of Stalingrad looks promising too.
Nothing replaces CC though...they're just useful for brief interludes between CC campaigns

[Therion]

Try Armoured Brigade. It's not as brutal as CC and has pretty ugly graphics, but it has a colour based heigh map, a possibility of checking line of sight from any given point, interesting artillery and air support system, non-spotted sources of fire aren't shown, spotted sources of fire are marked on map, it has a random map generator, AI that actually works, etc.
It's not WWII though - it's 1987. But it doesn't have modern tech as overpowered as in CCMT and due to a very solid design I have much more hopes for it's future than for CC series.

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[squadleader_id]

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Lock ‘n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad, sounds more like it!

I've been looking at the panzer campaigns tables, and I'm a bit lost with all the choice's, but very interested.

Iis there a demo that you can download, to see if you like the game? I dunno where to start

[squadleader_id]

Lock ‘n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad's demo is not ready yet
http://www.locknloadgame.com/Section_Cat_Content_Detail.asp?SID=33&SCAT=74&ID=68

Here's a brief video of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFdOMQsOvZM

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No, I mean the HPS simulation games.

I've been kind of afraid of those Hex-based games, because they look so damn complicated to learn. But I though i'd take the plunge with this series..

[squadleader_id]

Ahh...I see.
You might want to start with the smaller scale hex-games (Battalion/Coy level battles)...less complex and similar scale to CC scenarios.
But your choice

[flick]

Haha, that was just an example..I have walk before I run.

I agree, I need to be pointed in the right direction of something more simple, but in the same style.