A Russian team is working on a game called Brigade E5 which is real time but has an auto pause sytem which lets you plan battles in great detail. Anyway its the spiritual JA3 if you want to listen to Jagged Alliance fans.

The developers have released a demo which they keep updating regularly with features that the community wanted the game to have.

Check out this topic for more info:
http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000160;p=1

Edit: The link also holds the links to the demo/"lousy" English patch and several of the updates for it..
This comment was edited on May 26, 00:40.

agreed - maybe soon someone will do an X-com:ufo defense ripoff with the SS engine... that would be so sweet

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Who's gonna fight the system?!
You, me or fucking no-one?!

- Subhumans 1982

... can not wait! Oh, yeah!

These guys are the top turn-based studio at the moment. I think somebody should hire them to do a damned X-Com spin-off (rip-off) ...whatever.

I know of no other turn-based game that even came close to being as fun as S2 or S3 in the past two years. I skipped FF and thier sequel due to the first demo... so I'm not sure about them, but nothing else was half as good.

I think Night Watch has got the lead as far as my interest is concerned. Though I am sure I will buy both. These guys (Nival) deserve the support of the TB crowd.

If you love TB and have yet to try Silent Storm or Sentinels do yourself a favor and pick up the S2 Gold pack (it contains both) from a UK internet retailer.

i say let the dupes take their lumps... someone needs to learn something while there is still a planet here

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Who's gonna fight the system?!
You, me or fucking no-one?!

- Subhumans 1982

Yeah, the Tillman story was pretty scary. If most (or all) of it is true, i'd hate to be the family member that had to read it --- and that's after the military lied to you the first time around.

Well, not many secrets to give away with FCS.
A recent -public- example (how many more are covered up?) of U. S. Army Future Combat Systems in Action: Army Rangers vs. Pat Tillman.

"Cease fire! Friendlies!" Tillman cried out.
Smoke drifted from a signal grenade Tillman had detonated minutes before in a desperate bid to show his platoon members they were shooting the wrong men.
Tillman kept calling out that he was a friendly, and he shouted, "I am Pat [expletive] Tillman, damn it!" His comrade recalled: "He said this over and over again until he stopped."

stupid f*cking goonsquad morons.
and these guys are the ELITE troops.

The original AOE, or maybe AOE2 allowed shared control over an army. Not a big fan of RTS, but we did it a few times back then, and it was great. IMO this should be major focus of RTS games - 4 vs 4 games would be great.

I agree, I think this shift in RTS would make every game a lot more interesting. Players that quit mid game would not radically change the tide of the battle.

The original AOE, or maybe AOE2 allowed shared control over an army. Not a big fan of RTS, but we did it a few times back then, and it was great. IMO this should be major focus of RTS games - 4 vs 4 games would be great.

I'd probably change the "Force Commander" part of the name...if that's the actual title.

you gotta wonder if the current state of global affairs is the best atmosphere to release games that go into painstaking detail about actual military procedures


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Who's gonna fight the system?!
You, me or fucking no-one?!

- Subhumans 1982
This comment was edited on May 24, 15:18.

I haven't personally played an RTS that let you do that, but it does sound like a great concept

Yeah me and my buddy who play C&C:G:ZH together wanted to do that. Of course, the less-than-MENSA IQ didn't help.

hey Blue, Night Watch isnt an RTS game

"In short, Night Watch is a tactical RPG where you as a Light Other and a part of Night Watch step into furious magic battles with Dark Others. The combat is in the turn-based mode so you will have time to choose the most efficient tactic of each particular character for each particular situation, while the enemies move simultaneously to cut down the waiting time."

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Who's gonna fight the system?!
You, me or fucking no-one?!

- Subhumans 1982

I haven't personally played an RTS that let you do that, but it does sound like a great concept. If they were your allies, why shouldn't you have an option to fund or provide unit resources to them? Well, i'd like to know which games have that option if there are any.

I believe there have been RTSs that allowed you to share control over your armies? can't really remember which ones, but I've played some with a buddy where one of us focussed on base building and defense, and the other on army control. Worked quite well, and it's a HECK of a lot more fun to play that way

Creston

I hope by force multiplyer they mean 1 side can have multiple controllers. All the RTS games now start each player with their own army, and you cannot control anyone elses units. If instead each side was 1 army with 1 player having authority and could delegate units to other players you could have some very fierce battles. You could delegate one person to continue building up the base while you take 2 humvee's into the enemy base and let another commander control the choppers backing you up.