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    Default Re: Superior Tactics 2-NEW VIDEO

    Thanks for that - but I just watched it as I found a link that was not blocked elsewhere.

    Observations:
    - Looks like a later build than the first vid to me - much more fluid/polished
    - Graphics looked much better
    - Sound was better too


    - Jack looks like he is wearing a Hogwart's scarf!

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    Jack looks like Malfoy’s first cousin…just dark hair…and no sneer…


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    Hm hussars supposedly can charge straight through a line in a frontal attack. Maybe the squares will defeat cav but nonetheless it still manages to enter the square. I'd still like to see more firepower and the advanced morale system than what has been shown so far.

    I thought the first video showed more of the action than this one. Difficult to see what is going on.


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    Quote Originally Posted by CBR View Post
    Hm hussars supposedly can charge straight through a line in a frontal attack. Maybe the squares will defeat cav but nonetheless it still manages to enter the square. I'd still like to see more firepower and the advanced morale system than what has been shown so far.

    I thought the first video showed more of the action than this one. Difficult to see what is going on.


    CBR
    That looked like a graphical bug to me. I watched the vid again and a number of troops, instead of stopping the cavalry like some others get pushed back, gliding backwards like a phantom and allowing cavalry units to bit by bit ease into the square.

    edit: just hit me. Maybe this is the reason we don't have a demo/land battles aren't considered "ready" in that build?
    Last edited by Monk; 02-19-2009 at 19:23.

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    2:33 does not look like a bug to me IMO


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    Quote Originally Posted by CBR View Post
    2:33 does not look like a bug to me IMO


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    Actually that's exactly what I was referring to. If you look dead center of the screen you can see an infantryman just gliding backwards, not engaging in animation. He's being pushed along by a Hussar.

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    You can only do so much, infantry got pushed in Med 2 and Rome like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barkhorn1x View Post
    Thanks for that - but I just watched it as I found a link that was not blocked elsewhere.

    Observations:
    - Looks like a later build than the first vid to me - much more fluid/polished
    - Graphics looked much better
    - Sound was better too
    Agreed. Especially the uniforms of the troops, they didn't have the "low-res" texture look that a lot of the videos from the past have had. Very nice, very richly detailed. With no offense to the previous CA rep who played a game in front of a camera, Jack seems to be much more savvy about his tactical position and what the AI is gonna throw at him. He keeps the squares on the flanks to protect against a cavalry attack while going head to head with the Polish center.

    The only thing that concerns me is that the Polish cavalry charges the square. To jack's credit it looked like he had at least two squares that pretty solidly cut off the polish cavalry from attacking his line infantry. Unless they wanted to ride through the exchange of fire and subject themselves to friendly fire it was likely the only other way the AI saw to get to its objective.

    It's good to see, however, that the best cavalry in the game cannot break through a formation designed to counter them.

    Much better Vid.
    Last edited by Monk; 02-19-2009 at 19:06.

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    "These cavalry will beat my infantry if they charge them head on"

    This quote concerns me. I'm not hoping for another game whereby blobbing all my cavalry into a big mass and charging a front line ensures me victory.

    I hope this isn't the case..


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