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 Posted: Sat, 10th Feb 2007 22:33 Post subject: Combat Mission: Shock Force |
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Combat Mission: Shock Force
Official web page: Battlefront
Publisher: Paradox
Developer: Battlefront
Genre: Tactical Combat Simulation
Release date: July 27th 2007
Story/Description:
| Code: | At it's core, Combat Mission: Shock Force is a military simulation depicting a hypothetical near-future conflict in Syria following a fundamentalist coup d’état. As in Afghanistan 2001, the radical new government's refusal to shut down major terrorist organizations and its' regional destabilizing effect, compel NATO Coalition forces into action.
The initial release of Combat Mission: Shock Force focuses on the actions of the US Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) and Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCT) as they fight against Syrian Army Infantry, Mechanized and Armored units. Combat Mission: Shock Force also features Unconventional Threat forces such as terrorists, spies, suicide bombers, IED's and other deadly tools employed in the asymmetric warfare of the modern day.
Along with the standard Red vs. Blue engagements typified in most wargames, Combat Mission: Shock Force will also allow players to fight Red vs. Red (Syria vs. Syria) and Blue vs. Blue (NATO vs. NATO) battles as well. |
Multiplayer: Yes
System Requirements:
| Code: | MINIMUM:
Operating System: Windows XP
Processor: Pentium IV 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz
Video Card: GeForce 5700 or Radeon 9600
(128 Megabyte VRAM or better)
Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card
System Memory: 512 Megabytes RAM
Hard Drive Space: 1 Gigabyte
Other Requirements: CD Drive (not needed for download version)
SUGGESTED:
Operating System: Windows XP
Processor: Pentium IV 3.2 GHz or equivalent speed AMD processor or better
Video Card: GeForce 6800 or Radeon x850
(256 Megabyte VRAM or better)
Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card
System Memory: 1 Gigabyte or more RAM
Hard Drive Space: 1 Gigabyte
Other Requirements: CD Drive (not needed for download version) |
GAME FAQ:
Protection: N/A
Multilanguage: N/A
Preview:Worthplaying
Review: Out of Eight
Screenshots: Battlefront
Trailer: Battlefront
Last edited by RazorsEdge on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 10:12; edited 2 times in total
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Ispep
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| Posted: Sat, 10th Feb 2007 23:16 Post subject: |
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Sounds good, looks fine. Can't wait.
Of course I will be interested to see how they pull off the real time angle and I'm totally in love with the micromanagement of individuals as opposed to the complete abstraction of previous titles. Dynamic goals sounds good but no word of dynamic campaign so what influences the goals themselves? Hmm? That is the one thing that marred the original Combat Mission titles - the lack of dynamic campaign.
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| Posted: Sun, 11th Feb 2007 02:32 Post subject: |
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Holy cow. I loved the original CM games. I remember how the armor penetration system was so exact, to even get a chance to take down a panzer you had to position just right. It was great when I'd hide a tank behind a building and just when a tiger was going over a hill, roll out and blast the fucker from below. Great games.
And the fact that it will be story-driven instead of just a mish mash of missions with no cohesion will be great, one of the lacking aspects of the origs. Of course those nice graphics and all the new technical features like deformable terrain wont hurt either. The screenies make my mouth water.
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| Posted: Sun, 11th Feb 2007 22:34 Post subject: |
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I played afrika korps.. it was a nice game.
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Ankh
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Feb 2007 19:02 Post subject: |
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Paradox Signs Combat Mission: Shock Force
| Quote: | Paradox Interactive announced today that it has signed a worldwide deal with developer Battlefront.com to publish their upcoming PC title Combat Mission: Shock Force.
The computer games series "Combat Mission" has received much acclaim from the gaming community for its simulations of tactical battles. Its fans span the globe and "Combat Mission: Shock Force" is described as the pinnacle of the series where the developers have poured years of experience into the game and its entirely new engine.
This tactical military simulation depicts a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria.A highly story driven semi-dynamic Campaign, from the US perspective, offers a completely new experience for "Combat Mission" fans. Each battle include a detailed Mission Briefing outlining specific Objectives, which can range from taking a particular spot on the map to retaining force cohesion. The Objectives for each side can be different, allowing each side to fight according to its own goals rather than a single set common to both.
"'Battlefront.com' has carved a very special niche for themselves in the tactical battles simulations arena, much like Paradox Interactive has in the area of strategy games", said Executive Vice President Fredrik Wester. "Both companies are highly committed to bringing quality games with much replayability to fans of war and strategy games and we are thrilled to be publishing their flagship title "Combat Mission: Shock Force" worldwide".
"Combat Mission: Shock Force is the culmination of 9 years of experience in developing and publishing the award-winning Combat Mission series. It goes without saying that we wanted the best partner to bring this game to a worldwide audience, and when Paradox Interactive signaled their interest, we did not need to look any further", said Martin van Balkom, President of Battlefront.com. "Paradox' track record and incredible team is giving us exactly what we've been looking for in a publisher, and those who are familiar with Battlefront's past, will know just how much that means. Combat Mission: Shock Force is going to be a new revolution as genuine tactical combat simulation for the PC, and we're excited to call Paradox our partner to finalize and then release it to gamers worldwide!" |
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jul 2007 00:59 Post subject: |
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Gold - Combat Mission: Shock Force
Paradox Interactive announces that Combat Mission: Shock Force is gold, and the next installment in Battlefront's strategy series will be available in stores and for online purchase on July 27:
New York, USA (July 12, 2007) – Paradox Interactive announced today that their big summer release - Combat Mission: Shock Force, has gone gold.
Shipping to stores worldwide on July 27, this tactical military simulation has strategy fans all over the world in suspense. Combat Mission: Shock Force is the latest installment in the Combat Mission series developed by Battlefront and has been referred to as their flagship title.
"Earlier entries in the Combat Mission series have earned their place as ground breaking in their own genre and Shock Force will be no exception, said Fredrik Wester, Executive Vice President of Paradox Interactive. "This is a much anticipated title among wargamers and strategy gamers alike and we are very excited to bring them what we believe is Battlefront's best work to date".
"We've poured all of our skills and earlier learnt lessons into this project and are more than proud of the end results, said Martin van Balkom, President of Battlefront.com. "With Combat Mission: Shock Force, the series has taken a quantum leap and we are thrilled to work with Paradox Interactive to ensure the game reaches gamers all over the world.
The game has been rated for Teens by ESRB, 12 by PEGI and 16 by USK. It will retail for $39.99/€39.99 and will release simultaneously for digital download on GamersGate.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 11:26 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 13:06 Post subject: |
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 14:21 Post subject: |
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Just ran the demo here...feels very unoptimized, laggy and choppy like hell, i am not running some crap rig either 
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thyttel
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 19:00 Post subject: |
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full version runs like a dream here......and I aint got no super computer.......everything maxed and smooth.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 19:04 Post subject: |
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Oh dear. looks like another "Driver/C2D" issue then.
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thyttel
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 20:46 Post subject: |
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| puxili wrote: | Very Poor Performance and Freezes
Symptoms - framerate less than one would expect from a much slower system and infrequent, but common, freezing up. Some cases of "warping units" likely related to this problem.
People Affected - seems to be multi-processors (AMD 64 and Core Duo), with 32bit OS, and nVidia card of 7xxx and 8xxx series (drivers don't make a difference)
Solution - none at present.
Source: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=70;t=000035
Second game I bought this year, second time I have to wait for a patch.  |
Well considering my system is:
AMD64 3000+
Nvidia 7800GS
1 gig ram
Win Xp SP2
then that really should tell you that it has nothing to do with those specs u just posted since thats excactly what I got and like I said full version runs like a dream here for me. havn't tryed the demo though.
Everything is set to high on my machine and its smoooooth!!!
But as usual I suspect like in most cases where I also read in this forum alot of times where ppl complain about bad performance in some games that it's a matter of either poorly setup system or hardware conflicts in their own system. which I rarely experience even on my older system.
Most people always think it's the games fault and it's a matter of badly optimized game if it runs like crap for them. It sure as hell never could be their own system that has issues.
Now alot of kids will jump in and flame me for saying that telling me how it for sure aint that cause THEY know what they are doing with a computer.
Either way.,,,,,if you check out the official forum you see that maybe 10% is having performance problems and there is no red thread as to why they are having them. The rest have no problems.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 21:50 Post subject: |
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I didn't have any problems with other games (eg World in Conflict), so I would guess it is the game...
And reading through the battlefront forums gave me the impression that more people have performance issues...
Anyway: BFC always fixed the problems for their games, so I'm sure they will release a patch for the issues.
(Or my system is crap and I'm too stupid to configure it correctly.)
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Jul 2007 02:26 Post subject: |
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| thyttel wrote: |
Well considering my system is:
AMD64 3000+
Nvidia 7800GS
1 gig ram
Win Xp SP2 |
AMD64 3000+ tells me its a single core CPU so the freezing and such wouldnt affect you. Maybe you forgot the X2 bit?
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Jul 2007 12:57 Post subject: |
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| SilverBlue wrote: | | thyttel wrote: |
Well considering my system is:
AMD64 3000+
Nvidia 7800GS
1 gig ram
Win Xp SP2 |
AMD64 3000+ tells me its a single core CPU so the freezing and such wouldnt affect you. Maybe you forgot the X2 bit? |
No I didn't forget the X2 bit.....If you look at the post I'm refeering to it says AND64 and core 2 due
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Jul 2007 13:22 Post subject: |
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Excellent game - however there are a few things I wish they had kept from the other CM games.
Moving around on the map - why on earth did they change it from the other games?
Buying your own units in quick combat - I loved this part in the other games, kind of sucks that they removed it.
Apart from that, the game rocks. Im no big fan of desert fighting - but it's still really cool. The new artillery options are awsome!
Edit: oh, and i've got a X2 cpu and have no problem with speed at all.
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jul 2007 23:31 Post subject: |
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Combat.Mission.Shock.Force.GERMAN-FEGEFEUER
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jul 2007 23:40 Post subject: |
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I doubt very much that it works. It uses the same protection as Theatre of War.
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| Posted: Wed, 1st Aug 2007 02:44 Post subject: |
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Including the store bought version published by whatever their partner is called?
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| Posted: Wed, 1st Aug 2007 03:03 Post subject: |
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| SilverBlue wrote: | | Including the store bought version published by whatever their partner is called? |
Yes, as far as i know. Theater of war has also been released so you can buy it on cd. But they haven't been able to crack it yet.
I just bought the online version today. And i must say : This game is awesome. I would recommend any one who likes Arma to buy this game. |
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