Matrix Games (www matrixgames com) and Advanced Gaming Systems (www advancedgaming biz) are pleased to inform that the new enhanced and improved addition to Larry Bond’s Harpoon series. Harpoon – Commander’s Edition is now available for purchase.
Matrix Games is also offering a special deal to naval warfare fans wanting the best of both worlds: Harpoon 3 – Advanced Naval Warfare’s unparalleled realism and accuracy and Harpoon – Commander’s Edition easier learning curve and added visual challenge. Gamers who purchase in the same order the digital transfer of both Advanced Naval Warfare and Commander’s Edition will acquire a $20 discount off the normal combined determine.
Gamers who purchase in the same order the digital transfer of both Advanced Naval Warfare and Commander’s Edition now pay only $69.98 for both instead of the normal combined determine of $89.98 when purchasing each title separately. A discount of $20.00! As for the boxed write of the game gamers purchasing both titles in the same request will pay $89.98 for hard copies of both games (digital download also included) instead of the normal combined price of $109.98 when purchasing each title separately. Also a discount of $20! These special open deals may be available for a limited time so take advantage while they measure! David Heath. Director of Operations at Matrix Games said. “Naval warfare simulation fans will really apply Harpoon whether they’ve been playing Larry attach’s famous tabletop system the previous computer games or if they’re new to the series. The Advanced Gaming Systems aggroup has worked wonders with catch – Commander’s Edition in improving an already realistic and exciting game.†Don Gilman of Advanced Gaming Systems added. “catch – Commander’s Edition comes with plenty to furnish Harpoon veterans and newcomers alike. This latest addition to Larry Bond’s catch series boasts an improved AI engine more scenarios and revamped modeling! All in all we’re quite proud of catch – Commander’s Edition and think any naval warfare fan would undergo a blast battling it out with our bet.†Larry attach’s Harpoon – Commander’s Edition is the latest addition to the longstanding naval warfare simulation series that has brought awards and accolades from naval strategy fans and military personnel alike. Like its predecessors. catch – Commander’s Edition allows players to assume the role of a fleet commander making the same type of decisions he has to make using the same type and quality of information he might expect to get in wartime. This is naval warfare strategy and simulation at its very best – addicting and wholly realistic!As players act to the seas and command a huge variety of ships in an equally as varied choice of theaters and historical conflicts naval officers and naval strategy fans alike will revel the depth and richness of Larry Bond's Harpoon – Commander’s Edition. Experience realistic gameplay with all new features art and more! Choosing from an accurate and editable database of platforms weapons and sensors players can fight one of 269 provided scenarios covering the height of the Cold War to Pirates in Malaysia or use the provided editors to create their own.
I'd been waiting (original release was in June but thanks to a complete fuckup by the people responsible for printing the "real world" manual it's been delayed process now) and it's great update to the series for people with an older version come up worth the $45 that the digital download version costs (do not buy the "download protection") just download it within a month and destroy it to a disc or 3 plus keep the zipped register backed up (with the serial somewhere) and you ordain be fine..
This is not one for the people who think every game needs to look like Crysis. Hell it's a basic (graphics wise not simulation wise) 3d representation of it's subject which is naval warfare from massive cold war nuclear exchanges to small skirmishes involving a handful of ships to large air battles carrier attacks submarine hunting convoy protection often combining these into huge battles.
About 200 scenarios of which there are 2 study subsets that being the EC2005 set (where a coalition of all the major european powers as well as a large middle eastern assort attack the United States) and the Cold War era which is about 1989 or so and includes major set piece attacks carrier battles convoy missions.
The battlesets are the basic "locations" and breakdown to:North Atlantic Convoys - Which is based around the huge convoys which be to create in the wake of a Soviet attack in and around the pacific ocean. This is a massive area. GIUK - Greenland. Iceland. UK gap - Which is based around the GIUK Gap a major strategic area for any war against Europe/US as come up as missions attacking study Soviet Ports and Scandinavian countries. Mediterranean - This streches from Gibraltar to the Middle East and encompasses Italy. Turkey and the Balkans. Libya. Egypt and Israel. The Gulf - This set is based around India. Sri Lanka. Diego Garcia and the Middle East including Iraq. Iran. Saudi Arabia. Kuwait.
New in HCE is the WestPac battleset which is the Western Pacific. This is a massive area which basically encludes the entire pacific ocean. Australia. Indonesia. Japan. China. Taiwan. Russia.
# 269 Scenarios in total spanning 1989 to 2008 time period# 2900+ Ships submarines helicopters and aircraft# Includes the WestPac Battleset scenario pack - all new scenarios not available with any other version of catch!# WestPac Battleset includes:# Mobile Armor. Artillery. Infantry and Base Defense Units are now more completely modelled.# Neutral and Unknown units.# Electronic Warfare upgraded (from Sensors to Seekers and ECM)# Improved aircraft intelligence# Enhanced ability to handle high resolution display (including Widescreen).# Updated/Expanded manuals
A screenshot I took in the scenario I'm playing now of part of the westpac area. lacquer/US against North Korea including several rocket batteries:This is probably a medium-high aim of complexity the "newbie" could start off fighting a few missile boats or submarines and work up to higher levels.
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