Game Review: Pike and Shot

E' uscito da pochi giorni e debbo dire che sono un po' indeciso se prendere Pike and Shot, il periodo mi piace ma la GUI e la grafica mi sembra eccessivamente stilizzate. Temo un'eccessiva semplificazione.

Su The Wargamer c'è questa recensione che invece pare entusiasta del gioco:

http://wargamer.com/article/3708/pc-game-review-using-pike-and-shot-in-anger?page=1

Vederemo più avanti cosa ne viene fuori.

Intervista alla sviluppatore di Pike & Shot

Su The Wargamer trovate un'intervista agli sviluppatori di Pike&Shot, il light wargamer della Slitherine ambientato nel periodo delle Picche e Moschetti. Il gioco usa l'engine di Battlefield Academy. Decisamente troppo sempliciotto per i miei gusti, ma può certo piacere.

http://www.wargamer.com/article/3686/interview-trailst-thou-the-puissant-pike

Pike and Shot su Slitherine

Sul sito Slitherine è stata paerta una pagina per Pike and Shot, una sorta di versone '600 di Panzer Corps. Ovviamente la grafica non sembra il massimo, ma è piacevole vedere una volta tanto un periodo storico trascurato nei wargames e le features sembrano buone.

http://www.slitherine.com/games/pike_shot_pc

• Accurate simulation of battle in the 16th and 17th century Age of Pike and Shot.
• Unique graphic style based on 17th century styles and battle paintings.
• 10 full-sized historical battles in each campaign- The Thirty Years War, English Civil War (expansion) and 16th century Italian Wars (expansion).
• Classic Turn-based, tile based gameplay.
• Easy to use interface, hard to master gameplay.
• Battalion-sized units.
• Single player and multiplayer modes.
• Stand-alone battle system allows unlimited “what-if” scenarios using historically realistic armies from carefully researched army lists, on realistic computer generated terrain maps.
• Stand-alone scenarios are randomly generated and include open battle, attack on a defensive position, defence of a defensive position, awaiting reinforcements, enemy awaiting reinforcements, flank march.
• In stand-alone games players can pick their armies from the army list or allow the computer to pick the army for them.
• Effective AI makes sound tactical decisions. Historical battle AI customised to the historical tactical situation.
• 5 difficulty levels allow the challenge to increase as you develop your battlefield skills.
• 20 troop-types, 25 “capabilities” and numerous different unit organisations allow full representation of tactical differences and developments throughout the period.
• Detailed model that accurately represents any substantial 16th or 17th century battle world-wide as scenarios are developed.
• Mod friendly game system with built-in map editor.
• Multiplayer mode allows historical scenarios and “what-if” scenarios to be played by two players using Slitherine’s easy to use PBEM server.