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Like a kid in a candy store, I've wishlisted all of the recent Microprose lineup. The wait...is...killing...me, but I'll take juicy videos until then :)

@kevlarburrito6693

3 жыл бұрын

For real...especially the lack of updates. At least on Steam...I'm not sure if there's another platform they put out dev blogs on.

@Sovjetski-

3 жыл бұрын

#A davis same here :P Carrier Command 2 WOWOWOW

With all of these fond memories of Silent Service, I think it is time for a third installment! 😉

@DrydockDreamsGames

3 жыл бұрын

Non-content with his underground (or undersea) vegetable shenanigans, I see the scheming Sub mafia is back, tsk!

@captainvladmir7535

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right it is.

@peterraypold66

3 жыл бұрын

Love playing Silent Service in the day!!

@Vchk1917

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Wolfpack

@CrushDepth

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrydockDreamsGames 🤨

Seapower is looking really awesome, and i like the devs mentality of not going "full sim" and having fun, can't wait for that one! Would love to see the RN and Falklands campaign in that game as well.

I check my wishlist everyday for task force admiral and sea power, I prey we can get some kind of idea on a release date.

@jeffjensen8

3 жыл бұрын

Talk about obsessive! I, much more healthily, check for it every other day! 🤣

@lucasart328

3 жыл бұрын

I dream about sea power naval combat in the missile age. I get anxious when they dont send news.

@jeffjensen8

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasart328 As they say, "no news is good news". I don't know if that applies to gaming development - I remain willfully ignorant to fool myself into not being worried 👍

@kraziivan_

3 жыл бұрын

Literally me too.

@charlesanderson533

3 жыл бұрын

@@arts6821 I hope so

Hello all :) don't hesitate to post in here if you have anything to ask, we'll be around until the actual video kicks in! Cheers :)

@ThunderingVipers

3 жыл бұрын

When is release date :p Ps. Will you be showing more of the gameplay videos in the coming weeks/ months?

@DrydockDreamsGames

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThunderingVipers No idea for the first one. For the second one, gotta say there are videos left & right already, we gotta focus on the interface now :) But don't hesitate to check Military Aviation History's features with us, regarding the flight to nowhere (kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJuYmaydmJnPicY.html) and Butch O'Hare's finest hour (kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH-e0MODmbiWaLw.html). Cheers!

@ThunderingVipers

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrydockDreamsGames thanks for this. i already have looked at the military aviation history's video

@kraziivan_

3 жыл бұрын

Yamato vs Bismarck...daytime? Who is left floating?

@jeffjensen8

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh, I'm an idiot. Sorry! To those who read this after and are confused, I asked a question if they would release more dev diaries, though I was confusing Drydock and Triassic, wanting more dev diaries for Sea Power

I Love that the two guys making the naval games mention Battlestations pacific.

@SeraphoftheRoundTable

3 жыл бұрын

There is also a cool remastered mod for BS:P, sadly the game was taken off steam. I'd check it out if possible.

@gamer-1100

3 жыл бұрын

@@SeraphoftheRoundTable thing you mention that I already know about the remastered mod me and a friend are trying to figure out how the hell you play multiplayer with it but the description on how to do it's a bit confusing.

I can't tell you how excited I am for these. MicroProse was IT for me as a kid. Red Storm Rising. F-15 Strike Eagle. X-Com. Railroad Tycoon. Task Force 1942. And SSI wasn't far behind. Great Naval Battles especially. I love the rebirth of the brand, and I'm so stoked! Sea Power in particular will touch on an age that was contemporary with my childhood interest in ships. Cold War stuff was beguiling. No flashy Arleigh Burkes. Just good old Wainrights and Spruances and Californias. Mk 10 and Mk 13 and Mk 26 launchers. Backfires screeching in to lob AS-4s. Kirov vomiting out a torrent of SS-N-19s. Can't. Wait.

I like Second Front's graphics as they are. It reminds me of the board games I play. I also think it will make it easier to run on a larger number of rigs. More important to me is a decent AI. What good are super realistic graphics when the AI clunks?

@jeffjensen8

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! They might be seen as simplistic, but I think they are charming and they certainly get the job done at conveying information. For instance, I really like the maps / terrain. You can quickly and easily analyze the map to decide what you need/want to do

@mindbomb9341

3 жыл бұрын

@Antioch Ha. Yeah. Me too. I thought it was Squad Leader at first!

@jamesmaclennan4525

2 жыл бұрын

@Antioch me too

I can't wait for each of these three games! Microprose has a very great lineup

@jeffjensen8

3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for that Mighty Eighth!

Great interview,Looking forward to seapower!!

@sdavis9444

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

so cool guys, I'm an 80's kid. I played Silent service for hours on end.... i have some original boxes still of Microprose games....i'll have to check out what you have now...

I was introduced to Microprose through F-19 stealth fighter

A year on and some of these games are starting to appear-an interesting discussion that I enjoyed listening to. Thank you, I hope to be able to buy these games soon.

When you were talking about real time and turn based combined, x-Com apocalypse is a good example of where that worked well.

Great to hear about the shared experiences the teams share 🙂

@lucasart328

3 жыл бұрын

yes

I really appreciate Jo's vision of how he wants his game to be - he wants it to be a 'game'! Something fun! I also agree that realism can sometimes interfere with a game and I find they sometimes overcomplicate instead of enhance (Graviteam games come to mind - I love the series, but holy crap! The game desperately needs detailed / intricate tutorials) Funny I mention this and then Amiral mentions Graviteam and Combat Mission when talking about TFA 😂

@DrydockDreamsGames

3 жыл бұрын

Well, don't put game complexity & UI choices in the same bag though :) I mean, by any standards being based & designed along the lines of the references Jo mentioned, Second Front is a complex game experience, with a lot of ground covered by its mechanics. Where it differs from drier attempts is Jo's willingness to make sure it remains accessible, easily readable. He's not streamlining the contents (he is actually adamant about it being a game satisfying his grognard's expectations) but he sure is streamlining his interface & system in order to make sure that the experience remains a game rather than becoming a chore. We're not far off this doctrine either. We don't expect people to read 300 pages before they're entitled to understand how the game plays - we are more of the salt of the old guard, which expects people to read the 300 pages thing because they'll be entertained by the gaming experience, and interested about how they might better understand the environment & the setting in order to get better. I could play M1 Tank Platoon when I was 8 & TF1942 when I was 10 although these games were 100% in English in-game, I sure hope TFA will be the kind of self-learning, intuitive affair to. At least, that's our intent ;)

@jeffjensen8

3 жыл бұрын

​@@DrydockDreamsGames Well, I think Jo should send you some commission $$ because you're selling me on Second Front more and more 😁 As much as I love the more "simple" war games, like Panzer Corps, Order of Battle, etc. I often am wanting more, like War in the East or Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm. If Second Front can end up somewhere in between, I'd definitely love that. Also, I think I was a bit too vague / ambiguous with how I worded my message about realism and overcomplication. I tend to love complexity and realism though in some cases (I'm failing to think of examples at the moment - typical!) it feels like the "fun" factor can be put behind "realism". I think there's a fine line between realistic fun and tedious fun, though. I think I should take a second to make it clear that Graviteam and Combat Mission are actually among my favorite war games series', and I'd say Combat Mission IS my favorite! The WeGo system is just.. genius. I'm frankly surprised more games have not utilized it!. I just wish that Graviteam could clean up the UI and give clarity to most things in the game. I'm writing way too much here so I should probably end it short by saying I'm really looking forward to all 3 of the games talked about here in the podcast. I'm a glutton and can't wait to hear and see more news about all of them!

Great discussion thank you . Sounds like it is hard to design historical games for people who don't read/study history . If my un-escorted BB got sunk , I would find it historically accurate. Making it fun at the same time is no doubt , not an easy thing .

oh boy o boy o boy... i have been waiting for the gameplay of these games (and hoping to know about the release as well)

@jeffjensen8

3 жыл бұрын

There's a bit of gameplay for Second Front already (a couple neat videos on Tortuga Power's channel, and then Jo's own Second Front channel 'Second Front Game' that goes over a lot of little things in the game). As for Sea Power and TFA, I don't think there's much out there, so I'm with you on looking forward to see where they are at!

@ThunderingVipers

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffjensen8 ya, I've only seen the small clips of TFA on Twitter and Facebook

@DrydockDreamsGames

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThunderingVipers Well there sure are longer clips at Military Aviation History over there, don't forget to check them too! ;) kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJuYmaydmJnPicY.html

F-19 Stealth Fighter on the Commodore C64 was my first flight simulator and I played it for hours on end.

37:50 Short Perry class! WOOHOO!

Microprose... grand prix series dreams.

Loved the example at 1:05:00 , I played the 1968 extensively a long time ago, I have, lets say a less then neutral opinion of the Mark 37 torpedo. Still had a blast playing it though, especially since it forced me to get creative about submarine destruction.

Oh god these games gonna be awesome for sure!

Your dads?? God I'm old. I was in my 20s when the classic Microprose stuff was out! Like others I just can't decide which of these to buy but I've wishlisted the lot! ;)

@lucasart328

2 жыл бұрын

Im in my twenties now

I have played JFC as recently as last week. All these games are parked squarely in my alley.

Another M1 Tank Platoon is what I'm hoping for, but I've put all three games in this video on my wish list.

I really hope Microprose remake Grand Prix Manager 2

@unwokeneuropean3590

3 жыл бұрын

I was a fan of grand prix series because im a keyboard racer.

Second Front looks like ASL to me, which is a huge plus. The closer he can get to ASL the better, because then I can use the editor to play ASL scenarios. Still looking for a good ww2 wargame in the style of Sea Power, something like the old DOS game Action Stations.

Task Force Admiral looks fantastic, better than War on the Sea... I WANT ! Hope i can be the tail gunner in the Betty bomber .. he's got a 20mm cannon.

Second front is beginning to look like what High Command 1992 should have been, and Sea Power will be amazing: Harpoon with a GUI!

And B17 The Mighty Eighth remake....... life is good :P

@kallekarlsson1054

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Any hint when they gonna release that?

@Mud61

3 жыл бұрын

@@kallekarlsson1054 I wish, no news for some time.

Board looks like an Advance Squad Leader board game. Units, leaders,mgs and such TAKE A LOOK Avalon Hill games

@thehistoricalgamer

3 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about second front?

When I hear you talk, I wish I had a dad who likes to play computer games.

Strange that they are all going to be published through Microprose, and they are all Microprose "type" games!

Why doesn't this show up in my podcast feed in Pocket Casts? The last episode was #66 fro March 15th.

@thehistoricalgamer

3 жыл бұрын

Look now. Sorry my wife went into labor yesterday morning and I didn’t get the audio stuff scheduled in sync.

Well, I had put in for an Alpha tester but no reply

@DrydockDreamsGames

3 жыл бұрын

Well not sure which game you are talking about, but if it's us we don't plan nor didn't plan for an alpha, we're not there yet :) I am sorry there are many mails that might have gone unanswered this year due to us being a bit overwhelmed by IRL Covid duty - apologies if this was the case.

I´m waiting to Sea Power but in the video i see some things that i don ´t like, if an aircraft detects a missile incoming i suppose that the pilot will start to evade him...however the game looks pretty good.

@thehistoricalgamer

3 жыл бұрын

The games still in development, I would 100% not judge a planes reaction in a clip like that. I full expect planes to evade.

When is Sea Power coming out? it looks good. I also worry that Micro Prose has too many projects going on at once to have proper quality. I'd rather see them focus on a few good titles.

@thehistoricalgamer

3 жыл бұрын

Well the games in this podcast are not being “made” by Microprose, just published. Each game is being made by a different company.

any chance theres going to be a new m1 tank platoon?

Given that the latest 3D modern fleet action game (Naval War: Artic Circle) is something of an enjoyable buggy mess... I'm looking forward to Sea Power.

Well crap, there goes my lunch money.

Take my money already.

Where's my goddang mighty 8th? Is it abandoned? Cmo. I can take bad news :(

@lucasart328

3 жыл бұрын

nope its not

So is seapowet realtime? Is it turned based? No idea how the controls work.

@MekStark1980

3 жыл бұрын

campaign will be turn based, battles in real time full 3d with either orders to faskorces/units or manual control over selected unit

@Black-Re4per

3 жыл бұрын

seapower is real time

@lucasart328

3 жыл бұрын

its like fleet command

@MekStark1980

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasart328 yes, main inspirations were Strike Fleet and Fleet Command with optional direct controls from Cold Waters

I didn't see any submarines in(for now) Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age. It would be good if there were no fewer of them (types) than in Cold Waters. What about Task Force Admiral it's the same there on both sides it is necessary.

@DrydockDreamsGames

3 жыл бұрын

There there, no worry, we have you covered ;) twitter.com/DrydockDreams/status/1182983962055999488 twitter.com/DrydockDreams/status/1373258147075219459 Besides in regard of Sea Power, they actually have sub combat in their trailer, you're sure you have watched it till the end? ^^

@MekStark1980

3 жыл бұрын

ofc there will be subs in Sea Power but slightly different list than in Cold Water

@mikoajochenduszkiewicz9145

3 жыл бұрын

You simply can't see them, they are good at their job.

@OliverMiles98

3 жыл бұрын

There was a Charlie class SSGN at the end of the Sea Power trailer.

The long wait for Sea Power and Task Force Admiral is getting a bit ridiculous.. many of us won't be alive when (if?) they ever release. "Early Access", anyone?

When you're interviewing people who go on 10-15 min rants you need to find a way to interrupt them and steer the conversation back on track