[Consim-l] Computer games (was: Analysis of Coral Sea)

[Mike NotSpecified]

Yep, pretty much my experince as well.  Had a submarine game (688) that was 
exactly the flitting from station to station Hjalmar mentions.  Loved it 
anyway, tense situation, relativily easy interface (once I memorized the 
function keys) and so immersive that my wife reports I used to talk out loud 
to me crew members!

I have a couple of tank games, same thing, need to be commander, driver and 
gunner all at once.  Does not work for me, probably because I don't like it 
enough to memorise the function keys so the immersion factor is lost while I 
flip through the player aid chart looking for the keystrokes that will swivel 
turret left.

I've tried platoon or company level games, don't work for me at all.  Usual it 
it the interface that bothers me, endless menus and lists and I never get past 
the mechanics of making the damm thing work to enjoy the tactics of what I'm 
trying to do.  Shrug.

But I still think computers/consoles can/should be superior for tactical "you 
are there" kind of things, like dogfighting with a plane.  So, still hoping 
for some suggested titles, preferably for the XBox




On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:50:22 -0700
  "Gerber, Hjalmar" <hjalmar.gerber at ualberta.ca> wrote:
> I'm OK with individual, single-seater flight simulators, but I found the
> multi-member crew vessels/planes to be a tad bizarre when it comes to
> computer games.  My most vivid recollection was being the sole crewman on a
> large, complex submarine - flitting from station to station to perform all
> the crucial functions in serial, when they should be happening almost
> simultaneously.
> 
> Oh well, some people want to be a private, a field marshal and everything
> in-between all in the same battle on the same day.  :-)
> 
> Hjalmar
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Mike NotSpecified:
> 
> I have thus far mostly avoided computer wargaming, but it does seem to me
> that 
> it would have significant advantages for things like submarine or flight 
> simulators.  Is there such a thing as a computer version of Dauntless?  I'm 
> thinking of a flight simulator that would let me push over and dive on the 
> Akagi, a dramatic moment that would be fun on a computer I would think.
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