Map Size is too small

[Dayvit78]

The maps for each battle are too small. There is no room to maneuver. If you want to make a grand encirclement, there's only one way to go (the one recommended by the advisor).

While I'm preferring this to OOB, OOB's map sizes are generally superior, giving you more room to maneuver. And if you include the free campaigns, some of those maps are absolutely huge.

I'm not sure if the map size is limited to protect the AI's competence, but I fully hope future DLCs will make use of larger maps. It's not fun if there's only one way to play a battle! This is why I prefer strategy games to puzzle games.

[the eye has it, the eye has it.]

Have you completed the campaign or played the single scenarios? Much bigger than those, or the later campaign maps, would just be a chore for me.

Everyones different obviously, but I think the ramp up from small and manageable to large and epic throughout the campaign works well. It allows you to develop your skills without being initially overwhelmed

[SA_Avenger]

Try Kursk

[Dayvit78]

Haven't got to Kursk yet. So far, Stalingrad is the biggest map I've, but even so, a tank can reach from the upper part to the bottom part in 2-3 turns so it feels too small. I think OOB Stalingrad was about the same size too. So it's more a general observation.

I thought the devs wanted us to specialize into battle groups to take different objectives, but if all units can reach each other in a turn then it's not different than going around with one big army.

[rudankort]

Stalingrad map is 50 hexes tall. Since a typical tank has 5 movement points, it would need 10 turns to go from the upper part to the lower part. In reality it will be slightly less, because you don't need to cross the map edge to edge, but still I think it's a decent size.

[Dayvit78]

Now that I've played more, I see many of the later maps are larger, so this is a good thing, and maybe my initial comment was made too soon. And I also still like this game much better than OOB - it's more immersive and nicer on the eyes.

Also thanks to the developer for responding to comments!

[Green Knight]

Originally posted by Dayvit78:

The maps for each battle are too small. There is no room to maneuver. If you want to make a grand encirclement, there's only one way to go (the one recommended by the advisor).

While I'm preferring this to OOB, OOB's map sizes are generally superior, giving you more room to maneuver. And if you include the free campaigns, some of those maps are absolutely huge.

I'm not sure if the map size is limited to protect the AI's competence, but I fully hope future DLCs will make use of larger maps. It's not fun if there's only one way to play a battle! This is why I prefer strategy games to puzzle games.

On the other hand, your forces are pretty small too, and expect places like Stalingrad there aren't that many enemy units either.

[Green Knight]

Originally posted by Dayvit78:

Now that I've played more, I see many of the later maps are larger, so this is a good thing, and maybe my initial comment was made too soon. And I also still like this game much better than OOB - it's more immersive and nicer on the eyes.

Also thanks to the developer for responding to comments!

Stalingrad.
Kursk.

Honorable mention to Egypt, Bagration, maybe London.

[ChadSimpKing]

you are leading a corps not an army remember

[Antonio Margheriti]

Originally posted by Rothschild:

you are leading a corps not an army remember

Definitely need some Panzer Army DLC then ;)