About War in the Pacific Admiral Edition

[danielprates]

I imagine this is a good place to ask this: how does WITPAE compare to WitE? Yes I know, I assume they are very different, but in general terms, is it compareble in terms of depth, challenge etc. - the things that make WitE special?

I am thinking about buying it but it is very pricey, I imagined to first get some opinions here. I don't know if this makes sense, but I imagine that WitE players will more or less guess intuitivelly what I mean by this. WitE has this "very particular set of skills" to quote Liam Neeson, I imagine that if someone who likes and plays WitE habitually and had a taste for the pacific war, it would be easier to compare notes and make this clearer to me.

Allright, thanks!

[Paul]

WitE is a boring game in comparison to WitP .. you do everytime the same ... war in the pacific is a really great game .. but you should have interest in pacific war and you need time to play it .. last month the game was sold for 17 USD on matrixgames.com .. so waiting for a special offer is an opportunity

[danielprates]

Originally posted by Paul:

WitE is a boring game in comparison to WitP .. you do everytime the same ... war in the pacific is a really great game .

Wow, that's some praise!

[Paul]

War in the Pacific now on sale for 13,20 EUR
https://www.matrixgames.com/

[Marv]

If you have even the slightest interest in the pacific theatre and love the drill-down of WitE2, statistics, logistics and granularity up to pilot rosters and WitP is on sale (see above!) go for it, it will get even worse (better for us "very particular" persons). Buy it even w/o discount. Outdated and fiddly UI but a whole new universe at your command.

[danielprates]

Yup, I got it a few weeks ago. Trully wonderful.

In fact I am watching the 10-hours of 'strategy gaming dojo' tutorials. I am slowly getting a hang of it.

[Liam]

How is the learning curve compared to WITE? I found WITE quick to pick up, hard to master but WITP confused the hell out of me when I tried it a few years back

[tvanscoy]

I can't get it to run well on my laptop in terms of resolution. The command switches are frustrating, even with SeaBee. I wish they would at least issue an update to make it more Win 10/11 friendly.

[Vuyek]

WITPAE is WEGO

WITE2 is a puzzle game

[leeradical42]

Originally posted by Paul:

WitE is a boring game in comparison to WitP .. you do everytime the same ... war in the pacific is a really great game .. but you should have interest in pacific war and you need time to play it .. last month the game was sold for 17 USD on matrixgames.com .. so waiting for a special offer is an opportunity

So your opinion is fair! But WitE or WitE 2 is not boring, maybe if your not a fan of the Russian front during WW2, but I assure you its not boring especially if your a history buff

[trooperrob]

Not sure Boring is very descriptive here.
are you saying that WITE2 is relatively predictable due to equipment weather, Terrain, etc leading to roughly similar campaigns? (Probably valid).

Why it WITP different. - wider strategic choice due to theatre?
AI behaves differently in each game?
I may be looking to get pacific in a sale but it looks like there is a lot more micromanagement involved.
Does it work ok on Windows 10 / 11?

[GrumpyGamerGuy]

Originally posted by trooperrob:

Not sure Boring is very descriptive here.
are you saying that WITE2 is relatively predictable due to equipment weather, Terrain, etc leading to roughly similar campaigns? (Probably valid).

Why it WITP different. - wider strategic choice due to theatre?
AI behaves differently in each game?
I may be looking to get pacific in a sale but it looks like there is a lot more micromanagement involved.
Does it work ok on Windows 10 / 11?

I came here to ask this same question before I buy lol I'm wrapping up a massive binge of Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts, and need a new game to drop 1000 hours on.

[trooperrob]

WITE2 is good, if you like this kind of thing.
Also WITW.

I Play as allies.
I play WITE2 from Stalingrad on.
You can create units (with equipment production constraints.)

WITW (with expansion) is good - but you do have plenty of Amphibious stuff to deal with.
And you have to bomb the strategic targets or you lose points.
Also, Italy can be a slog..... Funny that.
There is a fair bit of management.
Especially if you are manually managing Air, support units etc.


Also, Warhammer Total war if you haven't.

You could also look at Graviteam tactics.

But yes, I think WITW / WITE2 are good.


Buy WITW - 80th anniversary of D-Day :)


PS Not one of Donald's protection officers are you? They might be looking for something to sink a few years into :)

[Fumer Tue]

Buy it then install Seabee it will sort all your worries out.

[rnarmyguard]

Why can`t WITP game be placed on steam? That would solve alot of the problems that folks have with the game.

[Vuyek]

Originally posted by rnarmyguard:

Why can`t WITP game be placed on steam? That would solve alot of the problems that folks have with the game.

it would solve NOTHING, what are you talking about