A bit confused here about Tank Crew.

[Armored Baron]

So from what I'm getting is that Tank Crew - Clash at Prokhorovka is some sort of stand alone game that I find on their website store for about 80 bucks, but at the same time people keep mentioning here that it's a DLC for this, but I can't find it anywhere on here to buy.

So in the end, which one is it?

I searched on both the internet and on here for answers on this and I'm still confused on the subject matter.

I tried playing Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 but it's sadly a pretty old and buggy game, and this game from videos and recommendations from friends sounds like something right up my alley since I would like to play with the Tiger and be fully immersed.

Thanks in advance for any help and answers on this, cheers.

[Mile pro Libertate]

On Steam, all of the various IL-2 modules are treated as DLC for Battle of Stalingrad.

If you go to 1C's web store, however, you can purchase any of the modules as a standalone and play it. When you download any of the modules, you get all of the data for all the other modules too, even if you don't own them; you just don't have permission to play any particular aircraft until you have bought it.

I'm assuming it works like this for the AFVs as well.

[kalnaren]

Each entry in the Great Battles series is a stand-alone game. You don't need any other entry to play. For example, if you only wanted Battle of Kuban, you could just buy that and play that. If you later decided to buy Battle of Moscow, it will install with and integrate with Kuban to provide all the content from both games together, as if they were one game. Same with Tank Crew or Flying Circus.

HOWEVER

Steam does *not* support that kind of modular game. Thus, everything other than Battle of Stalingrad has to be "DLC" for Stalingrad, forcing you to buy BoS first regardless of what entry you actually want. THIS IS A STEAM ISSUE. It has nothing to do with the devs.

If you don't want to buy BoS, then buy off the il2sturmovik.com website and use the separate Great Battles launcher.

In the case of Tank Crew, because it's in EA, it's not available on Steam. However if you buy BoS on steam, you can link accounts and buy everything else on the il2 website.

This is what appears on my game menu when I start the game.. I ONLY bough Battle of Stalingrad on Steam. Everything else I bought on il2sturmovik.com

]https://i.imgur.com/khxbwIt.png

If you only want Tank Crew, buy it off the website.

[Armored Baron]

Originally posted by kalnaren:

Each entry in the Great Battles series is a stand-alone game. You don't need any other entry to play. For example, if you only wanted Battle of Kuban, you could just buy that and play that. If you later decided to buy Battle of Moscow, it will install with and integrate with Kuban to provide all the content from both games together, as if they were one game. Same with Tank Crew or Flying Circus.

HOWEVER

Steam does *not* support that kind of modular game. Thus, everything other than Battle of Stalingrad has to be "DLC" for Stalingrad, forcing you to buy BoS first regardless of what entry you actually want. THIS IS A STEAM ISSUE. It has nothing to do with the devs.

If you don't want to buy BoS, then buy off the il2sturmovik.com website and use the separate Great Battles launcher.

In the case of Tank Crew, because it's in EA, it's not available on Steam. However if you buy BoS on steam, you can link accounts and buy everything else on the il2 website.

This is what appears on my game menu when I start the game.. I ONLY bough Battle of Stalingrad on Steam. Everything else I bought on il2sturmovik.com

]https://i.imgur.com/khxbwIt.png

If you only want Tank Crew, buy it off the website.

So I need to basically wait then for TC to be released on Steam officially?

If so then thank you for providing this information, I was just a bit confused on what the hell was going on but your explanation does add up.

[kalnaren]

Originally posted by 503 A. Soldier:

So I need to basically wait then for TC to be released on Steam officially?

If so then thank you for providing this information, I was just a bit confused on what the hell was going on but your explanation does add up.

Is there a particular reason you don't want to buy it off the website?

[Katokevin]

Originally posted by 503 A. Soldier:

So I need to basically wait then for TC to be released on Steam officially?

If so then thank you for providing this information, I was just a bit confused on what the hell was going on but your explanation does add up.

You can buy IL-2 BoS on steam and the Tank crew DLC off their website and still play it as long as you link your steam and 1C account. That's what I did and I've been enjoying TC since it entered early access.

[PikeStance]

Never buy this on steam, swtich to the website ASAP. The developers could use the extra income.

[♀⛤WitchyWoman⛤♀]

If you want an awesome tank game in the meantime, try Steel Fury with the STA mods.

[Armored Baron]

Originally posted by kalnaren:

Originally posted by 503 A. Soldier:

So I need to basically wait then for TC to be released on Steam officially?

If so then thank you for providing this information, I was just a bit confused on what the hell was going on but your explanation does add up.

Is there a particular reason you don't want to buy it off the website?

Well for one risking 80 bucks without the ability to refund if the game won't run or I don't like it is pretty big for me since I'm on a tight budget.

Originally posted by PikeStance:

Never buy this on steam, swtich to the website ASAP. The developers could use the extra income.

They're not the only ones.

I know I probably sound like a cheapskate or something but I've already fallen the rabbit hole once by pre-ordering the Collector's Edition of Company of Heroes 2 for a hundred bucks and was sorely disappointed when they released better stuff outside of that a month later that was not included in the initial pre-order, in effect ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ everybody that pre-ordered the game basically.

So yeah since then I keep my purchases on a very tight leash so to speak and like I said, prefer Steam so I am able to refund if necessary.

I have just lost trust in developers because of Relic sadly, that's all.

[kalnaren]

Originally posted by 503 A. Soldier:

Originally posted by kalnaren:

Is there a particular reason you don't want to buy it off the website?

Well for one risking 80 bucks without the ability to refund if the game won't run or I don't like it is pretty big for me since I'm on a tight budget.

Well, it's the same game as IL-2 BoS, so if you own that and it runs, tank crew will run.

Also if you have BoS you can screw around in the tanks in it. They're not fully detailed like the ones in TC but it might give you an idea.

[Armored Baron]

Originally posted by kalnaren:

Originally posted by 503 A. Soldier:

Well for one risking 80 bucks without the ability to refund if the game won't run or I don't like it is pretty big for me since I'm on a tight budget.

Well, it's the same game as IL-2 BoS, so if you own that and it runs, tank crew will run.

Also if you have BoS you can screw around in the tanks in it. They're not fully detailed like the ones in TC but it might give you an idea.

I don't own this game because planes don't interest me as much.

I'm here for the Tiger, hence my question about tank crew.

But yeah thanks for all of the info, I guess I can just wait a bit for it to be released on Steam.

[kalnaren]

Originally posted by 503 A. Soldier:

Originally posted by kalnaren:

Well, it's the same game as IL-2 BoS, so if you own that and it runs, tank crew will run.

Also if you have BoS you can screw around in the tanks in it. They're not fully detailed like the ones in TC but it might give you an idea.

I don't own this game because planes don't interest me as much.

I'm here for the Tiger, hence my question about tank crew.

But yeah thanks for all of the info, I guess I can just wait a bit for it to be released on Steam.

Except you're going to have the same problem... because the module will have to be treated as DLC on steam, you'll have to buy BoS first (again, Steam issue, not a dev issue).

If you want Tank Crew and *only* Tank Crew, you'll have to buy it off the website.

They do have sales on their released stuff on occaison (and sometimes better than Steam sales), but you'll have to wait until TC has been released for a while.

[Armored Baron]

Well ♥♥♥♥, alright then. Guess I'll put it on my wishlist and wait for when I get paid then.