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It's never too late to start playing! If you ever get around to writing up a technical post mortem I'm sure it would be super interesting. The simulation seeme
by reitzensteinm 6y ago
It's never too late to start playing!
If you ever get around to writing up a technical post mortem I'm sure it would be super interesting. The simulation seemed quite advanced for the low end hardware the game ran on, with view cones, pseudo height, physical objects, footprints, and pretty good AI.
The Commandos series dying out is a great shame, although of course Kalypso is staffing up to attempt a sequel.
What are you up to these days?
- Jare 6y agoHeh I was officially the last Pyro employee before it was folded, and my last task was to prepare and package up all backups when the IPs (rights, licenses, whatever it actually was) were sold to Kalypso. I not-so-secretly wished there would be a way for the Shadow Tactics team to make the next Commandos, but it wasn't to be (and Desperados 3 is awesome!). For the past 2.5 years I've been at Lingokids, a mobile service filled with fun and educational content for kids in English. The tech challenge here is balancing constant forward movement with new games, while keeping all the previous ones working. But using my kids as testers beats anything else I've ever done in the fun-at-work department.
- reitzensteinm 6y agoThere's also this, which seems like a pretty good spiritual successor out of Russia. I've only played for twenty minutes or so but so far so good. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227530/Partisans_1941/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227530/Partisans_1941/ I can definitely see that being more fulfilling. There are only so many virtual Nazis you can kill before it wears thin!