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Description
The Entire War in the Pacific - Every Ship, Every Plane, Every Squad!
This new stand alone release based on the legendary War in the Pacific from 2 by 3 Games adds significant improvements and changes to enhance game
play, improve realism, and increase historical accuracy. With dozens of new features, new art, and engine improvements, War in the Pacific: Admiral's
Edition brings you the most realistic and immersive WWII Pacific Theater wargame ever!
Many additional man-years of development from a dedicated and experienced team including subject matter experts and experienced programmers has resulted
in an improved War in the Pacific experience across the board. This is the entire War in the Pacific down to individual aircraft, vehicles, ships,
guns and squads - more than just a game, it's an encyclopedia of the war compiled from many sources to an unmatched level of detail. Add in a much improved
AI and more secure PBEM play and you have the makings of a new classic!
The Entire War in the Pacific on One Map! – If you thought the original map was something to behold, wait until you see the new one! Completely
redone to a 40 nautical mile per hex scale (instead of the original 60 mile per hex scale) and with the original distance distortions and inaccuracies
greatly reduced, this is the most accurate and most stunning map of the theater ever created. In addition, the smaller scale has allowed us to add a number
of important bases that would not fit in the larger scale, but which played a key role in the strategy of various operations. On top of that, Admiral’s
Edition now has off-map movement through map edge boxes representing major bases across the world, allowing more realistic movement of Allied assets and
arrival of reinforcements and resources.
The War At Sea – A waypoint system has now been added for Task Force movement, with up to three waypoints possible. These can also be used to
define a patrol zone with loiter times. Waypoints can also be used for automated convoys along with a “return same route” option, making setting up your
supply routes easier than ever. Task Force Movement is now handled on a hex by hex basis, with mid-ocean intercepts now possible! Many additional ship
classes have been added and the entire naval order of battle has been overhauled with new ships, new subs (including midget subs for the Japanese) and new
devices.
The entire upgrade system is now much more capable, allowing conversion of ships between classes as well as multiple upgrade levels (for example, a US
Navy four stack destroyer can now convert to APD, AVD, DM or DMS, as the player wishes). Ports have also been reworked to allow for realistic limits for
ability to handle ships, cargo and repairs, with much more control given to the player on how repairs are managed (especially at shipyards).
Shore bombardment, landing craft, major and minor ship damage, Engine vs. System damage, brand new ship art and improved task force and ship displays are
just some of the many additional improvements!
The War in the Air – The air combat, pilot replacement and training systems of the original War in the Pacific have all been revisited and improved
for the Admiral’s Edition. CAP is now partly in the air and partly scrambled, based on your CAP percentage, radar, climb rate, HQs and other factors.
Fighters now have new more realistic air combat ratings, with maneuver adjusted based on altitude bands and top speed factored into relative maneuver
calculations, to allow both styles of air combat to have their due. The end result is a better simulation of the historical matchups and less of the “uber
CAP” that could happen in the original release.
On top of that, plane damage is now tracked across turns and each plane type is assigned a service rating which affects the difficulty of keeping that
plane repaired, maintained and in the air. In addition to ops losses, perpetually damaged planes can now become “write offs” with their parts scavenged to
make other planes operational. Operational losses overall are now at a higher, more realistic level for the Pacific theater. Fog of war also now applies to
the indicator for enemy planes at a base as well and air balance and bomber/escort assignment depends on what you actually know of the enemy’s air power.
Pilots are now rated in a dozen different skill levels and can no longer gain the equivalent of combat experience by flying non-combat missions. Combined
with a much more realistic multi-pool pilot training and reserve system, this eliminates certain balance loopholes that could cause unrealistic training
rates.
Barrage balloons, blimps, over 500 airplane types, new aircraft art, more realistic coordination limits, configurable resize for squadrons and tracking of
air attack vectors for ship flak are some of the many additional improvements!
The War on Land – From the original War in the Pacific’s eight terrain types, the Admiral’s Edition now has up to sixteen and transportation is now
handled based on hex-sides rather than hexes, allowing for realistic land movement rates. A new dynamic hex-side and hex zone of control system also ensures
realistic control over directions of movement and retreat. Land units now have several modes, rather than just a few – Combat, Movement, Strategic Movement,
Reserve, Rest and Disorganized combine to give the player more choices to make about the stance and effectiveness of his land units. A division in Reserve
will be able to Pursue, while a Division in Combat will be able to fight much more effectively and a division in Strategic Movement will be able to use rail
movement, for example.
Tactical movement also now allows plotting and executing moves from any one hex to any adjacent hex – supply routes no longer need to be followed.
Improved fog of war, limitations on fort construction, forced withdrawals and disbands and overstacking rules for atolls and small islands are some of the
additional improvements that bring the land combat aspect of the Admiral’s Edition to a new level!
The War at Home – Economy and Industry have also been improved to more accurately simulate the wartime economies, with the addition of Light
Industry and Oil Refinery centers and the removal of fuel and supply production from Resource and Oil centers. These changes allow for more realistic
economies while keeping the game balance at a historical level. Moving the arrival of some off-map resources to off-map bases, requiring them to be
transported on map also removes some issues, such as with Karachi. The end result is an economy that is not significantly more complex, but works more
historically.
The Grand Campaign – All of these improvements will come wrapped up with a new full campaign scenario as well as five other scenarios, ranging in
size from smaller to larger, many never before done for the War in the Pacific engine! The new campaign and scenarios are based on new, thorough and
painstaking research to place every starting historical land, naval and air unit where it was historically and to do the same for reinforcements and
withdrawals, to maintain a historical balance of forces. The new orders of battle, planes, ships and devices represent a leap forward in realism and
historicity from War in the Pacific, which set the benchmark when it was first released.
The Editor – Finally, scenario and mod-makers will rejoice at the entirely new editor, built from the ground up for the Admiral’s Edition. This
editor significantly increases the number of slots available for both devices and locations, has text search, auto-refresh of units from changes TO&Es,
display of art work for ships and planes, enables editor-defined LCU breakdowns and task force contents. It also allows viewing of the contents of a given
hex for the entire scenario being worked on (including reinforcements). The editor also allows you to upgrade the complete TO&E of a unit at a specified
date, which is used to good effect in the new scenarios and campaign to allow 2-5 TO&Es for a division, for example, rather than having to abstract those
into one for the entire war.
War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition includes all of these great new features and improvements, along with a host of minor fixes, while
maintaining the same great gameplay and game balance that gamers have enjoyed for years in War in the Pacific.
As our first "Collector's Edition", the boxed version also comes with a Full Color Printed 330 page manual!
Game Features
- An all new 40 nautical mile per hex map covering the entire Pacific theater and off-map bases
- Six new scenarios, including a new grand campaign with meticulously researched orders of battle
- Improved naval operations, including waypoints, mid-ocean intercepts, new ship classes and devises and a greatly improved ship upgrade system, engine
vs. system damage, new ship art and realistic new port limits for ships, cargo and repairs
- Improved air operations, including more realistic CAP, more detailed and realistic dogfighting, an improved pilot skill and replacement system,
persistent plane damage and more realistic plane maintenance, improved fog of war, new aircraft art and over 500 airplane types
- Improved land operations, including transportation networks defined by hex-side, new operations modes for land units, dynamic zone of control, tactical
movement, improved fog of war and overstacking rules for atolls and small islands.
- Improved economy and industry to reflect more realistic operations as well as more historical balance
- The most historical and detailed order of battle for the Pacific War ever put into a wargame!
- A new scenario editor, built from the ground up to make scenario and mod-making easier, with expanded slot limits, text search and upgradable unit TO&Es
- Printed 330 page FULL COLOR manual (boxed copy only)
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