Review: Congo Merc

[admin]

Congo Merc (CM) is not your typical HexWar title. For one thing, it doesn’t have hexes.

http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/review-congo-merc/

[Bernardo Soares]

Bummer. I'm reading up on Congolese history at the moment, and there is a lot of potential in simulating such a seemingly chaotic situation as the Congo in the 1960s. I mean, they could have included Che Guevara, South African and Rhodesian mercenaries, Ex-Nazis (look up "Congo M??ller"), armed Belgian settler militias, Mobutus army, and so much more. The Simba rebels were also a rather fragmented group of fighters, far from politically united.

Also, letting you play only mercenaries in only a strategic setting, in a war which is infamous for mercenary brutality, just rubs me the wrong way.

[uncajerf]

Bummer. I'm reading up on Congolese history at the moment, and there is a lot of potential in simulating such a seemingly chaotic situation as the Congo in the 1960s. I mean, they could have included Che Guevara, South African and Rhodesian mercenaries, Ex-Nazis (look up "Congo M??ller"), armed Belgian settler militias, Mobutus army, and so much more. The Simba rebels were also a rather fragmented group of fighters, far from politically united.

Also, letting you play only mercenaries in only a strategic setting, in a war which is infamous for mercenary brutality, just rubs me the wrong way.

Hi, Bernardo,

Thanx for reading and commenting. Yes, there are all kinds of directions the setting could take a game. Yet, CM it is what it is: a $5 port of what is essentially a game meant for a hand-held -- which, although I don't have any experience with them, I suspect are not exactly capable of simulating broad political conflicts et al. Perhaps some other developers are reading, though, and become inspired by your suggestion.

Thanx again!


JRR

[Bernardo Soares]

Hi JRR, thanks for answering. I didn't know this was on mobile first; though, thinking of Commander: the Great War or Vietnam '65, there are mobile titles (though developed for PC first, I think) that don't shy away from complexity, one on a grand strategy scale and the other on a micro level.

[Bismarck]

Hi JRR, thanks for answering. I didn't know this was on mobile first; though, thinking of Commander: the Great War or Vietnam '65, there are mobile titles (though developed for PC first, I think) that don't shy away from complexity, one on a grand strategy scale and the other on a micro level.

Too right. Hexwar found a milk vow with this system a,d will milk it for all its worth.