Is it time for...

[Wyke]

Son of Steel Panthers?

I have been playing this game(In all of it's different incarnations) on and off for almost 20 years now, and while it may get ignored now and then (for almost 3 years this last time) I still love it as much as I always did when it was first released. The only other game that has shared computer space with SP for the same amount of time is Civilization. (I'm not a 100% fussed on Civ V, so still tend to play a lot of Civ IV)

But the fact of the matter is. Where as Civilization has in effect been recreated periodically, both WinSPWW2/MBT and the 'other' version by Matrix Games are still basically the original games that they are based on.

So is it time for somebody to take that step, to finally retire the whole SP game and roll out a brand spanking new, all singing, all dancing game that captures the spirit of the original game, but can take much better advantage of today's computers. And that is not just in the prettiness stakes but with greater levels of realism (Again, I am talking about doing away with silly things like Company Commanders not being able to access their own embedded mortars because they don't have the appropriate artillery skills)

I would love to be able to have to start shelling out my hard earned pennies to pay for a whole new SP like game. However, I guess it all boils down to how many others would be willing to support this by shelling out too.