Arms Race: TCWE
Two days to go! Are you ready?
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New official release date is 5th of October, 2017
We are happy to inform you that everything is going by the plan! We are just about to finish to polish minor issues we experienced during beta test. Unfortunately, we can't finish doing it by 28th of September, as we promised before. Because of this we have to delay release for one week. So, the new official release date is 5th of October, 2017.
Meanwhile, add our game to your wishlist on Steam.
Max Sprin
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Beta test result and release announcement
I’m happy to announce that beta test for Arms Race is completed. Thank you very much to all who participated in beta testing. It was awesome to have such great helpers!
Generally the beta test went out good. I have not received a single report about any serious issue. In other words the game goes good and smooth without crashes on all different variation PC machines participated in beta testing.
Alina Digital team is going to fix minor issues before and after release of the game. There are not that many issues and it does not affect game play.
I can’t wait to inform you the game release is scheduled for 28th of September 2017.
Let’s shake the world with Arms Race!
Max Sprin
New screenshots with 3d pictures and animations
First FAQ
http://steamcommunity.com/app/583590/discussions/0/135514376585265353/
First Arms Race game test play video
https://youtu.be/0nEu1X0cOeo
The Cold War Era is on summer sale right now with super crazy discount
We are happy to inform that The Cold War Era is on summer sale right now with super crazy discount of 20%! We have received the top secret intelligence information from CIA that this is the only discount for this game scheduled for 2017. If you waited for the discount on TCWE now is the best time to get it!
The Cold War Era isn't over, it's just beginning!
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May update, part 2
Today I'm very happy to share with you some more of screenshots from my latest test game. It was absolutely amazing game! So much drama!
I played as Ronald Reagan, president of USA, in sandbox game. My counterpart in USSR was Gorbachev in 90's. It was historical accurate and therefore my fight against the Soviets was even more interesting.
I was losing 37 to 42 when "Crisis of the Elites" event has happened to USSR in 1991 ( it was also very historical accurate ). "Crisis of the Elites" was a real game changer event! It raised opposition in USSR and I used my advanced spy network there to destabilize local situation and lead to the local Civil War.
But mighty Soviet Union finished the Civil War pretty fast. USSR had great global influence and budget. It helped them to stay alive without harm consequences after Civil War and "Crisis of the Elites". And they still lead in scores. So I had to come up with another plan to be able to do my best to win before the game finish in 2000.
My plan was simple but very hard to do. "We will do it because it is hard!" someone whispered me to my ear. So I decided to steal China with its 4 scores from USSR.
I started different wars around the globe and significantly increased spending to my military. Unfortunately I lost some of my Global Influence to Mr.Gorbachev and it helped the Soviets to dominate in Firepower. But I got more military! Much more. So, yeah, they destroyed a lot of my military but I always had twice more to replace!
Around 1998 I started two Civil Wars at the same time. One in USSR and another in China. On the screen below you can see August 1998. One year and a half before the game is over. Soviets in China were losing most of the military and had nothing to replace already. China was close to defeat. The score - 38 to 44. If China will survive I lost!
In the late 1998 I researched super modern Air and Ground units. It helped me to change combat Firepower to my favor. Soviets couldn't handle two wars any more and they used most of their military mostly in their home country. And, finally, in December 1999 ( one month=one turn before the game is over ) China joins the world of Democracy! I won with the final score 42-40!
It was really fun game. Stay tuned for more screenshots in July!
Max Sprin
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May update, part 1
In this update I'm going to tell you about some of Global Consequences events. I noted in my previous update that the event "Global shoot" has helped me to win my game.
Today I'm going to tell you something "Unthinkable". Here is Wiki link for those who forgot what it is - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable
"Operation Unthinkable was a code name of two related plans of a conflict between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. The plannings were ordered by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1945 and developed by the British Armed Forces' Joint Planning Staff at the end of World War II in Europe."
In my game I played President Kennedy and it was my great luck I had five events to my favor ( you can see five icons on the top left side of the screen ). One of the event is "Unthinkable". This event started wars in all Soviet countries in Europe and my alliance military invaded to them ( without taking it from my country military pool ). So, Soviet Union had a hard time fighting this "Unthinkable" war in Europe in the middle of 1955.
Some of you may ask me - "What has happened with Hungary, why it is blue on the map?". The answer is simple, here it is - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
Hungarian revolution was another Global Consequence event that happened to my(American) favor in this game. When revolution happened I managed to provide them some more of my "support" and Hungary "decided" to join my alliance. Everything was honest and democratic ( khm khm ).
This why Hungary avoided this global "Unthinkable" mess in Europe. It wasn't part of the Soviets at the time when global war started.
Next week I'm going to tell you the story about "Crisis of the Elites" which happened in USSR in one of my test games.
Stay tuned!
P.S. Play The Cold War Era while waiting for Arms Race!
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First AAR for Arms Race
Also, this AAR is going to be great example to introduce you two new in game features - Global Influence effect and Global Consequences features.
So, let's start. I'm going to play as Brezhnev ( I love this guy! He is so funny to me ), in Historic mode. Historic mode means my opponent leaders will be changed in historical sequence ( not sandbox ). In the picture below you can see Brezhnev has Diplomatic suit. Brezhnev and his Diplo suit provides me with unique bonuses listed below the leader picture.
The game starts in 1950. USA-USSR score is 22 to 22 and budget is 2500 to 2500. Global influence 1301 to 1301 ( 50% to 50% ). The bigger the global influence of the leader, the bigger the Firepower bonus will be when that leader authorises a fight. All other screenshots will be taken in December at the end of each decade. You will be able to see and compare how my game has changed from one decade to another. I will avoid graphs and statistics and show you the screens with Global Consequences only. In this decade I will face militaristic Truman.
And now, let us see how the decade has changed the Soviet Union. As you can see I'm leading in Global Influence. It's 1834, 57% which provides me additional +10 Firepower to my military. It saved me lot of military resources in the past wars. Unfortunately for me, Truman managed to win different wars on the globe and our score is still even - 26 to 26. Truman was a tough guy! Luckily for me three of six global consequences events were in my favor and only one for USA.
Now we move to the 60's, where the United States have elected John F Kennedy, an economic leader, as their President. I was leading in global influence and my highest pick was around 64% ( +15 Firepower ). My budget is much bigger compared to America and it's around 6000 but Kennedy managed to go over me in one score point and it's 30 to 29 now. Luckily for me the Prague Spring global consequence event didn't happen in United States favor! I could have lost 3 score points and 300 budget wealth if Prague Spring happened in the United States favour.
In the 70's the United States have elected Richard Nixon, a diplomatic leader. It was the worse decade for the Soviets. Nixon managed to have a bigger lead in scores with 39-32, however the Soviet Union was leading in global influence and wealth. It was really hard to fight America during this decade. They had built up their military and I lost some wars just because I had no military to participate in proxy wars vs Americans.
In the 80's, the United States elected Ronald Reagan, a diplomatic leader. Reagan pressured really hard on me! He managed to keep America leading in the scores with 41-39. I got only one global consequence event to my favor which brings me an additional +10 Firepower bonus and it helped me to prevent global American military expansion. My superiority in budget helped me to keep my dominance in global influence at level of 58%
In the last in-game decade, I was struggling vs Reagan again. Americans gave up their leadership in scores only because I managed to influence Australia and India to join the Soviet bloc. It took me a really long time to do so. Both countries provided me with 3 scores ( 6 in total ). If not Australia and India I'd lost 42 to 39. Americans significantly improved their budget because of "Reorganization of oil market" event but "Crisis of the elites" pulled them down again.
My game lasted for about 1 hour 50 minutes. Play time flies really fast and is incredibly enjoyable! It was a really fun game, full of action and unpredictable surprises.
Stay tuned!