Strategic Mind: The Pacific

Strategic Mind: The Pacific

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KateMels 17 May, 2021 @ 1:41am
Developer's Gameplay Series
Hello guys! We have decided to start a Developer’s gameplay series. In these episodes the Lead game designer of the Strategic Mind series Oleksandr plays our games with the commentary, explaining the game mechanics and telling you more about the game development process.

Watch the Developer's Gameplay episodes:

1. Developer's Gameplay #1: Khalkhin Gol Scenario | Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=out9Rh8xRvQ
2. Developer's Gameplay #2 | Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXGzR3ZuaBQ
3. Developer's Gameplay #3: | Invasion of Poland | Spectre of Communism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJvOJDlJIPk
4. Developer's Gameplay #4: | The Battle of the Coral Sea | Strategic Mind: The Pacific
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMRi4PNSsLg
5. Developer's Gameplay #5: | Spanish Civil War | Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AIDJuTxaM0
6. Developer's Gameplay #6: The Attack on Pearl Harbor | Strategic Mind: The Pacific
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph7zMfdhUfs
7. Developer's Gameplay #7: | Invasion of Poland | Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGpMJrn6-RM
8. Developer's Gameplay #8: | Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom Updated Demo | US Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY0avIZgjr0
9. Developer's Gameplay #9: | Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom Updated Demo | UK Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSQgj0Fu6k
10. Developer's Gameplay #10: Norwegian Campaign | Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom | UK Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OawT4f65geQ
Last edited by KateMels; 24 May, 2021 @ 11:50pm
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wolf1455 17 May, 2021 @ 2:21am 
Very good idea. I played thrue them all so far and I must admit that I havent mastered the more difficult lvs even thou I know the game by playing some 300-400 h on each version.
So these videos will really help. Can we comment on them? Asking questions and other input?
Oleksandr  [developer] 17 May, 2021 @ 8:51am 
Originally posted by wolf1455:
Very good idea. I played thrue them all so far and I must admit that I havent mastered the more difficult lvs even thou I know the game by playing some 300-400 h on each version.
So these videos will really help. Can we comment on them? Asking questions and other input?
Thank you for the feedback.
Sure. Feel free to ask any question. I am always happy to reply. Also, if I see that some question is really important or askled by a bunch of people I could showcase and explain it in one of the future episodes.
wolf1455 17 May, 2021 @ 8:57am 
Sounds good.
wolf1455 18 May, 2021 @ 6:00am 
First question: Have you (Oleksandr) won all missions on high difficulty lvls ,in the games so far that have been coming out? When I first try each new game of yours I try on easiest difficuly. Enemies are killed of fast enough to get fast victory. And I got enough points to buy new stuff to the next battle. Only problem is I then enter to many units so my command points per turn suffer.
wolf1455 18 May, 2021 @ 6:02am 
If I raising the diff the enemy is ofcource more resiliant and it is harder to win in time. And the points I get from a battle/campaign is less and if the difficult is high enough I having hard time buying new units needed for the next batlle,
wolf1455 18 May, 2021 @ 6:04am 
So my question is: how high up difficulty wize you and/or other in house playing the game had before its to difficult to win the war, for you?
wolf1455 20 May, 2021 @ 5:59am 
If you guys got experience of winning on higher difficulties maybee you can have a master class of sort teaching us veterans. Good luck with release tomorow. :)
Oleksandr  [developer] 20 May, 2021 @ 1:06pm 
Originally posted by wolf1455:
If you guys got experience of winning on higher difficulties maybee you can have a master class of sort teaching us veterans. Good luck with release tomorow. :)
Hello
Thanks for all the great questions. I will make sure to answer all of them in the coming days. Right now, I am too involved with the release - and thanks, we will need lots of luck tomorrow. :) Hopefully, I would be able to answer it over the weekend.
wolf1455 20 May, 2021 @ 2:38pm 
Great
KateMels 24 May, 2021 @ 5:33am 
10. Developer's Gameplay #10: Norwegian Campaign | Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom | UK Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OawT4f65geQ

This is the tenth episode of the Developer's gameplay series by our team and it features the Norwegian Campaign scenario from the recently released Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom game. In this episode, we will explain all the mechanics necessary for a successful landing operation. We highly recommend watching this playthrough if you are struggling with the Norwegian campaign scenario.
Last edited by KateMels; 24 May, 2021 @ 5:34am
zommbie_wulf 22 Sep, 2021 @ 10:55am 
I am glad these videos are on Steam. Even being a veteran of many war games, the numerous details of SM made it very difficult to begin play. This walk through made it possible to begin playing and learn as you go. Very good.
Steevodeevo 10 Dec, 2021 @ 10:25am 
Hi Oleksandr,

Any chance of a video or tutorial or maybe just some good hints on how to win at default or harder levels (as @wolf1455 suggests) in really tough maps such as Burma and others* ?

I've played this map and maps like it* so many times, and I just can't crack it. Its the same on some others* and I am not usually all that bad at these types of games normally but for me Strategic Mind is just a cruel beast!

I've re-started so often: I try to ensure I enter the challenging scenarios as well placed as possible with gold or absolute victories in the scenarios before and I always check out the Supply map & force mix, but as ever, I manage to play successfully with earlier maps with a fun challenge and then i seem to hit a brick wall map like 'Burma' or the 'First Battle of Kiev' where the difficulty seems to sky rocket upwards and basically my play-through ends there.

These maps seem almost to be puzzles I can't crack as my conventional play just results in me gradually getting destroyed.

Is there anything fundamental that I might be doing wrong?

Happy for others to chip in as its driving me nuts.
Oleksandr  [developer] 11 Dec, 2021 @ 12:44pm 
Originally posted by Steevodeevo:
Hi Oleksandr,

Any chance of a video or tutorial or maybe just some good hints on how to win at default or harder levels (as @wolf1455 suggests) in really tough maps such as Burma and others* ?

I've played this map and maps like it* so many times, and I just can't crack it. Its the same on some others* and I am not usually all that bad at these types of games normally but for me Strategic Mind is just a cruel beast!

I've re-started so often: I try to ensure I enter the challenging scenarios as well placed as possible with gold or absolute victories in the scenarios before and I always check out the Supply map & force mix, but as ever, I manage to play successfully with earlier maps with a fun challenge and then i seem to hit a brick wall map like 'Burma' or the 'First Battle of Kiev' where the difficulty seems to sky rocket upwards and basically my play-through ends there.

These maps seem almost to be puzzles I can't crack as my conventional play just results in me gradually getting destroyed.

Is there anything fundamental that I might be doing wrong?

Happy for others to chip in as its driving me nuts.

I would love to record more operations in my playthrough, and most likely I will. Problem is that free time is very short for me right now, so that is a bit problematic. So, if you do not want to wait for me to cover all of those battles (and I might not be able to play all of them) you could watch other players' playthroughs. Here are a couple of channels I would recommend:
1) Night Phoenix 100% difficulty (Pacific, Blitzkrieg, Spectre)
https://www.youtube.com/c/NightPhoenixnp/videos
2) Edmon 120% difficulty (Fight for Freedom UK)
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEdmon/videos
PlayingHardBall 12 Oct, 2023 @ 6:46am 
You can find a playthrough for Strategic Mind: The Pacific for the Japanese here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0j9cDVAKEYqixPhFIth0TxUUOC5g3kDX
Difficulty is challenging, all missions have been accomplished with 400 victory points so far
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