Posted on: June 5, 2019
Marcomies
Verified ownerGames: 957 Reviews: 12
One of the best wargames
Combat Missions are great tactical wargames that were way ahead of their time when they came out and have also aged really well. They are more like proper combat simulators than typical RTS Company of Heroes, Men of War) or turn-based strategy games (Panzer General, Panzer Corps): Real military tactics work great and are required due to the highly authentic gameplay. The turn based we-go system makes battles of any size easy to manage, although it typically takes several minutes of real time to plan one minute of game time. The bigger the scenario, the more time it takes. Some patience is definitely required. The controls will take a while to learn and remembering some hotkeys will help a lot, but after that's done you are left with a very functional control system that makes a very deep game relatively easy to manage. Due to the highly realistic nature of the game, the gameplay itself is very easy and intuitive to learn if you are at all familiar with real WW2 tactics. Reading the manual is highly recommended. Barbarossa to Berlin is massive game that covers the war on the entire Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945. Despite the huge scope the great attention to details is obvious. The historical weapons, units and armour are well researched and modeled. The graphics of the game weren't the greatest even when the game came out but they are clear and haven't aged too badly. They definitely serve their purpose. Even today very few games (mainly the newer Combat Mission titles and Graviteam games) can compare to the old Combat Missions and in some areas the old games still surpass them. All the combat mission titles are worth playing to anyone interested in realistic tactical games and Barbarossa to Berlin is probably the best of the three.
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