Posted on: October 31, 2023
bradelli
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Yet another working game from GoG
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Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
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Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin is the follow up to the ground breaking game Combat Mission Beyond Overlord. With Barbarossa to Berlin we move to the Eastern Front. Watch as your T34s roll across the steppes of Central Russia or fight your way building to building in the Battle of Stalingrad. It simulates battles on the Eastern Front from German invasion of Russia with Operation Barbarossa in June of 1941 until the final days of the war in Berlin May 1945. Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin allows the player to lead the soldiers of seven nationalities (German, Soviet, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Italian and Polish) into battle, using historical Tables of Equipment and Organization (TO&E), surroundings, and combat results.
Combat is simulated in turns using science and behavioral logic, not “gamey” conventions such as hit points, armor ratings, tables of resolution, or other overly simplistic concepts. The pioneering “WeGo” gameplay system helps avoid many of the realism problems of other games by requiring both players to submit their orders and having them carried out simultaneously. The resulting 60 second replayable “movie” can be viewed from any angle and perspective before moving onto the next turn.
Play stand alone battles, connected battles, or “Quick Battles” created on-the-fly. The full featured Editor allows you to create your own battles. A large amount of community generated battles and Mods are available for free download. In addition to the very challenging single player mode, two people can play on one computer, TCP/IP network connection, or via PBEM.
Apply common sense and intuition and don’t expect "gamey" tactics to work - no matter how successful they were in other games. You will be forced to plan ahead, use timing, suppression fire, feints and flanking attacks to survive, let alone to win. When planning your moves, think about what would work in the real world, not what would work in other games.
Combat is simulated in turns using science and behavioral logic, not “gamey” conventions such as hit points, armor ratings, tables of resolution, or other overly simplistic concepts. The pioneering “WeGo” gameplay system helps avoid many of the realism problems of other games by requiring both players to submit their orders and having them carried out simultaneously. The resulting 60 second replayable “movie” can be viewed from any angle and perspective before moving onto the next turn.
Play stand alone battles, connected battles, or “Quick Battles” created on-the-fly. The full featured Editor allows you to create your own battles. A large amount of community generated battles and Mods are available for free download. In addition to the very challenging single player mode, two people can play on one computer, TCP/IP network connection, or via PBEM.
Apply common sense and intuition and don’t expect "gamey" tactics to work - no matter how successful they were in other games. You will be forced to plan ahead, use timing, suppression fire, feints and flanking attacks to survive, let alone to win. When planning your moves, think about what would work in the real world, not what would work in other games.
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Posted on: December 19, 2021
craterous
Verified ownerGames: 20 Reviews: 3
Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
In my top 5 favorite wargames. Runs well on my Windows 10 system. (Agree with the other favorable reviews here, so not going to restate them.) What I like best is the ability to use random terrain generation.
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Posted on: May 9, 2024
jmyers221
Verified ownerGames: 73 Reviews: 2
All time WWII tactics game
Tons of historically accurate units that react realistically to orders and combat, often to your benefit and detriment. Soviet tanks don't have radios until the latter half of the war, whereas every German vehicle seems to have optics and radios from the start. The brilliant turn based, real-time WeGo system plays out a minute at a time as you watch your orders play out. Maneuvering your infantry and mechanized forces where they can maximize line of sight from cover is the key to success but takes time as your orders filter to officers and then regulars, often taking ten seconds or more to execute in real-time, requiring you to anticipate enemy firing positions. There is always an anti-tank gun just around the corner but standing still invites artillery spotters and your green squads might scatter as soon as they take casualties while veterans move more confidently. So many options to toss into quickplay plus the multiplayer options. Only encountered the time controls glitch once and restarting fixed it.
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Posted on: August 21, 2024
Gazelerator
Verified ownerGames: 6 Reviews: 1
email game is great
I love playing this against other human players via the email game. Lots of 3d strategy. Love that you can direct the combat but cant control what happens. The 3D terrain makes the game very interesting. It can help and it can hurt. A couple of things that could use some tweaking: calling in an artillery strike can be so far off you decimate your own troops. This seems to be a little buggy. They should be able to site in the attack and get it in the ball park. I would like to be able to scrounge gear to reload the troops. When a halftrack filled with guys gets the machine gunner killed, you should be able to set someone up as a new gunner. Minor details. The game is a really fun 3D strategy game.
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Posted on: September 18, 2024
Wilhelm2451
Verified ownerGames: 23 Reviews: 2
A classic
A wide range of tactical scenarios from June 41 to May 45, including minor allies. The scope of options is unparalled. GoG.com has preserved a classic and made it run well on my Win11 machine.
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