Close Combat 3: The Russian Front

GOG needs to fix the scroll speed!

I still own the original boxset I bought when the game was released. I probably have consumed the CD-ROM, playing battle after battle, operation after operation, campaign after campaign and the Grand Campaign, over and over, and over again. Never got bored. The scenario builder allowed me to create hundreds of scenarios based on the countless and accurate recounts of tactical engagements fought on the Eastern Front. The modding community was vibrant and very much alive: when the (unofficial) RealRed patch was made public (and free!), the game gained even more depth for the fans. Dozens of mods then made their way to the players. You simply never got bored. And when I say never: I mean it. It stayed on the HDD of my PC for more than ten years. The Russian Front simply never got old. CC3 isn't a strategical wargame. It's the truest tactical game, in the very spirit of Avalon Hill's Advanced Squad Leader: few resources, fewer points to upgrade them and a map shrouded in the fog of war. Over there an enemy who knows terrain, knows how to use it to the very and knows how to make use of firepower. To the very best. There were occasional flaws in the AI, but really, too few to make a single game unsatisfactory. CC3 it's a serious tactical game. And yet, it has a very gentle learning curve. But as the player progresses through the Grand Campaign, his understanding and practice of tactics is put to a test. You'll love CC3. Just as I love it.

I remember the hours that I played this game. German side, russian side, grand campaign, edited maps, so on... Honestly, some "bugs" are boring (sometimes the tanks just turn around or do some idiot moves), but the feeling is great! Nostalgic gameplay, enough hard for challange. What can I say more? Good game for everyone!

It's fun, realistic and easy to get into, like reverse Advanced Squad Leader. Essentially the game is a tactical RTS in which you are given command of a reinforced platoon or company of soldiers in the Eastern Front of World War 2, and thanks to a Windows-like interface it's pretty simple to understand how to make things happen, unlike in other grodnard wargames where you need to read a huge manual just to understand how to set up a game, let alone playing it. Fire and manouver is the key to victory, keep the enemy pinned down with mortars and machineguns, and flank them with your infantry while using your big guns to turn enemy tanks into burning piles of metal.

I used to play this back in the day as a little kid. It is such a great game, best $2! it works fine on windows 10. the scroll speed is nuts but you can just click on the map and use the arrow keys on the keyboard.