I love that you can keep your units from one scenario to the next, so they can become more and more powerful! Played the game from when it first came out over two decades ago, I lost the ability to play it as a Dos game, but GOG has brought it back from the dead, for me!
This game works maybe one time in ten, IF I'm lucky. There are all sorts of glitches and bugs in the game. It will cut out on you, usually early in your first turn, after restarting it. If you can get a few turns in, you are lucky and it will keep playing. Otherwise, just restart, make a few moves and see if you can save it. If you can save it, the game will probably be ok...if it crashes, oh well, try again.
The game is a turn based game, where you are a mercenary company. It's easy to learn the basics, but hard to master. Unless you plan on seriously devoting a lot of time and effort, into learning nuances of the fight mechanics and EVEN THEN, you ARE going to lose characters you have spent time and money growing. One of the game creators "tips" is you ARE going to have characters die. This isn't a fantasy game with a resurrection or some such. Once they die, they die and are gone. So...you just lost a 7th level mercenary or two, in a tough fight, that you won, but they can get a lucky hit in and kill him. Now, you are replacing that fighter with a level 1 or 2, fighter. Now, you are trying to do the same fights, only with a clear weak point, in your line....which will lead to more deaths, a new replacement and on and on. Save your money and just go smash your face into a tree in your yard, if you enjoy pain.
