I expected some kind of Witcher 3 fight system. I got a realistic fight system that is for me total crap. I get almost around every corner beaten to pulp. Bandages don't help much, food stuffs you and you always have to sleep and eat. So if you are a hardcore realist and a "one hit can kill you" fan, than the game is for you. As a casual player like me, its to much management and the fighting system not intuitive enough. I never got the blocking right and chaining doesn't rely work cause you need a very precise timing. Arrows don't help much either, one hit doesn't kill and changing weapon takes forever, so you get hit and bleed and die.
I loved PC 1 and the start of PC 2 was good to. All looked familiar and the adding of Heros gave it a extra touch. I played on 2nd easiest so nothing to challenging to be expected. So far so good until I was at the Moskow Scenario. I really good the feeling that this scenario is constructed to be unwinnable or you rather have to have every move perfect. The goals are so wide stretched that with your few troops its just impossible to get them all and defend the same time. So I wrote it off. Later something similar in the Stalingrad Scenario. Here it was the opposite I could grind my way with artillery fairly quick through. I achieved a total Victory with all the bonus goals and failed. Why? cause I did not have the extra Moscow Points. So I had to fight a retreat until Kursk. I expected that as a turning point and won it soundly but PC 2 sticked to History and besides all my victories I ended up in Operation Bagration. Wow, that was a total let down. The shear size of the enemy was mind boggling. I meet there soviet super troops tat even could challenge the Tiger II. Motorcycle and Cavalry was just to strong and agile to deal with. Yes, the Motorcycle gang attacked a Tiger II and even inflicted damage. Your fair amount of auxiliary troops in Bagration are meatshilds cause you cant replenish them. And all of this on the 2nd easiest mode mind you. So to sum it up - AI is stupid, you can string her along when she just could overrun you, with sheer mass. - AI has super troops, the motorcycle gang challenges even the Tiger. - AI seems never to run out of prestige, you have to destroy troops otherwise they come back to bite you. - AI has some unwinnable frustrating scenarios (Moskow, Bagration). - You have a troop cap witch is just to low. - Auxiliaries are in the Bagration scenario useless - You screw up Moscow you end up in Berlin, no turning point. Would I buy again? NO.
Nice game after I reiinstalled it, cause the shitty patch that came with the download broke it. Great work guys. Otherwise as good as the other. Play 1 & 2 beforehand to get the story, absolute recommended.
