If you are a WWII game fan, than you will definitely want to have this game. I have played all the scenarios and ran through the campaign and am still enjoying the play. The units did need significant direction but the AI micromanaged their behavior for a realistic feel. I thought this game was very well developed and fun to play as it gave you the sense of watching combat unfold 'below' you. The skirmishes can be conducted in an innihilation mode or you can choose to race against a countdown clock for holding strategic points. The battles are directed overhead in the 3rd person with you capturing certain strategic points on the map to increase 'purchasing' power which you use to built your units and acquire abilities. The game has a campaign which brings you through the Normandy Invasion by playing 15 scenarios in a fixed order or you can play one of the 15 skirmishes that mirror those scenarios.
This is an interesting strategy game in which you play on a scaled WWII battlemap directing the actions of 'your company of heroes' against the Germans (or you can reverse your roles and play as the Germans). Come to think of it maybe this does reflect reality in WWII. If one is very agressive about monopolizing resources you will just smother your opponent with assets despite the fact that your war fighting strategy may be less than stellar. Exact planning and timing of resouces management trumped strategy in most skirmishes. While intuitive, I felt that resource management played too great a role in sucess. Approximately another 12-15 hours worth of game time. The game also includes a good number of skirmishes. There were no difficulties with switching to other applications and no video issues. The game does not sit and build memory when in pause (even for hours). The video and memory management in this game are the best I have seen. I would like to see it's size reduced giving more screen real estate. The control panel was unusually large and provided only minimal functionality. Artificial intelligence of opposing players and allies is dynamic resulting in greater or lesser challenges and varing strategies being applied by allies/opponents.
It took me approximately 12 hours of play time to run through the game the first time. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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