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The likes of Platoon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: January 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first saw this game, I was excited. Since I owned almost every single module of Avalon Hill's Squad Leader and Advanced Squad Leader, the prospect of having a SL/ASL type of game on computer was great. But I became a little sceptical about this game upon reading the numerous "bad" ratings here. A shop owner even recommended Sudden Strike (yes, the original version it is now available in Singapore) instead. Undaunted, I bought the game. I must say I enjoyed it very much. The game play is slow by nature, because it takes time to position your troops. As for comments on the doggy graphics, well, actually the graphics are quite good. Views can be "cut down" so that you can see the platoon sergeant that you sent around the block to flank the enemy. As for difficult controls, I would suggest going through the game's boot camp tutorial to get used to them. After only once through boot camp, I was familiar with the controls; the second time around, I breezed through boot camp without breaking a sweat. And at the end of the mission, surviving units get "promoted" e.g. my platoon sergeant was raised from first line to elite status (because he played a very active role in the mission), while the platoon commander remained the same. These units can be used in the next mission in the campaign. Finally, the only thing I disliked about the game: loading time takes way too long (my system is an AMD Athlon 550, 64 RAM, with a Vodoo3 video card), especially when you made a wrong move and want to reload a previous saved game.

This Game Rulz

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 15
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This Game is the best so buy it everyone

Five stars after v1.1 patch

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hi,

Before buying this game I seen 20+ review on it. All of them bad :(
And it seemed all the reviews were right, this game does have problems! But did you know the v1.1 patch fixes 90% of the problems? Even the big three crashes
- crash involving artillery fire
- memory leaks which were causing slowdowns and crashes after playing the game for a while.
- crashes to desktop during the game.

After patching, this game rocks! Play American, German or Brits, durning late years of ww2 (44-45).
Random scenarios are great and if your into miniature games like, Easy Eights "Battleground WW2" or Meramic Enterprises "The Face of Battle" You'll feel right at home.

Cool CD...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a eleven year old war addict.
This is a great game because it
allows you alot of control. I
especially appreciated being
able to choose the weapons.

Cool CD...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a eleven year old war addict.
This is a great game because it
allows you alot of control. I
especially appreciated being
able to choose the weapons.

Squad Leader by Hasbro Interactive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you're expecting to play the old ASL board game classic by Avalon Hill, you're in the wrong theater of operations. This game plays more along the line of Dungeons & Dragons, where you choose individual fighters, outfit them, and take them into battle...there, their individual ability traits come into play and develop as you advance through a campaign. Once you shift your mental paradigm from ASL into a D&D mode, you find yourself immersed in an intense battle experience staged on the Western Front. I don't buy the criticism that this game's graphics and script seem "stodgy". It's not much different from other games I've played on this level, including Sid Meier's Gettysburg or Shogun Total War. I've seen far worse. The violence level is moderate. There's no blood splattering or gruesome death scenes. If anything, the manual could use some clearing up...but a deep "read me" text file augments the instructions enough to turn every visit to the game into an enjoyable and satisfying war gaming experience. I was pleasantly surprised and would recommend it to anyone who wants to play "army", without goofing around on fantasy soldier-level games like Army Men. This is WWII, down to the man. And, with some of A.H.'s old ASL developers working on the project (you'll see some familiar names in the credits), Squad Leader for computer will only get better. Watch for updates and sequels. But don't wait. Get it now and enjoy the war!

Are you man enough

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Welcome to the first, Role Playing, turned based game of WWII. Being a average RPG player that I am, I have played ASL by Avalon Hill, I'll tell ya, it's more fun playing pencil and paper, then Keyboard and Mouse. But it's still a fun game and well worth the money, if your into a RPG based on WWII.

Squad Leader

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: November 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game had the potential to be a very interesting and exciting product that war gamers could really enjoy. The idea of a strategy game at the squad level is a good one, if done properly. However, the developers have made this game much too cumbersome to maintain the players interest. Instead of considering strategy, the player is relegated to trying to figure out how to interact with it. Not a game I will keep coming back to.

Hard To Love

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: February 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'll get to the point - "Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord" by Big Time Software is far closer to the spirit to the original boardgame "Squad Leader" in both playability and realism than this current adaptation. In "Combat Mission" you actually experience the sudden shock on seeing German stormtroopers rising like phantoms from the snow, their burp guns spewing death, you hear the hideous screams of the 88's, and the sickening feeling on finding yourself armed with only a bazooka in the vicinity of angry Tiger. All of this with well-designed units, controls, realistic weapons, easy-to-use 3D sighting, etc. This "Squad Leader" doesn't match up. I've tried it. I mean I want to like it. Really, I spent money on it after all. The soldiers aren't all that distinct once in combat, the sound effects don't cover impacts (no ricochetts, etc.), line-of-sights are strange (example: if you're anywhere in an enemy's LOS, even if you're crawling several hundred feet away, he will see you through the dust, bushes, etc.). My copy crashed repeatedly although this was a relief after awhile. Path-finding is weak, units "disappear" in vegetation, and so on. I want to love this game (for old time's sake), but I doubt I'll play it again. You might like Squad Leader, but try the Combat Mission demo. It rocks.

Passable Turn-based Tactical Wargame

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The title is certainly misleading. The design has little to do with the classic Squad Leader / Advanced Squad Leader series of board wargames. Old-timers may recall some resemblance to board games like Sniper or Ambush. However, this game lacks the more dramatic role-playing characteristics of Ambush, and is a more straightforward move-and-fire WWII fighting encounter. The graphics and game interface also pale against true state-of-the-art products. Tactical wargame fans may still be interested in playing over this one several times, but long-term replay value is probably not present.

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