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Finaly a game for all you SL/ASL fans out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the game you SL/ASL fans have been waiting for since PCs became common.

The above reviewers of "childish graphics" is not true. The engine is a bit dated by 'todays' standards, but still is not at
all bad graphically. With the plentiful mods out there, it nearly lives up to todays standards.
But the real reason to get the game is the realism of the combat.
There are no health bars on tanks, no twitching RTS fastest mouse
wins. It's a thinking mans game.
So if you liked SL/ASL or any otehr WW2 game on that scale, get this game, and the soon to be released CM: Afrika Corps.

Wonderful Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Perfect game, for those moving from ASL to computer games. AI is intelligent, play by email works well, play-balance excellent. If you enjoyed ASL, I dare say, you'll enjoy this game as well.

A masterpiece of WWII strategy and unit tactics.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In brief, this game is not for those with short attention spans. Although some will find that the graphics lag behind todays standards, this is one of the few combat games where the player can command anything from a small platoon of soldiers within a city (German or Soviet) to entire regiments of forces on battlefields of monumental scale. Actual battles will unfold before your eyes across hours or even days. Of course, the game doesn't end here - an entire community of CM gamers awaits you on the internet to help you to upgrade or enhance the game - introducing everything from 1000s of historical engagements to new camoflage schemes for your Kampfgruppe. If you have an interest in World War Two, historical battles or simple small unit combat and tactics (military or civilian), this game has everything you need.

Closest Thing to Squad Leader on a Computer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For those who have played board wargames, the Combat Mission series is the closest thing going to Avalon Hill's Advanced Squad Leader in terms of comprehensive realism, but it doesn't require knowing notebooks full of rules because all that overhead had been integrated into the system. The developers accomplished this by melding a turn based plot/resolve system with a 3D CAD/CAM engine. After giving orders, watching the simultaneous combat/movement resolution is tons of fun. It works superbly for standalone game, PBEM or two person online play. The Mod community is supporting these three games with lots of additional scenarios and skins too. If you have a serious interest in WW2 tactical combat, (especially armor) you can't live without this game.

I agree with what the other fellas say...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Actually, it was what these other guys here said that drew me out to the store to get a copy of this and CMBO. Having just played the demo for CMAK, I can tell ya' that one is absolutely ...well, use your own exclamation for something amazing.

It's not a boring game at all. You shouldn't be at all disappointed. Remember, this is still an early phase game. As the technology and programming advances, so will the graphical detail of the game. And actually, the graphics themselves aren't bad at all. The 3D landscapes are actually impressive. And when you blow up a house or something, it's a nice effect, better than average. If they could just use the exploding tree/flying leaves effect from Sudden Strike/Blitzkrieg!. The way the tanks "brew up" in those games would be a nice added touch to this series as well.

It should be noted that the 3-man squads aren't only three men. At least, not until you start taking casualties. Usually it's made up of about 5 rifles, 1 SMG and some sort of SAW or LMG. I can't guarantee these numbers w/o looking them up. But it's definitely not just 3 guys in strength. You can toggle the 3 man squad option, but I don't know if it goes to one figure or several as I haven't tried it yet.

The only thing that can be seen as a fault to this game, is that many may have trouble winning it using default settings. As stated elsewhere, the AI is pretty sharp. I think you get large counter-attacks, not sure. I never really let them happen. If I'm to attack, I attack hard and keep them under cover. They will retreat and break-and-run, that much I know. They also surrender if you wear them down hard enough. Getting hit with a Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck could count as a counter-attack, I guess.

Anyway, there's a lot that goes on in one of these games that's really a lot of exciting fun to deal with. Try it out and see if you catch the bug.

Shhhhhhh....I am hunting Tigers.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I enjoy both CM- Overlord and CM-Barbarrosa to Berlin games, I haven't bought the CM-DAK yet but plan on it...too busy on the Eastern Front. We am currently playing a two player (via email) operational game (numerous games linked together as opposed to one single game) The battle of Kursk. So far the swinehund has only advanced 500 meters into my front with the loss of 14 Nazi tanks (4 of them Tigers- MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!). He is not amused.

I hope they do a series on the Pacific War, I would like to see a scenario on Iwo Jima. Be sure to download the demos before you decide to buy to see if you like this type of game and your computer can play it.
P.S. Both my opponent and myself are ex-tankers, so the games have special meaning for us.

CMBB rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Best war game ever - hands down. Great against the A.I. - even better against a friend.

Combat Mission - A Review !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Part 1 = CM:Beyond Overlord ( Western Front )
Part 2 = CM:Barbarossa to Berlin ( Eastern Front )
Part 3 = CM:Afrika Korps ( Italian/Afrika Fronts )

The three games use the same game engine, with slightly improved graphics and Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) as the series progresses.

It is a turn based system based on the board game "Squad Leader" and offers three dimensional ( 3D ) graphics. You have a choice of opponents 'computer','Play By Email' ( PBEM ) and 'TCP/IP'.

The game makes all the laborious calculations, which previously had to be done manually, when playing the old Squad Leader board games. This by itself makes the game worth purchasing.

This game should not be confused with the many miltary first person shooters on the market. This is a true military strategy game, allowing players to use tactics to develop an overall strategy.

Although the game is quite playable and enjoyable, it does have it's limitations, in particular, average quality graphics.

The owners are aware of the games limitations and are rewriting the engine, code-named 'CMX2' from scratch, which is due to be released sometime during 2006. We are hoping big things for this engine. Our only hesitation is that the engine will be dummied down so owners of low-end computers will purchase the game.

Further information can be found on the owners homepage at battlefront.com, which also has a discussion forum and free downloadable demos. In addition, there is a Usenet group dedicated to discussing the game 'alt.games.combat-mission'.

If you are considering purchasing the game, start with Part 3, as it has the best graphics and AI of the trilogy.

We hope you enjoy playing the game!

Yours truly,

Sean Evans

spevans@rogers.com

The controls killed me

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: December 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Seeing all the 5 star reviews here I decided this would be my next Xmas present. Some hours ago, tough, completely bored, I decided to download the demo to see how good it would be. Boy I was wrong. This is a simply terrible wargame. The graphics are ok and you can zoon right to each soldier's face (Like in the Sims 2) but the way you control your troops just killed me.

Remember the 'planning' stage in Rainbow Six, before each mission, where you would assign starting places to squads, waypoints where to go and etc?

Well, you control your troops like that in this game. Yep, instead of, say, selecting a tank with the left mouse button, and selecting it's target with a right click (Like you do in every normal RTS game) you must first bring up a menu for every individual unit, select the mission you want, assign them waypoints, and then the target.

I strongly suggest you to download the demo from [...] and see if you like this kind of controls, that in my opinion are extremely uncomfortable, before buying it.

Good luck.

Poor graphics- very poor manual

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: October 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just purchased the CMBB-SE version and what a disappointment this game is. Childish graphics and to top off the disappointment-the manual is missing 25 pages to it!?! It goes from page 1-128(stops in mid paragraph) and the next page is 153. To make it better it goes from page 153 to 176 AND then begins again at page 153 to page 240. Please do not buy this game-it is really poor. Buy Blitzkrieg or wait for Codename:panzers due out early next year. This game is a waste of money and impossible without a complete manual!

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