User Reviews (1 - 11 of 19)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

CCIII continues to improve on the tracks of I and II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The AI improves in CCIII. These three games will walk you through the warfare of WWII era. This series gives you all you would ever want in WWII era squad level warfare. I can't wait for a vol. 4!

Want to buy more

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 30, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I purchased Close Combat:A Bridge Too Far and have found it somewhat addictive. I have only a few criticisms which include: the historical footage made my system crash once and I had to reinstall some Windows Drivers. As far as play, some of the windows display too small to see comfortably even on a 17 inch monitor. You are sometimes directed to fight over the same terrain repeatedly. I was able to readily win campaigns on both German and Allied sides soon after buying the game, but then I know a little bit about close combat tactics. Some of the campaigns take a very long time to play. There is no "pause" control so you can't put the game on hold while you do a chore in the middle of a battle. Other than that I enjoy the game immensely and plan to buy the entire series.

great games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 01, 1999
Author: Amazon User

In this box all of the first three games are included...Here are My thoughts...Close Combat 2 has set a new high water mark for real time strategy games.The gameplay is deep and very addictive and just straight forward fun! If you've ever had an interest in wargames you have to add this one to your collection...however I did not care for CC3 the russian front as much mostly because of the accuracy of tanks...You can easily win with a couple tanks...they never miss and the game developers never addressed this issue even after it was released.Close Combat 1 was a great game for its time but does not hold a candle too either of its successors...I would recommend that you buy this package and play CC2 first...and when you finally tire of it(If ever..I'm still playing it} then try CC3 and judge for yourself.But by all means if you call yourself a wargamer then get CC2 A Bridge To Far whether in this 3 for 1 boxed set or seperately

Best Value

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This package represents one of the best real time Military Strategy values currently on the market. "CCII, A Bridge Too Far" is the jewel of this group, followed closely by "CCIII, The Russian Front." To get the most from these games, players should select gameplay options which allow them to fight battles as realistically as possible... soldiers do not always obey orders exactly as given, commanders do not automatically have accurate intelligence regarding enemy composition, movement and strength, and sometimes a large force can be overcome by a smaller, more highly trained unit who uses superior tactics. Players who use this approach will soon discover an AI which forces them to make extensive use of combined arms, reconnaissance, mutually supporting defensive positions, economy of force and much more. Additionally, the requirement to carefully monitor your ammunition expenditures - particularly your crew served weapons and mortars - lends an even greater degree of realism. For players who might have difficulty with these things initially, the games are easily tailored to weight your forces accordingly. Bottom line, this is a superb software bundle with relatively low system requirements... it will be enjoyed by just about any strategy/action gamer.

Best war simulation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The close combat series has always been on top. This box gives all 3 versions. Close combat 3, although similiar to a bridge too far which isn't wrong, is very good. Although version 4 is out (not published by microsoft) I still enjoy multiplaying this game, its really good value.

The Best Strategy Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is a must have because it is one of the greatest strategy game ever. You can be from 5 allies including the Americans to the Germans. You can fight in the snow or inside buildings. TO LENINGRAD TO STALINGRAD

Disappointed in the trology

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 26
Date: December 11, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I wrote a previous review in which I said I thought Close Combat II-A Bridge Too Far was terrific and deserved five stars. This enticed me to buy the whole trilogy. I am extremely disappointed in the trilogy. One-the Close Combat I game is so elementary it is like playing Pong. The only similarity with the other games is the audio. Otherwise it seems like junk to me. The graphics and soldier movement is poor. The soldiers look like ants when they move. You have no control over individual soldiers like the oither games. I have seen better graphics and interactive action in games 7 years old-not a mere 3 years old. The graphics are about on the level of an Atari 2600. I feel ripped off by Microsoft for them to include Close Combat I in the trilogy and plan to complain to them, especially since you can buy Close Combat II and III as stand alones cheaper than buying the trilogy. Two-the manual is extremely skimpy for the trilogy. The manual for a Bridge Too Far stand alone is thicker than the manual for all three games! I think the trilogy is a ripoff. You are better off buying Close Combat II and III as stand alones- in fact this might be cheaper. I also didn't find Close Combat III as enjoyable as Close Combat III. The audio is annoying. Also the controls are supposed to an improvement over Close Combat II but I find it less intuitive

Best Small Unit Tatcis Game to Date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

These games are prehaps the best tatics games made to date. The value of this game package come from CCII and CCIII, these two games will allow you to fight battles from Belgium to Moscow. CCII and CCIII are excellent games, that greatly improve the game play over CCI and make the battlefield come to life. Game controls are easy to learn and allow the battle to move at a fast pace without you losing control of your units. I look froward to Close Combat 4.

Absolute Best WWII Genre game out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 26
Date: January 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I am writing in defense of the first Close Combat, from the previus review. I have all 4 Close Combat games (bought individually). The first one came out in 96/97, and I felt that it was the best game ever made. Of course comparing it with the new ones, it would seem a bit weak. But consider that Close Combat one(the campaign to immeadiately follow the normandy invasion)was the very first game to incorporate such superb AI to a game. All the sound effect of every game are authentic to each weapon. .50 Cal sound like a .50 cal, MG42 sounds like an MG42 etc. Looking back from one to four (the trilogy has the first three games from Microsoft, the Fourth 'Battle of the Bulge not included in the trilogy is from SSI) it was so exciting to see how Atomic took the best ideas and improved them. Save for the first one, all the maps in the others were rendered from satalite picture of the actual locations (I confirmed this by reading and looking at pictures from the book :A Bridge Too Far). I can't say for the triology, but Each game manual had superb historical context (the original manual for the first game was by far the thickest of the lot, half of it just gave background and history) I truly can't say enough about these games. They are the absolute best strategygames ever created. Totaly authentic, totaly real, totaly believable. Being fascinated by the history of that period, these game bring it to a whole new demension. Still, for no other reason, get it for CC2 "a Bridge Too Far" That whole episode in the war is so compelling, the game just rules. See the movie (Same title Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery), read the book (Same Tilte), and then jump right in and make YOUR descions! It's great. They all are

3 Award -Winning War Games?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: May 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Who the ... dishes out these awards? I admit that these games improve as the series prolongs (CC4 is the best thus far) but every part of this trilogy is a rip off. Perhaps I am being too picky. I would go into greater detail as to why this game bites, but this would be a very long list. I must admit the graphics and sounds are not bad, but the gameplay is horrible. Spend your money on a better war game, you'll be much happier. What else would you expect from Microsoft?

Try a free game called Chain of Command.

Review Page: 1 2 Next 

Actions