#CLOSE COMBAT A BRIDGE TOO FAR PLUS#

#CLOSE COMBAT A BRIDGE TOO FAR PLUS#

On the plus side, the multiplayer options are much improved from the original Close Combat. Especially in a game where the most innocent of misjudgments can cost you a battle, that kind of interface is just too unwieldy. I found the repeated right-clicking to get order menus in the heat of battle a little cumbersome and frustrating at times. a green circle means you can hit a target, while a black circle means you're too far away). Certain orders, such as Fire, will present you with a line with which you can gauge the potential success of the order (e.g. Orders to groups are given with a right-click on the group.

While this may make the game more interesting to fans of wargame realism, it doesn't necessarily make it fun for the rest of us. novices are likely to become annoyed by the fact that one false move can mean instant, irrevocable defeat.

For that reason alone, I would not recommend CC2 to any but the most experienced wargamers. And in CC2, just like in the original, you play the hand you're dealt. This effectively means that you lose the whole group, because unless all units in a group will follow your order, none will. This presents a problem when one of your unit groups comes under heavy fire or individual soldiers within the platoon become injured. In case you're unfamiliar with the Close Combat games, your troops respond to battle in very 'human' ways, which means that they may refuse to fight if they get scared enough. This was the first element that rubbed me the wrong way when playing CC2. Your troops are grouped according to their unit type, and you give orders to the groups of units instead of to individual soldiers. As the Allies, it is your mission to take control of five bridges critical to the war effort as the Germans, you will fight to protect these bridges (or demolish them if the Allies get too close for comfort). In Close Combat 2, you will select to play as the Allies or Germans in the various battles and campaigns that took place during Operation Market-Garden. Instead, CC2 uses a mixture of real-time and traditional hex-based warfare elements that makes for a very different type of gaming experience, one that fans of either genre might not be ready for. Historically, this battle cost the allies twice as many casualties as D-Day and failed to be the finishing strike to the war that the Allies hoped it would be.ДЄlthough Microsoft is billing CC2 as 'a real-time, historically accurate World War II strategy game,' readers should be cautioned not to compare this title to real-time strategy games like Command and Conquer or Warcraft II. Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far lets you replay one of the most critical battles in World War II, Operation Market-Garden, where the Germans and Allies fought for control of five strategic bridges across the rivers Rhine, Waal, and Maas.

Close combat a bridge too far