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Article #35506Re: WHAT ?
From: Jason
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:06
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:06
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Elmar Bijlsma wrote: > Hiya. > A question I always asked myself. Should I recommend Combat Mission to > X-Com players? The scale of the combat is one level up and there is no > managment bit other that picking your forces for a quick battle but I > always found the pace and basic idea of combat somewhat similar. > So fess up, who else here plays combat mission? (or wants to do so > after playing one of the demos at http://www.battlefront.com ) > <hint, hint> > I for one rate Combat Mission on a par with X-Com. Yeah, I would reccomend it, with the simple caveat that *it's not squad level*. It operates at more of a battalion level, with the smallest units usually being squads or half squads, with the occaisional special purpose soldier like a sniper or somesuch. You dont have the same level of control as you do in xcom, and your guys very much have a mind of their own sometimes. That said, the game has some really nifty commands to control your units with, great graphics, and the armoured combat is to die for. It also helps if you're into WW2. I would also rate Combat Mission with X-Com. They're both the same kind of genre-breaking/defining type of game, even though they're really quite different. Believe it or not, I was first introduced to CM by Det, way back when we were still brainstorming ideas for Genesis. - Jason
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