When I played Soldiers: Heroes of WWII I had a great tactical (HARD) experience. This sequel adds AND improves!
Great graphics
Excellent gameplay
Many tactical options and dozens of weapons and items to use
Enjoyable (though somewhat slow over 400 Ping) multiplayer experience with great maps and play modes
Hectic action and very detailed, realistic explosions
Easy to use command system and interface
Bad:
Awefully annoying AI sometimes causes your squad members to use their grenades and\or rocket launchers at really bad moments when they should run for their lives instead (such as when getting assaulted by numerous tanks).
Buildings sometimes obscuring sight, though easily solved by activating the silhouette option or moving the camera angle around from time to time.
I just love this game.
How can you not love it? (well unless you're a total noob and have no friggin' idea what *tactics* is all about)
It looks great, plays great, sounds awesome, has long, KABOOM-filled missions, and has a great command system.
The only single drawback of this game is the somewhat sluggish friendly AI causing your men to just stand around looking for grenade targets and get chopped down by machinegun and\or grenades and the like. Thankfully, if you play the game right, you can easily avoid getting in such situations in the first place. Just remember to SAVE before attempting any kind of attack and you'll be fine.
I won't lie to you, this game is pretty darn hard and requires loads of patience and a commanders mind to succeed in, but after you complete a few mission you'll get the hang of it.
My personal favourite feature of this game is the direct control mode, allowing you to control you're men manually (one at a time though), drastically increasing their battlefield efficiency. Usually you will be provided with a Sniper and atleast 1 Machinegunner in your squad. If you're patient enough you can take one of them on commando mission behind enemy lines to soften up hard areas without being spotted (using the convenient concielment provided by the numerous bushes and walls realistically laying around the battlefield. It's always a good idea to load you're sniper with some AT grenades and a bunch of weapons and ammo and go around the back of the enemies tanks to wreak some havoc before advancing your whole squad.
Remember: bushes+sniper rifles+AT grenades are you're friends! ;-)
The mission are just plain awesome, providing loads of all-round chaos and explosions while providing you with calm time to rearm yourself (make sure you rearms quickly though because if a dead body is touched by any explosion or vehicle it'll dissappear, taking all it's ammo and items with it).
Even after large events such as destroying a bridge in a FANTASTIC explosion or capturing a crossroads, the missions still won't end, and you will be given more and more varied secondary objectives to complete, such as destroying a mortar position or protecting your spotter while he sends false coordinates to the enemy.
Since, according to the storyline, you are a member of the commandos\rangers units of Russia, Germany and the Allies, you may expect very varied missions, and you'll get them. Objectives in the game range from all out charges, to ambushes and covert operations, to full-out Commandos style mission having you inserted into an enemy camp and having to wreak havoc without being detected before your re-inforcements arrive, and giving you a HUGE array of weapons (virtually every single mass-produced gun of the war is featured, aswell as silenced guns, radio mines and whole crapload of general equipments items ranging from helmets to radio transmitters) This whole lot provides for a very immersive and fun experience that I recommend to any tactics or WWII buff out there.
GET THIS GAME, IT'S JUST PLAIN AWESOME!!!