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Based on 399 ratings
8.7
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Score Breakdown Based on 399 ratings
  1. 10 (133)
  2. 9 (185)
  3. 8 (53)
  4. 7 (9)
  5. 6 (6)
  6. 5 (1)
  7. 4 (1)
  8. 3 (1)
  9. 2 (3)
  10. 1 (7)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:9.4

    Yes, the best game in the Close Combat series hands down.

    By nai205 | Review Date: Dec 28, 2005 | PC

    After playing Close Combat A Bride too Far, I was initially confused by the slightly different unit requisition procedure, but once I understood that units would gain experience and transfer from one battle of a campaign... Read Full Review

    4 of 4 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Close Combat III: The Russian Front

  • Rating:9.6

    One of the best WWII real-time-strategy games!

    By jjfz | Review Date: Apr 07, 2007 | PC

    Close Combat III is an amazing WWII RTS game that deals with the Eastern Front (Third Reich/Soviet Union). You began as a master sergeant and can eventually become a major. Both sides are playable, with many campaigns, o... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3

    Game of my life!!

    By mentat76 | Review Date: Dec 20, 2006 | PC

    Superb game with hearth thumbing action. extremely well balanced action and reality is at the top of the line. Hard to describe as you have to play for yourself to feel how it rocks! Tanks storming the fronts b... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Had fun playing the first Close Combat? This is even better!

    By zornundo | Review Date: Apr 21, 2006 | PC

    You will see the awesome might of the German Tiger tank in this game! Fear the Tiger! This is a very fun game. It takes playing a bit before you start to understand the usefulness of many of the units. That being said... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.6

    best of WW2 strategy games ever to be done

    By Franco_atirador | Review Date: Feb 19, 2006 | PC

    so far there is no game that can match close combat in terms of realism and gameplay .A true masterpiece worty of every of my 5 stars. A classic that caught my attention since the first time i played it.A true epic gaem... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.8

    This is the best war game ever too bad in the ten years since it came out, nothing has came out with the same game play

    By absintheguy818 | Review Date: Nov 22, 2005 | PC

    style that can compare one iota, t this. Its very real esp the many many different types of weapons, esp. tanks. The best part is all the weapons have true sounds, so like the red gun fire isnt the smae as the germanic. ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2

    Best WWII Strategy..."our engine is frozen!"

    By ndnjedi | Review Date: Mar 25, 2005 | PC

    I continually load this game up and play it. Can easily sap your time, Civ II style (shudder). Historically accurate (relatively) gameplay, equipment, and maps. Russian tank drivers extremely accurate (NO, NOT THAT ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2

    A very fun and addictive World War 2 experience.

    By harden007 | Review Date: Sep 13, 2004 | PC

    This game has some good features. The overall gameplay works well and is easy to use, with enough detail envolved to make the game deep. In the game, you play as the commander of either a German or Russian force. On a ni... Read Full Review

    2 of 4 users found the following review helpful