The game is well enough made but it misses its mark in several ways. The fire team movement works pretty well, but your teammates' AI is weak. Many times my SAW gunner put a couple hundred rounds in to the pillar he was trying to hide behind, rather than lean out and shoot around it. The hallmark of the Close Combat series has always been the psychological model. The company's website mentions that this game has it, but it is really useless. The enemy AI is week enough that they will stand there and let you shoot them, and the fighting is basically getting ambushed over and over. There are no cat-and-mouse chases and no interaction with anyone you don't shoot. That said, the game is pretty and the atmosphere is very immersive. It's an okay game, but just okay. Close Combat devotees will not miss anything by passing on this one. It has very little, if anything, to do with Close Combat.
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