Wow, can I just say….ahhhh "very hard" or "really really long" and be done with it?
Graphics – Nothing groundbreaking, but smooth as silk and zero crashes running full tilt at 1920X1080. Load times were decent and screen lag wasn't an issue. Textures were clean, but not crazy detailed, still enough to make the point.
Gameplay – Holy cr*p, can you say hard! I have done my share of RTS games, but for some reason this one gave me a bit of trouble. Maybe because the attention to detail made the game almost too real. The AI was decent, but it was easy to eventually figure out the AI pattern and just wait for the characters to reset…but what fun is in that! The missions were long, and I am talking days long in some cases…that feeling of accomplishment that you get in a RTS after winning a battle…gone in this game because one mission segues right into another…in some cases you can even carry over your (living) soldiers and inventory with you.
Storyline – This is where the tilt goes the other way. Voice acting gets a C- at best, and the in-game character response got so bad I had to turn it off. Same with music…not so good.
Overall – Hard to say with this one…if you have the patience of a saint, and you are willing to devote some series time and frustration levels to a game, then maybe your ok. If not, wait for bargain bin and play on or two missions and be done with it.