Even with all of this information being processed through your computer at any given moment, the visuals of the game are fantastic. From a distance you get a good picture of the battlefield, but if you zoom in you can see the individual soldiers and their weapons firing. It seems that no stone is left unturned.

Each mission starts as any other would, with a historical battle and accurate settings. From there it only follows the script you write. You can reinforce squads, capture enemy weapons and vehicles and make choices that can take you on to glory, or to utter destruction.

With multiplayer as an option, even beating the game means that there is still plenty of playability left in the game. Although some of the more casual RTS fans will be overwhelmed by the complexity of the game, those who have grown bored with the same-old same-old RTS games will have something new brought to their table.

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