At the same time though, this forces you to delve into micromanaging your troops when you really want to keep an overview of the battlefield. Of course this creates an engaging and realistic experience – because when you think about it… that lifetime supply of bullets that you normally see is kind of odd. This mainly applies to the fact that you have to manually resupply all your troops with ammo – ALL your troops. This is partly due to the fact that over half of the missions that are available to you are straight copies from missions that feature in the original Assault Squad game, but also because the game’s core dynamics can either work for the game or against it. It keeps the player interested, even if not all scenarios are equally engaging. Some mission may lead you down the path of an all-out assault with everything you’ve got, while others favor the lone gunman approach. Through the game’s campaigns (there are five of them!), you’ll face a vast range of mission types, which feels both refreshing and accurate in terms of the diversity of warfare. We’ll talk more about how this has affected the graphical overhaul that the game received later, but for now let’s keep the focus on the actual gameplay. The Men of War series, perhaps more so than any other RTS series, has always relied on plenty of attention to detail. We checked out the game upon its release to see how it compares to the original assault squad as well as other games in the genre such as last year’s excellent Company of Heroes 2.
Men of war assault squad 1 overhaul update#
Men of War – Assault Squad 2 brings a major update to an already excellent WW 2 real time strategy game.