Combat Mission: Shock Force 2
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The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Take command of US Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) and Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCT) to fight against Syrian Army Infantry, Mechanized and Armored units in an arid setting. Experience the full range of modern threats to conventional military forces, including irregular combat forces, terrorists, spies, suicide bombers, IED's and other deadly tools employed in the asymmetric warfare of the modern day. Play the Task Force Thunder campaign, more than a dozen carefully crafted battles, or unlimited Quick Battles.
Game Discussion
Steam User 19
Its ABSURDLY over-priced. The second another group takes this very straight-forward concept & runs with it, I'm abandoning CM; they're arrogant & greedy... I'm not fans of the people there, but I get the strong sense they could care less. They kind of have some us by the "Short hairs", extortion-wise, as currently NO ONE makes games like this (Close Combat is a distant 20-year second), PROS - 75% of the game works as advertised. Its got good replay-ability & adequate, not great AI. Combat is highly detailed process, lots of constant evaluation of probabilities happening. There are accurate performance of personnel & weapon capabilities. The maps are wonderfully detailed with small rolling knolls in places. LOS is highly modeled & statistically represented in shot likeliness. CONS - The blatant "Screw you buyer" price tag... The pay-more packs are a waste of time, dont bother. False advertising: 25-30% of the reported "behavior" concepts are not actually modeled in the game (ex: a "pinned" enemy AT team will both shoot at & accurately kill your tank 500m away while they are pinned & "panicked".
Worst Con = the user interface is like trying to start an old car. Its the user interface you'd expect from a game made in 1995, not 2024. I've played hundreds of hours & am constantly pressing the wrong button or struggling to issue a command STILL... A small, small amount of extra programming effort could resolve this 100%, they're well aware of it, they just don't care - we keep buying it - why work harder? Its an extremely fun $35 game that's over-priced by nearly a factor of 2 at $60, and has some false claims about what it does. If you don't care about getting ripped off to have some fun, try it out.
Steam User 5
This is a really fun turn-based strategy game without a current parallel. There's a lot of content to be played with mods, many of the campaigns are really fun and intense. It's just not worth the $60 as the game looks and feels super dated. Get it on G2A or on sale and you'll have a lot of fun.
Steam User 5
A little aged in graphics but I still find I come back to this game more than other realistic RTS. I enjoy the detail of the weapons and the realistic feel of the combat. Once you get an idea on proper tactics the game is an absolute joy. Highly recommend when on sale.
Steam User 5
"ARMA: Commander" could be another title for this game. If you care about what each guy in every squad of every platoon and company in your battalion is carrying, down the the clips and rounds, this is the game for you. This is not a casual RTS game and actions per minute do not matter here. Nothing is as sad as seeing your pixeltroopers massacred executing what seemed to be a solid plan when a hidden machine gun opens up. Every game in this series is gold, and they all run on the exact same engine, so pick an era or theater that interest you and buy that game. This one is very much Mid 2000's War on Terror vibe, but the WW2 games are equally authentic and great.
Steam User 4
Gameplay is awesome, with literally nothing analogous around. UI is outdated, but manageable. Performance is unexpectedly subpar, but is somewhat fixed by community guides.
Steam User 4
Hyper realistic, purchased at the recommendation of the Canadian Army Command and Staff College to get some wargaming experience, and this has been a really good challenge. The realism comes from the lethality caused by improper tactics, rushing your approaches, not using recce forces sufficiently. It rewards proper doctrinal strategy. Highly recommend for any army officers and strategy game fanatics looking for a real challenge
Steam User 3
first thing I would like to say is that the issues with AMD hardware for this game seem largely resolved and despite a few small issues it runs smooth.
I am enjoying this game so far, there is a lot of gameplay that is massively different from any RTS I have played before, perhaps the closest thing to this would be the Graviteam Tactics games or Tank Warfare: Tunisia. you will need to learn real life tactics and learn how the movement, spotting and engagement systems work. overall, I am having fun with it.