Combat Mission: Shock Force

Better than what is out there.

User Rating: 9 | Combat Mission: Shock Force - Marines PC

By Cabal23 | Review Date: January 15, 2009

I have dreamed about this game since I started playing games. A RTS/turn based possible type game with modern weapons and armies. I too was a bit disappointed with the first release with its buginess. But with Marines and 1.11 patch the game is a dream. What few people who played the game briefly don't understand is that the game is an abstraction of real combat. You have to be able to suspend reality for a moment and just understand that you will not see everything as perfect. Physics and mathematics are spot on when dealing with range, to hit, and so on.
According to Battlefront, they have several more expansion for the Syria campaign and then a new temperate campaign with an unannounced enemy. I have always felt with the climate in the world right now in countries with wars, wouldn't it have been better to create a World at War engine and release army packs so that users can create their own conflicts? This concept seems lost on the designers of Shock Force. They have told us they have no intention of doing such a game, even though I feel the longevity of game like that will be much more than the silly Syrian campaign they have created.
Overall with the patches and Marines the game is worth every cent and BF has been making good on their promises fixing the issues that the players point out. In the end this is a serious niche game with a devoted fan base and a huge amount of user made content that is way better than the garbage scenarios that ship with the game. The user made stuff has always been better. With all that is available you have hundreds of hours worth of content how can you go wrong?

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