its actually the same as on the pc but the graphics are slightly better especially the sea has improved a lot. Its not just a simple wargame, its total freedom of huge areas with a lot of towns, mountains and forrests. and it all looks beautifully french with idyllic town names like: montignac or le moule. the sounds are beautiful, if you put a tank up 3 miles further you can vagely hear it and if its shoots you hear its ambient explosion a few seconds later. the same with guns and choppers. you really feel tense if youre moving to a battle 2 miles further and hear the clattering of guns of other teams who have already arrived there. and then the feature "mission editor" that gives you the ability to create your own missions. that is the feature that gives tons of more hours of gaming fun. having the freedom of placing tanks infantry choppers at any location on any map. and if you get the hang of mission editor you can even trigger beginning movies and ending movies. this means that the game never ends if you know how to use mission editor. this game has no downsides, however i believe that if you put even more options in it and improve the whole you can easily get the best game ever. but now i call it the best wargame ever but you can only feel its realism if you take your time and get deeper into the game. you can only love this game if you like realism, its not arcade, it has no limits, its very hard to survive its not run-shoot-kill-runagain, its perfect. You can actually retreat 5 miles from a town if things get dangerous, wait for one hour to let the heat die down and then try to take the town again. I can tell you so much more about this game but i want to keep it short.
if you're arcade...... dont mind the game
if you like wargames.......... Buy the game!
if you ever wanted a war that has total freedom, with beautiful landscapes and realistic time and even realistic star positions and a war that can never end...... Buy the game because you don,t know what you are missing!
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