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If I started listing out some of my favorite computer war games, Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin would be at the top of the list. Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin Launched back in 2002 as a successor to the Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, this second entry in the Combat Mission series of war games hit the nail on the head.  While Beyond Overlord felt a little “gamey” for lack of a…

Combat Mission Red Thunder

I had the urge for a tactical military sim this month.  Stellaris wasn’t scratching that itch, nor was RimWorld, both of which I had been playing recently.  I wasn’t quite ready for another attempt at War in the Pacific either.  So I though I would go back to an old favorite, Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin. At this point the game is about 20 years old, having come out in 2002.  But I played…

As I mentioned in my summing up of the Steam Summer Sale, my search for a new game also led me to rummage through some of my old game as well. The first one I went after was the Battlefront.com classic Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin, sometimes called Combat Mission II. Somewhere I probably still have the CDs for the game, but since it came out about 15 years ago I wasn’t sure I was going to…

After playing so many world war two games over the past year of gaming, I decided to look for a wargame that simulates modern combat.  Battlefront's Shock Force simulates a hypothetical conflict between the US, Nato and Syria.  The campaigns for American, British, German, Dutch and Canadian forces take place in the desert, dusty hamlets, lush orchards and Soviet era looking cities.

This game can be purchased for just $15 on the Battlefront.com website here.

What I like about the game:

1.  Fog of war.  There is nothing more annoying than moving a main battle tank into position only to have it go up in flames from a hidden anti-tank missile.

2.  Lots of missions.  The campaigns have a number of missions, there is a quick battle generator and a list of other battles.

Not so great things about the game:

1.  The graphics stink.