Wargame: European Escalation (Steam Gift / Region Free)

Wargame: European Escalation is based on the engine of the previous development of Eugen Systems - RUSE. Brief information about the game Its advantage is not excellent graphics, but an epic scale and the ability to smoothly scale the image. A second ago, you looked at the inscriptions on the side of the tank, then you turned the mouse wheel and saw the entire map with a diagonal of 25 kilometers, where dozens of vehicles and hundreds of infantrymen are fighting.

The battle rules are reminiscent of World in Conflict. Brief information about the game, Order of War Brief information about the game and other tactical projects with the struggle for territory. The player does not build a base and does not extract minerals, but captures key points using headquarters equipment. Those closer to the center give him resources to buy reinforcements, the outskirts serve as "gates" - through them fresh forces creep into the arena. However, you do not need to press a hundred buttons per minute, as in many other RTS. The battlefield is so huge that you always have time to react to a threat. In this regard, Wargame is similar to RUSE. Brief information about the game - a wise commander calculates events in advance and sets traps for the enemy. Moreover, a beginner will complete the task no worse than a veteran if he has a head on his shoulders.

For the sake of accessibility, the developers cut off many details from the game, without which other strategies would instantly go to the bottom. Units do not have any special moves like setting up a smoke screen or activating heat traps. You cannot call in bombers from an airfield hidden behind the horizon. All orders are reduced to where to go and who to shoot. Nevertheless, Wargame is by no means a match for the unpretentious RUSE. Of course, conventions prevent us from calling it a purebred Worgame: vehicle nodes fail for only a few seconds (at this time, it is fined - just like in Company of Heroes. ), engineers replenish the "streak of lives" with battered Abrams with a wave of their magic wand, and armor and damage are measured in abstract values.