![]() More than that, they removed smoke grenades from a game set in the era where tanks were gaining smoke launchers left and right. There has been literally no effort put into simulating changes to warfare that occurred during the Cold War. Assault rifles are just reskinned SMGs, the only ATGM in the game doesn’t act any differently from a tank gun, and helicopters are just tanks that hover above the map (it’s one of the few games where you can take down a Chinook with a T-34). Men of War is stuck with the Stronghold syndrome: the series barely progressed any in the last ten years, always trying to replay or remix the same formula. If you remember how meticulous armor penetration and system-damage mechanics were in the original MoW, you do have to wonder what has happened here. Going by dates when certain hardware was accepted into service or retired, you could place the action of Men of War: Assault Squad 2 – Cold War at around 1963, though it still doesn’t make sense. In general, the mix of vehicles seen at hand is bizarre, to say the least. Meanwhile, the unit selection screen allows a rotate and zoom on every member of a unit, including this tank that the US never used, serving here in a configuration (75mm short gun and associated turret) that was abandoned before the end of World War II. The US never used that version of the ones they did use, only the M4A3E8 was retained after WWII. The astute reader will have noticed that Americans get the M4A4 Sherman. ![]() This in itself proves that the developers didn’t care at all about making a historical game, and just cobbled together whatever assets were at hand to release a game. Other than that, these all basically function the same, and they all serve a single purpose. The biggest difference here is that BMP-1 is actually an infantry fighting vehicle (an angry APC), and so it can carry troops and that it has an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) in addition to its gun. ![]() So while the Americans get their three early tanks in the forms of M24 Chaffee, M41 Walker Bulldog and M4A4 Sherman, the USSR gets PT-76, BMP-1, and T-34/85. You have your dynamic campaign, your skirmish battles, and your online modes, and you should be thankful for that. You don’t need to know at what point in the Cold War timeline the game is set (keep this in mind), why the war is going hot or where you’ll be fighting. However, Cold War is beyond such petty mortal concerns. Most strategy games that decide to tackle the what-ifs of the Cold War Gone Hot usually have some explanation of what is happening and why. Did this experience help them create a compelling game with Men of War: Assault Squad 2 – Cold War? No, not at all. Digitalmindsoft are the people who worked on its Assault Squad spin-off, as well as the Call to Arms title, which is essentially “Men of War: Modern Day”. No, it’s known from being a game where you regularly control forces of platoon size and up, but you can also take control of an individual infantryman to rifle through a fallen enemy’s pockets. Men of War is a legendary World War II RTS series, and not just because of its terrible voice acting.
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