A simple poll to seek opinions from Combat Mission players on which version of the game is their favourite or the "best".
Although each edition of CM is an improvement over the previous release, each game is distinctly different from the others as they feature different campaigns and participating Armies and individual units.
So which is the "best"? And why?
A brief summary of the differences:
1) Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord. Set exclusively after D-Day and featuring Armies from the USA, Britain, Canada, France, Poland and of course Germany. Therefore, limited timescale and earlier technology in the game itself probably make this the "weakest" of the series, but not necessarily the least favourite due to the subject matter.
2) Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin. Set exclusively on the Eastern Front and featuring Armies from The Soviet Union, Finland, Hungary, Rumania, Poland, Italy and our old favourites, Germany. Although it has a wider timeline than CM:BO, if you want to play as any of the western powers, you can't. Improved technology and different terrain and tactics for fighting in Russia.
3) Combat Mission: Afrika Korps. Set in Crete, North Africa and Italy, this game also has a wide timeline and features Armies from Western Europe, the USA and - hey wow - Germany! Since this is the final version using this particular game engine, it's the most technically advanced, with smoke and dust effects and widely varying terrain - including the horrid desert landscape (very difficult to tell terrain height unless you get "down and dirty" with your troops). Alas however, no King Tiger Tanks if you want to play as Germany (this is historically accurate - they were never deployed in the areas featured in this game).
Dr. S.
