Review: Combat Mission: Shock Force & Marines Bundle
Combat Mission: Shock Force & Marines Bundle is a video game developed by Battlefront.com and published by Paradox Interactive, a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. Founded in 1999 the company was created to bring the best games in history, strategy to challenge the intellectual.
About
At it’s core, Combat Mission: Shock Force is a military simulation depicting a hypothetical near-future conflict in Syria following a fundamentalist coup d’état. As in Afghanistan 2001, the radical new government’s refusal to shut down major terrorist organizations and its’ regional destabilizing effect, compel NATO Coalition forces into action.
The initial release of Combat Mission: Shock Force focuses on the actions of the US Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) and Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCT) as they fight against Syrian Army Infantry, Mechanized and Armored units. Combat Mission: Shock Force also features Unconventional Threat forces such as terrorists, spies, suicide bombers, IED’s and other deadly tools employed in the asymmetric warfare of the modern day.
Along with the standard Red vs. Blue engagements typified in most wargames, Combat Mission: Shock Force will also allow players to fight Red vs. Red (Syria vs. Syria) and Blue vs. Blue (NATO vs. NATO) battles as well.
With the Marines add-on, the first Module, adds a significant number of new formations, units, weapons, equipment and vehicles for both the US and Syrian sides, as well as brand new missions, maps and a campaign. General game engine improvements (such as TacAI changes, tweaking cover values and so on) are included as well, although they are also available to all Shock Force customers. This ensures that everybody plays by the same rules and experiences the same basic gameplay.
System Requirements
Operating systems:
♦ Windows
General minimum requirements:
♦Pentium IV 1.8 GHz or equivalent speed AMD processor
♦256 Megabytes RAM
♦2 Gigabyte
♦ DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video System
♦ GeForce 5200 or Radeon 9200 (32 Megabyte VRAM or better and must support 1024×768 or higher resolution) in OpenGL
♦ 6X CDROM
♦ Windows XP or Vista
♦DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card
The Good
I enjoyed this game immensely. It did receive a number of poor reviews at initial release, but I found it to be really fun.
The flexibility of the game really makes up for anything else that the game may lack, as well as does the fine tactical AI – which is generally heads above any other mid-tier publisher on the market today.
There is simply so much weapons and equipment that you will be astounded – as a military buff myself I was more than pleased with the accurate depictions.
The Bad
None.
The Ugly
None.
Product Summary
Name: CM Shock Force & Marines Bundle
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer: Battlefront.com
Category: Computer Game, Windows
Genre: Wargame, Strategy
Type: Turn-Based
Maximum Players: 2
Cost: $45.00
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