UNITY OF COMMAND PC

Armor units are shown as tanks and mech infantry as busts with trucks. Infantry and cavalry units are busts springing up from the ground like warriors from a Greek myth. Planes swooping down to strike are nice touches. The unit symbols on the replacement/reinforcement add color as well as the asset icons. Black boundaries and arrows show possible extended moves with available points at the end of moves. The drabness is alleviated by the bright orange borders and boundaries popping up when a unit is selected to move. Utilitarianism is fine for planning if not excitement.

Some terrain items like cities, large forests, rivers, roads, and bridges are shown clearly and overlays display supply, objectives, moving weather fronts and hex grids with equal clarity. The map is primarily a study in grays with brick red splotches showing Russian positions. Unity of Command presents graphics only a grognard could love. Slitherine/Matrix Games’ and 2X2 Games’ Unity of Command offers great insight into the German offensive and the Russian counter-offensive.

The madness of Stalingrad was a mixture of inexorable operational forces and Hitler’s ego and strategic short-sightedness. Although this string of battles is usually remembered for Stalingrad, that sink of good troops and resources did not figure into the initial strategic goal: the seizure of the oilfields in the Caucasus Mountains. If the Battle of Kursk in 1943 marked the end of German offensive power in the East, the campaign that started in 1942 was the instrument that sapped the Wehrmacht’s strength. Passed Inspection: Fine history, good campaign, great AI, simple mechanics.įailed Basic: Quirky graphics, screen resolution problems.

UNITY OF COMMAND PC

Unity of Command – PC Game Review By Jim Cobb

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