Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront Reviews

This game combines 2 genres that doesnt realy work with each other, rts and 3rd person shooter, i does a pretty good job at it tho, hoever this game requires enormous amount of micromanagement and punishes you heavily for not paying attention your units die almost instantly in a large amount of scenarios, however this game is very fun in smaller scenarios and in slower paced games id recommend this game for casual play, but competetive is just hell

The game is overall a lot of fun, and it has a lot of replayability with the conquest mode. Certain aspects of the game can be frustrating, like arty refusing to fire at will at anything unless it's within direct line of sight, and friendly AA guns being insanely inaccurate. I was trying to use a Soviet AA truck to clean up enemy gun placements, but I essentially had to be at point blank range to have a hope of the rounds laying anywhere remotely near them. If someone would make an updated weapon accuracy mod, it'd make the game a lot nicer.

its one of the best games in my library and is best when moded

Single/co-op player is not bad, overall a good time, but for online you can just cheese most fights with infantry and just win by playing fps with some rts elements overall kinda disapoints as I got a lot of this dlc. Other side note usa is overprice for not a lot of advantage.

If you expect that your troops behave the same way the ai does, you will have a really bad time. I don't know how the devs can create new content without even considering fixing the fuck out of the basic mechanics.

Don't get me wrong its a good game its just that if you don't know anything about the game before purchasing the game you dont know what its about because the store page is really missleading

CTA GoH Ostfront (Mouthful title that should probably change considering the scope of the game has expanded drastically) is the closest thing you can get to a true Men of War: Assault Squad 2 successor. The game runs relatively well considering whats going on during regular gameplay, its far less jank than its predecessors and the development team consistently delivers quality updates, hotfixes, etc. These people have a good understanding of what they're working with, being comprised mostly of modders. My only real complaints with the game are some of the lingering AI jank (pathing and general behaviour lacking all common sense) and the fact that the game is only going to match MOWAS 2 in terms of sheer content if you opt to buy all the DLC, which gets expensive fast. I still think the DLC is reasonably priced considering the effort that goes into the extensive research, accurate modelling and general design put into everything (some of the missions in some DLCs do not reflect this though in my opinion) but its definitely something you need to consider with how barren the base game can feel. Workshop support is good as the game retains that healthy modding scene that the other games have seen, and its generally a fun time. Best experienced with friends on PvE with some DLC/Mods and difficulty tuned to your liking. Easily one of the best options for a WW2 RTS game, just wait for a sale as the game sees generous discounts often.

I have 200 hours into this game and I really can't recommend it. Majority of the content is locked behind DLC that is only worth it on sale, and only if you really like the game. 5 dollars for dlc with a few maps that are all practically the same, with a few extra artillery or something. Games AI is absolutely trash. Complete trash. Half your artillery will get blown up in transport when your halftrack drives into a parked car or something killing everyone. Or your tank will run over your other vehicles killing them. Your anti-tank vehicle will try to shoot the enemy tank... by shooting through the back of your own, killing it. It's as if every soldier is Gomer Pyle. The enemy practically loses for you by just running headfirst into machine gun fire. The closest thing the enemy AI has to tactics is magically spawning a tank right on top of your guy as he tries to flank. DEVELOPER: Fix the basic aspects of your game before adding pointless content like 400 new skins for Russian soldiers youre not even going to look at because its a FREAKIN RTS!!!!

It's the Arma of RTS's. Destruction, lighting things on fire and having the fire spread, unit options are huge, direct control of any unit. This blows every other WW2 RTS out of the water and is a true labor of love.

the mot beautiful sounds and graphics u will experience in ww2 rts games