How bad is it? Squad Leader is so bad that if every PC game was bad, bad enough that being bad was considered normal, Squad Leader would still stick out as being abnormally bad.

How dare Hasbro Interactive taint the once proud name of Squad Leader with this piece of garbage. No doubt this game will in the Bargain Bin of your local Software Store very very quickly.

Message to Hasbro Interactive: Please for the love of God, stick to making G.I Joes and childrens Toys. (assuming you don't wreck those). The PC Gaming niche is obviously not your bag. Move along... Nothing to see here.

One more let down from HASBLOW (still blowing), after showing they aren´t able or better are totally qualifyed to wreak any kind of flightsim.(falcon 4, gunship, b17 2 letdown)
Now they show they are not even able to do a turn based game!!!! Way to go!!!!!

Interesting note that the Microprose is boldly plastered on the title and that hasblow is hidden.
This mean that the company is ashamed of its own name.. they are ashamed of what they deliver... Way to go down!!!!!!! So they use a solid brand to try to shield themselves and of course burn it to crisp in the way!!!!

I cannot undestand how a such blundered company could attain such size. Or maybe i wish not to believe the bleak true...
They are only able to rip childs money....
Sad, how sad this is, is beyond scope.
What a bunch of pityfull crap they are.

I could have gone on and mentioned odd cursor movement, unidentified cries for help, the lack of an "undo" feature to conteract the bad pathfinding, the lack of mines, the way action points drop to zero in one turn and pop up the next, the way hand-to-hand combat sometimes doesn't work on wounded enemies so you must waste a round, the way nobody surrenders but, hey!, why pile on?

I envy the people who are able to take a quick look and get rid of the thing. I had to spend days trying to find some redeeming value.

Waxter,

Equally as interesting as the almost invisible Hasbro logo is the predominance of "The Avalon Hill Company's Squad Leader."

I was really looking forward to this game. I loved X-com, Lazer Squad on the Amiga and Jagged Alliance. How about no multiplayer.... what a looser choice.

Let's all support the small companies that actually cares about the customers. Let's get Combat Mission !!!

Now I'll get back to Steel Beasts (get that one too if you don't have it www.shrapnelgames.com )and spend my money I had set aside for Squad Leader on lunch next week.

You may want to check out the on-line "Virtual Advanced Squad Leader".

But, after reading everyone else's comments, I guess I it really is a dud.

NAW, I'll give a non-historical game slack if it's fun. Even Soldiers at War was fun for a little while and my review reflected that at the time. SL just dropped the ball entirely.