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Combat Mission: Shock Force Review
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Posted by Donster on: 2007-07-29 13:59:33 476
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By Andrew Glenn @ Worthplaying
If Combat Mission: Shock Force were a poker hand, I'd be about to give the game away. The grin on my face can't be mistaken for anything other than a winning hand. When independent developer Battlefront.com emerged in the late '90s and presented us with their flagship title, Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, it literally added another dimension to 2D wargames. Its success spawned two additional titles using the CMx1 engine and countless user modifications, scenarios and maps, making it one of the most popular wargame series in recent times.
Battlefront.com has upped the ante once again with the first game to be driven by the new CMx2 engine, Combat Mission: Shock Force. It moves the timeframe beyond the popular, albeit heavily saturated, WWII era to the near future, where conventional warfare intersects with the asymmetric, making combat a more challenging and equally deadly affair.
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