The 1998 WWII real-time-strategy (RTS) game Firefight suffers from poor graphics and extremely slow game speed. But to its credit, it's very realistic in some respects. You command a few dozen soldiers with mortars, rifles, SMGs, and a couple of tanks. Soldiers take cover behind hills and bushes, and units must be in radio range of your command squad to receive orders. Unfortunately, the game doesn't deliver the modern RTS basics. The graphics use a 256-color palette, and the sounds splutter. The interface is just a standard window with drop-down menus and gray buttons. Units respond slowly to orders and seem to crawl once they do. To scroll the screen, you have to hold the right mouse button and drag instead of just moving the cursor close to the screen border. Dedicated armchair generals might enjoy the one-scenario demo, but most gamers will probably opt for a more recent, full-featured game.
Easy to understand, graf's very good. You can have hours of fun with this game!
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Map view limited, you have to keep moving it to find all your troops....should have a full screen mode!
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Fantastic fun strategy!
ceb
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Extremely easy user interface and really good AI. If you like this go to the authors web page and try all his games!
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Sometimes it's not 100% clear why your guys aren't moving (pinned down).
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Realistic, real time WWII battlefield simulator.
stickie
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I really enjoy this game. The troop movements and tactics are realistic and numerous game settings keep it from getting stale.
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The realism of this game (troop morale) can make it frustrating!
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Challenging and interesting tactical wargame
jencarob
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Vaery challenging and realistic psychology. Troops become pinned and demoralised by enemy fire, and you'll need to use proper tactics to keep up the momentum of an attack.
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Great game, very well done, well worth the $20
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A Close Combat clone for serious tactical wargamers
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This game is good enough to be a military tactical trainer. It contains a number of historical mistakes but does an excellent job of simulating company level command for those who can live with its inaccuracies.
Pretty cool strategetic war game
fighter_ace
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If you buy this game, don't buy it alone for $20... thats a rip off. Go to the web site and buy ALL the other games with it for $40! Take my word.
Superb real time strategy
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Firefight is the best real time strategy game I've seen in a long time. There's no resource management to contend with, just pure military strategy. It also has a superb AI.
Enjoy a real-time simulation game set in World War II.Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game. It relies heavily on the use of artificial intelligence to create a realistic game, while having a user interface so simple and intuitive you can learn to play in minutes. The player takes control of up to 20 squads of tanks, antitank guns, or various infantry formations. These squads can be maneuvered around the large battlefield and ordered to fire on enemy positions. Version 4 features: 65% larger maps to play on, new weapon types and totally customizable graphics and data so you can create your own units.