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Wargame: EE is good - very detailed. A tiny bit buggy on load screens (freezes from time to time so requires a restart of the .exe)
But I'm not REALLY enjoying it. It's a bit of a chore. I think I'd enjoy the multiplayer, and the single player generic battles could be good - though I think the concept of resource gathering in the game is a bit shit (if realistic) that said I'm impressed by the notion of re-supplying your units.
I think the problem is it's TOO realistic. It's sim-like and very very challenging - which when you're against a computer opponent that can read the map easily and quickly makes it quite tough - there are certain things that make it much easier for you, but given the diversity of units and landscapes you have to work that much harder than the AI.
I'm not adverse to a challenge in a game, but having to monitor every single missile fired by an anti-tank infantry unit that only carries six rockets sucks - especially when the reason you have to keep an eye on them is because they're so inaccurate and eager to get into the fight so they shoot at the very outer limit of their range giving you what feels like a 1 in 10 chance of hitting.
The campaign also gives you some pretty unrealistic time limits for bonus objectives. For example having to fight carefully to one side of a map but at the same time having to fight carefully to the other two sides - all within a time limit, a bullet limit, a fuel limit, all the while getting fucked up by enemy units that are embedded in buildings or woods or other areas with high cover and protection.
One last point regarding performance might be that it auto-adjusts graphics settings according to hardware (as most games do these days - fine) but it's set my to be extremely low so that when you zoom in past a certain point, i.e. to a stage where it's actually a useful distance, objects start to disappear. And the units themselves look like rudimentary blocks of green - no texture or definition. I know the specs are better than that and to enjoy the game so it at least looks ok, it needs to be so zoomed out that you can't make out any detail.
Thought gone into it: 9/10
Enjoyment got from it: 6/10