It was an overlook on my part and entirely my fault those lines ever overextended but that spearhead towards the objective made no military sense and served only to rush an objective. To the game’s credit, it actually allows you to react by extending the turn limit at the expense of prestige points. Now, I don’t have any problem with this, in all honesty, but the fact that there was no way that could be a viable strategy in the long run and it was just the AI rushing towards an objective just because, left me with a serious salty taste in my mouth. To the north, an overextended russian line fell to a lightning and precise strike towards the city of Voroshilovgrad in the last turn, totally out the Fog of War. Few things feel as awful as spending one and a half hours meticulously moving units around to lose the mission to what was, essentially, an AI bamboozle. Here: second mission of the campaign, the Panzer Division advancing on Rostov is cut off from it’s supplies and the German forces retreat behind the river line, never to recover. Frustrating situations such as losing a mission in the last turn while obliterating the entire enemy offensive and permanently crippling the opposing forces is some of the worst consequences this kind of restrictive design can bring. There exists- still- the nagging feeling that I’m playing a puzzle-solving game masquerading as World War II military strategy. This creates a fun balance by punishing overly aggressive and careless playstyles by cutting off their ability to fight and also overly defensive players by subjecting them to the ever looming threat of encirclement and loss of initiative. Units without supplies will have no ammunition left to fire and no food to eat, so they’ll fall faster than autumn leaves. To help you visualize, UoC unit movement needs to be kept in check to make sure every single troop is supplied to its fullest potential to be effective in combat. If you’re unfamiliar with how supply worked, just have in mind that when the original Unity of Command came out, it was praised by how easy it made to manage supply lines! Yes, we wargamers are a fun bunch. Despite being unavoidable, it’s an easy flaw to overlook. Small-ish scenarios with big unit counts remove some of this emphasis in supply availability, especially when you’re on the defense, but that’s what you get when squeezing History into the mold of game mechanics. Veterans of the franchise know how much UoC worked to turn supply availability a main mechanic while making it interesting to interact with.

And with little to no room to move around it all becomes a chore. UoC design decisions are ill suited for this kind of fight, with units lining up for miles behind one another waiting their turn to fight. With the first bringing 23 new scenarios and the former adding a whopping 50 new units types for Poland, France and the northern european countries.Īnd despite the vast sway of territory available, some moments of Operation Barbarossa delved into atrocious meat grinders, with each inch of land being measured in bodies thrown against the unrelenting fire of machine guns and tanks. Despite that, and I had to do a double take on this: it’s really necessary to point out that the two previous expansions, Barbarossa and Blitzkrieg ’39 arrived with a lot more content than this. Nothing to write home about but decent enough to warrant some attention. These are run of the mill additions to be expect from a paid expansion. One more card is added to the deck and it goes by the name of Artillery Preparation. This downloadable content packs 11 new scenarios with several variants, a new Soviet Guard unit and two new specialists- the Ski Troops and Divisional Gun.

Opposing the player is an overextended, but highly experienced and well equipped Wehrmacht.

The expansion has aspiring head-honchos commanding the soviet forces during the counter attacks taking place in the late months of 1941 early 1942. This latest DLC is releasing on the 31st of August and it’s going to cost soviet leaders a total of 6,99 USD or your regional equivalent. These veterans of the Eastern Front bring their previous game combat experience to bear by creating compelling and varied scenarios that highlight some of the best characteristics Unity of Command II has to offer while also shining light on some of it’s darker and less favourable aspects. Moscow 41‘ is the most recent endeavour of 2×2 Games. Privet, tovarishch! A new DLC for Unity of Command II is coming as swift and silent as the Russian winter.

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