G.I. Combat

List Price: $49.95 Discount Price: $0.01

Features:

• It's June of 1944 -- you're on the beach at Normandy where you'll strive for victory against the Nazi menace
• Join up with your troops and enter a full 3D environment with unsurpassed detail
• Over 60 different squad types and dynamic events make sure it's never the same campaign
• Hold back enemy offensives, lead an assault to capture key objectives, and charge into combat with determined grunts who'll lay down their lives for you
• Can you succeed where others failed and alter the outcome of World War II's most important battles?

Accessories:

PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Good, yet not the best RTS game on the market [Posted on 2002-12-01]
I have been looking forward to this game for a long time, which might make me an impartial judge. I do not entirely agree with the GameSpot review, but i do not dissagree with it. I was impressed with the campagin editor, which unlike othergames like Warcraft III is easy to use, and most maps can be used. 20+ levels is nice too. Yet the menu's are very ugly and dark. I was impressed with the graphics, the only up-side of this game, the people and animations are very nicely done, yet slow, but if the developers had spent a couple of hours on trees and background terrain the game might have been saved. Another thing that i was upset with was the camera. It's impossible to use. The AI of the game is sub-par. It's one of those, "choose your soldiers then throw them at the other person with no strategy in mind," kind of games," like, "Empire Earth" which atleast had the fact that buildings could be made. Something that got me mad at the game is that people move extremely slowly, and if they run they get shot. The only way soldiers can move without getting shot is crawling at an un-realisticly slow rate. In battles it's impossible to tell who is getting shot, and who is shooting them. This may reflect real war, but units, and sometimes whole groups dissappear off the map, then re-appear half emerged from the floorboards of a house...

good time for strategy lovers [Posted on 2003-04-21]
good time, addictive, for those loving strategies. Definately enjoyed it.

A Vastly Underrated game, you'll be pleasantly surprised [Posted on 2003-05-02]
I was in a electronics store one day and I was in the PC game section. I do most of my gaming on a console, so was a rare instance, purchasing a PC game. I came across this game G.I. Combat. I cashed out and went home to play it. I have to say that while not "great" this game was a pleasant surprise.

G.I. Combat is what you'd probably call a "real time" strategy game. However the main focus of the game is the action of the battlefield. No wasthing time buliding units, managing resources, maintaining supply lines or what have you. You are the General and the troops are yours to command. This for me was refreshing. I come from the George Carlin school of video gaming.
George said once during one of his football diatribes "Put a helmet on, go out there and hurt somebody!". Clear and straight to the point. That's what G.I. Combat is.

The control scheme takes some getting used to. You'll need quite a while to familiarize yourself with the camera movements as well. Manuevering the camera can also be a little tricky too. A few people have complained about the tank movements but there is a 1.04 patch that takes care of that problem along with several others. The game is however a constant challenge in terms of getting the units coordinated to support each other.

Those are the downsides. On the upside, this is one of the few RTS games that's rendered completely in 3D. Rather than an isometric view, the action takes places in a 360 degree perspective. Which is rare for RTS games. That's one of the major drawing points for me.

But the one thing for me that makes this game stand out is that it is very, VERY mod friendly. There are quite a few excellent mods in existance that are easy to install and look great. From uniforms to completely new German, American and British Units, this game is alot of fun to modify. A quick internet search will reveal a number of mods out there ready for download and instalation.

If you find this game at your store or even in the bargain bin, give it a shot. Once you learn the in's and out's you won't be sorry. I know I wasn't. Currently there is another game called Squad Assault in the works which utilizes this G.I. Combat game engine, which promises to be bigger and more polished. I have to admit this is one of the few times I'm looking forward to a PC game's release.

Close Call [Posted on 2004-02-17]
This game came highly recommended, and had an admirable pedigree. However, the resulting Close Combat offspring just proves two intellects don't make a genius. In fact, this child is simply dull. The squads are awkward to command, and don't have any sense of a.i. The constant need to toggle perspectives adds to the confusion, and ultimately is so distracting the objective becomes muddled. I tried very hard to like this game, and the only saving grace is I bought on sale for under $20. The salesperson told me they predicted they would have a hard time giving it away, to which I chuckled thinking they must have made a mistake. Well, I can't give my copy away to any of my friends. The original close combat series is as good as it gets. Don't waste your $$$ on this dogchild.

This game rocks! [Posted on 2006-04-23]
This game, is the hard core strategy game that strategy gamers are looking for. Enter a realistic world, choose your troops, and call upon naval, artillery, and air support. Not only will you have to deal with the placement and orders of your troops, you will also have to survive with death, injury, and even soldiers being scared! Ammunition may run out, your tanks may explode, yet, you must strive on. This game should be on the top of every of every gamer's list. So, give it a try! I love it, will you?

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