Close Combat: Invasion Normandy

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Summary: This is a great game.
Review: This game rocks. I got it for a present about 5 months ago, and i am still playing it. it never gets old. you can even change what troops your oppenent gets if you want to. There are so many battles, i have not played them all yet. i highly recomend this great game. the graphics and gameplay are great. the sound is very realistic. you even here the orders being issued by you or the germans. you can be either side. GREAT GAME!!!

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Summary: Not For Action, But For Strategy
Review: This is a game that you will probably find yourself playing many, many times, depending on whether or not your intentions for purchasing the game are for action or strategy.
Historically, I felt it did a great job of duplicating the scenarios of the real invasion of Normandy. Hedgerows were a major nuisance for the Allied forces and it was that way in Close Combat 5, as well. It makes it hard to put the tanks into some sort of effective use, without the help of supporting infantry. Sometimes the amount of troops allowed to fight in a battle were actually too large to be historically accurate, when considering the scattered drops of the U.S. airborne, and that made offensive moves in this game too easy, but it really didn't take away much from the game. In all honesty, it wouldn't have been much fun to lead an attack with only a group of men the size of a few squads.
Strangely enough, an entire division is lost if it's involved force, in a battle, loses every man. Although not the entire division participates in the battle, the entire division will no longer exist, as if the rest of it is disbanded.
Overall, the game was much fun for me. I was interested in learning more about Operation Overlord, and the involvement of the U.S. in World War 2, and found this game to be very helpful, although I could still tell which historical aspects were true, and which were inaccuracies due to the game itself.
I read a review that described that, in the beach landings, there weren't enough bullets whizzing in the air and that it basically seemed too tame. But this game focuses on Utah Beach, not Omaha. Utah WAS much tamer, and had much fewer casualties, so don't expect a slaughter. Besides that, the "Atlantic Wall" that the reviewer talked about being climbed was not the Atlantic Wall, but a simple sea wall. This game is much more realistic than you may have been led to believe. And, yes, sometimes the aim of the soldiers was horrible and humorous at the same time, but the cons are outweighed by the pros. Strategy is definitely the way to go in this game. Don't expect to win battles by charging the enemy head on.

Rating:
Summary: Not For Action, But For Strategy
Review: This is a game that you will probably find yourself playing many, many times, depending on whether or not your intentions for purchasing the game are for action or strategy.
Historically, I felt it did a great job of duplicating the scenarios of the real invasion of Normandy. Hedgerows were a major nuisance for the Allied forces and it was that way in Close Combat 5, as well. It makes it hard to put the tanks into some sort of effective use, without the help of supporting infantry. Sometimes the amount of troops allowed to fight in a battle were actually too large to be historically accurate, when considering the scattered drops of the U.S. airborne, and that made offensive moves in this game too easy, but it really didn't take away much from the game. In all honesty, it wouldn't have been much fun to lead an attack with only a group of men the size of a few squads.
Strangely enough, an entire division is lost if it's involved force, in a battle, loses every man. Although not the entire division participates in the battle, the entire division will no longer exist, as if the rest of it is disbanded.
Overall, the game was much fun for me. I was interested in learning more about Operation Overlord, and the involvement of the U.S. in World War 2, and found this game to be very helpful, although I could still tell which historical aspects were true, and which were inaccuracies due to the game itself.
I read a review that described that, in the beach landings, there weren't enough bullets whizzing in the air and that it basically seemed too tame. But this game focuses on Utah Beach, not Omaha. Utah WAS much tamer, and had much fewer casualties, so don't expect a slaughter. Besides that, the "Atlantic Wall" that the reviewer talked about being climbed was not the Atlantic Wall, but a simple sea wall. This game is much more realistic than you may have been led to believe. And, yes, sometimes the aim of the soldiers was horrible and humorous at the same time, but the cons are outweighed by the pros. Strategy is definitely the way to go in this game. Don't expect to win battles by charging the enemy head on.

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Summary: Close Combat: Invasion of Normandy
Review: This is not the best but is one of the best games i've played its got good graphics and sound. Its reailistic but still has that unrealistic value we all like in games.

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Summary: great game
Review: this is probly my favortie game of a ww2 statragy game, but there is just 1 flaw, its the same thing over and over again, i no that theres cool terrain and stuff like that. and the multiplayer is awesome, im so glad u can do the grand campiagn. the sound is very good. and the german tanks rock!! i love it because its more fouced on infantry whather then huge tank battles like cc4. its very realistic sound, and soliders sometimes dont do what u tell them to do. i whish some of the stuff was better like motars were more powerfull and there was a real artillery baradge. but overall its a phat game and u should buy it now!! thatll be cool if they do a cc6.

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Summary: Bring it on baby!
Review: This is the best Close Combat game that I have seen yet. I am fairly new to this series, but since I bought CC4, I have been addicted. I went out and bought the trilogy. Invasion Normandy has the best sound, graphics,and thankfully the A.I is far more agressive than ever before.There game takes you the *Invasion of Normandy* and keeps ypu there for 29 days, you must take port citys and move your men throught the deadly country side full of swarming Germans.Naval bombardment is available along with air and arty support, plus as the Germans your arty consists of 88's. And yes, there is multiplayer support for this one. I must say this is the best [money] I have spent on a game! It is well worth it

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Summary: Easy enough for begginers and challenging for hardcore fans
Review: This probably the best game I've bought in a long time. The graphics are good enough (not impressive), but the sound effects are outstanding. The best feature is the different levels of difficulty, they allow begginners to handle the game without getting frustrated and experienced gamers can get a powerful match. The AI in some phases can be a little dumb with grenadiers running into your machine gun nests, tanks tend to get stuck or stay like sitting ducks in front of AT guns, and sometimes there is a lack of initiative from your soldiers. But these are just minor flaws that don't affect gameplay that much. If you are interested in a strategy wargame this is the best you can get.