Men of War: Assault Squad GOTY Demo

Although many might jump at the opportunity to write the obituary for the strategy genre nowadays, given the sudden rise of MOBAs, casual mechanics and lack of depth, there are still plenty of studios out there filling in this particular need, such is the case with the highly-acclaimed Men of War series. Thanks to the unforgiving gameplay and extremely rewarding experience, the game encompasses almost everything one might desire from an RTS, complete with a few unique elements as well.

Men of War: Assault Squad GOTY, as the name clearly implies, is the game of the year version of the highly successful strategy title released by 1C Company a while ago. Although it does not address too many technical issues, nor does it toy with the mechanics that brought it worldwide success, it does feature a lot of new content, most of which is thrown together from multiple DLCs released after the game hit the shelves.

Hence, you can enjoy a variety of new skirmishes, which are perfect for multiplayer sessions against your friends, or just to put your tactics to the test versus a pretty competent AI. There are many new multiplayer maps, five playable nations and an extended array of new weapons, vehicles and various other items. All of these complete the experience and turn an already incredible game into a masterpiece, now with enough to content to last you a few months.

In case you are not familiar with the title, you should know that it tries to combine real-time strategy with tactics, role-playing and even third-person action sequences, although the latter are a bit hard to get into, due to some control issues. On the other hand, the role-playing part works like a charm, since every soldier under your command has an inventory and they can pick up armor pieces, ammo and even different weapons from the fallen enemies, which comes in handy on the battlefield.

There are vehicles as well, which provide you with cover and speed when you need to quickly move around and get out of sticky situations. Tanks can be driven, repaired and damaged, depending on whether you want to capture them, or just make sure that they do not fall into the wrong hands at any point. Some damage can be only temporary, though, so you need to make sure that the job is truly done before leaving the scene.

In the end, Men of War: Assault Squad GOTY is truly worthy of the title and there aren't too many ways you can see this as anything else than an enjoyable and very well-built game. On the other hand, you must also be prepared to endure a slide-show of game over screens, because it definitely isn't easy to handle everything in the beginning.