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1. Men of War: Assault Squad 2 review
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I'm just trying to pivot the camera around when I accidentally hit E. Suddenly, I'm looking over the
shoulder of a squad leader with the US Marine Corps. His rifle is following my cursor and WASD
moves him around. Men of War: Assault Squad 2 is an RTS—so what the hell is going on? No matter:
I spend the next gleeful minute headshotting advancing Japanese soldiers in this surprise third‐
person shooter mini‐game. Later, I learn that this mode is called "Direct Control," and I can trigger
it with any unit at any time. "Accidentally discovering something awesome" will soon become a
four‐word summary of my time with Assault Squad 2. It’s a deep, complex real‐time strategy game
set in various theaters of World War 2, with five distinct armies with their own multistage
campaigns, hundreds of unique vehicles, dozens of personal weapons, melee combat, seasonal
camouflage, fully destructible environments, and realistically modeled armor penetration. Put
together, these elements paint a tactical picture more chaotic and deeply realized than Company
of Heroes 2 or Close Combat. On the downside, Assault Squad 2 isn’t interested in teaching you
much of anything, so your curriculum for self‐education is vast.
4. pistols. I send them over to two fallen Marines, take their weapons and ammo, and absorb the
surviving tankers into my infantry squad as a pair of new SMG‐toting assault soldiers.
My keystrokes are faster now, and I’m more confident. I never send troops forward without an
established base of fire, and I’ve learned how to stop my entire army from belly‐crawling slowly
across open terrain. My arrogance grows as I easily capture the last American base on the map. A
supply crate drops in and I send two squads at it, filling their arms with mines and ammo. I order
two other squads to begin digging trenches and filling sandbags, while still another takes a repair
kit and uses it to get the disabled tank moving again. Within minutes, we’re a bristling hive of angry
metal, ready to defend against the American counterattack. I smugly glow with pride at the efficient
way I refitted my men to change from assault to defense. The counterattack comes, and it comes
hard. Even with time slowed down, I can’t keep up with the pace as Americans rush in by the dozen.
I’ve placed my mines in the wrong corridors, and without their explosive power, I don’t have the
bullets I need. One, then two, then nine of my men run low on ammo as the bodies pile up. After
all of my begging, all of my work, Assault Squad 2 isn’t ready to give in to me yet. As I fumble with
keyboard shortcuts that I learned from forum posts, the game with hidden depths beats me over
the head again with my ignorance.