Posted August 06, 2009
I knew that this game eventually will b avaiable on GOG and here it is :-). For me as big fan of ground control purchasing of this title is just formality' already done...
Game for sure is harder and 'faster' then Ground Control 1. It's good that this time there isn't any base building and resource gathering too. Tactics is most important. In GC 1 you had mission objectives to complete, one at the time, Operation Exodus focuses instead is on acquiring and holding (i.e. camping) Victory Points, which generate Acquisition Points (i.e. currency) automatically, and Landing Zones, which enable you to shuttle in troops using the game's drop-ship..
Battle is more rapid and little more chaotic from the one in previous Massive game and it's in some way simillar to World in Conflict. You'll never have downtime, but it's extremely challenging to balance throwing units into the field with the amount of micro-management each of the units requires. Every unit in Ground Control II is extremely specialized, and some quite powerful ones, if left unattended, will just die without reacting to their attacker.
The single-player campaign, thankfully, helps ease you along the steep learning curve nice 'n' slow, and even throws in a couple more intimate 'stealth'-style missions to help you get to know your individual units? strengths and secondary abilities better. It even has a pretty neat story, replete with twists and turns.
Graphics and sound were very good alread in Ground Control 1 and now are even better.
Have I to say more? You know GC series, you will buy this game anyway. Every fan of non base-builidng RTS's should buy it!
Game for sure is harder and 'faster' then Ground Control 1. It's good that this time there isn't any base building and resource gathering too. Tactics is most important. In GC 1 you had mission objectives to complete, one at the time, Operation Exodus focuses instead is on acquiring and holding (i.e. camping) Victory Points, which generate Acquisition Points (i.e. currency) automatically, and Landing Zones, which enable you to shuttle in troops using the game's drop-ship..
Battle is more rapid and little more chaotic from the one in previous Massive game and it's in some way simillar to World in Conflict. You'll never have downtime, but it's extremely challenging to balance throwing units into the field with the amount of micro-management each of the units requires. Every unit in Ground Control II is extremely specialized, and some quite powerful ones, if left unattended, will just die without reacting to their attacker.
The single-player campaign, thankfully, helps ease you along the steep learning curve nice 'n' slow, and even throws in a couple more intimate 'stealth'-style missions to help you get to know your individual units? strengths and secondary abilities better. It even has a pretty neat story, replete with twists and turns.
Graphics and sound were very good alread in Ground Control 1 and now are even better.
Have I to say more? You know GC series, you will buy this game anyway. Every fan of non base-builidng RTS's should buy it!
