Excellent game to play in your free time or when you want to flex your tactical muscle. The difficulty can ramp up considerably if you make a mistake but the game can be forgiving with certain mistakes. The nice balance between RTS and third person combat though the .A.I. does have difficulty navigating through certain parts of terrain and require you to micro manage them better. I do wish that you can unpause the game on the tactical map and monitor your units from there if you wanted.