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True War is so far the only attempt at making a mod that reflects realistic
warfare. And by God they've had a darn good go at it. In the RA2 version,
the Allies have been replaced by the United States (who come in two flavours;
Temperate and Arctic) and Russia (who have the same two flavours for their
own units) replaces the Soviets. They fight an alternate reality where
the Cold War never ended, and turned bad in the present day.
The actual presentation of the mod is very good, with a nice selection
of real-life pictures both on the main menu and on the loading screens.
The radar and control interfaces are also nicely altered.
However, in the game lies the problem. The infantry have been reduced
and become invisible to enemy radar. This is all well and good, but there's
no need to make them almost totally invisible to the player. Infantry
are also totally useless against anything but other infantry, due to the
ludicrous range of vehicles and ships (cruise missiles seem to be able
to traverse the whole map...), and their ineffectiveness. Some of the
voxels are too big and/or lack detail, and the cameos lack names.Also,
a few of the buildings haven't been finished yet.
The number of units is really unnecessary, with 3 variants of SAM gunner,
and MBTs.
However, there is no way that all of these minor niggles and problems
should put you off the most realistic combat simulation mod yet. Perhaps
it's a bit too realistic for some. It's fun every now and then to have
a blast. I await the finished product with interest...
Rating: 5/10
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