Sudden Strike 2 Gold

This review is solely for SS2. I never thought I'd see this day, to see this not-so-known legendary masterpiece I grew up with in Steam. This is a review from a person who owns a physical copy of both Sudden Strike 2 and Sudden Strike Anthology. Sudden Strike 2 is an action-packed, rather slow-paced, quick in combat strategy game for players who understand the value of a single unit and have a keen eye for tactical approach, positioning and unit management. The player has to think outside the box. This is not a bad sign, it merely does this to prevent you from killing all of your units to those one or two bottleneck situations. The game makes you choose a different approach, you have to make good use of what you're given, in some missions you don't even get reinforcements, you fight with what you have or with what you have left from your previous mission. Everything must be done carefu

I am really into strategy games, I used to love playing Age of Empires and Star Craft. However, Im a huge world war 2 fan and i had never heard of a WW2 strategy game. When I found I totally fell in love with it. It is a different game compared to most strategy games out there, including the ones i mentioned above, but different in more interesting way. For one, in Sudden Strike you can't make troops, youre supplied with them, when you need them. However there is a limit to the number of troops you can get which is what makes it real. The variety of troops is huge, with riflemen, submachine gunners, machine gunners, officers, anti tank personnel, etc. Theres also a big varity of tanks and armored vehicles.You can call for air support: you can call bombers, paratroopers if your running low on men, or for supplies. There is also all diff. types of artillery: field guns, short range, long r

Compared to Sudden Strike 1, this follow on has a few improvements and few downsides. Overall an okay game for the price paid but has a few annoying issues that prevent this from being a great game. Pros: + 1 Shot kills are more frequent and realistic than in previous games where previously guns whittle away at enemy HP. + Troops can now ride on tanks into battle, however, like in real life, they are vulnerable to enemy fire. + New infantry units such as engineers, vehicle crews and pilots are a welcome addition. + Vehicles now have selectable crews, so they can mount or dismount from vehicles, capture abandonded vehicles and crews can be killed from inside their vehicles. + Artillery (indirect) fire and reload faster, which makes for easier gameplay. Self Propelled Artillery actually function as artillery instead of a paper tank destroyer. + Trains are an interestingl unit in provid

At the time this game felt more like an expansion, not a sequel. It was a decent RTS game about WW2, but a fairly unpolished one that didn't address many shortcomings of the original. Pathfinding is the most distinct one, but also the interface. However the game isn't too bad, though could of been a lot better. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1159971743 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1155077464

Sudden Strike 2 looks borderline ugly and aged absolutely terrible, but to this day, it remains on of the best realtime war simulations ever developed. With no base building, insurmountable odds and a very high focus on tactics and correct unit usage, it is a tactical paradise with a stunning amount of content. One only needs to be able to see past the ugly mug blurry interface and abysmal resolution. Anyone who played this in the past, may very likely be able to ignore its shortcomings due to age, anyone not ever having laid eyes upon sudden strike might struggle, but the game, infamous for its high difficulty, is definitely worth it for enthusiasts with a heart for nostalgia.