Recent reviews by King Kable

As an avid WWII buff and longtime RTS player, Call to Arms: Gates of Hell – Ostfront should be exactly my kind of game.

In many ways, it is.

The visuals are strong. The historical accuracy of the war machines and units is impressive. The sound design — from small arms to Sherman engines to heavy artillery — does a fantastic job immersing you in the battlefield. When artillery starts landing, it feels right. Atmosphere and authenticity are not the problem here.

Which makes the shortcomings even more frustrating.

Campaign Missions
You’re locked into using whatever units the mission gives you, with little to no freedom in composition or reinforcements. I understand the realism — in war you use what you’re given — but realism doesn’t always equal fun.

Skirmish is better. You capture territory, unlock reinforcements over time, and choose what to bring in. That’s where the game feels the most alive. The problem is you only ever unlock a small slice of the total roster. The game includes everything from scout tanks to super-heavies, yet you rarely get to use most of them. And once you finally unlock the “good stuff,” the mission ends because you’ve captured everything.

Just when it gets interesting — it’s over.

Conquest Mode is where the game almost becomes incredible. You earn resources, unlock units at your discretion, and deploy them in point-limited waves. On paper, it’s perfect.

In practice, it becomes repetitive. There are only two mission types: attack or defend. Attack missions are straightforward and fine. Defense missions, however, can take 45–60 minutes of holding points while a slow counter fills. I enjoy the occasional wave defense. I don’t enjoy doing it constantly. It becomes tedious to the point where I sometimes auto-lose just to move on.

The campaign “map” is also just a web of lines between missions. There’s no actual front line, no sense of choosing where you fight. One mission is hedgerows, the next is winter snow, with no geographic logic tying it together.

UI clarity is another small but noticeable issue. When playing as the Germans, unit unlocks are labeled in German with little explanation, so unless you already know what you’re looking at, you’re unlocking blindly.

This game falls into what I call the “98% category.”

The realism is excellent.
The detail is excellent.
The sound and atmosphere are excellent.
The core mechanics are strong.

But that last 2% — mission design, pacing, variety, and UI clarity — is what determines whether it’s actually fun to play long-term.

It’s not a bad game.

It’s a frustratingly close-to-great game.

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one of the games of all time

mad max oregon trail

Best game to be released in the past 10 years easily,

Mid

Looks like a fun game. Played it once for about 20 minutes; looked promising. Next time I tried to start it up however, nothing...Again I press play....nothing. Look up on google to find out this is a common problem with the Ubisoft launcher. (Isn't great how all these game companies need their own launcher now?)

Apparently I have to go into the files and do some adjustments. Which, to me, means: get a refund.

Damn shame, looked like a fun one.

blaze it

This game sucks.

There's nothing this game does that space engineers doesn't do better. Don't get me wrong, this is a good game, but space engineers is better for the same price.