Theatre of war is a great game series and is overlooked by many. It is a grander version of what men of war has to offer and is really fun to play once you get the hang of it. The graphics are good especially given the date when this game was released. It is a really good opportunity for anyone who is interested in ww2 to play out some of the really memorable battles

As the other reviewers said, don't buy this game if you are hoping to buy a coh. This game is actually something for the real strategists. The gameplay is slow and you need to keep an eye on every corner of the battlefield. Despite the slow gameplay and the fact that it can be very difficult to win, I can assure you that winning a game feels very rewarding. You can compare it a bit with shooters. Tow is the "Arma II or Red orchestra" in the niche of strategy games, where Company of heroes the "COD" is. So go for this one if you always thought that coh was too unrealistic, too fast or if you just wish to fulfill a challenge.

I personally prefer Men of War, but sometimes this game is a good change of pace, with its larger battlefields, slower battles, and more tactics+planning. Both series have their own merits, and both are very enjoyable.

wow. all i can say is, this game looks really good, ambitious, detailed, strategic - but what a PC hog!!! i pretty much have a decent computer but this game put my gaming rig into a crawl. should i upgrade my specs, or play another game?

This is a complex real-time strategy sequel / addon to Theatre of War 2.

+ Has a lot of content and new theatres - you get to fight on the Russian Front as well as in Normandy

+ Still has good graphics

+ Is much more realistic than normal WWII RTS games

+ It is slower paced than other RTS games. I think this is great as it allows you to properly command, rather than just descending into a click fest

- The user interface is still not very user friendly and the game is quite complex

Overall this is a great addition to the Theatre of War games.

An RTS for older more seasoned players of armchair general games. Slow paced but extremely tactical and though trial and error is the blueplate special when you do manage to pull off a win you feel like fist pumping. Recommended.

This game does not only have the Battle of Caen expansion but contains the entire Kursk 1943 scenarios for Germany and the USSR as well, making it a great package. Theatre of War can best be described as a pausable real time strategy game focused on hard core realism, where proper modeling of shot penetration, armor thickness, morale, ammunition amount etc. takes precedence over just selecting everything and clicking on an enemy. Very detailed, very intense...looks great even now. Word of warning, it is not easy, you will die over and over, often due to bad luck more than anything else, but once a plan comes off, it feels great!

It is a good rts game with larger battlefields than men of war, slower battles, more tactics and planning, better physics, but i think the AI plays worse. Besides that the game is great if you like slow based rts game.

The Single player is kind of fun, with units surviving each battle then able to be able to be promoted and awarded so there appear better in the next battle. You get three campaigns, German, Russian and British. However this game did lack polish and shine that get from games like COH. British sometimes responded with American accents and such. Russian units sometimes still had US markings. Some of you might say picky picky picky, but these kill immersion for me. Its like watching a movie with obvious factual errors.

Don't buy this if you are looking for action game like Company of Heroes. Its slow, which I don't mind at times. Slow in a tactical game like this can be good too. One major criticism is that it lacks immersion due to poor sound. The graphics are fine, although you will need a supercomputer to run this game at full settings and my PC was in the top quadrant and it was still on medium settings for me. The Single player is kind of fun, with units surviving each battle then able to be able to be promoted and awarded so there appear better in the next battle. You get three campaigns, German, Russian and British. However this game did lack polish and shine that get from games like COH. British sometimes responded with American accents and such. Russian units sometimes still had US markings. Some of you might say picky picky picky, but these kill immersion for me. Its like watching a movie with obvious factual errors.

Having said all that, I would have forgiven the developers of this game, if the AI was any good. I love Multiplayer COOP where a friend and myself would go up against the AI like in COH. However the word PATHETIC in neon lights in my mind when watching the AI display their foolishness in our MP COOP game. We gave up after a few games and tried 2 vs 2 with each of having a AI buddy. Again that word mentioned previously shined brightly in my mind. I think human vs human is where it's at with multi-player. The trouble is, there is no online scene at all that I could find. I would have hoped for mods to improve on the AI or more importantly the sound, but sadly no. It seems these days, game developers have a good idea for a game, but in the last stages of development forget the refinement needed and place it on the market hoping for some cash sooner rather then later. The question is, would they have made more money, if spent some extra time and finish the game properly.