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Game Over Online ~ Close Combat: Invasion Normandy Close Combat: Invasion Normandy (c) Windows 9x, Pentium 200, 32MB Ram, 100MB HDD, 4x CD-ROM Monday, October 16th, 2000 at 08:26 PM Close Combat: Invasion Normandy review Game Over Online - http://www.game-over.com As one of the mainstays of the present-day wargame genre, Atomic Games continues to remain as the real-time wargame to beat. Many have said, its V for Victory turn-based series was and still is the pinnacle of war gaming. By the mid 1990s, Atomic turned to Microsoft to publish the first of its Close Combat series. Since then, Close Combat has nearly been a perennial title culminating this year in Close Combat: Invasion Normandy. The first edition started off at Normandy progressing to Operation Market Garden, the Eastern Front, Battle of the Bulge and now, it is back at Normandy again, not on Omaha beach but on Utah beach. Close Combat's longevity is plain indication that they have a winning formula on their hands. Its most innovative feature is the intricate modeling of each and every soldier's psychological makeup, ultimately dictating what course of action each soldier takes on the battlefield in real-time. In its fifth edition though, Atomic faces stiff new challenges as real-time strategy games take on a more tactical approach like in Sierra's recently released Ground Control. These games are fully 3D challenging Atomic's traditional 2D approach. Moreover, clouds loom over the Close Combat series as recent editions have been criticized for a lacklustre AI or unbalanced gameplay. Close Combat: Invasion Normandy aims to erase these doubts and restore the prestige to this proud series.

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