Close Combat: The Longest Day

fond childhood memories with dad

I thought first this game is unplayable with a modern computer because playing with high resolution makes units look really small, but a workaround is to set the game resolution to maximum and to decrease the monitor resolution a little bit from the one that you have normally. I used to love these games but now I am just mostly annoyed but them, many annoying things and game mechanics. Let me start: -Game can be expensive af. I have bought this and the other games in the series when they are in a special discount. Sometimes it is worth checking the Matrix Games/Slitherine store for these, they can be much cheaper there than normally. I think I got mine for about 5€ with a discount and a coupon combo. -Game doesn't get any updates anymore and hasn't got an update for years now. Also non-existing playerbase if you want to play online instead of the crappy AI. Mods are not hosted in a website anymore and there is no game workshop but you can find a google drive upload with the mods. Installing them can be difficult, though. -AI is really bad, often just running across the fields and in predictable locations so you can easily defeat them even with 10 times smaller force by just gunni…

Close Combat: The Longest Day is a traditional World War II tactical wargame built around patience, positioning, and the unpredictable behavior of soldiers under fire. Developed by Strategy 3 Tactics and published by Matrix Games, it revisits the Normandy campaign with an emphasis on D-Day and the difficult fighting that followed the Allied landings. Rather than delivering the fast production cycles and enormous armies associated with conventional real-time strategy games, it places the player much closer to the battlefield, where a single infantry squad, machine-gun position, or armored vehicle can influence the outcome of an engagement. Combat takes place in real time but can be paused, allowing orders to be considered without turning every encounter into a test of reflexes. Infantry, vehicles, support weapons, and specialist units need to be moved with careful attention to terrain and enemy positions. Buildings, hedgerows, roads, open fields, and other environmental features can determine whether an advance succeeds or becomes a costly mistake. Charging across exposed ground is rarely sensible, while suppressing defenders and moving through available cover can dramatically impr…

Awesome

Updated old classic. Still plays well. A lot of content from individual battles to operations to full campaigns.

Loved this game since it was first released. Wish there was a multiplayer community though, miss the challenge of playing against a real person, much harder.