Reviewers Liked
- Impressive historical detail
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Hard to get into
Steel Division: Normandy 44
84
8.3
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While the gameplay can feel rushed sometimes, Steel Division nevertheless is a great game that authentically recreates the World War II conflict and brings some new ideas to the RTS...
By windowscentral.com onImpressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash. How we score: The Destructoid Reviews...
By Destructoid onDisappointing campaign aside, Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a compelling and challenging real-time...
By PC Gamer onSteel Division: Normandy '44 succeeds both at being an entertaining real-time tactics game and a compelling simulation of historical combat, which is a remarkable combination. Not to get ahead of things, but playing this excellent World War II game makes it hard not to get excited about the potential of Steel Division: Stalingrad '42 or Rome '43. Future games or expansions might even smooth out Normandy ‘44’s small drawbacks, specifically its occasionally overwhelming amount of detail and lack of context to its huge number of options, but its successes wildly outweigh its failures.
By IGN onFor all Eugen's attempts to position Steel Division as an action-packed RTS, it's still a niche game aimed primarily at wargamers, where complex strategy and historical accuracy matter more than cinematic action beats. That's not a criticism. While it...
By Trusted Reviews onFor all Eugen’s attempts to position Steel Division as an action-packed RTS, it’s still a niche game aimed primarily at wargamers, where complex strategy and historical accuracy matter more than cinematic action beats. That’s not a criticism. While it could do with an easier difficulty curve and some sensible streamlining, there’s a place for a World War II strategy game where authenticity and detail count. If you think you can handle the workload, sign on up.
By TrustedReviews onSteel Division: Normandy '44 is a very peculiar sort of real-time strategy game. Instead of trying to encapsulate hundreds of years of history or even the entirety of a single war, Steel Division is all about the specifics. Your pool of units is limited...
By GameSpot onIf you delve deep into the actual details of the Normandy landings, you'll find that it was just as much dumb luck as careful planning & execution which allowed the allied forces to get beyond those beaches. The realities of war are confusing, horrible,...
By The Wargamer onSi le jeu me lasse assez rapidement par son aspect lourd et assez "brut", il faut quand même admettre que Steel Division n'en est pas moins un super jeu de stratégie. Je prends énormément de plaisir à déplacer toutes les troupes mises à ma disposition...
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Eugen Systems non delude è offre al giusto prezzo un prodotto interessante per tutti gli amanti degli strategici in tempo...
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