This is my first time ever playing any kind of mud and blood game and I never expected to get so invested in it. To preface, I've only ever played campaign mode so far so all my experience will be coming from that.

This game might be the most immersive 2D strategy game I've ever played. In the game, you lead a squad of 6 poorly equipped american soldiers through the entire war in Europe; from d-day to the very heart of Germany. Your soldiers are much better trained than the average German grenadier but in all missions you'll be outgunned by a ratio of about 1 to 5 so smart positioning of your squad is a must. As your soldiers survive - and many won't - they'll gain experience and you'll be able to level them into one of 10 or so classes, giving them the opportunity to gain better weapons, skills, and experience to combat the enemy and level the playing field.

One of my favourite features of the game has to be how the battlefield evolves during a mission. If you kill an enemy soldier, his remains and blood stay indefinitely, no matter how many times you retreat. If you blow up a hedgerow or building, the rubble and debris will persist. This really helps you feel like your actually fighting, since the battlefield will be battle scared and riddled with shell casings, bodies, guts, and bomb craters by the time you finally reach the finish line.

I also love how the game lets you actually plan your approach to the enemy. The game has two main map features; cover and concealment. Cover works like in any other strategy game, it gives you a percentage based chance to block an incoming shot. Concealment on the other hand, block the enemies line of sight. This lets you plan your approach, trying to doge behind buildings and bushes until your soldiers equipped with smgs and shotguns can jump out and get the drop on the enemy or jump into cover.

Anyway, point is, if you like games like X-Com, or BattleBrothers you should give this game a chance. It lets you use a lot of squad level tactics and experiment with different strategies and builds in a very violent and unforgiving war.