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Combat Mission Cold War

Combat Mission Cold War

|Simulator, Strategy

6.7 /10

Okay

Niche

236 ratings
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Steam · Player score6.7/10236 ratings
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Why play it

Combat Mission Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today. Combat Mission Cold War simulates several “what if” conflict scenarios between US and Soviet forces centered on the strategic Fulda Gap and environs in West Germany. The game also simulates the early days of the US National Training Center (NTC) as US forces began to rapidly transform away from Vietnam era doctrine and towards the revolutionary AirLand Battle concepts that would define warfare in the modern era. Combat Mission Cold War is intended to be a sandbox for experimentation, for example how would a situation unfold when equipped with M-60A3s or M1s in 1982 facing off against T-80s? How about the same situation with M-60A1s or M-60A2s in 1979 against T-64s or T-62s? The game allows a player to do just that!

Game highlights
Rating momentum

Okay: 6.7/10 across 236 ratings. Decent score — check if the gameplay loop clicks for you.

Play style

Leans into Simulator, Strategy — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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Cultured VulturesMaxim Klose-Ivanov · 16 Nov, 2021
4.5/10

While the tactical gameplay authentically captures the Cold War battlefield, Combat Mission Cold War is stuck in the past under a mountain of frustration and tedium of its own design.

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