보병전부터 전차전까지
대조국전쟁부터 중소국경분쟁, 아프가니스탄 침공, 앙골라 내전까지

그야말로 밀덕을 위한 겜.

그야말로 위대한 수준을 달리는 가시거리와 이에 걸맞는 무기들의 사거리
뛰어난 퀄리티의 무기체계
차량이 관통되서 탄이 뒤로 튕겨나오거나
전차나 차량에 있는 모든 출입구가 전부 열리고 닫히고 하는거나
전차나 차량에 보병 탑승해서 삘삘거리며 돌아다니는거나
캠페인에서 참호파서 대기타고 있는거나
T-62가 탄피 배출하는 거나
전차장이랑 탄약수가 관측하려고 해치 열고 올라오는거 등등
별의별 사소한거들까지 구현되있다.

사거리가 여타 게임들과 다르게 정말 길고 축척도 이상하지 않아서
보이지도 않는 적을 관측해서 교전할때 정말 아름다움이 느껴지는 수준.

물론 밀리터리 안좋아하면 절대 사지말것..
창렬한거같은 DLC들은 은근 할인 자주한다. 텍스쳐DLC는 할인도 잘 안해서 모르겠다.
가장 추천하는 DLC는 shield of prophet이다.. 진짜 재밌음

매우 잘만들어진 실시간 전술시뮬레이션 게임. 전차의 관통력이나 탄의낙차마저도 실제를 기반으로하고있으며
특히 전차의 관통력 관련해서는 게임내에서 아예 그래프로 나올정도로 세세하며 전투가 끝나고 전차의 장갑 관통이나 피해정보같은것도 자세히 알수있게 해놓았다. 물론 이것만이 전부는아니다.턴제를 기반으로한 전략지도에서 할수있는 여러가지 행동과 선택은
전투에서 큰 영향을 미친다. 아군 보급이라던지,병력지원 또는 포격, 기습및 선제공격같은것들....다만, 이런 전술시뮬레이션 특유의 유저 친화적이지 않은 조작법과 인터페이스는 게임에 적응을 어렵게하는데 한몫한다.그래도 위의 장점과 그래픽이나 물리효과는 그렇게 나쁜수준은 절때아니니 나같은 밀덕이나 전략게임 매니아들은 언어의장벽과 힘든 적응을 고려하더라도 해보는걸 추천한다.

밀덕에 의한 밀덕을 위한 밀덕만이 할 수 있는 게임.

단순한 컴오히나 분대, 소대 규모인 맨오브워가 지겹고, 대대급 이상의 진짜 야전지휘관이 되보고싶다면 이 게임을 당장 구입할 것.

Rating: A

Graviteam Tactics is a game that used to be called Achtung Panzer, but after some sort of nonsense involving the old publisher, they had to change the name when it went on Steam. Or something. I don't know the specifics.

But it's a good game. More people should know about it. It's not very accessible and the UI is confusing, but once you get the hang of it, it's a good time. Though I'll admit, after nearly 25 hours so far, I still don't totally know what I'm doing. That speaks partly to the game's depth, but also how to the lack of transperancy regarding mechanics.

At its most superficial level, it's kind of like a Total War game set in World War II. But's a lot more of a sim than Total War is, and the design intent is very different. The Ukrainian fellows who made Graviteam Tactics are well known in sim nerd circles for their tank simulators, at least one of which used to be on Steam but doesn't seem to be any more and I don't know why. Their obsession with WWII and tank damage models served them well for making a game of a grander scale, where you command little germans or little soviets in squads and weapons teams, and whose lines of communication and chain of command you must manage as you order them to march onwards towards the slaughter. After a battle in this game, one can find the battlefield littered with meat. Manflesh, to be exact.

You have a bird's eye view of the happenings, starting with the turn-based operations map where you move companies of men and tanks around, check their supply and tell them where and whom to attack. Once a battle commenses you get dumped into the planning stages of the real-time mode, where you set up your little soldiers and give them their opening orders. Opening orders are important, because they have no command cost and allow you to set up your plan and watch it unfold. Your squads and teams for the most part work on their own, though you can of course order them, and decide behind which trees to take cover, when to shoot and when to hit the deck--you have no control over this. The best you can do is tell them a general location to move to and a general direction to concentrate their fire. There is little micromanagement in the game, and you are even disuaded from trying to micromanage, as giving orders costs you command and the more into the fire your men get, the harder it is to command them. It's a neat little system, but it isn't readily apparent when you start the game up. It took me more than a few games--and reading more than a few game guides, of which, I might add, there are scant few--to know what the hell the blue bar at the top of the screen meant and why it would change when I tried to order my half-dead, panicking engineer squad to suck it up and advance into machinegun fire.

Between battles you can manage your men, splitting up their squads and allocating ammo and fuel for vehicles. It's a fun a little management game, and is pretty simple. You cannot build units in the game, so what you start with is what you get, though there are usually reinforcements showing up on certain turns and whose arrival and availability you are well informed of.

Operations are dynamic and different each time you play, with the possibility of fighting over the same town or the same hill across multiple battles, each side taking and subsequently losing the objective over the course of one or two in-game days. It gives the game a fun, fluid and unpredictable narrative that enhances replayability.

In addition to the operational campaigns, you can also play individual battles with units from force pools on any part of the included maps. What's kind of lame, though, is that you can't set it to have the computer generate the enemy force, so you always know exactly what the enemy has right from the get go. Major bummer for me.

BUT IN CONCLUSION: it is a solid game that deserves more press and more people talking about it.

Once you get over the learnign curve and GUI you discover a great game. The persistant campaign is brilliant, I dont knwo why other games don't do something similar.

This is by no means you're regular RTS like COH, you don't control you're troops, but you are like in real life, their commander. Orders take time to trickle down to your men, if you're too bossy and keep sending conflicting orders your men will stop listening, if the fightings too much you men will panic and flee.

If I was going to compare this to any recent game it would be Wargame, but wargame feels like a virtual war with no feeling. GT:OS is realistic and gritty, I actually feel sorry for the soldiers cowering in their fox holes. In wargame, they are just another few points lost.

I just wish they would implement co-op/multiplayer.

Oh and the constant release of new DLC over new time periods with new units keeps the game fresh and active.

Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is not for you if you are simply a gamer. This is a game for tacticians; The armchair generals who have the patience to get past the immense learning curve. Do not expect to just jump right in and take command.

Your troops won't always just go and do what you tell them. If they are being torn apart, they may run away terrified on their own. Your soldiers may take the initiative and, with a lack of orders, charge headlong towards the enemy to destroy his positions. If your unit commander dies, multiple assets and communication break down. If your communications aren't effective, your units can't recieve orders.

The interface, though at first confusing, begins to make sense after paying attention during tutorials. If the player is willing to accept some devestating losses in the first few attempts, it isn't so bad. The layout is effective enough to apply all the necessary options for troop formations, movement and types of fire. It just takes some orientation to understand how to apply these options.

I am somewhat well versed in combined arms tactics and skills covered in Marine Corps warfighting doctrine (MCPD-1) and easily understand how and why this title is actually utilized in European militaries to train infantry officers and platoon leaders. The enemy UI is challenging and responds realistically and effectively to offense, but tends to do poorly when advancing or attacking. He tends to stop dead in his tracks during attacks when fired upon and consistently maintains a defensive posture. Hopefully in the future this can be tweaked a bit to give the UI a more impactful attack pattern.

You will find that application of standard military tactics per doctrine is played out extremely effectively. I.e. Deploying maching guns with long and unobstructive lines of sight, overlapping with infantry and armour. Or, combined arms suppressive fire.

Graphics are of the era this game was originally produced. Don't expect a melt-your-face mindblowing world here. But the graphics are good enough to get the job done and can still really impress at night. Smoke, tracers and explosion lighting give the game a real atmosphere. Speaking of atmosphere however; the ambient audio makes me want to throw my speakers across the room. Noises like a rooster ♥♥♥♥-a-doodle-doo'ing every 10 seconds become like nails on a chalkboard.

Fans of the Close Combat series, Combat Mission series, and even the Total War series will likely appreciate this game. Be warned however, the learning curve is several hours. Highly reccommended with enthusiasm.

Graviteam Tactics comes closer than any other game I have yet played to representing the complex situational challenges of the WW2 battlefield. It is a superb game, limited only by a clunky interface and weak marketing, that every serious war gamer should definitely have in his or her stable.

Graviteam has clearly been designed by a team with a deep understanding of military tactics and a passion for realism and historical accuracy. I can't praise the game highly enough and I can only say to those of you who have not yet purchased it, or who gave up on Graviteam because the interface had you baffled, that you are missing out on the opportunity to experience and contribute to the finest WW2 simulation ever made.

Awesome game! If you are a Combat Mission fan or love tactical battles of reiforced company size, you have to try this out.
Campaign are tought and add strategic level to the game, while quick battles are a fun and rewarding experience...
UI is not intuitive and manual is somehow lacking in details, but with some effort you can go over that... and discover an excellent game :)

ENG:

First of all - I had sceptical attitude to Graviteam tactics, but my friend recommended this game to me.
I've said - "Ok" and tried demo - it was a worst experience I've ever had with wargames.
In case with this game's demo, it is true. Demo version is unpatched and very unfriendly to new players.
But you know, I've bought it at Steam store, cause friend told me - "If you tried demo - you've tried nothing".

It's fun, but right after purchase I've spent my whole weekend trying to save 320th I.D. near Taranovka and this was best and fun experience what I had for the last year.
Developer's love to details are great - terrain is beautiful, units and especially APCs & Tanks are modeled in amazing detail, game mechanics offer you so much aproachs to the game in operational and especially in tactical mode, that every time you start new campaign you will have diffirent experience.


It's a shame that I have missed this title.
According to devs site Graviteam Tactics have lot of DLCs - as soon as they'll arive on Steam, they're instabuy for me ;)

Conclusion:
If you are intersted in tactical wargame with operational elements, good graphics and unique gameplay mechanics - Graviteam Tactics should be your choice!

RUS:

Начну с того, что этот варгейм мне порекомендовал друг, до его рекомендаций и последующего приобритения по отношению к Graviteam Tactics у меня было скептическое настроение.

Вначале я попробовал демо, но это было ужасно. Тем не менее, я приобрёл эту игру, т.к. по словам друга "Даже если ты попробовал демо - ты ничего не попробовал".
В общем он был прав, т.к. демо не пропатчена и с первого взгляда очень сильно отталкивает.
Вам покажется это смешным, но после приобретения я провёл все свои выходные спасая 320-ю пехотную дивизию из окружения и знайте,- это было шикарно, я давно не испытывал такого в играх.
Любовь разработчиков к деталям удивительна - местность выглядит отлично, боевые единицы и особенно БТРы и Танки смоделированы шикарно, игровая механика даёт игроку столько возможностей на оперативном и особенно на тактическом уровне, что каждый раз начиная кампанию можно быть уверенным, что вы получите новую порцию позитивным эмоций.

Очень жаль, что я пропустил мимо себя эту серию игр раньше - придётся навёрстывать.

Судя по оф. сайту, Graviteam Tactics имеет немало DLC, включая современные сценарии(прим. Ангола) - как только они появятся в Steam, для меня это моментальная покупка :).

Итог:
Если вы заинтересованы в тактическом варгейме с элементами оперативного уровня, хорошей графикой и уникальной игровой механикой - Graviteam Tactics это ваш выбор!

Pros:
Great graphics
very detailed units
Lots of realism
units can break and route
good combat AI
epic tank combat
has a campaign
some rare ww2 units you normally dont see in games
large battle maps
good performance
real time
awesome special effects


Cons:
Terrible infantry animations
Ugly UI and hard to use
lack of good tutorial
steep leanring curve


Overall i really like this game its a good wargame for the price. Its not as good as combat mission but it might be the next best thing.

Very realistic and tatctical. Lots of planning involved on the campaign map. It's something new and rich and I think it wasn't targeted for a North American market. That's what probably makes it so different.

The Bad:
Too easy - The AI isn't challenging in the slightest and does not make any real use of tactics beyond "charge straight ahead".
Doesn't have multiplayer, so you can never get an actual challenging match.
Default version on Steam has a game-breaking CTD when you increase game speed - requires hunting down a patch outside of Steam to fix.
Expensive DLC in the $10-$15 range, each of which only add a couple scenarios. (Perhaps ~4-8 hours of content each, at best) Not worth the price and over half the DLC isn't even available on Steam anyways.

The Good:
The fundamental core mechanics are good, the gameplay is good, the UI is good, and the game runs pretty well.

But the above issues, especially the lack of multiplayer, really hurts the game overall.

This is a game that absolutely necessitates multiplayer to overcome its greatest shortcomings: Easy AI and lack of content.

In light of the fact that I /have/ put a good number of hours into the game (though most on my record are from idling with the program open), I've decided to change my review to a recommendation. But know that without multiplayer support, this game is seriously missing out on replayability and challenge.

A night operation. I'm not a military man but without night vision equipment it would be difficult to see the enemy. However this works both ways and I had the advantage of greater manpower and greater weapons.

So the operation started at 4am, my halftracks rumbled in towards the town from the left and my infantry from the right. A platoon of halftrack engineers I sent to the river crossing next to the town so I could move straight over after the battle. Barely five minutes later, one of my infanry platoons saw the enemy pretty much right on top of them. With my firepower and supporting troops the firefight was over quickly with the entire enemy platoon being eliminated. I was pleased and ordered my troops to converge on the village.

However at the river my engineers began taking fire from a single machine gun from the forest, perfect positioning to engage my forces as they crossed. However the engineers were no rookies and followed my orders to attack the forest and clear it out, the battle was still in my favour. To the right hand side of this engagement the enemy was spotted, I assumed it was another machine gun, set up to give a crossfire killzone and so I quickly ordered my reserve squad within the platoon to sweep in and at least supress it with support from my heavy halftrack. This gun was eliminated with a lucky shot and was immediately destroyed as the dismounted engineers closed. As a looked at the destroyed weapon my eyes widened with fear. It was an Anti-Tank gun, well people, they never travel alone. I ordered a platoon in the villlage to come to the aid of my engineers as there were now more men in the forest than I had thought.

Suddenly as I looked for heavy halftrack to move to engage, it burst into flames. The unlucky crewmembers running out ablaze, in between them I saw a lone Russian solider crawling by the vehicle, he had slipped by and had molotoved my heavy support. Following this my men in the village came across entrenched Russian infantry, bogging them down in a firefight so they were now unable to support my isolated platoon, a retreat could not be ordered as they were already in too deep into the forest and to bring them out was suicide. Two minutes later the village was in my control and the enemy was offering a ceasefire. I had won at the expense of a platoon, a hollow victory.

However I now knew exactly what the enemy had and I knew exactly what to use aginst them. After all that was just the first battle.

Probly the best battle sim game i have played in a long time, the DLC's are a must also, theres so much to this game im still learning things here and there, playing one of the largest battles the game slows down, but that is to be expected on my rig thats fairly old, but it still plays pretty well with no glitches or bugs, i highly recomend this game :D

TL;DR 10/10 buy!

Great war game if this is your jam. Nice balance between the strategic management and the high intensity combat.

good game, bit of study/learning involved to understand all game concepts, but a cool simulation game. i think its a must have for all you war strategy demigods out there!

Outstanding tactical waregame. This game nails it in terms of realism, stability and AI. Like CM without the huge bugs.

This is a legitmately good game, more detailed than any tabletop wargame I've gotten a chance to play, and the manual is now in English. The company is Ukrainian, so here is an ancient joke from the country:

A Ukrainian man is in the forest cleaning his gun. His wife runs out of the house.
"The Russians have gone into space!"
"All of them?"
"No."
He continues to clean his gun.

i like the level of realism in this game , good AI that can be tricky sometimes ,u need to adapt the right tactics to outcome the enemy , what i like the most about this game is the replayability in the campaign and the battle editor, great RTT.

One of the hardest and most frustrating RTS games I have ever played but I keep playing it! I also have all DLC and am looking forward to Mius....

A great simulation and worth every penny if you like World War 2 tactics.