Instead, it is now just slightly over eight. One example of the minor balance changes is that the flamethrower no longer has a range of over fifteen in-game meters. It also has some minor changes in the balancing of some weapons (which are perhaps not well documented). Red Tide may not be functionally different from its predecessor, but that is not saying that Red Tide lacks differences in content since the original Men of War. There are a handful of minor differences in the gameplay designs, but not all of them are for the better. There are more examples that can be cited, but for the sake of brevity in this review, the many nuances and issues in the gameplay of Men of War had been retained. Micromanagement is still the order of the day, perhaps even more so in Red Tide as the game is purely single-player. Units still have to worry about ammunition, and in the case of vehicles, fuel as well. Units still have grid-based inventory systems with their difficult-to-use auto-arranging tool. Speaking of gameplay elements, they have been copied over, warts and all, with the only significant changes being merely cosmetic. If the player has played Men of War, he/she would not see much of anything new in Red Tide in terms of gameplay elements. On the other hand, the game may well be seen as trumpeting the gains of certain Soviet infantry divisions in World War II.

Some consolation may come in the form of much better writing in Red Tide than in the original Men of War, courtesy of a returning writer. These gameplay designs are not hopelessly broken and are still entertaining in their own way, but their near-wholesale transfers give the impression that Red Tide had been overpriced and actually has no more value than an expansion pack. However, as would be clear from playing the game, Red Tide is almost a direct copy of its predecessor in terms of gameplay designs. Therefore, it should not be a surprise that the developers had made Red Tide, the next entry in the series that started with its spiritual forebearer Soldiers: Heroes of World War II.

By Gelugon_baat | Review Date: September 6, 2013Įven before Men of War (which was actually a rename from its original Russian and European version), developers Best Way and Digitalmindsoft had already designed many games before it.

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