Some matches are brutal, World War I-style slugfests of infantry constantly being thrown into the meat grinder, while others have long, slow feeling-out processes where two players may not even significantly engage with one another directly and try to find victory by focusing on other regions of the map. But every map (there are over a dozen) has certain features of the Normandy campaign, most notably the hedgerows and treelines that gave the area its nickname "Hedgerow Hell." These features give each map its own very specific tactical choices – at Colombelles, for instance, there's a long, straight road approaching the main battleground that's a perfect place for an anti-tank gun – but an enemy who knows that will consistently pound that spot with artillery Very specific quirks like that give Steel Division more depth, as veteran players can end up engaging in a poker-like set of bluffs and counter-bluffs. Eugen Systems used actual Royal Air Force recon photos of northern France to create the maps, which include some of the most famous battles of the campaign, such as Hill 112. “This is reinforced by the chosen setting of Normandy, France, in 1944. At both the macro and the micro levels, Steel Division is a superb WWII wargame. Preparing to attack.What makes Steel Division even neater is that the tactical combat of individual tanks and airplanes also matches the grand strategic goals of World War II success comes from pinning down an enemy with infantry and artillery, then flanking with tanks and vehicles. It's the complexity of the former with the accessibility and excitement of the latter. It's not like a wargame that's more about figuring out how the spreadsheet underneath works, nor is it like a real-time strategy game that requires deploying skills and special moves at the right time. The relatively simple interface and clear, great-looking graphics make it easy to tell what's happening in an engagement while an incredibly detailed simulation runs under the hood. It never feels like there's a layer of abstraction between the tactical choices you might make and the historical simulation of the wargame.
“Yet this complication is what makes Steel Division special.
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