Is this THE BEST WW2 Strategy Game? - Graviteam Tactics MIUS FRONT - Features & Gameplay

Welcome to Graviteam Tactics Mius Front.
Today we will try to answer the question if this is the best WW2 Strategy Game.
Join me as I tell you about all the amazing features of this game.
Link to the Steam Store Page for Mius Front:
store.steampowered.com/app/31...
Link to the Steam Store Page for Tank Warfare Tunisia:
store.steampowered.com/app/54...
What the developer has to say about the game:
"Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. It is a sequel to Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star and Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943.
Game is comprised of two modes:
Operational - turn-based mode where you can shift and concentrate forces in the chosen directions, resupply and replace units, repair and refuel vehicles.
Tactical - real-time mode where you are conducting fire combat with the enemy, capturing territory, destroying vehicles and the enemy manpower.
Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht with realistic organizational structure. The campaign features more than 100 detailed vehicles produced in USSR, Germany, US and UK. Over 140 sq. km of realistic landscapes were reconstructed from topographical maps and photo and video materials.
-New enhanced UI: streamlined interface of various panels, radial orders menu and other enhancements.
-Interface appearance and customization: three variants of appearance are included, customizable unit markers (Red Army, Wehrmacht, NATO).
-High replayability and advanced AI, which selects the best strategy based on behavior, not a predetermined script.
-Advanced management of forces in the operational phase: reinforcement strategies and management of reserves.
-Statistics keeping: performance of each unit is recorded (kills, losses, awards, etc.). After each battle, damages and condition of forces and vehicles are shown in the after battle statistics.
-Battlefield simulation: realistic vision devices, smoke screens and flares, creation of trenches, explosion craters. Remnants of previous battles remain on the battlefield until the end of operation.
-Realistic soldier behavior: each soldier has several essential parameters, such as experience level, stamina and morale, which influence their behavior and effectiveness.
-Detailed weapon modeling and realistic ballistics: bullets and projectiles follow ballistic trajectories, taking wind, temperature and other parameters into account.
-Advanced armor penetration: modeling based on ballistic histograms without simplifications of probabilistic methods, generation of secondary fragmentation fields takes into account many parameters, such as the change of the field shape in space, fragments and armor characteristics, armor thickness and damage conditions.
-Complex vehicle damage system: engine, suspension, sights, weapons and targeting mechanisms can be damaged separately, affecting the combat capabilities.
-Destructible environment: almost everything can be blown up and destroyed, from landscape surface and buildings to vehicles and enemy defensive installations.
-Advanced control of the off-map artillery, featuring various fuse settings and shell types.
-Formation and movement modes: lines and columns, movement by road and covertly, infantry following behind tanks, setting a delay, fire sectors, etc.
-Automatic smoke screen laying: units set up smoke screens when enemy is spotted.
-Dynamic change of the time of day, light sources and weather effects, influence the course of battle, visibility and area passability."

[@stamiejoker]

The greatest wargame of all time in my opinion (and I say that as someone who truly loves Combat Mission as well.) Your video has truly done it justice and is a great example why this masterpiece is worth the time and effort it takes to ‘get’ it. Such a mind blowing contrast between macro scale (thousands of men and units fighting across huge battlefields over days) and micro detail (cold breath of men hunkered down in trenches, knocked out tanks continuing to roll down hill, people cowering as fire and explosions engulf the battlefield.) I also love the contrast between moments of quiet beauty as the sun rises and then chaotic horror as all hell breaks loose. More than any other form of media it has truly given me a comprehension of how World War Two battles likely unfolded and how horrific and stressful they must have been. Thanks for shining a light on the game as I have no doubt there are others who will fall in love with it once they discover and understand it.

[@Tonci87]

This is such a wonderful comment. Thank you. I love it.

[@eygs493]

how abouuuut company of heros 2?

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

@@eygs493 it actually costs to15 AP to throw a molotov in real life, not 25

[@eygs493]

@@user-tx3xy7lw6w lol

[@taccntb4345]

Im buying this game cause of the video. So much detail involved. I love it!

[@SimDeck]

Excellent content. I am rediscovering my passion for simulation games, reignited by my previous enthusiasm for GTOS. Currently, I am delving into your videos to acquaint myself with this game. Your effort in creating these tutorials is highly appreciated. They are proving to be exceptionally valuable. Thank you for your dedication

[@Edelwolf783]

I have to say. This is the best review i've ever watched on this game. I would like to learn the game with your tutorials. And if you do it i will donate money to you. Because i really like what you doing and you helped me aaaaaalot for my playthroughs, especially for my silent hunter careers. I just want to support one of my favorite content creators. Much Love!

[@Tonci87]

Those are some very kind words. Thank you so much.

[@francescomolina]

I agree, its a great work of a review .. Viele Grüße, weiter so 😊

[@RM-cv4tl]

Wow, I have been looking for a war game with this level of depth for a long time. It’s a must buy, thank you for making this video

[@chrisdude2675]

I had Tunisia for over 5 years cause of this video i now know how to play it. Thank you

[@taddricketts6282]

Thanks for taking the time to produce this, and with such elegance, I was contemplating getting this game, I would hint I will

[@ssmith5048]

Wanted to add that I have always found your gameplay and tutorials the most well thought out and executed and in general really well played. It is interesting to watch how you play through games for these reasons I find.

[@thestoicsteve]

Thanks for this overview of the game and its contents. It shows its complexity which requires some time to master, but it does give a lot in return.

[@man_vs_life]

Well I sure wasn't expecting to watch a 1 hr vid on this but it was so engaging, I did. I've dabbled with this in the past but each time ending up baffled and leaving it for another day. A really nice summary vid. Now to check out one of your playthroughs.

[@ARescueToaster]

Great video! I came from a recent Steam discussion (with a similar name there) where you recommended these - the 57 minutes went by really quickly and I'm eager to check out your first campaign!

[@Whytcross]

Thank you great job on your review as usual! I have watched a lot of your for various games keep up the great work!

[@joekrebs964]

Excellent video! Have been playing this for a while and still learned something from your video!!!!!👍👍👍

[@timscott124]

this review made me buy the game. i was blown away the whole time, but specifically when you got to the on-map artillary spotting and firing section, thats when i went, "i am buying this game right now." excellent video, thanks.

[@jeremyharris9648]

Can’t wait to see you play through this. It looks epic in it’s sheer size!

[@Tonci87]

Oh yes, it very much is. However I will start with a small infantry focused campaign, just so that I can explain everything better before we go into huge armored engagements

[@ckolonko86]

Fantastic review. Well presented, and covers everything really nicely.

[@Tonci87]

Thanks :)

[@emulatrix2397]

Educated, passionate and highly informative video. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to produce this. I have had the game for some time but have only just found the time to dedicate some descent play time to it. i have been searching for some informative videos to help level that steep learning curve and believe I have found the treasure I was seeking. I shall be watching your Assualt on Popov videos this evening and diving into the game this coming weekend.

[@Tonci87]

Welcome, I hope the videos are useful to you. If something isn´t clear, just ask :)

[@TedPolak]

Truly wonderful game, but also a masterful review and solid recommendation. You know your stuff and you make all those good things even better and more interesting to watch in your great videos. Thank you! I hope that more Mius Front videos are in the making.

[@Tonci87]

The start of a campaign will be next week :)

[@Reindeer911]

Subscribed. Thank you for doing this, especially for pointing out the level of detail in this game, specifically when it comes to the modeling of both ballistics and the vehicles themselves. As far as I know there really isn't anything else out there that will account for factors such as thickness and slope of armor, angles of vision out of the viewports, etc. It really brings home that this is a golden era for computer wargaming and simulations.

[@Tonci87]

I just hope that more game developers embrace the possibilities

[@null_subject]

Wonderful intro the game! Your videos keep getting better.

[@vextronx]

Great video! I was looking for videos on this game and I'm glad this showed up. :)

[@acyanotypeguy1795]

Thanks for the great video!!!

[@ssmith5048]

Great video! Looking forward to watching some playthrough in it from you. I have had this game for awhile, but never got around to learning it yet. It does indeed look amauing with great depth. I will now dive into it! Love all your videos, and hoping someday you go back to doing some more SH IV WOS. ; ) I realize you would have to start from scratch, but watching you go through a career in that would actually be great to see.

[@Tonci87]

You can expect the start of a Mius front campaign next week, and SH will return to the channel once I finish the current Cold waters career (if everything works out the way I hope it will)

[@themigmadmarine]

I do look forward to tutorials being made by you for this, it's a game I've always found conceptually interesting, but have felt quite daunted by.

[@Tonci87]

Yes, the learning curve is like a wall.

[@ggaz683]

This is what I have been looking for.

[@viejitaloca2810]

this is a very nice, somewhat indepth video of the game, awesome work

[@TuckFheman]

Excellent job with this video! It's very easy to follow/understand and shows everything I wanted to know up front before purchasing.

[@Tonci87]

Happy to be of Service :)

[@donjasjit]

Without doubt, the best review for this wonderful game.

[@lv91829]

Thank you Tonci again! I think I will have to get this immediately. :)

[@grapesnch33s3]

An awesome video for an awesome game, I cant recommend it enough. Keep up the good work mate!

[@Tonci87]

Thank you!

[@francismaier9635]

This is extremely well done. Bravo on the vid.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you!

[@jaimeduarte1515]

I had the game in my library for the longest time and never touched it because it felt overwhelming and at the time I was not in the mood to learn to play it. After watching this review it inspired me to finally give it a try. I'm hooked on Mius Front now. I spend a couple hours every weekend trying to perfect my strategy replaying a single campaign, I absolutely enjoy the game's replayability as no campaign plays the same way twice. I've sunk in 100 hours and bought a couple DLCs during the sale. Excellent video, you helped me find my new favorite game. Also enjoying your campaign videos, very entertaining watching the campaign progress and they give me a better idea on how to play the game. Keep up the great work.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you, I´m glad that you enoy it and I´ll try to continue the playthroughs :)

[@marcodiaz7022]

Great review. I have played since Operation Star, but I got away from it from time to time, but I always go back, such a great game. I'll do a campaign just because your video remind me how much fun this game it is

[@Tonci87]

Mission accomplished I guess :D

[@patryk7135]

great video

[@Geist363]

Great overview, this game deserves more exposure.

[@Tonci87]

I agree.

[@francescobondi1611]

thanks for this amazing video, I would like to see one about supply, reinforcement, reserves, recluits and repair units ( mechanics), basically everything you have to know to reorganize your units after a battle

[@Tonci87]

I´ll do that once I play one of the really long campaigns where all those things are present.

[@joelthorne2304]

I had no idea this game existed. This is for sure my next purchase on the steam summer sale. Thanks man.

[@Tonci87]

Don´t forget that the learning curve is very steep, but it is sooo worth it

[@anshuldwivedi1919]

I'm sold. Will explore this a bit more and will buy it.

[@soldierbreakneck771]

Very detailed and awesome video about awesome game. Like it a lot!

[@theirishace923]

This has helped a lot, thank you very much, you covered everything I could possibly want to know before buying and it has helped a lot in my decision, again, thank you

[@Tonci87]

I hope you are enjoying it.

[@dmitrisindroms8408]

Thank you for getting me adicted to this game.

[@Tonci87]

It really is one of a kind :)

[@Coinkidoink]

damn, you always showcase the most interesting games cant wait for the gameplay videos, gonna be helpful to learn the game a bit

[@Tonci87]

Oh yes, I´ll try to explain how and why I do things. At some point I´ll certainly release a comprehensive tutorial for this game.

[@ChamferZone]

Excellent review. Thank you very much. I am gonna give this game a try at some point! :)

[@skleem4871]

I love ostfront. This reminds me of a step up and I haven't heard of it thx

[@molstad182]

ive had this game wishlisted for a while now, gonna buy it one day!

[@mahakleung6992]

MarkSho9 from Steam here. A very well produced and informative review. Simply superb.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you :)

[@parabot2]

subbed , great

[@palwanar]

This game is really unique. Thank you for review.

[@scottgarvey5779]

Good tutorial mate

[@DavidAPiano]

Thank you for this video, i have just bought the game, and 3 DLC Operation Blau, and wondered why there was 2 of the same campaign listed on the campaign menu. Your videos will help me greatly as i learn this game.

[@Tonci87]

Enjoy! When you look at the Campaigns in the main menu, you will notice that one version has little symbols above the flag. You can play the campaign either with platoons or Battlegroups on the Campaign map. I prefer Battlegroups myself, but your taste might differ. The Devs are giving you both options for many of the campaigns :)

[@blackbaron3330]

This video worths my 1 hour, i realy enjoyed watching it.

[@demo4444]

son of a...had to purchase, well done my friend, well done

[@Tonci87]

Have fun :)

[@crucifierdrums3209]

Im a massive men of war assault squad 2 fan. The game tho is made great by the mods. And ive always felt something was missing. Just watched this review and instantly bought the game! Cannot wait to play

[@edmundcowan9131]

Thanks to you I bought this great game as you say. Will be doc on sale.

[@calessel3139]

Great presentation! As someone who's played these types of games since the original Close Combat in 1996 (and continued with the first and second Combat Mission series [2000-2014] along with others) I have to say this game looks exceptional. It presents both a level of detail and command interface light years beyond any other tactical level combat game that I've ever seen. I don't own a copy now but plan on purchasing the whole series as soon as possible.

[@Tonci87]

At this point I would not recommend that you purchase the predecessors such as Operation Star, since many of its campaigns are available as DLCs for Mius Front. All you need to get into this game is either MIUS front (Eastern front Warfare, a lot of available DLCs, a few Cold War Era DLCs) or Tank Warfare Tunisia (Same game engine with the same updates as Mius Front, Africa Theatre, few available DLCs, new DLCs do not seem to be developed at the moment, the game + its DLCs are super cheap on sale.)

[@calessel3139]

@@Tonci87 OK. Thanks for the advice!

[@Tonci87]

@@calessel3139 Also when you do buy Mius Front, make sure to buy the Operation Blau DLC bundle. It adds a few very nice Campaigns (especially Croatian Legion, which is very beginner friendly, you can see a campaign play-through on my channel) at a low price

[@calessel3139]

@@Tonci87 OK, thanks again!

[@keksimusultimus4257]

it's look indeed amazing. But it lacks tutorials. Many exist on youtube, but are made either too chaoticaly, so they are jumping all over the place without real explanation, or are very low quality, so you're mostly fighting with your ears to understand what's being said in-between shots and explosions sounds set at 100%. Very good video mate, looking forwards for more!

[@Tonci87]

Yeah I noticed that as well. At some point I will produce Tutorials

[@danerogers9058]

This by far is one of my favorite wargames. Yes, it's difficult to get into, but once you get you're feet wet and put the time and effort into mastering all it's nuances you'll be in wargaming heaven. My only problem with this game, is it only covers limited areas of WW2 and the cold war. Outside of that it's the best wargame I've ever played.

[@Tonci87]

Yeah, I still hope the Devs will expand into the late war at some point

[@BunialskiTrip]

Just bought the game after this recommendation.

[@pandaprewmaster325]

This reminds me of the sudden strike series although this takes realism to the next level

[@ApolloFX_CZ]

you just convinced me. I give it a shot

[@Tonci87]

It´s on sale :)

[@martindejonge695]

One of the best moments in Graviteam is when you encounter the bulk of the enemy's armour and you don't have an appropriate force to deal with them head-on but with careful planning and some luck you could ruin the enemy's armor for the rest of the campaign then you take a gamble and go over all the AT weaponry you have, you study the terrain for good ambush positions and all you want is to disable the armour. For a tutorial or how to, in my opinion the game's tutorial teaches you bare minimum and I recommend just watching people play campaigns and seeing what they do. As for graphics, it isn't a focus point for me when I want to pick up a game, for example, my favourite looking games are Blitzkrieg 1, SupCom and RA1 and what I appreciate about Graviteam is it works, runs well on my GT730. I cannot recommend it enough.

[@Tonci87]

Yes, you have described it beautifully. It´s so great when you manage to take the enemy armor force apart one by one until you are able to counterattack.

[@renerinner1573]

Abo & Greetings from Austria! Love the game! It would be great to see more from it on your channel 👌

[@Tonci87]

There is a lot already, and much more coming :)

[@tioopuh]

Why am im just hearing about this game looks so good!

[@CommitPesticideWorldwide]

Looks cool. It'd be fun to see then make DLC of partisan vs conventional occupying forces, both for WWII as well as in modern day settings.

[@Tonci87]

That would indeed be interesting.

[@taddricketts6282]

So, stoked when I saw the words:MIUS Font....I knew exactly where the front would be and The Frederecus German Offensive right as the Stalingrad Tidal wave ran out of bodies, plus Von Manstein practice his Chess "Rochade" move, creating the Moblie Reserve that formed the Vanguard of "Operation Fredericus" by culling in both 1st and 4th Panzer Army from the ruins of Op. Blau(blue) in the Caucasian mountains and the shattered remnants of Army Group South/Army Detachment Hollidt turning into Another 6th Armee

[@Tonci87]

You know your history well :)

[@crispy9872]

I discovered this game today, I have played my fair share of ww2 pc strategy games, company of heroes 1 & 2, Steel Division 2, Men of War etc none of them really ever latched into me and I would rather play my tabletop stuff because they’re more complex. But this game just looks like it will scratch that itch. To me WW2 needs to be portrayed as a brutal grind. My only wish is they had some western front maps, maybe in the future.

[@Tonci87]

I get what you mean about WW2 startete Games beding to be monumental in their scale.

[@SonofOrion42]

There's nothing else quite like Graviteam Tactics. Even though I still struggle with the UI and the general flow of the game at times, no other strategy game has gripped me quite like this one. It's a stunningly detailed and honest depiction of war that has no equal.

[@Tonci87]

Absolutely!

[@yumpinyiminy963]

Very cool concept. Not sure I have the time to get deeply into it. I have to watch some tutorials.

[@Tonci87]

Trust me, it is worth it

[@apd1004]

Subscribed. Very nice intro to GTMF. In fact, I purchased the Croatian DLC based on your videos on that series which I am now starting to watch. I like your narrative style and you seem to have a very good mastery of GTMF which I am hoping will teach me a few things to allow me to dive deeper into the game. I have been playing Graviteam games since the original Kharkov 1943 but most of that time I have NOT been playing because of the difficult learning curve to understand how the game works. The language barrier between the Ukrainian devs and my own English language is by far the biggest reason why I walk away because the documentation even after all these years is terrible and a lot of things in the game are even today still unexplained or under-explained. I keep coming back to it though because like you mentioned there really is nothing else out there with this level of realism and historical accuracy. There are many KZbinrs with tutorials and playthroughs but even some of them don't fully understand the game mechanics (does anybody besides Andrey...? ;-), and as for the ones who do understand it well enough, their videos are usually older and may be still somewhat valid today but are outdated for the latest game engine and improvements/addons. Speaking of which, even though the game in its various forms has been around for many years and for most games by now would be unsupported and gone from hard drives, it is quite impressive how Graviteam keeps improving and adding to the game to extend its lifetime. Keep up the good work!

[@Tonci87]

Yes, they released a new patch a week ago and it overhauled the Off map artillery completely. Also the DLCs that they keep releasing are excellent. The user manual covers the most important aspects of the game fairly well, but the writing is at times obtuse and unclear. The language barrier certainly is the cause for that. I can see how a newcomer to the series would struggle a lot, so that is why I'm trying to help.

[@80sHairMetalFan]

@1:30 Ooof. That's a rough way to go.

[@mighthookya3826]

This game looks amazing I have never really played much strategy war games but this game looks so good I want to give it a try but it looks overwhelming . The detail in this is crazy

[@Tonci87]

Oh yes, to a newcomer this game will look very overwhelming at first, but how overwhelmed you are depends a lot on the complexity of the campaign you are playing. If you compare the three campaigns that so far are on my channel, you will see that the Croatian Legion and Chouigui Pass campaigns are much simpler than the Raging Bridgehead Campaign that I'm playing now.

[@gander4872]

This looks great but I haven't been able to find a way into understanding what to do. Your video defined what the game is overall, which is a good start lol. I'm stuck on the first in-game tutorial and can't find any videos which explain not what to do but HOW to do it. This game was made by people who think pressing 1 to select group 2 makes sense.

[@Tonci87]

Yeah I know it can be quite confusing. What are you stuck on, maybe I can help?

[@yavimayawurm9769]

I love this game it's a worthy successor to the close combat series

[@RawPower7]

It is much better than the CC series..

[@raidermaxx2324]

interestingly enough, i just saw that command wheel being used in the new Men of war 2 playtest

[@Tonci87]

Interesting

[@opie_candoit78]

so steel division army gen? i dig it man thanks for showing this to me!!!!!

[@CybershamanX]

I'm pretty sure that anybody who is actively looking for Mius Front videos isn't going to care about the length of the video. In fact, longer is better. 😎🤘 Thanks for this video! It was a great overview of how the game works! Yes, I think many are confused and turned off by it since it's not really an RTS, but rather a battle simulator. 😉 PS: Subbed! 😃

[@Tonci87]

Welcome :)

[@CybershamanX]

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[@Tonci87]

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[@DZ-1987]

I am very proud of the fact that i learned Cold Waters on my own without any form of external help. And with severe input editing, learned Steel Fury as well. I will enjoy this game. I just need a device that can run it.

[@bencurran3204]

What's imput editing

[@DZ-1987]

@@bencurran3204 fancy way of saying "i changed what button does what in the settings"

[@bencurran3204]

@@DZ-1987 aight

[@Edelwolf783]

i sooo love this game. but i never played it for more than a few hours, i rly should take another look into it. i am rly into grand strategy games. War in the East 2 is the masterpiece i rly put a lot of hours, and days and weeks in. Maybe some day you might want to take a look into it.

[@Tonci87]

I'll check it out, although it does look daunting

[@Edelwolf783]

@@Tonci87 Yeah cool. Check it out. Buuut pay attention... It will eat your time... I just say "ok just one more turn... Ok now just one more... Okokok i only take this City..." xxxxD

[@jmurkz]

Thank you Tonci, sadly Graviteam do not make tank simulators anymore, SABOW was their last one and from what I understand did not sell well. That imho was due to the choice of theater, had they chosen WW2 East vs West I feel we would still be getting tank simulations from Graviteam :) as they would go hand in hand with Mius Front asset and map wise.

[@Tonci87]

Yeah, it is a shame.

[@voyageproper]

good news is Steel Beasts still out and realsing stuff. thankfully it also allows for multi people to enter into the complex simulations and battles. from the macro to micro of a combate simulation.

[@janespright]

I know your channel from years ago, trying to reproduce the SH5 convoy tactics! Glad to see that you expanded into other sims as well. What do you think of the Gunner, HEAT, PC? Haven't tried wolves of steel (I mostly played GWX on sh3) but from the looks of it, i will soon enough

[@Tonci87]

I didn´t understand this question: "What do you think of the Gunner, HEAT, PC?" The funny thing is that I´ll go from SH5 back to SH3. When all is considered, SH3 is still the better experience (although the TWOS mod has done a lot to remedy the disastrous state of vanilla SH5)

[@janespright]

@@Tonci87 GHPC is another tank sim, I was wondering if you played it and what your thoughts on it were

[@Tonci87]

No I did not play that yet. AS I understand it, it is still in development. I´ll have to check it out once they get further along.

[@Stenhunden]

Had this game on my wishlist for a long time, after watching your vid I think I'm ready to give it a go. Also, can someone answer how this compare to Combat Mission Shock Force 2? Aside from obvious time period difference.

[@Tonci87]

The gameplay is very different. Graviteam Tactics does not allow you to micromanage your units like CM does. It would not be feasible in GT because of the large number of units. GT also has realtime battles and a strategic campaign layer. You get the feeling of fighting battles that go on for days with you gaining and loosing ground. GT also has the big emphasis on logistics and communication/battlefield cohesion. The Damage modelling in GT is absolutely superior.

[@freedomfirst5557]

I am hoping they will in the future, make up some scenarios, like Combat Mission Black sea and the like. I think 22 World War ll scenarios are good for right now.

[@Tonci87]

I´m personally hoping for a middle east scenario. Something like they had in Operation Star

[@avg_joe117]

I like the realistic weapons.

[@mz4637]

cool

[@francescomolina]

ok, the commando points want to simulate the delay of order time you need to reach the lower structures .. other games use timedelays for this

[@Tonci87]

Not just that. More than just the time delay, they want to simulate the amount of information and orders than can simultaneously be relayed through the communication channels of that time. As a player you can set a manual time limit for every order. I considered to do that at some point, just for fun.

[@francescomolina]

@@Tonci87 ok, i understsmd , its for preventing the player to make to much micro management ... but a game like "Command Ops 2" has a nice order delay structure to simulate the time an order reach the unit

[@red1warhammer600]

... do the WESTERN FRONT!!! .. pretty sure a lot of us will join in 😊

[@yurykomarinskiy9497]

I found myself willing to give a second and then a third like for the video. And then the fourth one

[@cameronkramer2367]

all the sudden this game makes combat mission look simple

[@Tonci87]

It is very different compared to CM. Less micro and more large scale macro management. The battles are a sight to see. Watch my videos on the raging bridgehead campaign if you want to know what I mean :)

[@bluebubbadog2080]

"Not everyone has a radio" The Americans would like to have a word about that

[@destruct7881]

yes! this best ww2 game

[@leventeberes3829]

I would love if this game had mp

[@Tonci87]

That would be quite something, although I on´t know how they could pull it off. It would be very difficult to balance the germans vs. the soviets. On second thought, maybe it is better that there is no MP and they can focus on making the units realistic, instead of thinking about balance (Seen too many games were realism and immersion were thrown out the windows in favour of some perceived balance).

[@wojtass1818]

Hey, thank you for the video. What is the difference between Mius Front and Steel Division II?

[@Tonci87]

Well, Mius Front is a battlefield simulator, Steel Division simply a WW2 RTS. For example, tanks don´t have an arbitrary range limit in Mius Front. If they can see the enemy and fire with a reasonable chance of hitting, they will take the shot. In Steel Division many tanks have a fixed range limit of 2km as an example. Tanks in steel division also have hitpoints. Damage to each crewmember and the tanks systems is precisely simulated in Mius front. In Mius front unit stats like stamina, exhaustion individual ammunition loadouts are modeled. Many many things you won´t find in Steel division.

[@wojtass1818]

@@Tonci87 Thank you for precise response to my question :) I love your SH3 campaign btw 😍

[@KhanGirey]

Bought the game before I saw your review. I'm really liking it, however there are some glaring issues such as a general lack of documentation and jank on an individual unit level that really suck some of the enjoyment out of it. I'll continue to play it, but I just wish the devs would focus on the accessibility of the game

[@Tonci87]

Accessibility has always been an issue with Graviteam games, and the perceived jankiness on an individual unit level is a direct result of that. The game manual has become a decent source of information (the version on steam is not up to date for some reason, go to the developer website), but watching some informed gameplay on YT (rare and hard to find outside of my channel, there are so many people who have no clue how to play) will give you a good idea about how to do things. Apart from that, use the visualizers that are available in the game if something doesn´t seem to make sense, they do help to explain things to some extent.

[@KhanGirey]

@@Tonci87 Thanks for the reply. I think what I meant by jank can be explained by this example. I was going through the tutorial in which you are ambushing a German convoy. You have access to an MG team. Now, what I wanted to do, was deploy the MG team in such a way that the machinegun enfilades the troops with a firing line down the road. I told the team to "take cover" on a piece of the road that could overlook the fighting area. What I got, was the section leader charging forwards (he was in fact the closest man to the enemy), the assistant gunner laying in the road, and the mg gunner floating in the air with the machinegun on his back somewhere off in the woods. The big problem I'm trying to work with is getting my troops to do what I want them to do in a logical manner.

[@Tonci87]

@@KhanGirey If you want your troops to deploy in a very specific spot, then either use the fast move (works best) or the defend order. Keep in mind that AI in this game has its own will.

[@KhanGirey]

@@Tonci87 Thanks, that's what I did. Perhaps it was just a bug. Maybe the missions haven't been fully updated? I was playing Stepanovka quick mission which teaches you about comm lines, but what I noticed was that in about 2/6 tries of that mission, the observer commander would never even send the wire runner out. I think you're right about looking at the big picture. I'll treat my armies as ant colonies: I can prod them in a direction, but I can't really force them to do anything - even if that gets them killed.

[@Tonci87]

@@KhanGirey Yeah, you are the Regimental commander, not god almighty. A frustration that I'm sure, has been shared by every commander in history :D

[@samhorder2259]

Please could you give a UI tutorial. Desperate to get into this, for a while, and even more so from watching your videos. You explain tactically very well, but I’m not sure about how to get up the menu for formations, for example.

[@Tonci87]

Sure, I´ll make more Tutorials at some point. I´m also continuously explaining things in my campaign playthroughs. If you give a movement oder to a unit by right clicking somewhere, the command wheel will open. There you can select one of the available order presets, or you can right click on one of the orders and change the options for that preset.

[@samhorder2259]

@@Tonci87 Tah very much man. Also, how do you get the mortar ratios, when targeting?

[@Tonci87]

@@samhorder2259 What do you mean by Mortar ratios?

[@samhorder2259]

@@Tonci87 I’m hungover; sorry 😂 You were using mortars in one of your campaign videos to shell a village. It gave you an indication of how much the shots will miss by, whilst the mortar users work out the range and I can’t remember what the other stat was for.

[@Tonci87]

@@samhorder2259 The other stat is usually the time that the fire observer needs to call in the Fire Mission.

[@robinmattheussen2395]

I really enjoyed your overview in this video. Personally, I tried playing Achtung Panzer when it first came out, but I struggled quite a bit just to be able to play that game. I actually purchased Mius Front a couple of months ago when it was on sale, but I haven't had the guts to get into it yet. I'm someone who really likes realistic strategy games (or simulations), but I'm really quite awful at them. I also really like Combat Mission but it's the same there, I'm just terrible at playing it. I really wish I could get into this one. It would be really nice if the game itself had more robust introductory material for new players.

[@Tonci87]

Yeah, the Tutorials offer only a basic explanation of how the game works. You can however watch the Campaigns that I have uploaded to KZbin so far. I always try to explain as much as possible. That is also how I learned to play these games. Watching other people do it.

[@mcsmash4905]

arguably it is , but holy crap does it make your brain boil when you try to understand it , it kinda fucks you over if you try to plan out something too much cause it rarely happens the way you want it to

[@Tonci87]

No plan survives contact with the enemy ;)

[@mcsmash4905]

yeah , the only time it actually worked for me was in chewy gooey pass (tank warfare tunisia ofc) , i parked my panzers on a hill and just shot apart the american tanks which tried to speed along the road to get closer to me as fast as possible , seems the ai knew that the BB guns of the stuarts couldnt do anything from that distance , but thats about it really , everything else just goes to hell the moment someone fires a shot

[@Tonci87]

@@mcsmash4905 Well to me that is what makes it fun. You can´t predict how an operation will go :)

[@mcsmash4905]

@@Tonci87 yeah

[@skleem4871]

Murphys law, that's normal

[@StenKilla]

TC means tank Corps i think

[@Tonci87]

Yes, correct :)

[@Edelwolf783]

2 TC SS should mean 2nd SS Tank Corps, i think.

[@Tonci87]

That is correct

[@TedPolak]

Forgive to pose this question, but: is Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front comparable or not comparable to Battlefront Red Thunder? And if comparable is it better or worse?

[@Tonci87]

I don´t think that the two games can be compared to each other very well. While both try to portray battles on the eastern front, they go about that in a very different way. In GT Mius front the battles happen in real time and the campaigns can stretch for days of ingame time, with a strong focus on troop deployment and logistics. Combat Mission on the other hand allows you to micromanage units to a degree that is not possible in Mius front, where the AI is quite autonomous.

[@stefans7220]

Id really like MP in this game before buying. Ive heard it was thought of, but nothing yet?

[@Tonci87]

I doubt there will ever be MP in this game. But the AI is quite capable

[@evgeniy4145]

Fantastic review. Game by Ukrainian GameDev team from Kharkiv But AI in this game not the best