This Armored Warfare Focused RTS is Finally OUT! | First Game Impressions

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Timeline
Intro and what is AB2 00:00 - 01:12
Creating a Mission 01:13 - 02:57
Unit Selection 02:58 - 05:19
Planning and Deploying our Units 05:20 - 09:10
Defending our Objective 09:11 - 24:54
AAR 24:55 - 27:03

[@PhanPhantasy]

Will you be getting Armored Brigade 2? Let us know below!

[@Wyvernstudios]

More than likely😊

[@scarpheel]

This game looks nice, I might get it :3

[@ernestexner466]

I checked Matrix store, and I didn't see it released quite yet

[@blauerdrache2474]

Yeah !

[@MondoChow777]

​@@ernestexner466 Keep refreshing.

[@ARescueToaster]

Well this certainly came out of nowhere! I really enjoyed the first game but had some trouble sticking with it for the long haul. Not being able to easily tell the height of terrain and having to check the arcane topography map that reminds me of the original Sim City just to get a decent '3d' picture of the battlefield.. Now with 3D graphics this looks a lot closer to Combat Mission and that's pretty rad

[@4rnnr_as]

Completely agree. Finding LOS in the original was a complicated affair. This...this is perfect.

[@San-hs6tj]

big agree LOS issues were my main problem with AB1 - beyond satisfied with what they've delivered and hype for the future, especially the modding community expanding the game to different eras and theaters

[@johnwicks4936]

I’ve been looking forward to this for some time. Glad to see it released.

[@OldSlimJolo]

One thing I kinda wish we had different than original armored brigade - I wish our fronts didn't need to just be a straight line. Not really a big deal on a small map, but on a 15 x 15 it'd be kind of nice to have option of basically painting deployment areas on generated missions so they could have shape / match the terrain to the players discretion.

[@mileskeller2003]

Thanks for the preview! I bought and played the 1st iteration, and this has me sold on 2. I've been looking for something like this that's less micro than Combat Mission but with some depth and seriousness. I think I'm there.

[@kawaiku]

Thanks for sharing. I also like how you went down to ground level to show us what that looks like. Quite a few others don't really do that. Also hope that future AAR's let you do a replay of the entire battle itself on the map. Would be cool to kinda see that.

[@OtterMusician]

AHHH, I’ve been waiting for this title since the first Steam post on the first Armored Brigade’s news page!

[@thejonathan130]

Do I like armoured warfare? No not at all, it's horrific and disgusting. Do i like games about armoured warfare? Yes absolutely!

[@ashby1672]

I am not a huge fan of RTS games, but I really enjoyed watching this video. I will give this game a shot once it comes out on Steam.

[@markcorrigan3930]

It's not a RTS. It's not about strategy at all. It's about tactics.

[@DarkFire515]

Good video! Pretty sure the crew of India-3 would be getting some medals for that performance.

[@frostbyte8098]

Thank you! 10 thumbs up. I will likely buy this game. I have the previous version, too.

[@catlowontour2641]

Would like to see more of this game on your channel, could cook up some really cool scenarios

[@Wotinkermation]

Waiting for it to release on steam sadly it's in 2025

[@zer0924]

You get a Steam Key supplied to you from Matrix when they release it on Steam, so that you may access it there upon release. I really don't understand this logic.

[@Zetler]

​@@zer0924The logic is it's not on Steam right now.

[@zer0924]

@@Zetler Doesn't make any difference. Why does it have to be on Steam? The user used the word, "sadly" just in case you missed that. I am telling him, that he can buy it on the Publisher's website. Thanks for playing though.

[@dusty4459]

Someone get India 3 a bottle of whiskey and a case of cigars. I was gonna hold out and wait for steam release but this looks great.

[@joshgiroux1758]

I'm excited for this release. I hope the ww2 mod is able to be ported over to this game.

[@San-hs6tj]

they said all mods would be backwards compatible with placeholder generic 3d units if they have no custom model. should be fun to do grozny and the ww2 stuff in 3d

[@San-hs6tj]

the game would be backwards compatible with ab1 mods*

[@joshgiroux1758]

@@San-hs6tj Grozny would be incredible

[@San-hs6tj]

@ if you haven’t played the first or anyone else reading that’s unaware, check out the steam workshop for armored brigade 1. there’s a Chechen war mod with a relatively complete ‘master’ depiction of the city, positions and units on both sides along with known fortifications and roadblocks, the streets are all named, the detail is really incredible. Also had smaller scenarios at different days of the battle like the rail station, was just really too slow/obtuse trying to judge terrain in ab1, will definitely be good gameplay imo with a 3d depiction, not to mention the original mods that will be made like modern day or the ab43 port. this feels like a must have wargame for genre fans.

[@JonBloor7]

Would love to see your experience and take on the Combined Arms module for DCS. It feels like a lot of wasted potential and your perspective coming from Steel Beasts, GHPC and this would make a very interesting video. What does it do well? What not so well? What are quick wins for new features? etc. Those comparisons could not only draw in DCS players to GHPC and SB, but potentially prompt more interest in the ground war everyone flies above!

[@natecondy4125]

This is slightly inaccurate because the M1A1’s didn’t start production until 1986

[@nikolasandic66]

Mass production, true, and deployment in Europe, but first vehicles were getting of the production line by the end of 1985. IIRC M1E1 was adopted as early as 1984, but it took time to reach production.

[@natecondy4125]

@@nikolasandic66 i see

[@Zetler]

So it's just a bunch of randomly generated missions? Is there a dynamic campaign with units veterancy and such?

[@PhanPhantasy]

No, there are pre-made missions that you can do. And yes there is a dynamic campaign that you generate and customize with.

[@M0LOCK]

Rlly gives me those Graviteam RTSs vibes

[@an_odd_one5184]

This game looks awesome!

[@casey_jones32]

It looks like 1985 is accurate for an M1A1, that does sound hella early.

[@IanLaurequez03]

Son: Mom, I want Warno. Mom: But we have Warno at home. Warno at home:

[@joshc1394]

I like Warno alot but AB definitely focuses on a more realistic approach.

[@zer0924]

Imagine being this retarded.

[@pixelwings821]

Excellent game!!

[@Hitomiogamiito]

yep just got it

[@Steamthrower1]

I'm a long time RTS and milsim player, anywhere from Combat Mission to CMO to DCS etc etc, but I just found it a bit too tedious getting into the first game and never bothered with it, is it worth the time?

[@San-hs6tj]

im a massive wargame fan, nebulous to combat mission blacksea to graviteam, play broken arrow and warno pvp, regularly play fps like squad and sandstorm, even bought command modern ops, and this is just unmatched in replayability and scale. when it gets the grozny/chechen war mod or the ww2 mod from ab1 i think itll be really popular. highly recommend. if you like combat mission 3d really ties ab together and not going to lie will likely replace it for me.

[@Steamthrower1]

​@San-hs6tj okay, thanks for the reply. I just got Sea Power, sounds like you'd probably like it, its been a load of fun. I'll give this game a bit more of an in depth look

[@ThereIsNoThem]

Good video. Like you I bought the first one and expansions but only wound up dabbling in it. Is there a discount for those who bought the first one?

[@paulsaunders6536]

No.

[@DocTew]

Great video. Btw, that russian troop carrier is pronounced "Shh- term" Shturm.

[@keno101]

Waiting for Steam release.

[@JeepWrangler1957]

Old school Avalon Hill gamer here. Do you think this game can be played on a laptop or better on a large monitor?

[@PhanPhantasy]

It should. Best to check the system requirements. I imagine it might be more cpu heavy.

[@SemperSalam]

Surprised there is like no change to the UI.

[@San-hs6tj]

worth it for the 3d view imo ties it all together very well. its like if combat mission looked like it was made this millennia

[@Zimur85]

@@San-hs6tj To me, this game feels a lot like Combat Mission after implementing 3D.

[@macrosss]

Holy....Matrix shop is so expensive at my country lolll. Ill wait more.

[@nardoverso]

Can you generate maps in this game like Combat Mission?

[@Zimur85]

No. In this game you have some large maps including parts like Germany and southern Finland (area of Kouvola). In a sense, you "generate" maps from these huge maps yourself. Also, in Combat Mission you can't generate maps after the CMx2 -engine upgrade. There are multiple separate maps of different sizes and the Quick Battle just pick from those most suitable maps based on given setup.

[@nardoverso]

@Zimur85 oh right I meant missions... can you generate random missions using the premade maps. In short: does this have endless content?

[@nikolasandic66]

@@nardoverso yes, you have skirmish and campaign generators

[@mindbomb9341]

So, it SEEMS this is more realistic than WARNO? Can anybody fill me in on major differences?

[@zer0924]

Oh that's easy. WARNO is an arcade RTS game. This is a Tactical game meant for people who know how to think instead of how fast they click their mouse.

[@kulik242]

Thank god for the easy mode. ...although i actually don't like the derogatory term easy mode. Let's just call it "you can make your units behave like they have a brain mode".

[@sharkk127]

So what do you mean this is out? It says its coming out in 2025 on stream

[@PhanPhantasy]

It's out on the matrix store www.matrixgames.com/game/armored-brigade-ii

[@Zimur85]

It is out in Matrix Games.

[@crispy3AD]

just charge extra now and ill buy it on steam ffs

[@voyteck7696]

I know it's their first 3d game but 3D models are ass, it's 2024, and textures instead of actual modeled wheels and tracks? Combat Mission series is the way to go :)

[@zer0924]

What's wrong with owning and loving both? What a stupid outlook from such a stupid person.

[@flare242]

Are the M1s killing BTRs through a massive forest? That's... i don't think they can do that. I hope the devs are gonna fix that. Because at that range, that's direct fire, and those are basically almost straight shots. So, the APFSDS would have to go THROUGH the forest. It can penetrate quite a bit of stuff, but not tens of trees one after the other... Not to mention how much would accuracy suffer. I hope that's gonna be fixed in later versions. If they fix stuff like that, and generally focus on the realism more, it's gonna be neat.

[@PhanPhantasy]

No, when I did the LOS tool, they could see it because that platoon was on high terrain. If you continued watching the video, I had to pull back India 3 from being too exposed after racking up so many kills. Of course, later on, the soviets tried to get a hind on that town/hill.

[@mehudspith]

Eye candy graphics are poor.

[@MondoChow777]

Using an old screenshot like that for a release build as a thumbnail is a travesty.

[@PhanPhantasy]

It's my screenshot that I took a few days ago. Not sure what's the issue here? It's still the same Abrams that you will see in the game.

[@zer0924]

@@PhanPhantasy Some people are just miserable, mate. Nothing you can do or say will ever make a reasonable connection with their low IQ.