I got this based on Sea skimmer's recommendations; it's a simply awesome Real time strategy game which breaks a lot of the conventions of the genre; suchly as:
1.) You are always in charge of everything -- in WIC, you'll be in charge of a single unit which is running around on the battlefield, while the computer controls the rest of the force and the battlefield. So while you might be fighting a fierce fight for a village; you'll see airstrikes, artillery etc coming in on the distance; being called in by the computer. It really does immerse you.
2.) You will be given inadequate resources to execute "puzzles". -- In WIC, the puzzles are straightforward, like "clear that village", "hold that bridge", and you don't have to carefully husband your units, and do everything just right. You get near unlimited reinforcements; plus unlimited airstrikes; and you can call in multiple strikes at the same time.
So when 1+2 are combined; you get to see simply ABSURD amounts of firepower being called in; which is only approrpriate in a full blown World War III situation; and really does make it feel like a war is going on, even if the computer AI isn't too bright; the firepower more than makes up for it.
And you cannot just help but love a game that lets you call in ARC LIGHT strikes.
The graphics are really good. As Skimmer has said to me over AIM; they could actually be used for a First Person Shooter; the one drawback is it makes even my rig scream for mercy; I have to turn down some settings to get an acceptable average of 40 FPS in the benchmark with a Quad Core computer and a GeForce 8800 GTS 600~ MB card.
But what really makes it shine is the FULL SUBTITLING.
Yes, that's apparently an old NIKE missile as a monument in the background in front of a High School. Great little details like that abound in the game.
They even at least managed to get some of the lingo right:
