Awesome demo. I am really liking this thing. Even with out MP I am going to get it!
Compared to the TOW franchise, this one is 'my' cup of tea! TOW, TOW2 has always frustrated me.
Last night, was working on learning the GUI in Kharkov '43, very intuitive and highly detailed. I selected an ATG, attached the camera and was astonished at the 3D detail of the crew and gun commander. I asked them to move the gun 10m to the left and off they went. I then sat the camera behind the ATG and asked the crew to fire at a tree 200m away and they did, until I told them to seize fire. I practiced GUI, maps etc., to get the feel for it while battles were ensuing, after 15 minutes all was well and in control. The pace is realistic for infantry type engagements. There is no hurrying and scurrying about where everything has to be done perfectly on schedule as in some RTS type sims. Or the other inherent problem in many RTS games where in each scenarion you have to comlete an assault on three trench lines and take a village with 4 tanks and 3 squads of infantry in 45 minutes of real time.
Kharkov '43 is so far scoring big points in my book. I still do not have in my collection a PC based wargaming program that comes close to actual table top miniatures with a good set of rules!
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