Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
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| Developer(s) | http://www.battlefront.com |
| Publisher(s) | CDV |
| Platform(s) | PC Mac |
| Release date | USA October 29, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Turn-based tactics, Wargame |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen |
Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin (commonly abbreviated as CM:BB)is a turn-based computer game about tactical battles in World War II. It is part of the Combat Mission series.
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[edit] Units
The nations that are playable are:
- Nazi Germany
- Soviet Union
- Romania (pre- and post- defection)
- Hungary
- Finland
- Soviet Partisans
- Poland (Under Soviet command)
[edit] Features
CM:BB was both a complement to the earlier Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord (CM:BO), in that it presented a different theatre of war, as well as a sequel, by way of improving game features and adding new ones.
[edit] Graphical changes from CM:BO
- "shockwave" explosions removed
- bullet splashes added
- wind effects visible
- "extreme" level of foliage coverage added
- 3D models of men and vehicles increased their polygon counts
[edit] Command changes from CM:BO
- Human Wave (Soviet player only)
- Crawl deleted
- Ambush deleted
- Covered Arc added
- Covered Arc (Armor Only) added
- Seek Hull Down added
- Shoot'n'Scoot added
New artillery commands were added, allowing for preplotting of barrages at game start. Sewer movement was also included in an abstracted form.
[edit] Terrain changes from CM:BO
- Hedgerows deleted
- Factories added
- Steppe added
- Wooden fences added
[edit] Demo
A playable public demo was offered by battlefront.com. The demo did not include access to the mission editor, but did permit solo, hotseat, email or TCP/IP play of two pre-made scenarios.
[edit] Yelnyia Stare
This scenario featured a large Russian infantry force fighting a dug-in German infantry force in the autumn of 1941.
[edit] Demo scenario two
This scenario featured German armor attacking over open steppe in the autumn of 1943.
[edit] Controversy
In order to conform to German law, depictions of the swastika were removed from in game graphics depicting the German national flag of the era. Additionally, all Waffen SS units were renamed "Waffen Grenadier".
[edit] Special Edition
A special edition was released with a "bonus disc" which included graphic mods and additional scenarios collected from designers within the CM community.
[edit] Combat Mission: Campaign
A final version of CM:BB will be included in the Combat Mission: Campaign game announced by battlefront.com. CM:C is an operational-level game intended to interface with CM:BB; a new version of the latter will be released with CM:C and contain changes in the code to allow the two to interface. Combat Mission: Campaign will allow one or two players to control formation-sized units on strategic maps of several hundred square kilometres; their actions will result in smaller tactical battles to be fought out on 4-km square battlefields, either through auto-resolution or by playing them in CM:BB.
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