![]() By clicking in the right stick while you have all these units selected, you create a new group, which is separate from the rest of your units, and can be selected via the D-pad. In order to select more than one unit, you have to hold down the A button and move the left stick up or down to increase and decrease the size of a circle, which auto-selects all units in that circle. They falter, for instance, when you try to organize your units into smaller groups. The console controls are not perfect, however. It achieves this quite well on console, as controlling large numbers of units is very easy once you get the hang of it. Screenshot: Sudden Strike 4: European BattlefieldsĪs for the gameplay of Sudden Strike 4, it plays similarly to your standard real-time strategy game, in that you control a large number of units of varying types, with the objective depending on the mission. However, because of the limited number of buttons on your standard controller, it will be harder to master on console than on PC, if just a bit. For those of you who are new to the Sudden Strike series, or real-time tactics games in general, especially on console, this game is easy to learn, while tough to master. Fans of the older titles don’t need to worry about the change of hands though, because Kite Games has been faithful to the originals while also increasing the depth of the game with selectable generals and skill trees. It is the first game in the series developed by Kite Games, rather than series creators Fireglow. Sudden Strike 4 is this the latest release in the popular Sudden Strike series of World War II-themed real-time tactic games, with the European Battlegrounds Edition being the title of the Xbox One release of the game. ![]() Screenshot: Sudden Strike 4: European Battlefields With the release of Sudden Strike 4 on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, consoles are finally getting a fully realized real-time tactics game with all the complexities of a made-for-PC real-time tactics, while still allowing for comfortable play on a controller. However, in recent years games like Halo Wars and its sequel have raised the bar on the quality expected of a console real-time strategy, although with slightly simplified controls to compensate for the smaller number of available buttons on a controller. While there have been ports of popular real-time strategy games in the past, most have not been great, with a few exceptions. Real-time strategy/Real-time tactics games have been a staple of PC gaming for years now and are one of the few genres which never successfully made the leap from PC to console. Guest Author James Brod reviews the Xbox One version of Sudden Strike: European Battlefields Screenshot: Sudden Strike 4: European Battlefields
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