This is another of the times I'd really prefer to give a neutral vote.

Game is obviously a researched labour of love and passion. More importantly, it does try something new in the genre, which in itself is rare enough to forgive game mechanics turning THE most melee-adverse army of WW2 into an army doctrinally melee-focused to the point instructors from the the Imperial Japanese Army boot camps would turn green with envy.

So why did I choose the "not recommended" option? Because the game tries to be a junior officer simulator, then repeatedly fails at differentiating between player and player character knowledge.

Here's a tutorial example: a choice needs to be made between two men. At this point player has seen one of those names mentioned once, which allows to deduce those are two of players three squad leaders, reinforcing the feeling player character has some knowledge of those two men. Thus, the obvious and logical choice (incidentaly, also one that would be drilled into any junior officer in OCS) would be to fall back on (player characters) knowledge instead of making a completely blind choice... which is treated as hesitation and punished accordingly.

This kind of artificialy blind choices assuming players knows everything player character does repeats from time to time, and while such approach would be explainable in a by definition repeated roguelite, it's imo an unforgivable failure in an attempted character simulation based on player immersion.

That being said, if this failure does not discourage you, it's still an interesting shot at turn-based tactics.

I will start off by saying this game is a huge disappointment.

I'll be fair and to the point as possible for others considering buying it and then go into more depth.

#1 This is not a war game, it is a poorly written interactive novel with choose your own adventure style choices, which do not matter. You are locked into a hamster wheel with no actual freedom of choice, along with super poor tactical execution.

I have been a strategy and tactical combat war gamer all my life and I even have read a few of the choose your own adventure style books the lead writer has written. I recognized the linear decision style right away in the tutorial. This game i had high hopes for but its a huge nothing burger. You'll also be bombarded by the dev himsellf telling you all about his game in the tutorial which is arrogant and anoyying. The Dev clearly never heard Todd Howards' golden rule of developing
( is it fun) The dev wanted a game he could say was leadership focused but its just not. Its just a poorly written interactive novel with no real tactics except a simple rinse and repeat formula that you have to overuse.

You are better off reading a Jeff Shaara WW2 book and just enjoying the stories from that.

I rarely write negative reviews but after refunding myself and having two friends tell me how bad the experience was for them, who played longer then 2 hours and cant refund i decided to say something.

Save your money- This game is not going to end up being what you want or hope it will be.
Seriously its a poorly written story with terrible combat options
This my friends is your first choice in Value for money management!

Great game brings me back to when games where simple yet deep and decisions actually matter. And the best Dev team of all time. I have been gaming for 20+ years and they are the first to talk to me one to one and help me fix a bug in the game. Truly amazing! Other companies should take note THIS IS HOW YOU GET FANS! I am still in awe of this. They have won a life long supporter from this. Amazing game and amazing people.