should I buy it?

[calabacina]

hi all

I'm quite interested in the game, I like the setting but I'm not an expert in rts and above all I'm not interested in the mp. Is there enough content for single player?

[Drug Tino]

Sure is. I play single player only, as do many people, and have 100s of hours.

However, you should then at least buy all the DLC that include single player missions and campagins. (History Pass, Burning Baltics, Blood Feud in Transilvanya). No need for others that just add divisions unless you would like to play those in Skirmish.

The game has three modes for single player:
- The Army General campaigns: which mixes RTS battles with turn-based macro strategy
- Historical missions: specific scripted missions/scenarios
- Skirmish: A game played according to MP rules but against AI. You choose the map, game settings and your and the AIs battle group as you wish.

However, the game certainly is not the easiest and takes time and patience to learn. It lacks proper tutorials and many hidden mechanics are not explained. So be aware of that.

But if you're an military/history enthusiast when it comes to WW2. It should be a good buy. Especially when on sale.

[calabacina]

thanks a lot for the answer comrade ;)

[Drug Tino]

Haha, you're welcome :)

[sandman2575]

I put SD2 in the Top 10 Best Games I've Ever Played category. And I play exclusively single player. There is a LOT of SP content with the campaigns included in the base and the DLCs.

so yes, buy it

[Dindomir]

I'm just gonna jump on the bandwagon here and say the game is great even in Single Player. The game is a stickler for historical authenticity (not necessarily accuracy) so the campaigns are with very similar looking battalions (you will see a lot of basic Soviet and German infantry), but the divisions in Skirmish, while also accurate, have some very cool stuff in them. The AI is very competent for an RTS, which is to say competent enough to be a challenge the vast majority of the time.

[F.U.D.F.]

If you've only ever played single player or 10v10s, that's fine, but just know that even a bad PvP player would seal club you.

Someone with 50 hours in PvP would wipe someone with 1k hours againts the unit-spawning algorigthm. Simple as.

[chalvleleolv]

A good thing you should do calabacina is to visit my discussion about total unit amount in the game, the developers say that there is 600 or more ( 600 and something) units available in the base game, if this is correct then just go takea look how many more you get with D.L.C in my : "TOTAL UNIT AMOUNT CURRENTLY IN STEEL DIVISION 2 (D.L.C INCLUDED)" discussion, that way you get an idea if you want the D.L.C or not

[chalvleleolv]

Originally posted by Dindomir:

I'm just gonna jump on the bandwagon here and say the game is great even in Single Player. The game is a stickler for historical authenticity (not necessarily accuracy) so the campaigns are with very similar looking battalions (you will see a lot of basic Soviet and German infantry), but the divisions in Skirmish, while also accurate, have some very cool stuff in them. The AI is very competent for an RTS, which is to say competent enough to be a challenge the vast majority of the time.

I disagree I have seen many statistics that point to the game following historical accuracy, sure there are some things a bit odd with say for example armored warfare, but generally the smaller details and the statistics of each unit is fairly accurate