Rob Zacny took a peek at the early access version of the game two years ago, and was a little disappointed just how much like Men of War it felt. It adds an interesting new angle to gameplay, especially in multiplayer, and it does prevent you yelling at the screen as your little soldier-men fail to land a single bullet on a lone enemy in plain sight. Earlier games allowed you to control units directly from an overhead perspective, pointing directly to targets as needed, but Call to Arms allows you to play it as a (slightly wonky, admittedly) first-person shooter if so desired, popping headshots down rifle sights. It's a reflection of the most interesting feature of the game: Direct unit control, far in excess of anything the series has previously offered. On top of that, the game has loot crates, keys and all, although these seem primarily geared towards providing cosmetic fripperies for your account.Ī lot of the promotional screenshots for Call to Arms look like they could have been taken from a tactical shooter from just a couple years back. It is such a mess that they produced a big chart trying to explain it. Lastly, the Ultimate/Season Pass edition of the game will add German and Russian campaigns plus unit unlocks for them as they're released, and early beta access to new factions during development.
Now this is where it gets messy: The Deluxe pack at present contains nothing but some minor cosmetic/booster-type perks over the basic edition, but in future will provide instant unlocks for all Allied units, plus an Allied campaign.
The Basic edition will also provide access to the planned Allied, German & Russian armies as they're released. The Basic Edition of the game includes full single-player with a 10-mission campaign, as well as unlocking all US and GRM units from the start. At the Free level, the game is free-to-play, but only offers access to multiplayer and skirmish modes as the US and GRM factions, with some units requiring time and effort to unlock. Rather confusingly, Digitalmindsoft have opted to go the way of Ubisoft and create several tiers of Call to Arms ownership. While it bears a different name, the modern-themed Call to Arms may as well be a direct sequel, and has been lurking around Steam Early Access for some time now. I've had a soft-spot for Digitalmindsoft's long-running WW2 Men of War series for some time Chaotic, anarchic things, they're more like simulationist tabletop strategy games, played out in realtime. A sniper round finds purchase on a commander's helmet, but leaves his head intact. A shell ricochets off a tank hull, exploding in mid-air and killing an entire infantry squad.
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