Just bought this game, and I am a life long "grognard". Very impressed. The depth of the game goes well beyond the Panzer General type levels, and nearly to the operational grog level. It does a great job of hiding the "grog" details for the more intimidated, but allows the grogs to really notice and plan to the "column shift" level if they want.

I noticed the issues with the limited scenarios --- the developer website forums has a *ton* of user made scenarios to be played under this engine. (btw, nice job in having an editor as well...)

I have downloaded a "Leningrad" campaign from the developer site that is on par with the included Stalingrad ones.

Best twenty bucks I have spent in a long time.....

This is a great introductory war game for anyone looking to get into the wargamming scene. Simple but there is some depth in how you link units together and develop stratgegies to win. Can be set so that obtaining objectives is very difficult, so beware of that.

Overall an enjoyable game that doesn't demand too much of the player.

Very good game. Visually very appealing, and with tons of strategic depth. I wargame dream for all the fans of Panzer General. Panzer General was my first wargame, I have very fond memories about it, and Unit of Command was able to give me the same joy.

On the negative side, it lacks all the contents of a true wargame, but maybe will gem more for in the future?

Nevertheless, a must buy.

I must agree to some of the reviews here.

The game system is similar to PG with more (very interesting!) depth, but lacking the content. The only campaign has a very limited number of scenarios. Worse, when you are not rather good in playing, the campaign ends after scenario 4 for you, since very ambitious campaign settings. You are forced to play the same scenarios again and again until you are lucky enough to win a number of decissive victories after each other. That limits the fun for all but the realy hard boiled strategists.

PG gave more fun, because the campaigns started rather easy and you at least had some positive feedback from start on. Here you are rather frustrated by an overambitious game system (for example it is not possible to save a good victory and try it later again on basis of this -- also it seams, that the objectives are so ambitious, that you won't be able to have a decissive victory, when you are out of luck with the weather).

With more content and less ambitious game mechanics (at least one beginner campaign or different difficulty levels) it would have been a clear five stars game! Still four stars, since it is an indie-game, as I read (from a big company I would have given only 3 because of the very limited content).

Simply brilliant.

Manages to simplify the gameplay without losing the deep strategy characteristic of the best wargames.

Probably THE BEST introductory wargame.

It's a shame to have to give this a bad review, because the gameplay is actually great and I really want to like it. The problem? There really is hardly any content in this game... and it's 30 euros at the time of this writing which is INSANELY expensive, not only for an indie game of this type in general, but especially for something with as little content as this has. I bought it on a 50% off sale, and that is actually STILL really expensive. I'm surprised this is hardly mentioned in any other reviews.

The campaigns are incredibly short. There are 2 campaigns in total and I believe there were 3-5 "normal" levels that you complete linearly in each one and they are all relatively quick to complete. To get more levels than this (and that's only few more) you have to not just beat the normal levels, but excel at some of them to get Decisive Victory or higher. That means you have to replay the same levels over and over again to figure out how to master it before you even get to play these unlockable levels. This is a terribly boring thing to do, at least for me. To be fair, you CAN play the unlockable scenarios outside of the campaign individually, but this only makes having the campaign in the first place pointless. It's better to just play each level from the scenarios menu. Even with all the scenarios available, however, there is just still way too little content in this game for this price. Unless you find it fun to replay each short level over and over for the purpose of maxing out your score, there is no replayability and very few hours of gameplay in total.

Having said all this, the game IS a lot of fun for the little time you have with it. But it's not even close to worth it at this price level.

Hats off to the developers (both of them!) for delivering such entertainment in a digital footprint that other devs reserve for their self-congratulatory credits.

In these days, where games routinely looking for 36 gigs of hard drive space, a 2 terrabyte liquid nitrogen-cooled gfx card, and a 16 core processor, this is a fantastic effort. The graphics are basic, but beautiful; the gameplay is accessible, demanding, but beautiful. Unity of Command has taken me back to the early days of gaming; total immersion, poised in front of a screen for hours...nothing else matters...everything hinges on that next mouse click...gawd, I feel 20 years younger!

Unity of Command is a very elegant game, and the interface is clear and welcoming for newcomer, which is not something that can be said of many WWII strategy games. The game has received many glowing reviews, so i feel i may be missing something because to me the game did not seem deep enough to hold my attention for long and wasn't much variation, only ever increasing numbers of troops to organize.

Initialy i thought this game was lacking alot of "feeling" however eventualy you got in to the commander role. The game uses a kind of wierd turn campaign were you have to complete one step in order to move on, if you lose you will have to do it again in order to get somewere. its a bit sad that your units dont keep the moral and advancements made from last turn but instead "reloads" to a programmed skill every time you play a new map, even if you won. Its lacking the ability to call in bombers and artillery, the fact that only close airsupport is avalible is terrible, there is no way to keep the skys clear from enemy planes with fighters etc. The game seems very random in its way to pick who won and who lost a battle (unit v unit). for you soviet players this game adds alot of stress, german tanks and units are WAY better, even in retreat or when they are wounded. most soviet specialist units are defencive wich makes even a small advancement super tough

Simple to play, complex to master. Ive put about 5 hours into this so far and am really enjoying it. The gameplay is operational level wargaming during the Axis offensive into Soviet Russia during WW2. The UI is really easy to navigate and control which allows the player to focus on the important part: the strategy. I love the way the game handles supply lines and this forms a critical part of your strategy. The AI seems strong (ive played the first 3 campaign missions) and they will actively seek to cut your supply and envelope you! The graphics work really well in this setting and the sound is good (although not that important to this game). I can highly recommend this game.

This turn based strategy game was a little big surprise.

Easy to learn and easier to play, offers several hours of fun and challenges you to try to get the best goal in time to open new scanarios.

You have to manage your forces at their best and, sometime, sacrify some of them to your strategy.

Historically accourated, it offers a glance of the russian campaign but it never goes too deep, rememberig me a chess-game.

It is a little bit short (more scenarios had granted it 5 stars) and a well skilled strategy gamer could finish it in a night per faction but, it is a very well designed strategy game with a decent AI.

In a world it is funny and you will not regret the purchase if are looking for a game that not oblige you to manage thousands of details or 30 minutes to pass to a turn to another.

Good job, but im looking forward to an expansion!

A wonderful little Eastern Front game, it's interface is smooth and polished, and the gameplay is solid and enjoyable. In my opinion, it's a more casual game, but not without nuances, and would likely be enjoyed by hardcore wargamers, newbies, and folks in between.

As a long time war gamer I am thoroughly impressed. Excellent interface; well designed and well written manual; easy to play, difficult to master. I like the focus of this game. The scenarios represent small scale encounters with specific objectives so you are not overwhelmed trying to manage an entire war effort. But the battles are intense and lively and require planning and strategy and you will be challenged. I can not devote hours at a time to playing games anymore and the scope of this game is perfect. I can fire up the game, get a stand alone battle started or continue my campaign immediately. There are attributes you can optionally apply to units to give you strategic flexibility without overwhelming you. I guess thats what I like most about this game: It is challenging, it has subtle depth , yet it is immediately accessible and focused. I will play this game for a very long time. Well worth the price.

I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by this game. Especially knowing that it was independently made by only a couple of people. Now this game is no where near the scope of Gary Grigsby War in the East or any other f his games but still, it has tons going fro it. Graphics are great, the interface is superb and mostly it has a great well thought and written manual. Now this game may be suited for beginners of the genre but it gets harder and harder as you play and the AI is probably the best I have ever seen in a game. Playing a particular scenario, the AI Lead Soviet Forces sneaked up on me and took my supply lines right under my nose.

I am hoping that the popularity of this game may bring the developers to create scenarios in western Europe like Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, the Italian Campaign, Operation Sealion or my favorite the African Campaign. Anyhow, I strongly recommend this game to newbs and veterans alike as this game will surprise you in every way possible.

Unity of command takes the best elements from a long tradition of hex-based war games and presents it in a attractive package. The game offers depth and rewards diligence in logistics but does not fall into the trap of tedious micromanagement. The learning curve of the game is therefore not very steep and the included tutorials and manual do a very good job of getting you accustomed to commanding your forces. Gameplay is challenging and rewarding, without being frustrating, and the AI impressively exploits weaknesses wherever it finds it. The variety of scenarios will keep gamers busy for a while and there's reply value in trying new stratagems

The somewhat basic multiplayer options are a bit of a limitation but there are promises of expansion in that area in the future. The lack of bugs at launch is also noteworthy and the overall polish and accessibility (tooltips explaining everything on mouse hover) add to the experience. At the present price, it's hard not to recommend the game to all lovers of turn-based WW2 games.

Unity of Command is highly reminiscent of the old Panzer General games from SSI, but with a bit more complexity. The battles require almost chess-like strategy in order to get the best victories, much like Panzer General, although this game has a nice logistics and supply system which may seem like too much at first, but once you figure it out it adds to the game.

The Good:

-Like the first Panzer General game, the setting is large scale, meaning you will be moving entire divisions across the map to capture Stalingrad rather than scooting battalions around trying to capture village #47 like in the smaller-scaled PG2.

-Multiplayer.

-AI isn't terrible.

-Units are named with historical accuracy in mind.

-Easy to learn, difficult to master.

-Play as German Wehrmacht or Soviet Red Army.

-Takes up very little space, downloads in a few minutes.

The Bad:

-Campaign is short with less than 10 battles.

-Only one campaign can be saved at one time. So starting a new campaign erases the old one. Not a huge deal due to the short campaign.

-I don't see much replayability in this title due to relatively small number of scenarios and lack of a scenario creator.

The Ugly:

-Lacks a scenario creator. Little excuse for that with such a simple game.

This is a good war games ( although they put it as strategy games, I think war games is more suitable genre ).

If you like Strategic Command 1-2, or Slitherine's Commander series this one almost resemble both, only it has theatrical / operational levels rather than grand scale of both of them. The main fun is : encircling and breaking through enemy's defense ( if you play as Axis ) while for Russian / Allied, I found it's repelling back Axis attacks are the fun factors.

There're supply lines to model both manuver. I have spent about 3 hours of play after download and it's still fun process.

The reason I gave 4 star because I didn't find the restart scenario button, save and load button in the middle of game and it doesn't have feature like carry your troops to elite status until end of game / upgrade between scenario.

So I must put 4 star because it doesn't give you those option, because of that IMHO this is war games not strategy game, also it's only focus on tactical - operation level.