Firefight

Sean O'Connor

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About this game

Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game with more AI and attention to detail than any other game in its genre to date. Tanks are modelled with a physics engine and have gears, rev counters and speedos, and steer themselves with brake levers to give them realistic looking tracked vehicle movement. Each bullet, shell or piece of shrapnel is modelled in 3D and ricochets realistically off sloping surfaces. You can see each infantryman's rank, name, weapon, ammunition remaining, heart rate and fatigue levels. Machine gunners will call for ammunition when they're running low and other squad members will rush over with spare ammo if they are carrying any. Wounded men call for medics who will sprint over to administer first aid. Off-board artillery can be called in but will have to fire several ranging shots before the full 8 gun battery opens fire simultaneously.

If you liked Close Combat you'll love Firefight!

Ratings and reviews

Excellent game. That brings back the feel of the classic close combat games I remembered on PC. the only issue I have is with the topography that interferes a lot with artillery pieces. for example, if I place artillery pieces on a hill according to the map. And use the line of site. It's always blocked by elements like trees and buildings that are placed below the hill. it would be great for that to be fixed. also, if they could add some winter maps. Or even desert maps, or even campaigns👍🏼

I remember playing this years ago on our home computer with the pack including slay and all the rest. Didn't really get it then. But I've really come to enjoy this game now, and it's a lot of fun to play. One constant complaint is my tank's AI. They never aim preemptively at a known enemy (seems enemy is always aimed at me) and take longer to load and fire, 9 times out of 10. Presumably a round would be loaded before engagement. Hugely frustrating.

Infantry combat in this game is awesome. You need to use fire support and aggressive manoeuvre to take positions. I love that mortars and artillery need to be called onto a target as well. Unfortunately, the armour combat is really poor. Tank AI seems to want to always take the dumbest route possible and will sit there with a clear line of sight to an enemy tank and not fire for no reason at all. Would be great if we could queue commands so units would change formation at a certain point.

What’s new

- increased the size of 2 Western Front, 5 Eastern Front and 4 Pacific Front maps