Finally, my waiting is over. Close Combat is an animated, real-time World War II simulation. You play a US commander who's taking troops to the French town of Saint-Lo after landing on the beach at Normandy. An historic set of battles that solidified Allied beachheads in occupied France. Alternatively, you could play the part of the German defender, trying to stop the relentless southward drive of the US forces.
Computer games break free of the restrictions inherent to board games and offer so much more.
This means you don't necessarily know what your opponent is doing until you would actually see it if you were in a real conflict. Combat can be set to automatic, so you can concentrate on being a commander without having to direct every soldier's aim. All this happens in real time, so you must make quick decisions as battle progresses, even changing your strategy in mid-game as opportunities arise or disaster strikes. Your command encompasses infantry, tanks, tank destroyers, anti-tank guns, and armoured personnel carriers. Machine guns or mortars can fire at suspected enemy locations to keep your enemy's head down while your attack proceeds.