Close Combat - Gateway to Caen

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen

Steam Deck Unsupported

Matrix Games · Strategy · Jun 6, 2014

It depends on what you're after.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

70%
Mixed
493 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 493 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are improved from the earlier games in the series, from nice effects of smoke to more refined textures of the ground and units in general.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Compared to CC3, the main diference is the campaign mode that brings you much more replayability.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I only play multiplayer with a friend and we got fed up with the crashes during the game.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The explosion, smoke and sound effects are much improved and the campaign/strategic map is nicelly done.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Graphics60 reviews
Gameplay30 reviews
Multiplayer29 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat134 reviews
67%
Story and characters47 reviews
68%
Interface19 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty13 reviews
69%
Crashes9 reviews
11%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $39.99

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Player review score
70%
Mixed
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