I'll start with that I love this game; I loved it when it was first released and I still do. But as others have said it has not aged well,I'll start with that I love this game; I loved it when it was first released and I still do. But as others have said it has not aged well, though it’s hard to compare since there are no modern tank Sims. Many of the missions are broken due to poor level design (which I don’t remember being a problem in AF2). Also using the info available at the time (Excluding gulf war and desert storm seemingly??) the realism is light. You may be riding in the one of the most advanced tanks in modern warfare, though most of the time it feels like you’re in a M4 Sherman and the T-55’s and South African Oilfants are tiger tanks because, T-55s, Oilfants and T-72's regularly wipe out whole M1A2 platoons under your command (Blowing the turret off like a T-34 at Kursk against a ‘88’). Which if you base this off the real world combat... Saddam should have kicked the U.S. out of Kuwait and Iraq. On the same note Air Support is just about useless as once again one of the most advanced helicopters the AH64 Apache and most durable plane in the world the A-10 Warthog, gets shot down regularly without getting off a shot because the un-stabilized T-55 gunner shoots it down from across the map. The auto aiming which can be turned on and off, regularly loses sight of target while moving and making shooting a chore even though shooting on the move is the basis for modern tank combat, though this is mainly because of the maps being very hilly and mountainous.
So
Pros-It’s a Simulator which is extremely rare breed of game especially today.
Con-Not very realistic even at the time of release, and auto is just as much a chore as manually aiming, which means its WWII tank warfare where you have to stop shoot and scoot (But your most likely dead at this point).… Expand
