It's truly refreshing to play a WWII game that doesn't take you through the overused battlegrounds of Normandy and Stalingrad, preferring instead to deliver new challenges from the lesser-thumbed pages of history, and, perhaps because Men of War's developers are Ukrainian, they deliver a seemingly thorough and authentic depiction of the war from the Soviet perspective. First is the lengthy Russian campaign, which follows two friends in the Red Army who participate in a wide variety of early war missions, such as evacuating Soviet factories and defending the city of Sevastopol. The single-player game is a set of three campaigns. The gameplay in Men of War is engaging and varied.
Thankfully, you can switch to the more traditional RTS mouse setup in the game options if you prefer. The default control scheme uses only the left mouse button for movement, unit selection, and attack and can be tough to learn. Unorthodox controls are common in Men of War, so even relatively simple actions like dividing your units into numbered control groups might prove elusive if you don't take the time to read the instruction manual. This can be problematic when a mission asks you, for example, to booby-trap enemy vehicles or hide dead bodies but gives you no clue as how you do so. After that, you'll get some help from the interface, such as the ghostly outlines that show where your troops can take cover and the occasional tool tip that flashes by, but that's about it. The first mission, which is the closest thing the game has to a tutorial, only teaches you a few basic commands.
Men of War is a complex and difficult game, and as such it can be tough to get into.
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