Same gameplay as always as far as I can tell, but I'm no expert and not a multiplayer guy, so really the only thing for me to comment on here is the new look. The level and unit graphics are fine at best. They're slightly too cartoony to my eye, but zoomed out they are fairly faithful and have good detail. The unit portraits however, suck major ass and it's almost impressive the degree to which they suck the soul straight the fuck out of the whole game. The blandest low-effort modern CG stuff possible, zero of the charm of the originals. And even though you can toggle the new graphics on and off at will, they actually made the old portraits worse by running them through a filter, so now they're smeary and gross. No pixels allowed! Also they replaced the simple and effective between-mission text screens with shitty concept art ass, fan art ass illustrations that take me right out of it and match absolutely nothing. Dumb. Bad. Stupid. Why.

Anyway, the game is still good.

Reviewed on Feb 05, 2023


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