Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps

Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps is a turn-based computer game about tactical battles in World War II. It is part of the Combat Mission series. It focuses on the campaigns in North Africa, East Africa, Italy, and Crete.

Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps
Developer(s)Battlefront.com
Publisher(s)CDV Software
Designer(s)Charles Moylan
Stephen Grammont
Programmer(s)Charles Moylan
SeriesCombat Mission
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac
Release
  • EU: November 28, 2003 (Windows)
  • NA: December 3, 2003
Genre(s)Turn-based tactics, Wargame
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Title screen

For the Allies, the game represents the forces of Britain, America, Free France, Canada, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The Axis forces include Germany and Italy.

Demo scenarios

A playable public demo was offered by Battlefront.com. The demo did not include access to the mission editor, but did permit solo, hotseat, email and TCP/IP play of two included scenarios.

The first scenario depicted German armour and infantry assaulting U.S. armour and infantry over open desert and through a shallow wadi into an oasis in early 1943. The scenario highlight several new features of the CM game system, including vehicle-generated dust clouds and the modelling of multi-turreted tanks.

The second scenario depicted a U.S. assault on a German-held village in Italy in 1944.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGW[2]
GameSpot8.4/10[3]
GameSpy[4]
GameZone7.6/10[5]
IGN8.7/10[6]
PC Gamer (UK)90%[7]
PC Gamer (US)92%[8]
PC Zone75%[9]

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1]

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References
  1. "Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  2. Geryk, Bruce (April 2004). "Combat Mission: Afrika Korps" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 237. p. 83. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. Desslock (January 29, 2004). "Combat Mission: Afrika Korps Review". GameSpot. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  4. Chick, Tom (March 25, 2004). "GameSpy: Combat Mission: Afrika Korps". GameSpy. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  5. David, Mike (December 28, 2003). "Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  6. Butts, Steve (January 9, 2004). "Combat Mission: Afrika Korps Review". IGN. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  7. "Combat Mission: Afrika Korps". PC Gamer UK. February 2004.
  8. Morris, Dan (March 2004). "Combat Mission: Afrika Korps". PC Gamer. p. 76. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  9. PC Zone staff (March 17, 2004). "PC Review: Combat Mission: Afrika Korps". PC Zone. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2017.


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