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Close Combat: Gateway to Caen GOG

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Close Combat: Gateway to Caen

Genre: Strategy - Real-time - Historica
Works on: Windows (7, 8, 10)
Languages: Audio and text: English
Features: Single-Player
Released: June 7, 2014
Size: 1.5 GB
Company: Slitherine Ltd. / Slitherine Ltd.
Installer version: 1.02 (18232)
Included goodies: manual + Close Combat (Windows 7 / 8 only)
Store page: https://www.gog.com/game/close_combat_gateway_to_caen

About:
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen includes a free copy of Close Combat (Windows 7 / 8 only,
added as a bonus goodie)
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series,
and the final release of the current game engine. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest,
concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines
west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.

With Close Combat: Gateway to Caen to Caen you can play at the strategic and tactical level, putting yourself in
the boots of both the generals and the platoon commanders. You can move or combine your battlegroups
on the strategic level and decide the outcome of battles on the tactical level. You will command squads
in close combat situations, using small arms, mortars, machine guns, armored cars, and tanks to triumph
against the enemy. You command artillery and mortar barrages and even air strikes. You will get to know
individual solders, platoons, battalions, and the larger brigades and battle groups which they comprise.

Players can experience the desperate situation of the outnumbered, but well-armed Panzergrenadiers, or
the daunting offensive mission of the fully-supported British infantry advancing across the treacherous
Odon Valley. At your command are Churchill, Cromwell, Firefly, Sherman, Stuart tanks and more. Panther,
Tiger, Stug, and Mk.IV tanks will arrive to support German Panzergrenadiers as they try to hold the line
against a concerted British attack.

The historic scope of Operation Epsom is captured in single battles, operations, and the grand campaign.
The strategic battlefield offers over two dozen individual battlefields with over three dozen accurately
portrayed German and British battle groups. British infantry regimental history is reflected in name
among the various battalions. You can deploy your battalions as they actually fought in the struggle for
the Odon. The game includes all new maps and a range of upgraded effects.

The Setting
With the success of the Allied landings at Normandy and their domination of air and sea, expectations
were high that the momentum would continue on land. It was not to be so. Though initially surprised and
overwhelmed, the German Army quickly recovered, mobilized, and, counterattacked. Field Marshal Rommel
formed a capable defense in Normandy that made the Allied advance costly. Superior Allied artillery and
air power failed to crack the German lines. Though the Norman City of Caen was originally a British
D-Day objective, its capture would elude and frustrate Montgomery’s 21st Army for weeks to come.
Operation Epsom was Field Marshall Montgomery’s first concentrated attempt to go around the city and
the Odon River, and break through the strengthening German bulwark. The newly-arrived British VIII
Corps, supported by 700 guns of the Royal Artillery made a go of it along a four-mile front between
Rauray and Carpiquet. Defending that front was the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division. Though reduced by
weeks of heavy fighting they remained a potent and experienced foe. The Germans had offensive plans too,
but the British struck first, and the 2nd SS Panzer Corps, the last of Germany’s offensive reserves in
Normandy, was instead committed to stopping the British breakthrough along the Odon. Can you, as
Montgomery and his commanders, re-chart the course of the Normandy campaign and prevail against
Germany’s SS Panzer divisions? Can you as the Germans, once again stop Montgomery, or eclipse history
and push the British back entirely?

● Completely revised graphics that elevate battle effects, units, and maps to a new, detailed level in
the Close Combat Series.
● Thirty new battlefield maps accurately reflect the Odon Valley west of Caen, France.
● 65 vehicles, 36 infantry units, 77 weapons.
● New vehicles and guns including Churchill, Cromwell, M-10 Achilles, and Firefly tanks; 17-pdr AT guns,
Loyd Carriers, and more.
● Improved graphics and effects and new soldier voices.
● Revised terrain files that represent the specific conditions of the Odon battlefield: tall cornfields
and hindered, muddy movement during rainy weather.
● New features including Rolling barrages and dug-in/camouflaged tanks and anti-tank guns.
● Historic regimental names and battalion organization.
● Mount troops or guns on vehicles.
● Enhanced Scenario Editor - Create your own "what if" Scenarios.
► System requirements
Minimum system requirements - Windows: 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 800 MHz CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256MB Video RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 3 GB available space
Mouse, Keyboard
Additional Notes: DirectX 9 compatible and capable of 1024 x 768 resolution or higher

Recommended system requirements - Windows: 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 1.5GHz+
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 512MB
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 3 GB available space
Mouse, Keyboard
Additional Notes: DirectX 9 compatible and capable of 1024 x 768 resolution or higher
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