Counter Action
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Counter Action
Gameplay
Counter Action is a
Reception
In Russia, Counter Action was critically well-received. Strana Igr's Sergey Losev wrote that it is "the best historical real-time game" and gave it a score of 8 out of 10.[6] Toy Shop awarded the game with its Our Choice award.[5] However, outside of Russia Counter Action received a mixed to negative response from critics. In the British edition of PC Gamer, Steve Faragher gave the game 56% and pointed out that the game's game mechanics is similar to Command & Conquer. He also noted that in comparison to its closest competitor Close Combat, the game lacks historical accuracy.[4] Luc-Santiago of the French magazine Gen4 gave the game two stars out of 5 and also compared it to Close Combat, but concluded that Counter Action's outdated gameplay cannot compete with it.[7] PC Player's critic Manfred Duy gave a negative review for the game, criticizing its boring gameplay, sluggish controls, bad AI, and the unvaried green palette.[1]
Legacy
The game has one expansion pack, Burnt Snow (Russian: Опалённый снег), released in May 1997 in Russia. It expanded the original game with a multiplayer functionality, added 11 new single player scenarios set in winter, 45 multiplayer maps, several new units, and gameplay features.[8] In 2001 Fireglow Games, a company formed by the former employees of Nashi Igry, released Sudden Strike, which was marketed in Russia as a direct sequel to Counter Action.[9]
Notes
References
- ^ a b Duy, Manfred (February 1998). "Ostfront". PC Player: 173.
- ^ ISSN 1680-3264.
- ^ "WWW сервер компании ДОКА!". Doka.ru (in Russian). ДОКА. 1997. Archived from the original on 1998-02-04. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
Начиная с декабря 1996 г. две наших игры, Противостояние и Чемпионат ралли, прочно удерживают лидирующее место по объемам продаж на российском рынке
- ^ ISSN 1351-3540.
- ^ a b Кочуров, Владимир (February 1996). ""Противостояние". Красное знамя над Рейхстагом". Toy Shop (10): 30–32.
- ISSN 1609-1035.
- ISSN 1351-3540.
- ISSN 1609-1035.
- ^ Денис Давыдов (2000-06-01). "Превью игры Sudden Strike". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-09.