Blast from the past.... Close Combat III

I dug out Close Combat III, which installed and loaded up without any problems whatsoever.

I was able to patch it, copy over my old saves, loaded it up and started playing.

Fraps seems to be a little on the odd side as sometimes it seems to work with the game and other times it doesn't. Unfortunately I was unable to get a recording.

The game has a lot more options than the second. Both for gameplay options and with selecting battles/operations/campaigns.

The game is also a lot more detailed in regards to the soldiers you have, they all have their own history in greater detail than the second where you could ignore that side of things. And you can here as well but it is more in your favour to pay attention to this.

Especially as you now appear as a soldier on the battlefield.

You get promoted and as you rank up and as the time line increases you gain access to better units and options to refit your current troops to give them access to better vehicles and weapons.

There are way more versions of troops as experience and morale plays a much bigger part of the game

So having a "leader" unit near lower skilled units can stop them from panicking/deserting etc.

With all new features and options the best one I like is the way that wrecks are left on the battlefield. Your no longer facing off against the enemy on the same map. It is now the map that shows the wreck of a tank or vehicle that was lost from either side.

Two tanks hit and smoking....

Two wrecks on the next battle on the same map....

This game is good but it isnt' as much as a blast as the second game, at least for me and my nostalgia.
The fourth game at least for me added more refinement and a better flow to the battles with it's changes. I'll test #4 next.