Close Combat

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Description

Close Combat is the first installment of Microsoft's Close Combat series that bases its power more on a strategy, then on real-time battling. You're placed as the battlefield commander as you command your troops in Normandy. Choose either to play as Axis or an Allies.

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Alternate Titles

• "戰鬥神將" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "Project X" -- Working title
• "Close Combat: Take command of men who act like real soldiers" -- Tag-lined title
• "Close Combat: Prenez le commandement de véritables soldats" -- French tag-lined title
• "Beyond Squad Leader" -- Working title
• "Advanced Squad Leader" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Close Combat series
• Historical conflict: World War II

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Critic Reviews

GameSpot	Windows	Aug 01, 1996	9.1 out of 10	91
macHOME	Macintosh	1997		90
Online Gaming Review (OGR)	Windows	Jul 13, 1996	9 out of 10	90
Gamesmania.de	Windows	1996	90 out of 100	90
About This Particular Macintosh	Macintosh	Feb, 1998		80
CD-Action	Windows	May, 1997	8 out of 10	80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Oct, 1996		70
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Macintosh	Oct, 1996		70
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Aug, 1996		60
Mac Game Gate	Macintosh	1996		60

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Development

The concept of Close Combat had been in the works for a long time. The basic game design already existed as Project X at the time Atomic Games was working on the V for Victory games for Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc., later became Advanced Squad Leader and Beyond Squad Leader when Avalon Hill wanted them to do a Squad Leader video game, and it was eventually called Close Combat when Atomic Games teamed up with Microsoft.