Wars and Battles: October War

First the good. Excellent graphics - really good visuals and unit 3D detail. Easy to understand game play. Turns are smoothly transitioned from one turn to the next. As military simulations go this was excellent. Great map. Outstanding unit order of battle. Decent map size. For the two front October War this game was original in doing two separate maps,... Read more

I bought this game today when Steam had it big Summer Sale. I didn't expect much from the game since I had bought the previous Wars and Battles: Normandy and I had problems playing that game. This game caught me off guard and actually it not a bad game once you figure out how to get into the game and how to play it. You see there is no clear guidance... Read more

I own Wars and Battles: Normandy and found that game superior to the October war. The map here is much smaller and less interesting with few tactical placements compared to the Normandy map. I played the Israeli campaign one time and had no problem to win a decisive victory over the Arabs. They where pretty passive in the late part of the game and I... Read more

Very beautiful game in which you can learn quite a lot about the Yom Kippur war of 1973. It gives background information if you want to. I came to realize so many Arab countries supported the Syrians and Egyptians. The graphics are superb and it immerses you into believing you command the Israeli or Arab forces. Unfortunately some of the introduction... Read more