The Good : Outstanding graphics. Clean, simple interface The Bad : Minimal strategy involved. The Ugly : Nothing in particular. I completely understand that it's becoming harder and harder for a game to distinguish itself in the RTS genre.

Order of War is a World War II real-time strategy game distinguished by its accessibility and simplicity. It's easy to learn and easy to play, eschewing base building, unit-level micromanagement and deep economics, but it's never boring and it offers ample challenge.

Fast-paced multiplayer action; Cinematic camera lets you take it all in; Easy to learn; easy to play

Repetitive soundtrack will haunt your dreams; Buggy German campaign; Only six multiplayer maps

The real-time strategy genre takes a not-so-bold step into familiar territory with Order of War. Sure, it's World War II, and yes, we've been there and done that. But developer Wargaming.net is banking on an epic presentation and some innovative game mechanics to bring a fresh perspective to a...

Order of War does little to justify a purchase above the likes of the truly great recent RTS efforts out there, giving gamers a short distraction before returning to the big guns of the genre.

We've got the order... Its time for battle!

Full of Flash, Lacking in Strategy

Order of war was released in November, and GiN normally reviews games as close to the date they come out as possible. That didn't happen with Order of War, because we couldn't get it to run on our gaming gear.

If you like your RTS games simple, then this game is for you.

Maybe World War II wasn't the best topic to choose… I expected something a lot better than what Order of War turned out to be, even though deep down I kept saying to myself,"Don't, DON'T expect it to be a masterpiece!

Very easy to learn and play; Cinematic cameras

Repetitive soundtrack; very few multiplayer maps; poor audio

Visually the game is right up there (although there are glitches - not being able to see any graphic when a unit is shooting for instance). But the gameplay is a couple of steps back from the Company of Heroes series.