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I have been playing the Close Combat series real time tactical games since release in 1996. Every game including the remakes have always improved, until now. The gameplay and 32 bit visual improvements of Panthers and Caen are the series apotheosis, this Bloody First is a user experience regression. Poor morale indication, inability to filter elements like corpses, the alleged "3D" Archon engine delivering a comical low resolution. After 60 irritating minutes this really is "literally unplayable" and I must return to the old skool sprite base games for real time tactical gaming. The title of "Bloody Seconds" better reflects the quality, but since the publisher (Slitherine/Matrix) has an antiquated no refunds policy, the bad taste this product has left is more like "Bloody Turds".