XCOM meets Company of Heroes in stunning new WW2 strategy game

pcgamesn.com:

Between the best RTS and strategy games, whether it’s Hearts of Iron, Command and Conquer, Age of Empires, and myriad others, there’s a recurring problem with how you manage your attention. At a certain point, the action gets so big and widespread that you’re torn between the big dramatic battle over here and the big dramatic battle over there, and everything becomes just scale and numbers. It’s still impressive and it can be spectacular but, beyond a certain size, the drama and the emotional connection you have to your soldiers start to go down. Enter The Troop, a WW2 strategy sim that takes the close-quarters, tactics-driven style of XCOM, Company of Heroes, and Commandos to the next level, and which you can try via a free Steam download right now ahead of its full release. PCGamesN speaks exclusively to one of The Troop’s creators.

Focusing exclusively on the D-Day campaign, The Troop is a WW2 strategy game where you command a small number of units throughout high-intensity, tactical-scale skirmishes and battles. You’re not trying to conquer entire nations or swathes of enemy territory. Your objective is to capture a single machine gun emplacement, or successfully move a handful of tanks through a small French village. After almost two years in early access, The Troop is preparing for a full release on Steam. Tom Page, studio director at PLA Studios, which publishes The Troop, explains more.

“Most of the missions are conducted with one or two troops of tanks and one or two troops of infantry. We’ve taken great effort to try and make the game look particularly nice. And we’ve tried very hard to combine historical accuracy and tactical realism within the game format. We try and stay true to the spirit of the combat.”