Close Combat: Invasion Normandy | 
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| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $66.94
New (4) Used (4) from $48.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 9754
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 2 x 8
Model: 380713
UPC: 772040807139
EAN: 0772040807139
ASIN: B00004Y7SY
Release Date: October 5, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: PC-CD-Rom ~ Brand NEW Factory Sealed in DVD Type Case, Fast 1ST CLASS Shipping - no retail box
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Close Combat: Invasion Normandy is the fifth game in the highly acclaimed Close Combat series. Play as the Allies or the Germans in the World War II's most dramatic battle. Sneak attacks, stalwart defenders, spies, and saboteurs are among the surprises available to both sides. The improved campaign system allows movement of multiple battle groups on a scrolling strategic map of the Cotentin peninsula. An all-new battle-group screen allows you to not only customize your own battle groups but your enemy's as well. The option to play with historical conditions extends even to the weather and its effects on air and naval support availability. Track the progress of your men from battle to battle, as they improve their combat skills and earn medals. With dynamic map tracking, the shell holes, trenches, and vehicle wrecks you create today will be there tomorrow. Tactical successes and failures will have a direct impact on strategic play with extended continuity from battle to battle. Create your own battles, operations, and campaigns with the scenario editor. Review the action in-depth on the improved battle debriefing and soldier screens. Play head-to-head via TCP, UDP, serial connection, modem, or the Internet, with free matchmaking services.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
 great game August 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great World War II simulator. There are definitely some bugs in this game and I would highly recommend going to the net for fixes. This Game has better computer intelligence than Close Combat 4 but human players are far superior. the other great advantages game has is the large community of programmers that have written additional scenarios for this game. You can do battle since Stalingrad, Africa, Berlin, etc. You need to purchase this game to be able to access the free extras but if you're into strategy games this is a great time waster.
I love this older strategy game January 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had this game in 2001, but lost the media to it. Recently, I began a new search for the software developers to see if they have continued the line of WWII strategy based games. I also, played Battle of the Bulge but was upset with the game play. I found Invasion Normandy interesting and very captive. Although, comparing the game with current graphics it doesn't hold any water to any new stuff. But because this game was a favorite of mine I have re-purchased the game with the hopes if continuing my love for WWII strategy based games. If you love older 16-bit graphics, but yet interesting game play I highly recommend Close Combat: Invasion Normandy.
 A worthy successor to all others July 9, 2005
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This game has been rated poorly by some who see its new team selection option as "too easy." To the contrary, both the teams options and the "choose your own path to victory" campaign system. This game has a cleaner interface than all of the othe other Close Combat games combined. I would highly recommend it to those of you who are wondering whether or not to purchase a game in the series. Check out this one first.
Not For Action, But For Strategy October 12, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a game that you will probably find yourself playing many, many times, depending on whether or not your intentions for purchasing the game are for action or strategy.
Historically, I felt it did a great job of duplicating the scenarios of the real invasion of Normandy. Hedgerows were a major nuisance for the Allied forces and it was that way in Close Combat 5, as well. It makes it hard to put the tanks into some sort of effective use, without the help of supporting infantry. Sometimes the amount of troops allowed to fight in a battle were actually too large to be historically accurate, when considering the scattered drops of the U.S. airborne, and that made offensive moves in this game too easy, but it really didn't take away much from the game. In all honesty, it wouldn't have been much fun to lead an attack with only a group of men the size of a few squads.
Strangely enough, an entire division is lost if it's involved force, in a battle, loses every man. Although not the entire division participates in the battle, the entire division will no longer exist, as if the rest of it is disbanded.
Overall, the game was much fun for me. I was interested in learning more about Operation Overlord, and the involvement of the U.S. in World War 2, and found this game to be very helpful, although I could still tell which historical aspects were true, and which were inaccuracies due to the game itself.
I read a review that described that, in the beach landings, there weren't enough bullets whizzing in the air and that it basically seemed too tame. But this game focuses on Utah Beach, not Omaha. Utah WAS much tamer, and had much fewer casualties, so don't expect a slaughter. Besides that, the "Atlantic Wall" that the reviewer talked about being climbed was not the Atlantic Wall, but a simple sea wall. This game is much more realistic than you may have been led to believe. And, yes, sometimes the aim of the soldiers was horrible and humorous at the same time, but the cons are outweighed by the pros. Strategy is definitely the way to go in this game. Don't expect to win battles by charging the enemy head on.
close combat : normandy July 22, 2003
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think that C.C.I.N is great unlike C.C. 1 & 2 This one has better graphics,experiance and fun! i would say anyone who liked C.C. the russian front would like this A+++++ 5 star class!
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