Past the dribble and to the point, Sudden Strike 2 promises to come complete with a slew of changes over its predecessor. Unless laptop audio has now become an accurate way to deliver a title's aural acuteness, I'll have to reserve remarks in that department until I can fully enjoy a build of the game with headphones or surround speakers (demo in May, release in August), or at least enjoy a build of the game without the ever-present joys of SHHHHHHHHHHHH, scratch, SHHHHHHH. It's like complaining that Metal Slug doesn't look good enough simply because the background can't be explored. Anyone play Global Ops, Medal of Honor, or Dungeon Siege lately? Besides, when the explosions and effects are as good as this, there's no real need for that extra dimension of perception. Moreover, keeping the title on a flat plane lets the system requirements to stay well below mind exploding. Vehicles and environments are exquisitely drawn. The SS series may be two-dimensional by design, but it's meticulously delivered with remarkable detail. Graphically, the games are very similar - not a con in the collective book's of Steve and Ivan. Paying no attention to the images of missions transpiring within the newly included Pacific theater, one could easily mistake this sequel for the original. The long and short of SS2: 2D RTS, no resource management, World War II era. It's only when the sheer amount of bullets in the list causes your retina to burn and retain a permanent image that it can be called complete.
What they had was quite the impressive surprise, in more ways than one. After I found out where around IGN they had landed (you know the preview is going places when only the second paragraph contains a filler joke that causes no degree of chuckle or smirk), I drug them in and forced them to display their wares, in more ways than one.
We got to find out just what the developers at FireGlow and the publishers at CDV were up to with this sequel when some of them dropped by the office the other day.
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