In addition, much like some of the more iconic expansions of strategy games over the years, the content fits nicely at the end of the core content in terms of difficulty. That term, used to scream “Hey, have a new campaign, have some more units, some more… everything!” and that’s very much what OoB DLC, like other titles published by Slitherine/Matrix, delivers. While the industry has mostly changed how it refers to additional content for games – now mostly lumping all of it under the umbrella term of “DLC” which to many doesn’t even mean downloadable-content – I would argue that US Marines, as with the previous Morning Sun content, are surely more worthy of the Expansion Pack term.

They’ve also addressed a rarely covered part of WWII, and they’ve been doing a fantastic job of supporting the title post launch with additional campaigns and content. The game’s mechanics and systems feel like finely tuned refinements of the normal hex, tactical war titles we see come out.

The Artistocrats have done a fantastic job with their development of Order of Battle: Pacific, they’re managed to use the Unity engine in a way where it is unrecognisable to the untrained eye. Order of Battle: US Marines launched earlier in the month, taking the Pacific Theatre-centric title further South into the lower regions of Japanese occupied territory as the freshly reactivated US Marines Corps as they push up through consecutive landings and conquests of Tulagi through to the capture of Iwojima – surely one of the most iconic battles of the theatre.

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