I have no doubt that many people enjoy this game. I found it a complete disappointment, particularly because I stuck it out long enough to not be eligible for a refund.
It's too abstract for my taste. I'm not going to trudge through the long, drawn out, not-able-to-skip-to-next-screen tutorial to get the exact quote, but somewhere in there they explain their abstract system by claiming that you cant really shoot and eliminate units in WW2 combat, that's unrealistic. You have to get them to either run away or surrender (these aren't divisions, they are squads and leaders). I dont think I've ever facepalmed so hard, it was that ridiculous.
The tutorial is decent at showing you the various movement/activation/command aspects of the game, but get ready for lots of story, videos you cant skip past and are just flavor, and just a long and convoluted process (the 2.2 hours of my play time) to show you a few basic things to get you started (maybe 15 minutes worth of ACTUAL learning). I didnt waste my time starting the single campaign choice again but I suspect you have to go through the tutorial again, considering I never selected tutorial just campaign and it went straight to the tutorial. I hope not, for the sake of those who enjoy the game.
It's just too abstract. I was hoping for something more like a turn-based version of close combat, where command matters and between battles you can customize your units with weapon upgrades and add replacements. Something along those lines. Instead it's more like a board game like Risk or Diplomacy or even Chess (Undaunted comes to mind as well). These require thought and strategy and complex movement rules and choices, but they arent really combat or war games. They are move-your-game-pieces boardgames and we call the pieces combat units for flavor.
Disappointed.
