Gary Grigsby's War in the East
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
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War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 is a strategy, simulation and wargame game
developed by 2by3 Games
and published by Matrix Games.
Released on December 10th 2021 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 372 reviews of which 343 were positive and 29 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 79.86€ on Steam, but you can find it for 19.19€ on Instant Gaming.
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- OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor: 1.5 GHz+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256MB DirectX 9+ Compatible
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: 16 bit DirectX 9+ Compatible
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Simply put, this is the most comprehensive and detailed game depicting the entire Eastern Front of WW2, covering 1941 to 1945. Nothing else comes close. On the surface it's relatively approachable, you can get a game going without too much friction. But don't let that fool you, because underneath it's an incredibly deep and complex simulation. That said, both the logistics and air war systems can be automated, which takes a lot of the micromanagement off your plate. I wouldn't lean on that indefinitely though, as hands-on management of both systems is where a lot of the depth lies, and neither takes long to get the hang of. (logistics is creating depots on railyard hexes (idealy) and assigning a correct priority, air is largely getting your planes forward and assigning them to a fitting squadron) Linux compatibility is solid. I play on Linux Mint with Proton Experimental without major issues, though you will likely run into audio problems. The fix is straightforward, add the following as a launch option in Steam: PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=90 %command% If 90 doesn't work for you, try 60 or experiment with other values. One thing worth knowing about the AI: it has a movement exploit. As long as it doesn't have to move zone-of-control to zone-of-control, it can essentially teleport units to almost anywhere on the map, though it can't attack in the same turn it does so. This makes multi-turn encirclements largely pointless in singleplayer, which is genuinely frustrating. If that's a dealbreaker, the game does offer Play by Email (PBEM) multiplayer. Personally, I've made my peace with it. The AI is fairly weak on the offense regardless, and the teleporting actually serves a purpose on defense: it tends to result in the AI forming coherent, intelligent defensive lines rather than leaving gaping holes. It knows when to hold ground and when to pull back, which makes for a competent opponent even if it plays by different rules. None of that changes my verdict: this game is an absolute blast and gets a full recommendation from me. Turn scale is one week per turn, and each turn will run you roughly 30 to 60 minutes depending on your pace and how deep you want to go into the numbers. you dont have to resort to extreme micromanaging in order to win or have fun.
Five hours in, thirteen, one hour long videos watched. No idea what I'm doing. Fantastic. Only way to learn is to watch and then play. For $40.00 its a steal when it's normally $80.00; I've been wanting to get into a little more hard core strategy games and this is it. The learning curve is steep, but well worth it. I haven't even finished a single turn. Just remember; each game can go differently depending on how you do things so you can re-play it and do new strategies. (I've restarted about six times after I learn something new that I should've done earlier.) A must have if you're a strategy gamer and want something a little more.
I eventually bought this game on a sale as I didn't see it being £65 better than WITE 1. I like games with a "vertical" learning curve (played Eve for years) but WITE1 is a bit too much RTFM even for me. I picked up the mechanics over 2000 hours of play but I'm not sure I ever got the main campaign right in WITE1. Partisans/rail/supply were always holding up things & having security units patrol up and down the main (often only) rail routes to Army Group Central/South to prevent a single partisan unit taking out your supply routes for 4 turns or so (hence crippling entire armies) got old very quickly. WITE2 seems to be much more "newbie" friendly. You can pretty much click and play without learning about logistics or air war stuff up-front. After a hundred hours gameplay on WITE2 I'm pretty sure WITE2 is significantly easier to win than WITE1 while using the same strategies. That's leaving air/logistics to the optimistically named AI. After a few initial tries to work out basic gameplay on the main campaign I find myself at the start of T13 : 20km from Moscow; on the doorstep of Tula/Kalinin; Orel almost surrounded; Kharkov surrounded; same with Dnepropetrovsk/Zaph. Up north I've just cut the main dual line railway from Leningrad to Moscow. Down south the first divisions are onto Crimea. All of this is 14 weeks ahead of what the Germans actually achieved, and probably 4 weeks ahead of what I ever achieved on WITE1. Game-changer for me is basically the rail repair changes. The "Supply AI" is pretty generic but I left it alone just to try it out. It does OK. You could do better yourself but it'll be fine for the average player. On the flip-side the "air AI" isn't so great. Again I've left it alone other than for following HQs (advance/hold/etc) and it doesn't seem to do very much other than recon and support for ground attacks. The computer AI opponent doesn't behave the same as WITE1 and will form defensive lines very rapidly from reserves. Unlike WITE1 it will continue to do this once you break through one/two lines and other mechanics will prevent you exploiting breakthroughs in quite the same way. Brute force will only get you so far - the AI can be tempted into inappropriate advances which makes encirclement (kessel) more likely. I haven't tried my WITE1 strategy of taking out railyards with bombers yet. The only problem I came across was that the game doesn't seem to like being run in window mode if its not on the primary monitor. Its worth buying for both newbies and old hands. I'd wait for one of the deals though.
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Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 is currently priced at 79.86€ on Steam.
No, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 79.86€ on Steam.
Yes, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 received 343 positive votes out of a total of 372 achieving a rating of 8.51.
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Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 was developed by 2by3 Games and published by Matrix Games.
Yes, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 is not playable on MacOS.
No, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 is not playable on Linux.
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No, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 does not support VR.
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2. Explore additional content available for Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 on Steam.
No, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Yes, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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51
Developer
2by3 Games
Publisher
Matrix Games
Release
10 Dec 2021
Platforms
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