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I don't think any of the AAA titles will meet his criteria, but there are lots of smaller publishers catering to the discerning grognard. There might be some small niche developer still doing those types of games, but I'm willing to bet it won't have the same level of polish or details as the Paradox games. Grand strategy, its really Paradox or bust anymore.

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If there is a particular aspect he doesn't like, there are tons of mods out there the go from game adjustments to adding WH40k assets to the game. Its janky as hell to play, but if you want realistic ballistics, shooting, and inventory, this is it. Sim shooters, the premier game is ARMA 3.

Both games have expensive pixel planes for sale as DLC. DCS is more focused on gen 3 and up jets though a couple earlier jets and prop planes can be had. IL-2 is starting to get into ground battles if that's his thing as well. IL-2 is WWII era prop jobs, though the up coming expansion/DLC is bringing in the ME-262. Sims you got IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad and DCS World as the most recent sims. Xenonauts 2 got funded last year via kickstarter but I don't know the status of that. The goto original XCOM-like probably would be Xenonauts, since you gotta carry ammo and weight slows down your troops,ect. maybe just keep playing Raven Shield and SWAT 4. On the squad/tactical level, I suppose Arma? With those recommendations made, from reading your post your friend sounds particularly curmudgeonly about games, so.

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On the strategy end the Wargame series might scratch the itch. So, is there anything I should let him know is out there? He wants something way, way more detailed that models 'P-38 vs Zero' as different from 'Bf 109 vs Spitfire' where he's actually thinking about things like airframe agility, and whether or not you have self-sealing fuel tanks, and etc. I don't know anything about what he wants from a 'grand strategy' game except that he hates Civ because the combat is too casual. It was way more arcade-y than Raven Shield (which I only barely remember, except that I died *a lot*). Is anybody making something like that these days? I know they're making Rainbow Six games, but the last one I played was Rainbow Six: Vegas, and that was a great game but I don't think what he wanted.

So I think what he wants is a really hardcore 'real life' sim. The last games he said were good were Rainbow Six: Raven Shield, and SWAT 4. Frozen Synapse was good, but it was still kind of casual in that you had weapons working in ways that aren't based on real physics.

Cover is too simplistic, your dudes carry infinite ammo, to-hit calculations are casual (I don't know what that means). So, is there anything he hasn't seen? He basically says, the old 90s X-coms were good, but the reboot (1 and 2) are just casual junk. Then he said he's pretty much given up on tactical/strategic games because they're all casual stuff. He said it's not as good as HOI 3 because the way air units work is too casual in HOI 4. Asking for a co-worker: What are the really hardcore tactical sims right now?Д«ackstory: I mentioned to a co-worker that I'm playing Hearts of Iron 4.

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