Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%2014

$29.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

Deep, granular WWII squad tactics with direct unit control and a huge mod scene, but dated, with weak unit AI and bot skirmish locked behind DLC. Skip if you want polish.

Great for

Patient tacticians and modders who love micromanaging squads, co-op with friends, and Star Wars or 40K conversions

Main risk

Dumb unit AI, clunky UI and skirmish vs bots locked behind a paid DLC on an old engine

What players love

Huge, excellent modding scene

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Highly open-ended, modding scene is vast (Quite a few of them are several times larger than the base game).”
Steam review · 91.4 h played ↗

“Surprisingly multiplayer is still alive, and the mods here are some of the best, for every taste.”
Steam review · translated · 119.7 h played ↗

“Total conversions that allow to have Warhammer 40k units, Star Wars units, BOTH fighting each other is a beautiful feeling.”
Steam review · 251.4 h played ↗

Deep tactical control and direct control

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The ability to directly control any soldier or tank makes battles far more interesting than in most RTS games.”
Steam review · translated · 157.3 h played ↗

“Take direct control of a single soldier or tank and aim every shot yourself”
Steam review · 32.4 h played ↗

“You are able to control all your units to take cover the exact way you wish, fire at the exact target you want, or change their tactics to your exact whim.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗

Great replayability and campaign content

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Almost 3000 hours on this game and it was also my first ever purchase on Steam.”
Steam review · 2535.9 h played ↗

“The campaign is wonderful, skirmishes, etc.”
Steam review · 300.3 h played ↗

Fun co-op and multiplayer with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“Cooperative skirmishes against the AI are ridiculously fun”
Steam review · 32.4 h played ↗

“Tons of fun with friends, and the price makes it an easy sell”
Steam review · 114.3 h played ↗

Runs on low-end PCs and is cheap on sale

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“if you looking for a RTS game to run on a low end computer, this is one of them.”
Steam review · 45.3 h played ↗

“Best RTS game for the price if you get it on sale ($7 for it and all the DLC).”
Steam review · 114.3 h played ↗

Destructible environments and detailed physics

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“The destruction effects are awesome.”
Steam review · 60.6 h played ↗

“Perfect penetration physics through buildings and other objects.”
Steam review · 22.4 h played ↗

What players complain about

Crashes and technical problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“If the game didn't crash every 2 minutes, this would be a positive review.”
Steam review · translated · 67.1 h played ↗

“once you make a save it crashes and you can do nothing about it.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

Dumb unit AI and bad pathfinding

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Your units are absolutely helpless and dumb without your attention. They may not see an enemy 10 meters away.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗

“Maximally dumb AI: you order them to attack a unit behind a wall and they won't go around it, they just stare at the wall.”
Steam review · translated · 18.4 h played ↗

“tank can get jammed to obstacle on clean, empty straight road.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗

Skirmish vs bots locked behind DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“You have to buy a $9.99 USD DLC to play skirmish mode”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗

“The fact you can not play bots unless you pay for a DLC then on top of that you can only play bot in one game mode”
Steam review · 81.3 h played ↗

“They took away single player skirmish against AI and placed it behind a 10 dollar DLC.”
Steam review · 148.1 h played ↗

Clunky controls, bad UI and no tutorial

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“the controls are clunky, unresponsive, and non-user friendly.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“There's no tutorial. It just doesn't teach you how to play.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

Unbalanced and repetitive missions

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“Everything in this game is the same; each new level feels like the previous one.”
Steam review · translated · 5 h played ↗

“This game gives you no resources to fight with and then the enemy counter attacks time after time”
Steam review · 67.9 h played ↗

Publisher EULA and mod copyright strikes

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“Since new EULA update it bombed playability of the entire game.”
Steam review · 99.6 h played ↗

“Recently the owners of this game have decided to threaten another studio with a copyright claim due to the mods of the community that used their assets.”
Steam review · 158.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OS64bit - Windows 7, 8, 10

Processor4.0 GHz single-core, 2.0 GHz dual-core or higher

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible

Storage6 GB available space

OS64bit - Windows 7, 8, 10

Processor4.0 GHz single-core, 2.0 GHz dual-core or higher

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible

Storage6 GB available space

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