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aMa's latest project is a remake and expansion of his 2001-2002 project
The story might sound simple, but it has an elegant simplicity to it. Aided by the German spoken dialogue, the story holds the campaign together while the main focus lies on gameplay: high-octane, brutal build and destroy. This is one of the best B&D campaigns I have ever played, as the combination of an intelligent AI and trigger-coded events to strengthen it make for a tremendous, but never insurmountable challenge. You have to manage both your strategy and tactics very well to win, using the terrain and every counter possible to your advantage, and you can never just sit back and expect a walkover. As a result, every inch you win from the enemy becomes a great victory, a genuine accomplishment.
aMa also combines this focus on B&D with quite a few ingenious fixed force and stealth missions. Every once in a while you will be forced to sneak into a heavily guarded enemy camp with just a few soldiers, or use a limited force to take out several enemy positions in the most effective way possible. Each mission has its unique challenges and together they provide a great, although still very challenging break from the B&D.
On top of it all, all of the scenarios are exquisitely designed. aMa's design style with narrow pathways, walkable forests and tree-covered mountainsides is not just beautiful to look at, it's also well thought out from a tactical viewpoint: every scenario contains numerous natural bottlenecks where you can make your stand, several enemy bases are designed in a way that allows you to hurt the enemy's economy only by exposing your flanks to their armies, and wherever you go there is always a high ground you must conquer to win the battle at hand.
Outlawed is an all-round great campaign, one of the most enjoyable ones released in years, and if you haven't checked it out yet then you definitely should!
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