RE: Minsk 44 question
Well, I'm currently playing a Minsk GC as Sov vs the AI, so I'm not sure if my answer will be relevant, but I have two observations:
1) The Germans are well-fortified, often behind major rivers, and it is difficult for the Sovs to crack the line. Once the Sovs finally crack the line, the terrain is very swampy, with lots of rivers, so the Sov advance is channeled along a few roads, again, generally with plenty of river-crossings.
2) From what I've seen so far, it will be difficult for me to win the GC as Sov; I've captured most of the objectives other than Minsk, and still need 5000 points to simply avoid a major defeat. For a major victory, I need another 25,000 points, and I don't see where they will come from. I've already shifted my focus from taking objectives to killing Germans, but I don't see how a major victory will be possible.
So far, for a Sov player vs the AI, I cannot say that the game is very enjoyable--it is a real slog getting through the German fortifications, and once you do so, there is virtually no German resistance as you advance through the swamps on the few roads, and meanwhile you have to mop up all of the Germans along the initial lines to get VPs. meh....
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