Panzer Command: Kharkov

The shadow of Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin looms very large over Koios' latest effort. Not only does it cover exactly the same theater (and more besides) but it also doesn't suffer from some of the more infuriating interface problems that we kept running into in this game. Barbarossa to Berlin also happens to be a bit less expensive than Panzer Command: Kharkov as well. But based purely on its own merits, Kharkov is actually a very thorough and detailed simulation of Eastern Front warfare. The unit details, the combat modeling, and the missions themselves are more than enough to please more hardcore wargamers. It's just a shame that controlling your units and reading the battlefield require so much more effort from the player.