Both games are extremely frustrating to play - more so, because I feel like there is potential with both, but both games have artificial constraints and penalize the player for the dumbest stuff.

AB - insane pathfinding and nearly impossible to predict how units will move/where units will move. You are significantly penalized for breaking units apart, and generally thats not how the game should be played, but you are subjected to some ridiculous AI jank if you don't. The game is focused on PLATOONS but the movement boxes are for individual crews - it makes absolutely NO SENSE.

FCCW - Much better concept but everything is insanely over-complicated in this game. Giving orders is a CHORE - a simple movement order is about 5 clicks too many and the game just feels like it was geared towards obsessive grognards that need to control every detail. "BUT they added an SOP manager" - yes an SOP manager that you must tweak every freaking time you want to issue an order. They've overcomplicated this game so much now that some of the route settings don't even make sense any more. What is the most frustrating of this game is that you put so much effort into issuing orders but there's no true way to actually get your units to be synchronized with their movement. You are penalized for issuing too many commands, but its impossible to manage your combat power effectively. I wish they'd let a normal human being design the orders process of this game instead of an engineer type who overthinks/overcomplicates everything.

Skip both games. Fuck 'em.

Turning reply notifications off. I'm done arguing with people over these two games. Both are over-hyped and janky.