Close to Combat: First to Fight

Military-themed squad-based FPS titles are quickly overpopulating the current generation of consoles.  With Tom Clancy's name slapped across at least a half dozen, and the Star Wars franchise recently getting in on the action—and let's not forget the outstanding entry from Gearbox, Brother in Arms—there's a whole slew of these games; and good ones at that.  So when first-time development team, Destineer, announced they'd be joining the fray with Close to Combat—Marines deployed into a "modern mid-eastern urban battleground"—most of us turned the other cheek.  As it turns out, the team pulled off a solid entry in the genre, albeit a bit bare bones.  But if you're a squad-based FPS junkie it's worth a look.

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