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Uninstalled after realising it is a Russian propaganda piece. You cannot play the Ukrainian side. Would be nice to get a refund. I will hide the game from my library.

It is quite clearly a Russian propaganda piece, but it plays like Syrian Warfare, following a single characters "story". I have enjoyed it. Its pretty good for what it is and its price point.

Game itself is ok. But they put in complains (pop ups with "historical info") of the Ukraine army using civilian busses to get to the airport so if they where attacked the news can say Russia attacked civilians.

When in reality Russians executed civilians in Bucha 1 month later......

For now thumbs down, i get a refund and i hope they fix the propaganda parts, good change i will get it again in the future without propaganda and at a discount.

Classic russian propaganda game, but it's a good RTS game. Slightly buggy with some AI pathing from time to time but I've seen worse. If you liked 'Syrian Warfare' or older RTS games like 'Blitzkrieg' and 'Sudden Strike' then I'd say this is a good modern take on -that- type of RTS game.

Only played the first mission. Can be quiet challenging from time to time, and sometimes just crazy RNG on if your RPG hits a target or not. But there's a wide selection of 'medals' you can grant your units after combat (Completing a mission) that boosts moral, health and other RPG elements to your units. As well as using your after combat points on upgrading your units with RPGs, bodyarmor, COMMS and other stuff that boosts your unit(s). Something that makes completing objectives worth in my opinion.

7.9/10. Hopefully more stuff gets added to the game over time, perhaps COOP for the missions etc.

Bottom line, if you're interested in the things mentioned above, I'd recommend it.

Its pretty fun, if you ever played syrian warfare or terminator dark fate, you know what your getting. the only thing i dont like is the russian supremacy viewpoint constantly being thrown in your face, acting like if russia was invaded that they wouldnt also do all the ♥♥♥♥ they are claiming ukraine is doing. but at the end of the day, its a fun war game and i give it a thumbs up.

Wonk in places but a lot of fun for the price.
Obviously it's on the nose, if you're not ready to hear about evil ukrainians committing warcrimes every mission don't buy. If you don't care about that then there's a lot to enjoy.
Plays like Terminator Dark Defiance and Syrian Warfare. However its a lot more forgiving I find as fresh generic troops are near unlimited in a lot of missions.

It's great, I love it just wish it lasted longer. It's like Syrian Warfare which was also great and lasted a lot longer.

Well, Gostomel Heroes is definitely step-up from the Syrian Warfare, even if it's relatively short (only six missions, but OH MAN they throw handful of challange sometime). Played a little EA of Front Edge (For free because Cats Who Play are based AF and made it so for everyone on VK), which is basically the multiplayer version of it with the RU and US forces. So, we've got:
Pros:

+UAZ-452 my beloved (too bad it'll be avialable for 1 mission)

+Unit customisation: now you can edit the weaponry, give additional equpment( like extra ammo, or armour) and perks for command points.

+Moral system: if under fire infantry gets shocked, pinned in place or goes for full haul-ass retreat. It's quite useful when dealing with special squads (LIKE THE BLOODY ATGMS).

+New stuff and features: recon drones( both copter and plane like), command squad that gives moral boost and calls in artillery and probably some extra stuff that I forgot.

+Missions: few in number, but challenging and complex. No spoilers here, but expect that objectives will change fast.

+Characters and voice over: It's quite good actually, well if you play with the original RU voices, recon squad speaking "What's that oinking in the bushes?" was absolute kino.

+ Story: Can be divided into two parts: intermission briefings and the storyline in the missions themselves. First one focuses on the retelling the events of that time period from the Russian side of conflict (without omiting losses and failures). Is it propaganda? Well, you believe what you believe, my opinion here won't change it anyway. Second part of the story is focused around the main characters "Plamya" (Flame) and Vulkan and is quite grounded, no spoilers here either.

+Overall atmosphere: Late February, early March, so it is quite gloomy and melancholic, which fits the tone of the story.

+OST, it just goes well with the overall vibe.

+Achievements: Simple to get, so its a + if you're into that kind of thing.

Cons and room for improvement:

- Ally AI, too aggressive, especially with vehicles.

- Can't order individual infantry units to take certain positions in the building, like ordering the ATGM or SaPoG squad to watch the road and infatry to cover the backside. So far you can command them to cover 1 side only.

-Scripting at times is palpable, so if you don't kill off some units entirely, new ones won't spawn, or enemy units waiting for their turn at times might be bewildering, also you can cheese it easily. Which I did.

-Long loading times (30-60 secons) even with SSD might be annoying.

- Vehicle cook-offs, so if the main cannon of the vehicle is 30 mm and above, expect it to explode when it catches fire, which is does regulary from the RPG and ATGM hits, that makes capturing vehicles harder and more time consuming compared to the SW. No more vehicle hoarding(

As the afterword:

It is the first but not the least story campaign of the Ukrainian Warfare series, next part will take place in Mariupol, so if you enjoyed the Gostomel Geroes, go watch "At the edge of the abyss" documentary which covers those events.

Buying multiple copies of this game, one for myself, the rest for my Z friends in support of SMO

Great game, bugs and performance issues aside.