<s>
Armored	B-Application
Brigade	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactical	I-Application
wargame	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
realism	O
and	O
playability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
exchange	O
in	O
a	O
typically	O
tense	O
Armored	B-Application
Brigade	I-Application
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Armored	B-Application
Brigade	I-Application
simulates	O
modern	O
combined-arms	O
combat	O
from	O
platoon	O
to	O
regiment/brigade	O
level	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
includes	O
large	O
real	O
world	O
terrain	O
maps	O
,	O
representing	O
areas	O
likely	O
to	O
be	O
involved	O
in	O
a	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
engagement	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Fulda	O
Gap	O
and	O
North	O
German	O
Plain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
0.801	O
beta	O
version	O
,	O
maps	O
could	O
be	O
randomly	O
generated	O
,	O
either	O
by	O
the	O
built-in	O
map	O
generator	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
settings	O
or	O
by	O
an	O
external	O
tool	O
like	O
Terragen	B-Algorithm
(	O
from	O
version	O
0.704a	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
favourably	O
compared	O
to	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
Close	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
said	O
it	O
"	O
hides	O
convincing	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
combat	O
drama	O
under	O
unassuming	O
2D	O
top-down	O
visuals	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
0.697c	O
onward	O
,	O
all	O
data	O
base	O
entries	O
are	O
externalized	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
and	O
thus	O
are	O
open	O
for	O
modding	B-Device
.	O
</s>
