<s>
Counter	B-Application
Action	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
video	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Russian	O
studio	O
Nashi	O
Igry	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Doka	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Counter	B-Application
Action	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
game	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
and	O
features	O
two	O
campaigns	O
:	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
and	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
Third	B-Application
Reich	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Counter	B-Application
Action	I-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
mechanics	O
of	O
base	O
building	O
and	O
resource	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Russia	O
,	O
Counter	B-Application
Action	I-Application
was	O
critically	O
well-received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
outside	O
of	O
Russia	O
Counter	B-Application
Action	I-Application
received	O
a	O
mixed	O
to	O
negative	O
response	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
British	O
edition	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
Steve	O
Faragher	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
56%	O
and	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
game	O
mechanics	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
its	O
closest	O
competitor	O
Close	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
lacks	O
historical	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luc-Santiago	O
of	O
the	O
French	O
magazine	O
Gen4	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
two	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
and	O
also	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
Close	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
Counter	O
Action'''s	O
outdated	O
gameplay	O
cannot	O
compete	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
Fireglow	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
formed	O
by	O
the	O
former	O
employees	O
of	O
Nashi	O
Igry	O
,	O
released	O
Sudden	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
marketed	O
in	O
Russia	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Counter	O
Action''	O
.	O
</s>
