Available here and on Steam, Unity of Command is a hard-core turn based strategy game.
The subject matter and style will probably tell you if this is a game for you or not: Turn based, hex maps, WW2, logistics. What you get is very reminiscent of old games like Panzer General, but very polished, and eminently easy to pick up and play. I've played a few multi player matches and my opponents picked it up in a turn or two.
That being said, what it has in interface polish, it doubles in aggressive AI and high difficulty. This isn't a BAD thing at all: Strategy gamers tend to enjoy a rougher challenge, and this game has it in spades. Leave an opening in your line, and suddenly nazi tanks are rolling through your supply lines, eating all the canned beans.
The biggest complaints is that the game isn't overly long. The DLC makes up for it (and the scenarios there are flat out amazing) but the game itself only gives you some 15 or so scenarios. To make it worse, to unlock all of them, you have to do pretty well (sometimes amazingly well) in the scenarios. You WILL be replaying a scenario repeatedly to get the best score.
If you like this style of game at all, get it. I'd recommend getting the DLC at the same time, as the campaign therein is all the original game should have been. There is a demo available, but the linux demo crashes a LOT. Run the demo in WINE if you need. The full game has no bugs that I've encountered. Everything has played flawlessly.
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