Recent reviews by Son of Odin

If your still on the fence then just play it.

Were you a fan of World in Conflict? Do you want a modern RTS game that isn't cartoony? If you said yes then Airland Battle should be in your games library. The game does a have a single player campaign that is a good time killer but it's clear that the devs want you to play multiplayer 95 percent of the time. If you've played games with server lists then you'll be at home here, but if your new to PC gaming then you may get a confused at first glance.
Game play really is pretty standard, there are many conttrol zones on the maps that will provide you points that fluctuate based on how many zones that you control. These points let you buy units but they will have to roll onto the map from your first given control zone. This is where Airland battle differentiates itself from other RTS games as every unit requires Fuel and Ammo. You have a limited amount of supplies available to you so you'll need to really think about how your going to position your forces so they're incover but also can have a consistent train of resupply. Different units will need more supply than others, the Surface to air missle batteries inparticular may only carry 4 missiles at a time, and if they shoot them they are gone until they can be resupplied.
All of this is made interesting as you are able to fully build out your own army list's. Everything from command units all the way up to Aircraft can be customised. But this can also lead to disasters if your not careful. Sure an all out helicopter assault sounds awesome and looks cool, but if the other team has planes and/ or AA and you don't then all those helio's are just point farms for the other team. Similarly the M1A1 Abrams is a really powerful tank but without support from other tanks and Infantry it will be knocked out quickly. Finding the right balance for what you want to do will probably involve some trail and error. But the game does come will some base lists for you to play should you want to for go that process.
Despite it's hardcore nature the game is scratching the modern RTS itch that i've been feeling. While the learning curve can be steep there just isn't anything like lining up a formation of 15 Abrams tanks suported by Bradleys and seeing your thunder run crush some russians. Company of Heros nails home story in the genera but Airland Battle nails home the scale of what may have been world war three. If large scale modern strategy is what you want then you shouldn't this up.