GameSpy.com Previews Real War calling it "Command and Conquer meets Steels Panthers II." They quote Jim Omer, president of Rival Interactive, as saying it "will be the first modern warfare RTS," and the article stresses the rarity of games based on reality (presumably meaning strategy games). The game's realistic warfare pits US forces against "the Independent Liberation Army (ILA), a fictitious organization which mostly uses Russian equipment," and features 3D units on a 2D map. The preview describes how gameplay unfolds, the units and weapons available to you, the focus on actual modern combat strategies, as well as the background story, which again seems to depart a little from actual reality (it's not easy to set off a nuke by bombing it), but after all this is a game called Real War, and thankfully, not a real war.