Digital Combat Simulator: Combined Arms

A product from the developers of DCS A-10C and Black Shark that allows players to command units from an overhead perspective or from first-person within the vehicles themselves.

Overview

Rather than focusing on a single aircraft, this addition to the Digital Combat Simulator series shifts attention to the ground, placing players in control of ground forces from either an overhead, real-time strategy perspective, or via direct control of a vehicle.

Features

Combined Arms features four commander roles including:

Ground Commanders
Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC)
Game Masters
Observers

Mission designers decide which of these roles will be available in their mission and how many multiplayer slots are allowed for each.

The Command Map allows players to interact with the game like an RTS. From here, players set Rules of Engagement, formations, waypoints, and indirect fire missions. Units can also be told to follow roads.

In addition, players can jump from the Command Map into most ground units and control them directly from a first-person perspective. Controllable units include:

AAA
Short Range SAMs
Tanks
APCs
IFVs

Players can give orders to other units while in the first-person role or while flying a DCS aircraft.

Since the game is part of DCS World, Eagle Dynamics' unified DCS playing environment, multiplayer games can incorporate players using Combined Arms as well as Black Shark, A-10C Warthog, and P-51D Mustang simultaneously.