Joint Task Force

This RTS was developed by Most Wanted Entertainment and published by HD Publishing and Sierra Entertainment and released in 2006.

In JTF you follow a JTF battalion and it's commander, Mayor Matthew O'Connell where you fight in five different countries: Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Colombia.
There the JTF fight for control and stability. The missions in JTF are based on actual combat situations.

The game includes officially licensed vehicles and weapons systems from major defense contractors, like Boeing, General Dynamics e.d.
So think of Apachee and the M1 Abrams tank.

The game focusses heavily on making tactical decisions.
To purchase new troops and equipement, you get money at the start of a mission or during a mission after completing an objective.
But not everything can be brought in by helicopter (that's the way how light equipement and troops are brought in). In order for you to get access to the heavier gear, like tanks, you have to capture an airstrip.

The graphics in the game are pretty nice. The maps are well developed with a lot of diversity. Effects like explosions and the weather are detailed, so are the vehicles, troops and environment.
Now the gameplay is something else. There were some moments that made no sense at all. Moments where my tanks were destroyed by men with grenades (not RPG's) or where my men got gunned down by a small squad when they had superior numbers.
The rest is pretty basic, so you won't encounter any weird controls.

Conclusion: Joint Task Force is a good game with a nice map design and detailed graphics. It has it's weird moments but that won't ruin the game.