Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers.

Good: Training up your grunt from greenhorn to sharpshooter

Bad: Gut-shot by fundamentally flawed combat

At Least: It's not Army Men: WWII Paratroopers

Demian: Imagine if your weird uncle decided to re-create key WWII scenarios within the spray-painted Styrofoam landscapes surrounding his model train set. Add in a bunch of annoying arbitrary rules (like invisible walls to keep you on the preset path), and you're left with a bird's eye view of war that, at times, is hellish for all the wrong reasons.

Elite's character-building skill system is easily its best feature. You choose one of three combatants, each with slightly different strengths …