You don’t need to know at what point in the Cold War timeline the game is set (keep this in mind), why the war is going hot or where you’ll be fighting. However, Cold War is beyond such petty mortal concerns. Most strategy games that decide to tackle the what-ifs of the Cold War Gone Hot usually have some explanation of what is happening and why.
Did this experience help them create a compelling game with Men of War: Assault Squad 2 – Cold War? No, not at all. Digitalmindsoft are the people who worked on its Assault Squad spin-off, as well as the Call to Arms title, which is essentially “Men of War: Modern Day”.
No, it’s known from being a game where you regularly control forces of platoon size and up, but you can also take control of an individual infantryman to rifle through a fallen enemy’s pockets. Men of War is a legendary World War II RTS series, and not just because of its terrible voice acting.