“It allows the player to get used to different kinds of multiplayer strategies in solo missions,” Watts said. You can face off against different kinds of artificial intelligence, such as one that turtles up with defenses around its artillery, or another that builds only tanks so it can rush you. For instance, in one mission, you only get two or three squads for the entire battle, and you have to keep them alive as you take a series of strong points. The new missions bring about different kinds of play that you may or may not pursue in multiplayer games. Big battles of 1941 are in Theater of War missions - engagements that the main games doesn’t cover.
While the single-player campaign follows a strict narrative - a story about the war - this new mode offers battles that illustrate other important moments between the Russians and the Germans during the first part of the war, said Simon Watts, a spokesman for Relic in an interview with GamesBeat. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.