Steel Division 2 - Burning Baltics

Steel Division 2 - Burning Baltics
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$7.49
Release date
29 April 2021
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Lead the Axis to victory in Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics, the History Expansion featuring the German counter-offensive, Operation Doppelkopf. Command 8 new Divisions, including the elite "Grossdeutschland", 120+ new units, 2 new Nations and 2 new Aces!

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Steel Division 2 - Burning Baltics system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7 with Service Pack 1
  • Processor: Intel Celeron G4920 (Legacy: i3-2100) , AMD Athlon 200GE
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 (Legacy: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450), AMD Radeon RX 460 (Legacy: ATI Radeon HD 5570)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
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EMPERORofSUNS-Inqu.PimpCommissar
EMPERORofSUNS-…

One of the best dlc´s for this game. Mix of high quality, competetive 1v1 and 2v2 divisions and unique battlegroups for bigger team games. Also one of the fewer dlc´s, where allied and axis divisions have the same power level, measured by the overall power level of all divisions together for each side.

Stride
Stride

AG campaign is still a slight bit buggy, but not in any meaningful ways. Honestly one of the more fun AGs in the game imho that at a minimum seems to be well set to force the AI to concentrate their best units against you. Aside from AG I'm unsure about the new Soviet divisions but the Axis ones seem interesting at least.

As always the retail price isn't really reasonable, but if you paid $10 for this you wouldn't be getting robbed.

tiefighter71
tiefighter71

Haven’t had the chance to try all the divisions in mp yet, but I will say the Army general was the most exciting one I have played by far on the Axis side.

The divisions you field are some of the best with halftracks SPW’s and tanks. That said, every Soviet rifle division had AT, and it was tough to protect your tank and motorized divs from taking too much damage and become combat ineffective. But for once, it seemed like the AI had its stuff together, because my final battle was the ultimate finale. Dozens of Su76’s, IS-2’s and ISU132’s had to do battle against my spearhead of Panzer 4’s and panthers and 88’s, with both sides denying air support.

The soviets are kind of lackluster this time around, so don’t expect much there. In Army general just dig in and hide AT guns and you’ll eventually win. And I agree with many that the skirmish decks aren’t quite as cool.

Just as Strachwitz saved Riga, so too does it save this DLC

Komrad Jalin
Komrad Jalin

Where are Estonias voice lines?

Gregor Clegane
Gregor Clegane

New Army General campaign is 10/10

Dogmeat
Dogmeat

Now i can play it and it got jets

ST. Javelin
ST. Javelin

Another well researched well done DLC. New armies are really interesting and fun to play so far. Also, another army general campaign is great as well. Second to none when it comes to researching units as well as modeling them beautifully in game. Thank you Eugen for your hard work!

Gudmundr
Gudmundr

Very cool divisions and a top contender for the best Army General campaign in the game.

philbroeders
philbroeders

160mm mortar you say? 100mm anti-tank gun? Float plane recon? - Count me in!

Wouter038
Wouter038

Fun addition, lack of maps clearly shows though. The maps are the same as from other general modes even though this is from a different area.

BlackFoxSamaki
BlackFoxSamaki

This should really have been $7.50 since the "new" Allied divisions are just units that are already in the game but renamed to make them seem new. Why do I have to pay money to get content that I already have?

Arch
Arch

Wow Eugen have done it again. The best RTS WWII game on the market just got better. The new range changes have brought life to different units and changed the game mechanics so much that each unit feels unique in what it can do, how far it can shoot etc and brings different strategies as well.

From a balancing perspective it looks pretty spot on with skill now being the decider.

Keep up the good work Eugen :)

Berkolok
Berkolok

has new army general campaign and the greatest european hero. Rudel. need to say more?

AviciiThinksImCool
AviciiThinksImCool

game keeps on maturing with each patch/dlc, keep it up. i really like the new models for GD

The Kaiser is Jack
The Kaiser is Jack

Great DLC, it changes up some of the mechanics and adds in 8 mostly badass divisions in total. Interesting and actually fun Army General campaign where the shoe ends up on the other foot for once, and the units are all very cool, you get some crazy units such as the Drilling and the Arado Jet Bomber for instance. It's fun and worth a buy, I hope that they continue to keep going with more cool and varied Axis divisions and less generic Soviet/Allied divisions like in this DLC for the most part.

EliteRising
EliteRising

All in all I like it, however its upsetting to see how bad the Grossdeutschland Divisions infantry skins look. Also upsetting that they didnt make new skins for the SS Division "Nordland", its just reused from the Wiking Division. Despite all this there are still some very cool new units that are very enjoyable to play. Also I think its too overpriced for a dlc with no singeplayer maps or historical scenarios.

smartspick
smartspick

Wild expansion. best WWII game out there! Amazing production value and the perfect blend of realism and gameplay!!

lepanto1588
lepanto1588

Cool new divisions and a fun AG campaign so far.

Settra the Imperishable
Settra the Imp…

I think the Axis divisions in this DLC are generally about two or three times more interesting than the Allied divisions, and neither of the new nations are as fully-fledged as Poland, Romania, or Finland. But there's still 8 divisions here and Nordland, 52nd Sicherungs, Panzverband Strachwitz, and Podv Group Fedyukina are all solid additions.

Fuflogun
Fuflogun

The new system with the display of orders is terrible, the whole map is clogged with arrows. It looks terrible! Give the opportunity to disable this feature!

kdragoon
kdragoon

Eugen thought Infantry spam is not healthy. Then it introduces one of if not the worst infantry spam meta in this update.

Funny.

When you have the mega buffed up Aryan super Fallschirmjagers come straight out from the Nazi propaganda posters, what's the point of using tanks?

Burning Baltics? More like a Sea of Burning Dumpsters.

Big middle finger to whoever came up with this update.

AC citicav
AC citicav

Nice job balancing the game Eugen. Russians have literally no new viable units and germans have jet bombers? I guess the Vichy devs should just rewrite the history so that their masters can rule the whole Europe

Dangermouse68
Dangermouse68

Wow! As an RTS fan since Dune 2 I really appreciate both the depth and ease of play in Steel Division 2. The game just keeps getting better and better. This is one of my all time best games ever. The variety of units, maps and strategies are incredible. The ability to let units decide for themselves how to approach objectives is very clever, although if you wish you can control any unit how you wish. The line of sight mechanic makes it easy to see what your units can see, and using it, one of my favourite strategies is to snipe and ambush with a weaker force against a stronger one. Brilliant game, this is an instant classic and must-have in the genre.

克拉科夫市委书记
克拉科夫市委书记

Is Eugene a company in Vichy France? Why was Germany promoted so strongly for no reason? As long as the German army is promoted, the German Empire will give you the Imperial Mark? The balance of the game is getting worse. Hope not to bring ideology into the game. The Soviet Red Army in World War II was the victor and the division of justice. Why weaken the Soviet army?

GEM
GEM

8 new divisions, plenty of new unit and continual improvements to an already good game.
Thanks devs!!

P.s. Please consider North Africa for a future DLC.

CrazyEight
CrazyEight

The new units really aren't. Its just a hand full of renamed units. The new campaign is neat but not worth $14.

Aurelizian
Aurelizian

Personally I like it. Loving it even. I play both sides equally and don't care about one side in perticular.

The Range Rework clearly has its problems but it is the first iteration of it, I REALLY DOUBT that Eugen is not balancing it over a certain time period with actual feedback.

I have nothing big to say as I havent played with the new divisions long enough to give an indepth look but what I can say is that Fanboys will turn on you for every little shit and multiplayer communities are toxic beyond belief. So please, If you think you would enjoy whats in the discription, by all means, buy it.

DuRcH7
DuRcH7

A new whereaboo DLC + halfassed Gameplay rework = Major F-u_c-k_u!!p1

=]NOD[= K98-Schütze
=]NOD[= K98-Schütze

So far, I do not understand some of the bad reviews here on Steam.
Most of them are regarding the new effective shooting distances for anti-tank guns and tank guns itself and have not much to do with the content of this DLC itself.

As Wikipedia might not be the most objective source in other areas, at least in technical aspects its pretty clear.
The new ranges are more realistic as we had it before.
German anti-tank guns and tank guns are more deadly on far distance, meanwhile soviet or alliied tanks have to outmaneuvre more or comming closer, just to penetrate the german armor.

German tanks were better, I think in multiplayer with a balanced 5 vs 5 match or so, it is showing now...realisticly.
Other factors, as air superiority or mass production of T-34 and Shermans are difficult to mirror now in multiplayer and might be only achieved on the singleplayer campaigns.

Abner
Abner

The current mechanism and the updated DLC hugely damaged the balance of this game, both in 3vs3 and specifically in the 10 vs 10, giving Germany asymmetrical advantage against USSR, making the Eastern Front entirely unplayble for the ally side. Eugon should really rethink about the game mechanism by strengthen the soviet, and bring the balance back to the game, otherwise this DLC is not recommended, specifically for the ally preferred players.....

otto_1002
otto_1002

I am a PVE player, so do not know about the balance some ppl comment on.

This DLC brought among many others a small but also great addition: really various unit ranges. It is making a huge difference and finally some German glass cannons make sense.

However, why campaign ends once you break the enemy’s lines? I have just played 5/20 turns... huge disappointment...

robkiller10
robkiller10

now this is just getting shit and what you get in this one, some good and a lot of tanks that all tanks the game should be cool "steel of tanks"

one new map that great but it a 10v10 map like wtf really. where are the snow maps that you say 1 years on facebook???

plus why tanks division all the time there was other aspects in ww2 not just tanks.
where is the timer god no one got the time to play one match for over 1 hour or 2 hours that just f*** up your night.

DLC if you like Tanks get the dlc and one map

ForestL
ForestL

Although we get great divisions in this DLC, including powerful 11stSS. and 19th Tank, which contributes to build a pool of various war machines and battle squads, this DLC and update kill the game over the night!!!
In a word, German Players win this game without any skills!!
Not to mention why 88mm flak's range is 2000m while 85mm flak can only cover 1750m, the allied forces is really short of 2000m high explosive delivery ability. Can you imagine a dozen of Grilles are able to suppress ALL allied tanks using their supreme firing range? ALL OF THOSE MAKE THIS GAME GET REALLY BORED, EVEN IF YOU WIN THE BATTLE.
Please, Eugen, you are one of the best RTS game producer in this age. DO NOT MAKING MISTAKES AND KILL YOUR OWN GAME!!!

LastChance
LastChance

Unfortunately Eugen has decided that only their strike team members can have opinions. The second you disagree, you get banned.

物理系魔法师
物理系魔法师

the most broken version, German auto win.In 1944, the German army captured Moscow, Washington, and London.
In addition, you can also see that both sides use machine guns to shoot down airplanes and smash tanks. The infantry did not dare to go out of the gate.
This is the most "balanced" and "cool" DLC in history!

dadadada
dadadada

Germang is too strong than others , its not funny!!!

Redloss, War Crimes Expert
Redloss, War C…

Another helping of Eugen's unpolished, untested trash updates that has the gall to charge you $15 for an asset recycle.
EA, Activision, and Eugen should team up to save the environment based on how much content they recycle each update.

Bicth Lasagna ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Bicth Lasagna …

Not bad, but not great. The size of the Army General mission is quite small compared to the others, no new historical missions or new music tracks. The divisions on offer are quite similar to the ones already available in game for example the 52 Sicherungs Division is basically Koruck 2.0...Only very MINOR differences and uniform changes. Should be priced at 10 dollars..... Otherwise I wouldn't feel so mixed.

Aenobarbus
Aenobarbus

Terrific scenario. It was fun to play with the Axis and try to establish contact with the Armeegruppe Nord. However, though it pains me, I must give it a thumbs down, for despite all the usual eye candy present in the base game, which makes SD2 a joy to play, Army General AI is still poor on the strategic map, taking decisions which can be described as at best reactionary and too little too late. I was able to win the campaign, on the hardest difficulty at the end of turn 7, by seizing all three key points on the map. At its current state, the campaign offers no challenge whatsoever and therefore this DLC (as most of the base game) fails to depict the hardpressed and hopeless situation of the Axis armies in this stage of the war.

Addendum: The game has awarded me the wrong achievement for finishing the campaign (Tiraspol campaign's "White Castle").

seashell
seashell

bs-3 and estonian cannon fodder

Eaglefire
Eaglefire

A Great DLC, still amazed by that fact that there are still more unique units added to the already incredible big armory this game has to offer. 10/10 would recommend it to everyone.

Airforceguy805(孙明)
Airforceguy805(孙明)

Super fun DLC. Ignore the haters who claim there somehow isn't enough content for the Soviets to justify the price. Soviets receive new aircraft, new weapons, new units and a whole new faction: Estonia. A new Army General campaign, 8 new divisions and 2 new nations are well worth it. Even if none of that does it for you, the historical value attached to this operation and the divisions that took part in it was enough for me. 8/10.

Prince Eugène de Beauharnais
Prince Eugène …

This is a must have for axis players, as the divisions are all fun and add in many new and unique units as well as being strong. But for allied players I'd say you can skip this one, as with the exception of the 43rd Reserve Army you pretty much have seen and played everything the new soviet divisions have to offer. The Estonian division is pretty much just shoe horned in, and plays like a re skinned soviet rifle division, so don't buy it just for them.

Paranoid Alaskan
Paranoid Alaskan

The German Divisions are interesting but the Soviets got shafted.

BootieSlurper
BootieSlurper

Can we please get an achievement for this campaign!

Texasovich [FOXES]
Texasovich [FOXES]

Good "Army General". But no new maps...

BOT Dust2lamb
BOT Dust2lamb

The army general has way to fucking much regiments to bring into a fight!!! I can handel 3 but not 5!! And even if I got my friends to help I can only see a sea of red units on the map of the soviets! Impossible!

PS Can this be fixed or somethin?

Hachiman
Hachiman

The campaign is good. But.....
I cannot load my old saves after the update and I literally spend a month fighting every battle(more than 60 battles I remember) myself try to minimize the causalities. This is not the first time, it happened to my Romanian campaign as well while i was nearly finish the campaign(which i just let it go and chose not to bother). The reason behind it may because I use MUSIC mod and the creator update the MUSIC mod so the game could not identify and run the mod.... Bruh, it's just a mod that change the BACKGROUND MUSIC, this is so *****

I may change my review if there is a solution in the future. But still this game is not so friendly to community contents, even though it has so called "mod center" in the main menu.

Rollonleviking
Rollonleviking

I said the AI cheat in singleplayer

Schtorsk ( Dev) answer :
Rollonleviking, please stop spreading wrong information, especially to new players.

Here's my answer:
You have 1 vac ban registered| Info 2374 day(s) since the last banishment
And you give me lessons Ha ha ha

So he say: I am banned for life.
Is it normal from a cheater (VAC ban) to ban me because he is unable to argue ?

And more I cannot do modding any more Ha ha ha .

Eugen you have in your team a bad guy!

Sorry my english is not so good.

ThunderLord
ThunderLord

After hours into Army General campaign on the axis side, the game is now stuck on the ai's turn. Even if i load previous save, it does the same thing. Game breaking bug, which is very unfortunate because the setting of this dlc is very interesting. Giving a thumbs down until this bug is fixed.

robi
robi

Cool divisions and a very unique campaign

IAMtheloserRG
IAMtheloserRG

i dont know why i purchase this game but it tell me that this game is in cart ? i already purchase it

✠Cherrybomb✠
✠Cherrybomb✠

Steel Division got a great new spring with Burning Baltics, but Eugen Systems threw away all the potential, because they couldn't cope with the allies fanbois' shitstorm. The game got worse and worse with every following patch. The general quality of the new army groups is very mixed, but mostly it's the usual copy and paste + reskin of older units. However, what I found very outrageous was that they announced a new model for the Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. D and it ended up being so incredibly ugly and cheap that I'm surprised it wasn't too emprassing for Eugen Systems to publish it. They also promised a Panther turret as a bunker, but then only cheaply presented an existing Panther as a hull down. The usual lies of Eugen Systems...

Easy pete's personal but licker
Easy pete's pe…

please put a steam Achievement for when you beat the army general campaign as the USSR or Germany.

Corrosion
Corrosion

The Germans yell at me when I click them

Edztrえどぜてル
Edztrえどぜてル

for 1st time in my review history Im doing this(only toward entire EUG System)
1.rename EUG Sys discord server as : English Language Culture Center(cope-seethe-malding-cringe)
2.never start fight w/ the poor, weak, disabled in english language ppls
3.I joined your server before rule 10-12 ever existed
4.fix your tongue like "next time speak more human" just because somebody's grammar are poor
5.do not pretend every country know here & there, I do not recognize BritB0ngs is a rude but rather beloved callings, but if you insist, I will embargo it, boicot it to the ashes, even Im ex British die-hard supporter & rank 7 of 28 student in my classroom in english language proficiency(you ultimately disrespect & commit rule 03 of discrimination)
6.all blocked ppls upon my death, I pray to the God who create me, let him judge based on karma, I will remember this, all they do to me this 1 year 27 day staying at EUG Sys discord server, I WILL REMEMBER TILL MY DEATH I swear
7.you never know what other discord server react to your realm, that is pathethic, they disgust of EUG Sys discord server
8.next time shut up instead or at least spread 100000 english teacher+free internet for all humanity, if in case you would come in mind "i D0nT UnDERstanD wHAt yOuR mEAN" or "s0wry m8 I caN't UNDERstAnD anY ShiT yOu sAy"
that just waste my time, better say something better n more value to listen than empty unhelpful stuff like that. Imagine wanting something like "understanding" but don't have the real effort to put
9.banning me from discord just because their personal butthurt ain't going anywhere mate, you reap what you sow, now get lost Im banning your entire game from my sight as well
10.sry m8 I only pay games who got my concern & respect me, my eye toward spending 2.000.000 Rupiah toward Enlisted, War Thunder, anything that not like EUG Sys do to me in their very discord nest server instead