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Cool CD...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a eleven year old war addict.
This is a great game because it
allows you alot of control. I
especially appreciated being
able to choose the weapons.

Cool CD...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a eleven year old war addict.
This is a great game because it
allows you alot of control. I
especially appreciated being
able to choose the weapons.

Great Game With Poor Platform

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: August 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I truly enjoy playing this game. The simulation allows players to participate in historically accurate scenarios from the Normandy invasion. Very playable, historically accurate, and lots of fun.

The game falls down on the quality of its programming. It can be rather slow paced (a typical scenario runs about 90-minutes), and the program tends to experience fatal programming conflicts that cause the game to crash --very, very frusterating.

For the price it was great, but left me wanting more.

--Jeff

Are you man enough

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Welcome to the first, Role Playing, turned based game of WWII. Being a average RPG player that I am, I have played ASL by Avalon Hill, I'll tell ya, it's more fun playing pencil and paper, then Keyboard and Mouse. But it's still a fun game and well worth the money, if your into a RPG based on WWII.

This Game Rulz

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 15
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This Game is the best so buy it everyone

Five stars after v1.1 patch

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hi,

Before buying this game I seen 20+ review on it. All of them bad :(
And it seemed all the reviews were right, this game does have problems! But did you know the v1.1 patch fixes 90% of the problems? Even the big three crashes
- crash involving artillery fire
- memory leaks which were causing slowdowns and crashes after playing the game for a while.
- crashes to desktop during the game.

After patching, this game rocks! Play American, German or Brits, durning late years of ww2 (44-45).
Random scenarios are great and if your into miniature games like, Easy Eights "Battleground WW2" or Meramic Enterprises "The Face of Battle" You'll feel right at home.

Squad Leader by Hasbro Interactive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you're expecting to play the old ASL board game classic by Avalon Hill, you're in the wrong theater of operations. This game plays more along the line of Dungeons & Dragons, where you choose individual fighters, outfit them, and take them into battle...there, their individual ability traits come into play and develop as you advance through a campaign. Once you shift your mental paradigm from ASL into a D&D mode, you find yourself immersed in an intense battle experience staged on the Western Front. I don't buy the criticism that this game's graphics and script seem "stodgy". It's not much different from other games I've played on this level, including Sid Meier's Gettysburg or Shogun Total War. I've seen far worse. The violence level is moderate. There's no blood splattering or gruesome death scenes. If anything, the manual could use some clearing up...but a deep "read me" text file augments the instructions enough to turn every visit to the game into an enjoyable and satisfying war gaming experience. I was pleasantly surprised and would recommend it to anyone who wants to play "army", without goofing around on fantasy soldier-level games like Army Men. This is WWII, down to the man. And, with some of A.H.'s old ASL developers working on the project (you'll see some familiar names in the credits), Squad Leader for computer will only get better. Watch for updates and sequels. But don't wait. Get it now and enjoy the war!

Passable Turn-based Tactical Wargame

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The title is certainly misleading. The design has little to do with the classic Squad Leader / Advanced Squad Leader series of board wargames. Old-timers may recall some resemblance to board games like Sniper or Ambush. However, this game lacks the more dramatic role-playing characteristics of Ambush, and is a more straightforward move-and-fire WWII fighting encounter. The graphics and game interface also pale against true state-of-the-art products. Tactical wargame fans may still be interested in playing over this one several times, but long-term replay value is probably not present.

failed attempt, but PLEASE try again!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Squad leader was the bomb as I was growing up. Believe me, I was elated at the prospect. Unfortunately, the dang thing crashes constantly. It did so on my last system and my new one. It's fairly slow to respond to commands, etc. If it weren't for these technical difficulites, it would be a masterpiece. When it works it's a blast but I've simply given up on playing it at this point and am looking for something new to satisfy my SL crave. Atari (and I know what your name means in Japanese) I have the utmost respect for you, but please try this again. If you make an SL II, as the old but functioning, you will have my money.

WARNING

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: January 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of Avalon Hill's Squad Leader DON'T buy this game. It has nothing at all in common with the board game. I bought this game and even before the end of the tutorial, uninstalled it and threw it in the bin. Thanks for nothing Hasbro/Microprose.

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