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I BELIEVED IN OTHERS REVIEWS......AND I NEVER SHOULD HAVE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 25 / 41
Date: January 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love to come to Amazon not only for it's shopping but for other serious gamers reviews on great games. I love strategy games! So when I noticed that this game had received 5 star ratings I checked it out. I read all of the reviews and truly thought that I was investing my money into a great game. I soon found out that it was one of the worst games I had ever played. I seriously don't see what others see in this game. The plot of the game is stupid. You are the german army and are commanded to do certain tasks that are supposed to resemble world war 2. Well... the creators of this game must not have had any classes in history because it was horrible. Also the graphics lacked and the gameplay was INCREDIBLY SLOW! Believe me don't take this review as a joke. If I could have I would have given the game negative stars. I have written this review so you, the customer, can save your money and find a game worth the money you intend to spend

worthless game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: March 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

from reading some of the other reviews , one would think these people work for the company . a total waste of money . this game annoys , not entertain . the most likly to never finish playing . the worse part is the price charged for a play station and this is the crap they come out with to play on it ? my advise is to stay away from any ssi games. insted , buy a bag of rocks. at least you can do something with that.

Too slow

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: February 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Way too slow, bad graphics and awful sound. There are a lot of missions to keep you occupied, but the campaigns stink because they are way too long and you can only be the Germans. If you have to buy this game buy it for the computer or better yet buy Panzer General II or III.

One of the Sweetest!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the sweetest strategy games i ever played. Mine quite about a year ago and i immediately went out and bought another, and i still play it.

History, As it should have been!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: November 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

All I can say about this game is WOW! I've had it for about a year and I still haven't gotten tired of it. The fun part of this game is that each battle has a different outcome according on how well (or not so well) you do. Two weeks ago I finally beat the U.S. and unified Europe and North America under German leadership! If your a fan of WWII and alternate history, this game is for you.

Best Strategy for Playstation

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: October 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game doesn't rank tops for graphics, and the music can be pretty annoying after a couple hours but it's easy to turn it off. The gameplay is completly unique, it's very complex and dynamic with some of the subtlty of a good chess game with the advantage of it being faster paced and more variable with terrain effects and pieces being able to offer support on attack and defense. All in all a good game and well worth the money.

With hundreds of different units, this game has replay!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: November 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Learn combined arms tactics, and no one can stand in your way. Still, like chess, each game is very different. I've gotten more replay out of this one game than most of my others put together. Besides, it feels good to have the French kneel before your Panzer Might.

Classic Strategy Battles, with a twist.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I fell in love with this game in the mid-90's when it first came out. I recently decided to purchase it again to see if it held up against the test of time. In my opinion, it did this very well.

If you are expecting brilliant graphics, amazing sounds lots of action then this is not the game for you. If you like strategy wargaming, then this is the game for you.

Play is fairly simple, at first. You are only controlling 10 units moving across a small battlefiend. It gives you a chance in the beginning rounds to understand how to best used all your troops: Infanty, Armor, Anti-Armor, Fighters, Bombers, Artillery, etc and all the different types of each. Another neat aspect of the game is that your troops become experienced after every fight they survive. They are rated in experience from 0 to 5 stars. Each star makes them just that much more lethal at what they do and they stay with you from scenario to scenario provided you don't get them killed.

As the game progresses you move deeper into World War II and consequently the battles become larger and more difficult to defeat. It is a great feeling when you conquer a major engagement that took you 2 or 3 times to get past, but there is a downside.

Once you are on the 4th or 5th battle (and so on), it is so large that it can take literally 2-3 hours to fight the battle to it's conclusion. My advice: When you know you've lost, save yourself the time and restart. Unless you are one of those people that has to fight it out to the bitter end, in that case have at it! :)

One other bright point is that the better (see: faster) you defeat your enemies, you get rewarded with not only extra resources but you can actually alter the course of the war!

Overall, it's a very interesting strategy WWII game that people with patience and time on their hands can really sink their teeth into.

Core Unit Maximization

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The proper ratio of 5-star units, followed by a pre-planned campaign path, seems a science. If one is not going for total victory, by Moscow '43 a mix of 8 FW109A's, 8 JU 87d's, 8 Tiger I's, 7 pioneer infantry, 4 High Level Bombers, 3 8.8 AT guns (for later transferal to Jagdpanther form), and 6 SIG II's (or is it SIG 38T's by then?) is a ratio that seems formidable. Creating the most powerful mix of core units is a form of entertainment unto itself. The key is purchasing fighters during Warsaw and Norway onward, along with tactical bombers, until one eventually winds up with 8 Fw109D's(or jets), 8 FW10916's (converted Stukas), 4 Hell177A High Level Bombers, 5 Tiger I's, 3 Tiger II's, 2 Panther D's, 2 Jagdpanthers, 1 Jagdtiger, 5 SIG 38(t), and 8 Pioneer Infantry. Such a 5-star force can do historically impossible things, but a 16-plane enforced air superiority is vital. As for claims of historical innaccuracy, the Sea Lion strategy accurately reflects OKW's captured war-plan, and the general strategies are still used today. 1) establish air superiority 2)bypass heavily populated areas, encircling an enemy with tank divisions followed by infantry 3) tacticaly bomb an enemy after establish air superiority to support ground troops 4)keep all forces mobile, at least in transport from site to site, to maintain a secure line of logistics. -credentials: B.A. History, Towson, & U.S. Navy vet

I realize this game is old...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

But haven't ya'll heard of an uldn' but a goodn'?

The Panzer General Series is truly an incredible step forward in turn based strategy. Not as simple as such games as Heroes of Might and Magic 3 but much more simple than The Battle of Kursk. In this middle nitche, players get to feel like they are running an army but they don't get saddled with the 3 to 1 logistic system.

And, as quaint as Panzer General may seem, it is a very deep game. Even Panzer General 2 avoided have the polethera of units and tactics as are in 1. You will be able to use navies, strategic bombers and just about anything else one might expect to see on the WWII battlefield. Play is challenging and rarely stale. Getting the coveted Decisive Victory is never too easy but it remains attainable and rewarding. The prestige system is also useful, giving players points for taking cities, eradicating units and so on. But...Most importantly, your army carries over from level to level, meanng that the game can be played several times with different units and the outcome will be different(there are also branches based on the speed of victory). Trust me, this game is timeless and endless.

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