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Pretty, but no brains.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The Amazon review of this game is accurate. You may get a cast of hundreds in this game, but the gameplay is simple and routine. If you're looking for a game with large numbers of combatants, try Shogun: Total War. For WW II, the Close Combat series (especially CC III) remains the best tactical game out there.

DO Not BUY ! (What a waste)

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 18
Date: February 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game sucked. It was slow and uninteresting.

- The interface was awkward - motion and characters were user UNfriendly - it was not addictive nor captured my attention in the slightest - this seemed like low budget, small plot type of game

Please don't wate your money. There are so many better games at the same price.

Lates, jules.

Big Disapointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: May 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have my own rule when it comes to buying new games. Never buy the game without playing the demo first. I violated that rule on this one and boy, do I regret it.

If you have never played a strategy game before, or perhaps if you have not played anything since the first SimCity came out, this will seem like it's great. But. . . after Starcraft, Age of Empires, and Empire Earth, this is downright pedantic. The graphics are adequate, the AI is terrible, the gameplay is awkward, words are misspelled, navigating the menus is a pain, and the instruction manual is barely enough to get started.

If you want to play a good strategy game, get Empire Earth and set it to WWII if that is what you are desperate to play. If you want to play a realistic wargame, get Operational Art of War. If you want to find out how many half-truths can be written on the side of a software box, get this one.

I recommend you don't.

Don't believe the hype

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: March 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Some people sing this game's praises, but the fact is that poor pathfinding, an utter lack of realism (infantry squads can destroy entire tank columns, B-17s fly close air support,...), and brain-dead AI make this game an exercise in frustration for most game players. Players new to gaming might enjoy the game's graphics and large number of available units, but the game's weaknesses will soon wear on them as well.

The game CHEATS!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If there is one thing I hate it is when games cheat. This game gives each unit two range statistics, sight range and weapon range. Playing this game even on its easiest setting, I continually got wiped out by units that supposedly had short ranges. Even my snipers(which supposedly have long vision ranges and weapon ranges) couldn't barely see other units before getting killed. Snipers behind trees were no match for SMG units standing in the open. It was particularly lovely to see artillery out ranged by riflemen! With the cheat code to turn off the fog of war, this game became playable, but you shouldn't need to do that. Also I am tired of games that don't have mission editors. Yes this game is cool because you supposedly have lots of units at your disposal, but that hype means nothing when you don't have the ability to choose. There are much better combat games out there.

Nice graphic but not a good game

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

Only word I can say is this game has the nice graphic but the rolling screen hurting my eyes. pretty hard to win the game..I don't have any fun playing this game.

This is not the WWII version of AOE II!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: May 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

No building up your civilization and no way to get new soldiers once they are killed. Not even close to the level of AOE II.

Difficult, but has its perks

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

---If this game had an expansion in which you could build structures and train units, this game would be the bomb.---

However thats not going to happen. I appreciate the reality of it being that, in war, you have a certain amount of men to accomplish something with and thats it. However in this game, it makes it way too difficult.

I found the graphics to be over the top and the maps truely realistic. The units were detailed nicely. Thumbs up to the artists. Thumbs DOWN to whoever combined the fog of war to initial enemy placement and their AI. Hell, even on easy and the first mission map, my guys were getting wiped out no matter which direction I wanted to send them. I would send a few tanks into the fog of war, so I could start getting a better view of the map. Instead of gaining intelligence on enemy placement, I start getting shot out of view and having grenades and missles obliterate the tanks in a mere 2 seconds. I cant counter attack, because the fog of war doesnt disappear when Im being attacked. This was a HUGE frustrator. No matter how fast I would try to mobilize my troops and get a plan going, I was being invaded by the enemy and blown to bits in a matter of minutes. Im not a cheater at heart, but I think I will retry this game with the cheat that lifts the fog of war, just so I can accomplish some of the missions. This by far was not my first RTS game. I am quite excellent at C&C 1 and 2, etc.

Maybe if they toned down enemy firepower or at least lifted the fog of war when your being attacked, or give you triple visibility when revealing new areas, the game could be more tolerable. But, for the simple fact that difficulty and fog of war impede gameplay, this game gets 2 stars instead of its well deserving 5 for graphics alone.

I would suggest the new title Real War over this one.

It's a frustratingly mixed bag.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is both good and bad, so although it is frustrating you will find yourself coming back to it more than once.

To its credit the game gives you a mass of units and unit types making it enticing to WWII buffs. Everything on the map explodes nicely and for the most part the sounds are above average (except for the previously mentioned ambulance drivers).

But the overall game plan leaves a lot to be desired. As stated before the units have no AI whatsoever. The units are not true to life in either speed, range or firepower. Mortars can decimate everything including tanks, and AT guns can't fire 10' in front of them. But the single most annoying factor is that your units are literally blind. No one can see anything except the officers, and the computer is really good about hanging just back into the fog of war and blowing them all to hell. In fact, the computer can blow just about anything you have to hell without you ever seeing half the units. Strategy is out the window and a blind rush only works if you don't get surrouned. Save your money and buy it used - cheap.

OK for Beginners -- very anti-German

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for a Christmas gift. I thought it would be a nice addition to all my Panzer General, etc. type games: WRONG. The game is pretty unique with its real-time movement and the confusion of all those units moving and firing, but the game is very unrealistic and prejudiced against the German forces. Imagine fighting the Blitzkrieg in the early 1940's with no artillery (you have to steal the enemy's guns) and no Stuka bombers (one of the mainstays of the Blitzkrieg)! I was sorely disappointed because I prefer the German side in these games because of the lack of resources, but their dependency on initiave and ingenuity. If you prefer only the Allies and you want to win big every time over an easy, severely handicapped Axis opponent, especially as the Russians (note the heavy influence of Russian names listed in the credits in the back of the book), then you will LOVE this game.

Since I already have the first game I will try the SS Forever in hopes that it will be more realistic! But, in my opinion, this game is only for beginners and those unfamiliar with the actual WWII struggle.

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