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The problem with Allied General

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Allied General is a good concept, allowing individuals to be the 'good guys' after experiencing Panzer General. In practice, it is absurdly difficult. For one thing, assigning the allies a set number of turns for victory is ridiculous. Would Stalin, FDR, or Churchill have given up after Stalingrad because of any kind of time factor whatsoever?! The wildly inncurate historical errors spring forth from the very beginning of play. The Russians took an embarrassingly long time to crush Finland, but ultimate Soviet victory was never in doubt.
Prestige points are stingily awarded, considering the kind of economic superiority enjoyed by the allies. And the later scenarios actually have post D-Day battles where both sides have numerical equality. In short, to qualify for any kind of historical re-creation, Allied General needs to be easier than Panzer General, not the reverse.

Basic strategy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game and its twin, Panzer General, are probably the best strat games for the Playstation. I've loved them, and their PC successors, for years. These have crappy graphics and clunky movement and firing rules compared to PZ2 & PZ3, but I still love them.

The only reason Im reviewing this after 10 years is because I'm interested in what another review wrote about the Pskov scenario in the Russian campaign. It has to be bugged.

I remember trying for months to beat it, to the point where I reloaded extensively until one time I beat it with a major victory. Anything other than a major appears to end the campaign with a loss.

I saved that win on a memory card and any any time I wanted to play the Russian campaign I just started with that save. So my old memory card got trashed in a flood and now I have to try to replicate what took about 1 month of on and off again playing to beat Pskov the first time. Can anyone (if anyone reads this in the next three years) tell me if there is any quick and easy way to pull a major on Pskov?

Not worth $

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: November 19, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Being a big fan of the strategy genre, I found Allied General a huge disapointment. Hexagonal playing fields with poor graphics mean a very bad playing experience. Stick with the Civilization series.

great strategy game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

it is a fun game to play. I only would like it to have better graphics. a great complement to my panzer general. shoild be 5 stars but because of the graphics is not

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Allied General is the perfect companion for Panzer General. It took me a long time to beat PG, and I hope it takes me just as long to beat AG.

Some helpful hints for the novice: (1)turn the animations off, they're useless, and just slow the game down; (2) set the difficulty low at first or you'll give up quickly; (3) buy lots of aircraft.

I liked this game more than PG because of the diversity of the available equipment. In PG, you are limited as to what equipment you can purchase, which in the early stages of the game limits effectiveness.

If you are looking for a super-fast, dazzling game, stick to command and conquer. If you like your strategy without bells and whistles, get this game.

Addicted to War

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game takes hours and hours. It really makes you think, I have a blast with it. The wife tries to hide it from me sometimes or I'll disappear for entire weekends with this one. Super tough cpu opposition ensures it is always a challenge. I had this thing rented for 20 days til I finally gave up and bought it here.

one of my all time favorites

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is awesome it takes hours and hours to play but you'll love every second thinking about your next move and conteracting your opponet to save europe and the world will keep you coming back time after time I have played this game for about 5 years and I still love it

Once learned, it's easy to play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Close to the old Avalon Hill wargames.
Have to think to win. A very good game.

boring real quick

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: April 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I enjoy strategy games, especially war strategy quite a bit, but this game doesn't require strategy. There is practically no one who has enough strategy to beat this game. The designers wanted only God himself to be able to win certain battles. Even if it was easier you would find yourself bored within a few days of buying it. Not much of anything is good about this game.

Allied General

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Allied General and it's companion game Panzer General are without a doubt the two best strategy games out for Playstation. The scenarios are challenging and require thought and planning to successfully complete. The graphics could be improved however, the games have been out for several years and the technology is showing it's age.

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