Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $29.99. It has been as low as $7.49.
- Story and characters: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 3k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
On the contrary: this game takes the original Panzer General as its starting point and pays openly hommage to it by using identical game mechanics and even progression as the main campaign unfolds.
While the visuals are relatively modest by modern standards, they are functional and clear.
Panzer General, released in 1994 by Strategic Simulations, changed all that for me, and for several years the turn-based wargame became my favorite genre on the pc: the games didn't need the graphical horse power of the earliest 3D-games and their expensive dedicated cards, since the focus rested almost exclusively on the strategic, operational or tactical gameplay.
Great WW2 game - simple yet challenging - even better in multiplayer.
Units are easily distinguishable, terrain is readable, and the interface is responsive and user-friendly.
The audio design follows suit—music and effects are serviceable and help set the tone without being intrusive, though some may find them repetitive during extended play sessions.
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Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.
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