Blitzkrieg is a great RTS WW2 game. You can play Soviet, German and American campaigns. Like many other RTS WW2 games, infantry is generally pretty weak and the focus is on tanks, however this game does have strong use of artillery that can be used to fire shells across the map out of the immediate field of view. The game also requires careful battlefield planning - one false move and you find that the computer opponent will defeat you. The game pays careful attention to details such as the armor thickess of tanks (front, side and rear). In this manner, if you can sneak up on an enemy tank and shoot it from behind you can kill it much faster. The game also makes clever use of specialized infantry like snipers and also allows enemy weapons to be captured and put to use. The game requires a significant amount of effort to make sure that equipment and soldiers are healed and kept with ammunition. All in all, Blitzkrieg is a very realistic game. My main negative comment is how difficult it is to be victorious on the higher difficulty settings. Additionally, some of the missions require you to manage huge amounts of individual units which became a little unwieldy at times. I personally perferred the missions which had smaller number of units that you would strategically manage across the map. Other than that I went through all the missions and spent well over 100 hours on the game. I also played the 2 expansion packs (Rolling Thunder, Burning Horizon) which played similar to the core game (just additional missions). If you like a realistic WW2 game, this will fit the bill. Just be prepared to be frustrated a little trying to win missions on anything but the easiest settings.
BLITZKRIEG is what I always like to call "One of the Greatest Games for me" and now let me explain why. Graphics: The Graphics in blitzkrieg are pretty nice, (though artillery shots could be different each hit)... Read Full Review
Like most of the other reviewers, I'm a little disapointed with Gamespot's review of the game. In fact, I'm also VERY disapointed with Gamespots support for the game - no downloadable game guide, no available walkthroug... Read Full Review
