Each mission is tightly scripted and offers almost zero chance for freedom or exploration, which means there's very little replay value.
Earth 2150's graphics are good, but ultimately it's the gameplay that will keep you coming back for more.
While the gameplay is mostly identical to the preceding games, all the intensity of the Close Combat system remains in Invasion Normandy.
Panzer General III: Scorched Earth takes its predecessor's engine and simply shifts the setting of the game to the Eastern Front.
Science-fiction and empire-building fans will be hard-pressed to find something in the game to get excited about.
While Warlords Battlecry is evidently derivative of other fantasy-themed strategy games, its combination of elements taken from its predecessors makes the game unique in its own right.
Battle of the Bulge will appeal both to Close Combat veterans and to those simply looking for a good real-time strategy game with historical overtones.
Just observing the aircraft in flight, especially at high altitude with contrails streaming, is enough to evoke admiration for what the developers have achieved.
Though the 3D graphics can occasionally lead to command and control problems, the game is based on a good underlying system.
At its heart, Rites of War proves to be fairly enjoyable if you can get past all its many rough edges.
The game's best features are all but lost behind a poorly designed interface, insidious crash bugs, and a handful of design flaws.
Imperialism II is a more refined and interesting use of the Imperialism system, with an excellent interplay of elements.
Luftwaffe had the makings of an interesting, offbeat sim. Indeed, with some serious patching and a complete reissue, it could still become one.
Warhammer is a complex, vastly entertaining strategy gaming system, and Chaos Gate does full justice to it.
People's General represents the natural evolution of Panzer General II and the Living Battlefield series.
If you're not looking for a time-intensive, stat-heavy WWII experience, then Soldiers at War is definitely worth a spin.
Someday, there will be a World War II armored warfare simulation with the essential features that fans of this genre want. Until then, we'll have to settle for Panzer Commander.
It may not be the most highly talked-about game ever to crash the real-time party, but it is certainly one of the most entertaining.
Final Liberation looks and feels like a traditional turn-based wargame, but meticulous gameplay balance and dozens of imaginative units set it apart.
The changes to the system are for the better, but they simply make it feel morelike a glorified patch than a new game.
Overall, Buccaneer feels like an unfinished work, and the fact that it offers a few really good features makes the overall package that much more disappointing.
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Rifles is a deep, satisfying, wholly entertaining wargame.
The term "Armchair General" was coined for this kind of game.
This limited method of play is similar to first-generation real-time strategy games.
Gamers new to fantasy adventuring will be disappointed by the graphics and playability, and hard-core role-players will be quickly frustrated by this game's inherent limitations.
Fantasy General is little more than Panzer General in a new box with some Dungeons and Drag... err… fantasy units in place of the tanks.
Imperialism succeeds in creating an engrossing simulation of naked power-mongering.
Pacific General is a grand strategic game with a charming simplicity.
There is obviously a great bubbling need for a quick-playing, accessible, slick, historical wargame - and Panzer General II more than fits the bill.
Randomly generated campaign missions, realistic settings that have you swearing at your crew, and sounds that place you IN a submarine are the great strengths that set Silent Hunter apart ...
Sometimes, when you get a game design just right, it's okay to coast for awhile.
Steel Panthers is your chance to recreate some of World War II's classic armor battles from the comfort of your own home.
This is the best modern warfare game around.
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