Panzer Front Review

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(More customer reviews)For all those of you like myself who are sick of driving games, sports games or 1st player shooters where you have to duel it out with some sort of futuristic E.T. your prayers have been answered at last. Panzer Front delivers! This game contains almost forty WW2 tank types, some are variants such as the Sherman M4 and it's upgraded relative the M4A1. You will find American, German, Russian and British tanks in this game, the Firefly (a gunned up version of the Sherman is listed as British) there is also a section with 6 futuristic tanks, at least one of those (in this game called the Short Bull which had four treads) inspired on real plans. There are many different senarios to play, in each of them you have the ability to play the sides as it happened back in the day or you can pick your steed from the large selection. The controls are complex but there is a beginner mode. If you decide to play the more complex levels you will be forced to learn the gearbox, correct ammo selection (HEAT, HE, Smoke, machine gun and a couple others) and many other features. Outside of the beginner mode this is not an easy game to sit down and be succesful at in a hurry, there is a tutorial option that lectures you on tactics and equipment. Some of the more famous WW2 tank engagements can be played which I really loved. I have only two complaints, when setting the sound the button labled Audio controls the music and the button labled Music controls the audio, and after your tank is knocked out the senario is over, I wish command would just switch to the next friendly tank. You are able to select sound effects, over 60 settings of clinking treads, shell-casings being ejected and cannon reports. You can call in arty fire missions wihich are super acurate and super destructive, you can assign some tanks to attack or defend but some of your tanks are controlled by the computer. I played the Americans attacking the Ludendorf Railway bridge at Remagen, my little M4A1s did well until the big German Anti-Tank guns (some are the deadly Flak 88, others are the little PAK 37) found their range. The baddest real tank is the Hunting Tiger, it has a gun over 120mm, big even by today's standards. The game does a good job of illustrating the strengths and weakness's of each tank, the super heavies (like the King Tiger) have great protection but are pretty slow, American M4s and Russian T-34s are much faster. The optics on the German Tanks are better. There is supporting and enemy infantry, machine gun will take them out but an armour peircing shell will do next to nothing, like I said, pretty realistic. The big question....is this game worth [the money], well only you can answer that, it sure was for me. If you like realistic war games buy it at once, no need to rent it, this game is a winner. I have Battletanx and this game is light years way more advanced than that. A previous reviewer said that this game was more like a computer game, that's a big 10-4, he is right on target. I played the Panther G in the famous Barkman's Corner senario vs the M4s in Normandy, the Shermans didn't get me (when they did the thick armour saved me) but the allied air power did, watch out. I tailor made one senario in which I took on over 25 Josef Stalin and T-34 tanks with one Tiger1, a Tiger2, a PantherA and a Stug Assualt gun over rough terrain with my tanks using buildings for cover, you can do stuff like that with this game, by WW2 standards it would have been a draw, the high velocity 88s were picking off the commies at distances of up to 6,270 ft (my personal best) but when the surviving Russians got into lethal gun range (which don't take long because T-34s move quick) I got a bloody nose before they retired and left me the field. Great game, THANKS Tommo!

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Panzer Commander Review

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(More customer reviews)Panzer Commander, the WWII tank simulation, is somewhat underrated within the software game genre. There are a few glitches (like AI that is randomly a bit slow) but they are more or less cleared up with the availablepatches. The graphics are not on par with Panzer Elite, but the realism ofthe game; from the way your tank bounces across terrain or your gunner getsKIA'd after a direct hit, makes up for it. Where it lacks in technicalprowess, the game makes up for it with spirit and story line. This is good,dramatic, challenging game play!
The game offers several modes of play.In campaign mode, you'll find that at the harder levels you'll struggle tokeep your tank platoon alive while you complete your mission objectives.Each scenario follows a historically accurate order of battle. As the warprogresses, you'll be offered tank upgrades to deal with theever-increasing technological advancements of your enemy. Most notable ofthe German campaigns are the Eastern Front scenarios. SSI did a good job ofcreating an accurate feel of warfare in Russia. Your heart will pound inanticipation as you sneak your Panzer around shelled out buildings inLeningrad, "hunting" for Russian T34's and machine gun nests. Ifyou're UNLUCKY, your gunner might spot a mighty "Iosef Stalin"tank instead. Then you'll have to get a bit too close for comfort and hopethat you can mange a flank shot. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking, you'vegot to breach the Russian defenses and secure the distant bridgehead foradvancing German infantry.Playing for the Russian side, you can almostsmell the desperation of your fellow tankers as you struggle to stop thefurious onslaught of the elite "Grossdeutschland" or SSdivisions. You'll curse the Luftwaffe and the German artillery as shellsand bombs rain down all around you. Terrain will become your best friend.Keep your T34 "hull down" and wait for an unsuspecting Panzer to expose hisunderside as he rushes up and over a nearby hill. As the war enters it'slater stages, you'll experience the rush of expelling the German invadersfrom your country and pushing them towards their own borders. The huntersbecome the hunted. Just watch out for those 88's! The game also offers asingle scenario mode. This will give you the chance to jump right into theaction. Campaign mode is nice though as it gives the game a sense ofcontinuity. You can play additional campaigns and single scenarios for theBritish and Americans as well. I found that the German and Russiancampaigns were, however, the most challenging and exhilarating.Artilleryand air support is present although you do not have control.The game alsooffers up a scenario editor so you can design your own scenarios. The gamecan also be played online. I'm hoping at some point SSI will plan a PanzerCommander "2".
All in all, SSI designed a solid game that offers decentgraphics and challenging artificial intelligence. The game is so cheap now;you don't have a reason not to buy it either. If I had to compare toanother game as far as graphics and realism, I would have to sayMicrosoft's Combat Flight Simulator is a good parallel.Now go out and getthis game!

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In Panzer Commander, the players can play selected missions or participate in one of six campaigns, each of which consists of a series of linked missions, the outcome of which will determine the course of the campaign. Players can play on either side and are given a selection of Axis and Allied tanks. Successful players are given command of a platoon of tanks.In Panzer General 2, players fight on the Living Battlefield. Featuring the heightened realism of hand-rendered maps--30 battlefields that are faithful to the real ones of WWII--the Living Battlefield also showcases detailed combat units. Battles rage through World War II's eastern and western fronts, northern Africa, and even the continental United States. Will you fight as a Wehrmacht officer, or perhaps lead your comrades in the Soviet Army? You may want to hit the beaches at Salerno and Normandy as an American or British general. No matter which path you choose, you will need all your skills to triumph.

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