brokeneagle
12-26-2006, 08:33 PM
Hi guys,
I thought I would give you a peak at my new PC game I got from Santa (you just know Santa was a Panzer Grenadier when he was young).
It is a WW2 PC real time strategy game set totally on the Eastern front. It runs over 3 chapters - Barbarossa, total war in Russia and the retreat to Berlin with the final battle of the game set around the Teirgarten and the Reichstag.
All the vehicles are fully detailed and accurate on both sides. The historical aspect is also very good, as vehicles become available as you progress through the war. All vehicle movement is very realistic, including suspension bounce, rocking on recoil and when pulling up. Tanks leave track marks and 'belt out' exhaust when moving. Sound effects are great too. Vehicles have various stages of knockouts and can also be captured or taken over if abandoned.
All troops can be moved independently or as a group - they can also crawl. A really nice touch is the Flamethrower units which come in handy in the early stages of Barbarossa when your Mk3's run into KV1's. The flamers light em'up like a bonfire!
The settings are excellent and really add to the atmosphere. All buildings can be destroyed and anything the tanks run over is demolished as well - including troops if they get too close.
It also has multiplayer but will have to check on netplay
Anyway I am about mid way through 1943 so I will give you a look at some screen grabs from various stages.
EARLY BARBAROSSA
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/barborossa.jpg
This was just before an attack on a Russian HQ in a village. Notice the larger scale map in the left hand corner - this allows you to see the whole battle feild and move quickly between your units. RED spots are the enemy.
THE CAUCASUS
With the oil fields at Maikop in site you must recon the area with being 'wiped' by the numerous T34's lurking in the area.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/caucasusedit.jpg
I found the rail line to be the best approach to the main base without detection. You can just see the scout (white rectangle) at the middle of the geen circle.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/caucasusedit2.jpg
STALINGRAD
The outskirts of the grave for the 6th Army. You enter through the railyards and it's fight or die the whole way until you control the area. Notice the captured T34 - very neccessary until the better German armour comes along, though the Stug's work well.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/stalingradSeptember42edit.jpg
STALINGRAD - OPERATION URANUS
Pitomnik airfeild, west of the 'Grad' and I'm the Russians, trying to break the German lines and capture their only means of supply. T34 mod. 43 are the new addition.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/winter43attackedit.jpg
You can see the building change from fine to Fu*&^d! The Stug 3's are 'done like a dinner' as well!
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/winter43carnageedit.jpg
Carnage is the order of the day and some of the battles are just outrageous.........you end up with massed piles of broken armour, burning and smoking in front of your fixed positions. New attacks have to drive over the piles of wreckage to continue the attack. One battle I had in the early stages ended with the nearly the whole screen area littered in wrecked tanks and anti tank guns.
Tigers appear here for the first here trying to break in.
*not sure whether the 43 mod t34's should be there in early 43, oh well its only minor.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/winter43carnage2.jpg
Well thats it for the review.... I will add some more as I get through the game.
I will seeyou guys in a couple of weeks. I'm heading up the coast.:) :thumb:
I thought I would give you a peak at my new PC game I got from Santa (you just know Santa was a Panzer Grenadier when he was young).
It is a WW2 PC real time strategy game set totally on the Eastern front. It runs over 3 chapters - Barbarossa, total war in Russia and the retreat to Berlin with the final battle of the game set around the Teirgarten and the Reichstag.
All the vehicles are fully detailed and accurate on both sides. The historical aspect is also very good, as vehicles become available as you progress through the war. All vehicle movement is very realistic, including suspension bounce, rocking on recoil and when pulling up. Tanks leave track marks and 'belt out' exhaust when moving. Sound effects are great too. Vehicles have various stages of knockouts and can also be captured or taken over if abandoned.
All troops can be moved independently or as a group - they can also crawl. A really nice touch is the Flamethrower units which come in handy in the early stages of Barbarossa when your Mk3's run into KV1's. The flamers light em'up like a bonfire!
The settings are excellent and really add to the atmosphere. All buildings can be destroyed and anything the tanks run over is demolished as well - including troops if they get too close.
It also has multiplayer but will have to check on netplay
Anyway I am about mid way through 1943 so I will give you a look at some screen grabs from various stages.
EARLY BARBAROSSA
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/barborossa.jpg
This was just before an attack on a Russian HQ in a village. Notice the larger scale map in the left hand corner - this allows you to see the whole battle feild and move quickly between your units. RED spots are the enemy.
THE CAUCASUS
With the oil fields at Maikop in site you must recon the area with being 'wiped' by the numerous T34's lurking in the area.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/caucasusedit.jpg
I found the rail line to be the best approach to the main base without detection. You can just see the scout (white rectangle) at the middle of the geen circle.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/caucasusedit2.jpg
STALINGRAD
The outskirts of the grave for the 6th Army. You enter through the railyards and it's fight or die the whole way until you control the area. Notice the captured T34 - very neccessary until the better German armour comes along, though the Stug's work well.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/stalingradSeptember42edit.jpg
STALINGRAD - OPERATION URANUS
Pitomnik airfeild, west of the 'Grad' and I'm the Russians, trying to break the German lines and capture their only means of supply. T34 mod. 43 are the new addition.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/winter43attackedit.jpg
You can see the building change from fine to Fu*&^d! The Stug 3's are 'done like a dinner' as well!
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/winter43carnageedit.jpg
Carnage is the order of the day and some of the battles are just outrageous.........you end up with massed piles of broken armour, burning and smoking in front of your fixed positions. New attacks have to drive over the piles of wreckage to continue the attack. One battle I had in the early stages ended with the nearly the whole screen area littered in wrecked tanks and anti tank guns.
Tigers appear here for the first here trying to break in.
*not sure whether the 43 mod t34's should be there in early 43, oh well its only minor.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/3dbattleart/moscow%20to%20berlin/winter43carnage2.jpg
Well thats it for the review.... I will add some more as I get through the game.
I will seeyou guys in a couple of weeks. I'm heading up the coast.:) :thumb: