If you enjoy bashing things into the ground and blowing the opposition into oblivion...
The problem with Blitzkrieg II from my own perspective is really a question of gameplay preference and philosophy I guess. To be honest, I really had some mixed reactions when I started playing for the first time.
Gameplay:
You probably know that feeling when you take a game out of the box, install it and give it that first spin around the block so to speak. In some rare cases you really get that warm and fuzzy feeling that this is going to be a really good game to play - like the feeling I got when I played my first 30 minutes or so of Company of Heroes.
Unfortunately this was not one of those instances for me. Perhaps it had to do with expectations based on the previous edition. What I expected was really a much better 3D environment to a game that was already quite good.
That's not the case here. In fact, my initial gameplay impressions were more that of an arcade game than a RTS. In fact, there's very little strategy needed to play. The only thing you need is to keep an eye on your available re-enforcement levels and simply keep on calling those units up during any particular mission until you've blown the whole environment to hell and back.
The interface is good and very easy to use and everything is pretty much in the right place for a fast-paced kill 'em all experience.
Graphics:
The graphics are pretty OK but nothing to write home about. The camera angles are fairly restricted and anything that you zoom into (as far as the game allows), exposes some rather rudimentary texturing and animations.
Sound:
Very much built on the first edition of Blitzkrieg as far as I can hear.
Value:
At the local price, I would say the game is fair value, and given the fact that it now comes with nicely integrated modding tools, I may just still take a more in-depth liking in it once I get stuck into making some of my own maps and units.
Who Should Get It:
Anyone who enjoys a fast-paced shoot and kill type of experience where there's very little attention given to actual battle logistics, tactics or strategy for that matter. Simply line up you tanks, send your troops in to their doom and get a few bombers to blast the living daylights out of everything in sight until you run out of resources and simply call up re-enforcements.
Who Shouldn't Bother:
All those folks who thought they were getting a nice 3D version of Blitzkrieg I or folks who enjoyed stuff like the Sudden Strike series, where you really need to understand something about battle tactics and theatre of war strategies to beat the opposition - yes even the AI.