Codename: Panzers, Phase One

A disappointment and lack of realism

User Rating: 5.1 | Codename: Panzers, Phase One PC

By Fliptje | Review Date: August 20, 2006

Although the package attracted me from the first moment, it was quite coincidentally that I learned to play "Soldiers, Heroes of WWII" first. After having played this superb game for about 4 months, I turned to "Panzers", wanting more of this type of RTS games.

Although the graphics seemed good at first sight, I could not reuse or find back any wrecked panzers, since they 'disappear' after being shot. The battlefield kind of cleans itself.
The realism of the game got lost for me completely, when I discovered that a tank could be shot by any weapon, eg. a simple revolver, if you would hit it a certain number of times.

This, and a lot of other small things, transformed the game in some straightforward shooting game, since it just came down to "get there first and shoot'em up".

Waiting now for "faces of war", which is about to be released...

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