Buggy game that keeps freezing and Allies that don't help very much left me very frustrated with this game.

User Rating: 5 | Axis & Allies: The Ultimate WWII Strategy Game PC
By illinoissooner | Review Date:
I really wanted to like this game but due to bugs that kept hanging the game and an AI that left me frustrated I am giving up and will be playing something that I can enjoy more. I am a big fan of WW2 and Turn Based Strategy games but this game just didn't click for me. In this computer version of the classic A&A board game, you get to choose to play as either one of the Axis powers (Germany or Japan) or one of the Allies (USA, England or Russia). During each round you get a chance to invest money in better weaponry, purchase new units, engage in battle, move units that were not involved in the battle and finally place your newly purchased units. I am not sure if the rounds are always in this order but in my game (playing as the Russians) the order was Russia, Germany, England, Japan and USA.

One of my 2 biggest problems with the game is that on more than one occasion the game came to a grinding halt during one of the AI turns. The other problem is that I felt like I was playing a game against the Axis powers without any help from my "Allies". As Russia I was trying to fend off Germany on one side and Japan on the other and it felt like the USA and England AI players were simply building up forces and moving them around the map without ever engaging the Axis powers. Each turn after I had just fought to either hold or reclaim land from Japan I would see both England and USA blow through their "Battle" phase without doing anything. Finally after I had had enough of this, the game hit the "grinding halt" bug one time too many. It gave me a convenient excuse for jumping ship and moving on to some other game that will provide more fun than frustration.

This is a 9 year old game that I purchased new in 2007 for a small price. I upgraded the game to the latest available patch available at this time but the problems that I had were on top of this latest patch .

I am sure the game is great for some people but alas not for me...

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