Good enough second game in the series.
User Rating: 8 | Blitzkrieg 2 PC
Gameplay: So this is the second game for Blitzkrieg and I would say it's not bad at all. As in the first Blitzkrieg, resource gathering is non-existent, and the focus in each mission is instead on harmonizing unit actions to achieve either offensive or defensive goals before running short of reinforcements. The game is divided into three campaigns: the United States just after the Pearl Harbor attack at the end of 1941, Germany on the march through Russia in 1941, and the Soviet Union on the defensive in 1941. There are also four difficulty levels which determine the size of enemy forces and the firing accuracy of individual units. So in most of the single player campain you will be mostly use combined-arms tactics to complete a refreshingly diverse array of mission types, including assaults on strategic points, capturing townships, escorting special units, seizing enemy bases, and defending fortified locations. The historical scenarios this time around include big guns like Stalingrad, Iwo Jima, Tobruk, Moscow, and the Battle of the Bulge which I have being wanting to play for a long time in a RTS game. So when fighting the enemy, the AI behind the curtain does a nice job of peppering you with things to react to, while keeping it tactically interesting. Its one shortcoming -- the bane of all RTS games -- is its pathfinding system. Things such as tanks are fine in open fields but when crossing bridges and in uban settes they get stuck and go around in circles bumping in to each other. Well now aircraft can now be controlled manually and to bring in air support and drop down re-enforcements. There is also there is a multiplayer part of the game to which to play when you are down the single player campaine. Graphics: I would have to say the graphics have being improved since the original game. Everything has being polished out, has more detail and more colorful. The effects are looking better like the explotions down to the little details like the tred marks of the tanks.
Sound: Well I have to say that the sound is ok. Though It could be better it's not bad. Everything from the responces of the soldiers to the exlotions sound good enough.
Value: All in all this is a good game. I had quite a bit of fun fighting in the pasific for a change for once. This is one of the few World War 2 RTS games that has being around for a while, even though there are tons around. (mostly shooters) I give this game 8.0 out of 10
