An awesome game!
The idea behind the game is that you play as a tank but from a third person perspective. Most tank game i have played are rts and you can only zoom so much to the tank..there is no real interaction with the tank.
Panzer Elite changes that as you become the tank and set out to shoot targets in front of you and accomplish mission much like a third person shooter.
I guess people say that it lacks realism probably because of this way to play the game but i truly absolutely love it. Also people probably felt that it would be a real tank sim and it is not.
You have to shoot target real far and you have to postition your tank and take into account the ballistics of the round you are shooting to hit your targets.
All of this is done in full 3d and not at a 45% view that 90% tank games i know of.
What is fun is that elements are destructible..you can blow stuff up. You can make building crumble with a few well placed shells.
The original game is fairly long and full of fun missions to do.
If you want something different in a tank game you owe it to yourself to at least try the panzer alite demos that are out there on the net.
Awesome game. A change of pace for the tank lover in you.
The reviewer complains that it is repetitive, well frankly there is not much you can do with a tank but to ride in fields and shoot stuff....
its' not like a first person shooter where you get the change of pace by going inside buildings where it changes the scenery of the game.
Dunes of war adds to the original fun and is the same but in different locations.
The reviewer hates the game obviously and the genre and the game should have been reviewed at least by another person before his comments went on the site but for myself have yet to see a tank sim that is not complicated and enjoyable....
First battalion and dune of wars delivers tank gaming the way i like it! At least try the demos and see for yourself.