Original, epic, fun and - within the realms of real time strategy
Sudden Strike is set during World War II and offers elaborate Russian, German, French, American and British Missions. The fantastic depth of the game, the endless tactical opportunities and the magnificent game play will never cease to enthral you. Capture enemy fortifications; win the fight for possession of the buildings and call for paratroopers and fighter bomber reinforcements.
Game Play
Great once unit management have been mastered, the game has endless possibilities.
9 / 10
Audio
Unbelievable, unbelievable, each weapon, shell and unit has a different sound dependent on whether it hits it target or missed, his a wall, the floor, whether the floor is desert, snow covered or a normal field.
9 / 10
Replay ability
Extraordinary, this game have everlasting play time, the only thing that could effect the replay time of this is that you could damage your CD due to over use.
9 / 10
Game : - Sudden Strike
Platform : - PC
Genre : - World War Real Time Strategy
Best Bits
The diversity of units and vehicles is phenomenal; I never knew there were so many different tanks and A.P.Cs.
The game will last for ever with the huge amount of time needed to complete each mission and the months needed to complete each military side.
Worst Bits
The shear size of units and infantry under you control is overwhelming, and will take some time to master unit management.
The occasional mishaps with unit accents occur, leading to some confusion but this is rare.
The choice of having a techno come trance intro theme is strange, and doesn't fit the genre of the whole world war saga.
Mission Descriptions by Stereotyped commander are occasionally unclear and confusion, leading to the loss of units due to over eager exploring.
Pros
+ This game will run and run
+ Simplistic control system
+ Various missions, from conquer, escort and survival
+ Thousands of military vehicles
+ Three choice of military powers
Cons
- An Extreme Learning Curve
- Poor Tutorial
- No user defined war
- No Editor
- Only one on one battle ( unless online )
- No Automatic Save
Summary
A must have for any world war game lover or a real time strategy lover, this game has all the entertaining of command and conquer with out the building and retrieval or resource materials.
So .. ..
Up until now close combat series has been the set benchmark for World War II real time strategy games. Tactics aside, sudden strike takes things a significant step further, with bigger battles and better graphics by far.
Alternatively
Close Combat range, Command and Conquer