Battlezone 98 Redux
Important disclosure here: Prior to the release of BZ98R (and still to this day), I have been a player of the original game up until it’s final unofficial patch version 1.5.2.27 U1. This game is entirely based on this community patch.
People who have played 1.5 are going to feel differently about the game than people who last played it 20 years ago (1.3, 1.31, 1.4…). The same goes for people who had never played BZ98 in any form prior to purchasing this game.
This review involves numerous statements of objective fact but it was still written by someone who was playing 1.5 for years prior to the release of this game.
– Real player with 8710.2 hrs in game
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This is the best game you’ve never played. It’s the hidden gem of hidden gems.
Set in an alternate 1960s where the space race is just a cover for a cold war turned hot, the United States and Soviet Union secretly deploy massive armies into space in pursuit of an extra-terrestrial substance, bio-metal, that can be used to craft amazing and powerful weapons of war. The National Space Defense Force (NSDF) and Cosmos Colonist Army (CCA) do battle over control of the bio-metal throughout the solar system using hover tanks crafted from the precious material. Battlezone has some of the best sci-fi lore of any game- don’t skip over the briefings and debriefings!
– Real player with 321.0 hrs in game
Codename: Panzers, Phase One
This is an old but fun game, it’s the first WW2 RTS that I’ve ever played where you start of the beginning of the war (1/09/1939) and playing as the German side, it is also good that you have the different factions to play as and of course you can choose which order you play them in, but I think playing them in the order presented (1, 2, 3) is best. While this game is fun there are some flaws.
First the Pros
You can capture enemy vehicles and use them on their former masters
Flamethrower troops are great enmasse for heating up tanks till the enemy crew are forced to bail out and you can use your own tank crew to capture and use that vehicle (great if its a better tank than you have).
– Real player with 419.9 hrs in game
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buen juejo graficamente es bastante sinple pero funciona cosa que la segunda parte por lo menos a mi no me funciono para nada no lo compreis en pack yo lo hice y chasco …pero el juego es entretenido y con trucos bastante mas facil aunque yo lo tuve antes para win…xp y funcionaba mucho mejor en esta version que han sacado va sin mas la entrada original ( o video de presentacion a mi no me iba el juego si y segunda parte …panzers 2 ni de coña eso si no pedais una reclamacion de dimero que pasada dos horas del juego no te devuelven el dinero … ) para mi el panzers un 8 eso si se puede mejorar y mucho personalmente no recomiendo el pack que an sacado aqui…..
– Real player with 92.3 hrs in game
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Campaign is a bit unfair cuz of the pre-set defenses of the enemy: ton of artillery and strong defense lines + random encounters where I have to fight more units than I have for the whole mission, this makes me buy repair trailers, and the repairing is so slow, and there’s the ammo problem too… missions are usually 45+mins where the actual action is like 30% the rest are the traveling and the restoring of units. The movement is really terrible, units collide, not to mention on narrow bridges going across is nearly impossible especially with more units. The cinematics' graphic stayed the same bad quality despite of the HD Remaster.
– Real player with 77.2 hrs in game
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Your units gain xp, and can lvl up 2 times. That gives them additional armor and damage. They transfer to another mission. That’s main strenght and also main issue with this game.
Every time you finish map you obtain 1000 $ - you can buy new units and/or upgrades.
If you loose unit in battle… best solution is to reload save or restart map. Otherwise you might not make it with not enough units on the later game.
You use the same currency to buy ammo, fuel and repair kit. Also every time you call for bombing - it also cost 50 $.
– Real player with 27.6 hrs in game
BATTLE PIXELS
Played this game toward the end. I can say that is fun and enjoyable. It feel like the description said about 16 bit retro style. The game have in-game four types of update airstrike, time, shield and 1 hit. Each update will require some exact amount of points to use it each. Only one update per level can be used. You can try play past round to gain points. It have replay last game option.
For those who is his first time like me playing this type of game will force you to trying maximing your mind skills. Once you spend enough time you’ll find it much easier. Don’t get me wrong the game will eventually turns to more interesting. I noticed that in the menu it don’t have some option setup to optimal resolution like 1920 x 1080 or such but doesn’t matter when the game looks good enough to play it in any resolution. The ambient is fresh and run smooth. It took me 3 hours and half to finish but with more practice probably in 2. I would like to play this game again because it challenge you to do it better between level and level. Of course you’ll need to be smart and very quick with both tanks. I can rate this game like 10 because looks good, gave me zero problem(maybe some very small slight), nice music and because i learned the maneuverability of point and click.
– Real player with 15.0 hrs in game
This a tough game for an old gamer like me ,maybe i’ve got used to too many scripted AAA games .
I really liked the background audio and sound effects ,gives the game a good atmosphere.
I took me a while to figure out how to move correctly , i was using my mouse to click on my tank and then moving it.
I was thinking why can’t i just click on the screen to move to a point.
But you can select your tank with the Z key which makes it easier.
The game starts up in a low res screen and you can click on the icon in the top left to go to windowed mode.
– Real player with 7.6 hrs in game
Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
Found this game and it is a diamond in the rough. The second i started the tutorials i realised that brute force and overwhelming numbers don’t work. You have to use strategy, such as an artillery bombardment before your charge, or hitting the enemy in the rear and making there defences useless. The reinforcements system forces you to think about what the attack will cost you, it affects you in the long run. They feature that cought me off gaurd is the ammo system, your tanks and soldiers RUN OUT of ammo, when this happens you need to have a supply truck resuply them, and they have a limited supply, making ware houses (infinit supplies) something to defend as well as your supply routs to the front lines. Further more unlike some games that just copy paste units, every side (even the NPCS) have thier own unique rooster of units giving them an advantage in thier field. Germans: Tanks Soviets: Rocket artillery Americans: Jack of all trades. The graphics arn’t master pieces but they are pretty good for 2005. As the campaigns go on, you steadily start being assigned larger and more important missions, which makes it feel as if you are rising through the ranks from some leutenant commanding a few squads of infantry and a hand full of tanks to a general commanding an army to glory. Over all it is a very realistic RTS, gameplay wise, and it will apeal to those who like a realistic RTS.
– Real player with 166.7 hrs in game
No problems on my win 7 laptop. The game does without the core units of the previous game. Instead, you end up leveling up “classes of units”, which gets you slight to very good improvements. Some of the missions deploy you in a bad spot, so it makes it hard to achieve no losses for a particular class. I miss have the sniper as my spotter. I basically used my disposaple infantry as spotter and cannon fodder. The AI still attacks the nearest units, so my entrenched infantry were being attacked instead of my anti-tank guns or tanks. The AI still doesn’t move when being attacked by an unseen force. You are restricted as to what units you can deploy as reinforcements, but you are given a good amount if you just want to zerg across the map. My prefered method of attack would be ground air planes as spotter. mobile artillery so I can move it out of the way of enemy counter artillery, and heavy armor for their sligthly better defense. However, I usually had to use infantry as spotter and medium armor to attack.
– Real player with 105.0 hrs in game
Blitzkrieg Anthology
I bought this game in 2003 just after it’s release, now in 2014 I find myself still playing it just as much. A few things to know about this game:
THERE ARE NO BASES - There is something awfully appealing about having a certain ammount of units and being told to capture an area without reinforcements.
The Campaign is fairly repetitive after a while. Essentially you will end up doing similar convoy missions, town clearing missions, defend the gun emplacement missions etc to get upgraded tanks and artillery.
– Real player with 94.4 hrs in game
Bottomline:
Probably the best real time tactics ww2 game ibe ever played, certainly the best in the blitzkrieg series imo.
There is no base building, resource gathering, increasing production, or managing whole wars & armies here. Just good old military tactics.
I played this game for 100s of hours years ago, and even though i have my original disk (somewhere) i bought it again on steam.
Graphics are a little dated of course, but still looks good enough. The best part of this game is its gameplay, not its looks so if what you are looking for is flashy shinny explosions, there are better options out there. But if youre after a challenging, realistic and extremely fun gameplay, with complete historical accuracy, this is certainly what you are looking for.
– Real player with 42.0 hrs in game
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Great game. Brings back memories.
– Real player with 82.9 hrs in game
It slaps with nostalgia :D
– Real player with 82.5 hrs in game
War of Power: The Last Fight
In 1941, shot down UFOs were found on the territory of Romania, Poland and the USSR. The captured technology of aliens helped the Allies and the Axis to strengthen their power and go far in development.
Parties to the conflict are waging an aggressive war against each other, but now the outcome of the war may change at any time …
Features:
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Weather conditions that can affect the outcome of the battle, hurricanes, meteorites, thunderstorm clouds, and more.
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More than 40 different types of equipment.
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
I’m a die-hard Command & Conquer fan, having played every single C&C title and expansion from all three universes (Tiberium, Red Alert, Generals), starting with C&C Gold back in 1995 through to the canned Generals Beta around October 2013. My review is written with a strong emphasis on comparing Act of Aggression to Command & Conquer titles.
WHO WOULD THE GAME APPEAL TO?
If you have ever enjoyed any of the “old-school” real-time strategy games (e.g. any C&C title, Dune, StarCraft, Warcraft 1&2, Supreme Commander etc.) which were defined by base-building, resource collection, unit spamming, superweapons, then you definitely should consider this game. These games are vastly different to more strategic and tactical RTS games such as Company of Heroes, Men of War, Wargame series etc. which typically entail micro-management of individual units (e.g. what to equip them with) and careful consideration of where and how to deploy your finite units and supplies.
– Real player with 165.2 hrs in game
Let me preface this by saying I was very happy to see Grey Goo, Etherium and Act of Aggression all slated for release this year. I simply love traditional RTS games. By traditional I am referring to the resource, build, produce sub-genre of RTS made very popular by the C&C franchise.
Grey Goo let me down and simply could not entice an audience. Etherium was low quality.
FInally I feel like someone has made an RTS game worthy to be held up against C&C Generals; one of my favorite and most well-love RTS games of this sub-genre.
– Real player with 157.6 hrs in game
Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
Company of heroes is a masterful example of how Detail and polish on even the smallest of elements can marry Gameplay and theme to create something that truly deserves a place among the greatest games of all time.
Company of Heroes is a Real time strategy game with a WW2 era finish, and my god this finish is pristine. The game’s basic gameplay elements (both single player and multiplayer) are unique and offer true decision making and deliberation on your part to be successful; positioning of weapons teams and the will to only fight when you have something to gain is most important of all. Holding territory and maneuvering into a position of power is the game of war, not pointless bloodshed.
– Real player with 209.2 hrs in game
I remember having played this game for the first time when it was released. Being a fan of RTS games, especially the ones released by Relic, there was no way I was going to let this one go. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say I was literally hooked from the word go. No RTS before or since has been on the same level as this.
The single player campaign was just brilliant. If I had to point out a weakness, the only one I can come up with is that it’s a bit short. I just couldn’t have enough of it. But it’s not a perfect world. Relic’s competitors can maybe come up with a 20 mission campaign with mediocre results, but this one gave you 13 that were nothing short of brilliant. They were varied in terms of gameplay, offering multiple methods to achieve the objectives.
– Real player with 80.3 hrs in game