11/19/2022 0 Comments Panzer general units![]() ![]() Its turn-based system lets you, as the commander of the German army in World War II, decide which will be the best moves to try and vanquish the Allied troops in each stage of the war. Panzer General is a classic computer wargame, a great adaptation of the classic board wargames. Be warned, to play the game in full will take perhaps 30 hours or more, so set aside two weekends for it, you will find it to be time well spent. Starting with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the player leads an increasingly large, experienced and well-equipped German army through Norway, Western Europe and the Soviet Union, and has the chance to see how history might have turned out if the Nazi war machine had triumphed on those occasions when, in reality, it failed, and for a very successful Panzer General player, the ultimate prize is the invasion and defeat of the USA in summer 1945. It's not for anyone who likes fast-moving, real-time button-bashing type games, the animation is akin to a board game (which I think it originally was) but it really tests your powers of decision making and forward planning, and although military and historical knowledge help you to get the most from the game, they aren't strictly necessary. I have the ancient PS 1 version of this game which must be approaching its 20th birthday, but I still play it and enjoy it several times a year. ![]() I've played war games for years, but I still had a lot of fun playing this. If you're a player of average ability, it'll be a challenge. You can also build trucks and other transport to move your troops and artillery faster. Units available include tank, infantry, cavalry, artillery, planes, and ships. During a scenario you can also reinforce damaged units and build entirely new ones. ![]() This increases its initiative and allows you to build it up stronger than a unit with less battle experience. Whenever a unit has a successful attack, it improves slightly. The unit with the best fires first, the other unit takes losses then fires with whatever's left. Attack order is determined by initiative. Usually both attacker and defender fire in a combat. A Unit has a "hard" and "soft" attack and a defense that is either hard or soft. However, the end result is a good reenactment of the effectiveness of combined arms, the fog of war (enemy units more than a short distance from yours can't be seen), ambushes, and others. This game is more of a stylized version of battle rather than an accurate simulation of the real thing. For example, if you beat France very quickly, you can invade England. If you do particularly well in a scenario, an extra scenario is available. You repair, upgrade, and add new units using points you get for obtaining objectives during the scenarios. Units that survive the scenario are carried over to the next one, so a starting unit could survive the entire war (but with upgraded equipment that you've bought). The long campaign starts in 1939 with the invasion of Poland. There are 4 shorter campaigns or the long one of the entire war. You can only play a campaign as the Axis. You can play the numerous scenarios as either side, but the true meat of the game is the campaign game of the entire war. Panzer General (available today for free as "Panzer General Forever") is still one of the greatest turn & hex-based World War 2 computer games ever produced. ![]()
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