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Reply #15 - Jul 3^rd, 2003 at 6:34pm

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OK, I got a list going. I'll go to Half Price Books today and see what I can get. Last time I got Red Alert 2 for $2.98 and Yuri's Revenge expansion for something like $10! Grin

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1) Blitzkrieg
2) CNC Generals
3) Panzer General

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Reply #16 - Jul 3^rd, 2003 at 6:59pm

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If you get Blitzkrieg you won't regret it my friend.

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Reply #17 - Jul 3^rd, 2003 at 8:55pm

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If you get Panzer General, Get PG 2. PG1 is EXACTLY like a board game, and PG 3 just plain sucks eggs. There is actually an online community that plays these, even though they are almost a decade old (for PG 1). They are still quite active.

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Reply #18 - Jul 4^th, 2003 at 12:43am

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I've played both Panzer General 3 and 3D and enjoyed them both. I always thought that an air strategy game based on their engine would be good.

As for real time stratagies I tried "Sudden Strike" but found the units difficult to control.

So Crumbso, "Blitzkrieg" is worth its money. I've heard it was good. Do you know if it plays like "Sudden Strike"?

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Reply #19 - Jul 4^th, 2003 at 1:36am

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Where can I go to see screeshots of these games? I saw some of Blitzkreig and it was horrible. The units were either over fuzzy, or over crisp.

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Reply #20 - Jul 4^th, 2003 at 3:21am

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Ask and ye shall recieve! Grin

First is Allied General, which is basically Panzer General from the other side. Allied General looks and plays exactly the sme as Panzer General.

This is Panzer General 2. I don't know what happened with Paintshop Pro, but the symbols for the British towns are NOT pink...

Then is Panzer General 3

The last is Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far

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Reply #21 - Jul 4^th, 2003 at 5:07am

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Blech!

It's like... playing a board game! Roll Eyes

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Reply #22 - Jul 4^th, 2003 at 10:28am

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You'd be surprised how engaging these games can be. Especially when you spend six scenarios building up a unit overstrength and some enemy unit comes along and wipes it out. Do you have DSL? I could send you a copy of PG2 or PG1 to try. PG3 is way too big to send...

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Reply #23 - Jul 4^th, 2003 at 1:29pm

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Heres a screenshot

http://www.reviewoutpost.com/gamehq/hq/00358/gallery/1.htm

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Reply #24 - Jul 5^th, 2003 at 7:58pm

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You'd be surprised how engaging these games can be.

That's what people say about almost all of the add-ons available. It's hard for me to enjoy anything if it doesn't look good. Picky, I guess. And Crumbso, those are pretty good, but I saw one with a Wellington (I think) bomber it was pretty poor.

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Reply #25 - Jul 6^th, 2003 at 8:07am

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How could we forget Empire Earth?!

Its a bit like Age of Empires except you can start in the stone age and finish in the 3rd millenium with everything in between. There is a WWII era which is well cool and you can have submarines, aircraft, aircraft carriers, B29's with nuclear weapons, foot soldiers, tanks, battle ships EVERYTHING! Whats more you can advance to post WWII and get cold war stuff. But if you don't want to leave the WWII era then you just set the perimiters to start in WWII and finish in WWII. Grin

Whats more its in 3D and you can set up a huge battle and then watch it in first person. Its well cool!

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Reply #26 - Jul 6^th, 2003 at 12:02pm

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I've played it and for me it just lacks scale. It is nowhere near epic enough for me.

I know I sound like a broken record but I think blitzkrieg is the ultimate ww2 strategy game.

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Reply #27 - Jul 6^th, 2003 at 2:03pm

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my top 5 of strategy games:

1)Homeworld + HW:Cataclysm
2)Medieval:Total War
3)Rise Of Nations
4)Age Of Empires 2
5)Empire Earth

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Reply #28 - Jul 6^th, 2003 at 2:14pm

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My top strategy games:

1. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire
2. Panzer General 2
3. Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge
4. Age of Empires 1 and 2

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Reply #29 - Jul 6^th, 2003 at 5:43pm

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There is a WWII era which is well cool and you can have submarines, aircraft, aircraft carriers, B29's with nuclear weapons, foot soldiers, tanks, battle ships EVERYTHING!

Whaoh!

Cool! Gonna go look for screenshots!

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