GrE writes, "Let me once again emphasize that this is a game that is only for HARDCORE strategy fans. If you don't enjoy statistics, pie charts and intense number crunching, then this game may just give you a headache. Playing as virtually any nation in the world, your job is to manage your economy, workforce and military, in order to become a superpower. You can micro-manage as much as you want, even down to the individual soldier on the battlefield. With thousands of soldiers, that would be a bit of a chore, but the upgraded automation system should make the game more playable to common folk than previous iterations in the series..."
GameGrin's Alex Hamilton writes: "There wasn’t much I could do to save Poland. To be honest there wasn’t much I wanted to do to save Poland. There was simply no way of me getting there in time to stop the German invasion. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself as I watch the ever-growing cloud of dust across the border."
There are certain inalienable truths in this world: music will get worse as you get older, politicians will lie all the time and Hitler will always invade Poland.
Continue Play's Noah Ellis suggests 5 games focusing on one of the lesser known areas of the Second World War, the vast Eastern Front.
Great, just what we need... another PC game that hurts my head.
"only for HARDCORE strategy fans"
I guess cause damn, that screen shot looks LAME.
Really, is this all that's coming out this week? I don't know if I can agree that this is the release of the week.
Man that looks complex and difficult
I guess I'm one of the few who've been hanging out for this game. Had a pre-order in for some time. Loved the two previous titles in the series. Despite all the complexity and depth they did a respectable job of keeping it manageable. It's extremely slow paced for a RTS requiring plenty of forethought and future planning, but to fans of the series that's one of it's selling points.