Product Description

Could you have changed the outcome of some of the key battles of World War 2? Blitzkrieg II comes with tremendous focus on new strategic opportunities, global war and gritty realism of WWII battles. On the side of Soviet Armed Forces, US Army or German Wehrmacht you plan entire operations and lead your men into fierce action, choose reinforcements and use a wide range of new weapons in three full-blown campaigns that span the globe. New graphics engine and significant step over the original game get you in control of the most dramatic and bloody conflict of the past century. Decide what missions to fight, accumulate and call in any type of reinforcements, capture train stations or airfields to receive more troops by railroad or get air supremacy during the entire operation. Accomplish tactical objectives and missions to support your war efforts at strategic level and ensure your combat efficiency in the decisive battles. Philippines, Iwo Jima, Tobruk, Moscow, Stalingrad, Ardennes - fight on every major front of WWII from the heart of Europe and blistering sands of Africa to the deadly jungle isles of the Pacific. Your mission goals will vary from counter attacks and air warfare to covert operations and seashore landing onslaught. Plan strategies and battle with true force and regalia using your PC as a window to possibly alter time. Will you stand tall or lay dead after the blitzkrieg? Experience intense WWII battles in stunning full 3D interactive environment, thanks to the advanced Enigma Engine with true Line Of Sight and Line of Fire systems Step, if you dare, into the fury of multiplayer action with match-making and auto-rating support at the special dedicated server Create war the way you want it with versatile Map and Mod editor Works with PC using Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, DirectX 9.0

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13878 in Video Games
• Brand: CDV Software Entertainment
• Model: CDV00086
• Released on: 2008-08-08
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Experience the gritty realism of WWII battles in this high-adrenaline game
• Decide what missions to fight; accumulate and call in reinforcements
• Command allied, German, or Soviet troops; 3 campaigns that span the globe
• Completely new graphics engine, more strategic choices, and tactical objectives
• Covert operations, seashore battles, and landing missions

Customer Reviews

Excellent WW2 RTS
Ok, I guess I get to be the counter point here. Before I get into how much I love this game, let me adress the other reviews.

One reviewer said he had problems running the game on a Vista equiped comp. Well surprise surprise! IMO, Vista isn't, never has been, and never will be a gamer friendly OS (not to mention it's so buggy, it was probably designed by an entomologist). The other reviewer stated that the game was to hard. "Unbeatable" was the term he used. Nothing could be further from the truth. To be fair, I never played the first Blitzkrieg so I can't adress the complaint he had with the control scheme changes.

I've been playing this game for about 3 months now and I love it. I have the XP (SP3) OS on my system and the game runs flawlessly. I have so far beaten the Russian campaign and am about half way through the American campaign. I'll tell you straight up; this game is TOUGH, but hardly unbeatable. Like many RTSs, most scenarios have a trick to them that, once you figure it out, victory is assured.

The level of detail here is awesome. Just about every AFV that fought in the great conflict is here and modeled beautifuly (there are a few notable omissions such as the French Char B and the Soviet KV1, but this is just niggling). Each vehicle is rated for armor on each of it's four sides as well as for gun caliber, velocity and amount of ammo caried (for both main gun and machine guns). Put a Sherman up against a Panther head to head, Sherman dies. Sherman catches the Panther from behind however, dead kitty.

As in many games of this type, infantry is pretty much useless in the open. Get them into buildings however and they become absolutely deadly to tanks. They're also handy for capturing enemy AT and AA guns. Nothing I love more than grabbing a couple of 88s and sending a bunch of Krupp shells right back where they came from.

Aircraft are handled kind of abstractly. You don't have any real control over them beyond telling them where on the map you want them to go. They then fly there, do what ever they do on their own, then leave. Bombers are great. Simply click on a given area of the map then sit back and watch them devastate everything in the area. Fighters are pretty much fire and forget weapons. Once called, they'll automaticaly fly around the map engaging any enemy planes they find. I was a bit disapointed with fighter duels however. Although many different fighter types are modeled, air battles almost always end up draws no matter what kind of planes each side is using. Either both sides annihilate each other or there will one aircraft left on each side which then fly away. Unrealistic to be sure. Ground attack aircraft are blast to use. These things just vaporize enemy tank columns and fortifications. In fact, in one Russian scenario, I used nothing but the ledgendary IL2 Sturmovik (finest GA aircraft of the war) to wipe out just about every German unit on the map! I then rolled my tanks into the objective village unopposed. Scenario over. Sweet.

Another cool feature of this game (which I understand wasn't in the first game), is the ability to assign individual officers to you're units (light tanks, line infantry, etc.). The more action the units commanded a given officer see, the more experience he gets. When he gets enough points, he gets promoted. This opens up special abilities for his units such as the ability to entrench quicker, more accurate firing, moving fire etc. This adds a cool RPG element to the game.

Each campaign in Blitzkrieg 2 is made up of a number of smaller scenarios and one "penultimate" scenario which must be beaten in order to advance the game. The smaller battles can be played in any order although the game will recomend the order in which they should be played. This is important as each battle opens up new reinforcement types that will probably be needed in the next battle, and will DEFINATELY be needed in the big one at the end. The key word here is reinforcements. These are basicaly like the "resources" you would gather in other RTS games. Each battle gives you a set number of reinforcements to win the fight with and they should be hoarded like gold. However many reinforcements you have left at the end of a scenario carry over to next. The idea here is to go into the final battle with as many reinforcements as possible. The more you have, the easier it will be to win.

Overall, this is one of the best games I've played in recent years. The only real complaint I have is that there's no playable campaigns for either the British or the Japanese.

If you like RTS games in general, like WW2 games in particular, and are not running Vista :p, I would whole heartedly recomend picking this up.
Blitzkrieg 2 will give you many hours of exciting and challenging gameplay for months to come!

Too many tech issues
This is a great game with fantastic detail. Be careful however before you buy it. There are alot of tech issues especially when trying to play the game on newer Vista 64 bit computers. Alot of complaints regarding installation issues as well. Read over all the complaints on the tech support site before risking throwing your money away and making the purchase. It may not even work on your computer.

they could not leave well enough alone
i am really disapointed by this game...even set on the easy setting, after 3-5 =scenarios it is impossible to beat...it has lots of promise. IF they had left the controls alone from game 1...i just cannot describe how terrible i feel about this franchise. i really love the first game. this leaves the world to be desired...simply it sucks