Battle Academy is the top mobile World War 2 strategy game. Nothing comes close. At $19.99, it’s also one of the priciest but it’s worth it – it reminds me of old-school bookcase awesomeness, Squad Leader. Here’s how you win the Battle for Normandy scenario. Objectives: Clear the beach area. Secure Causeways. Save the paratroopers… Read More »
The first scenario of a campaign is usually the easiest. But this is Open Panzer and it ain’t for pansies. Operation Uranus, the first scenario of The Great Patriotic War campaign, is tough. It’s tough to win but also tough to stomach. Everyone will die. Or nearly everyone. That’s the way it was in the… Read More »
The Wehrmacht’s campaign in Poland doesn’t get much war-game coverage, perhaps because it was a relatively easy blitzkrieg-in-the-park. Well, the first battle of Open Panzer’s Fall Weiss campaign was anything but easy. It took me several weeks, and several re-starts to finally achieve victory over the Poles in the 25-turn Lodz-Warta River scenario. The objective… Read More »
Great name, good game. Open Panzer, the web browser reincarnation of Panzer General, is on iOS and its scenarios are challenging even for the seasoned war gamer. One of the toughest is Huertgen Forest from the Big Red One campaign. It is essentially impossible to win as a single scenario, so this walkthrough assumes you… Read More »
The standalone DLC for Total War: Rome 2, Caesar in Gaul, is out December 12th for $14.99. You can find all the details on the Total War forum, but basically, the expansion focuses on the Gaulish campaign as the title suggests. It reminds me of Total War: Medieval Viking Invasion, which focused on the conquest… Read More »
The Italia campaign of Ancient Battle: Rome turned out to be more of a challenge than expected considering The Hunted Cow’s other turn-based strategy war games (Civil War 1863, Tank Battle North Africa, Tank Battle 1944) had cake-walk demo campaigns. Especially difficult was The Strike Hard 49 B.C. battle played as house Julii. The objective… Read More »
When a violent game is not violent enough, it launches a blood and gore pack. The trailer for the new Total War: Rome 2 DLC, released on Halloween, features 3 impalings, 2 severed limbs, 2 decapitations and several gallons of blood in a span of 15 seconds. It also has a full moon and an… Read More »
Total War: Rome 2 has been out for a while, but before moving on, this is a replay from the first Total War: Rome I’ve wanted to write about for a while. It’s a bridge battle on Moon River, which is not wider than a mile in this map as the Macedonians discovered the hard… Read More »
Release: Xbox edition October 30, 2013 Good: Cool tanks, few moments of fun Bad: Not a fun shooter, and not a fun tactical game Ugly: Waiting and waiting for a random game to start The Final Call: Freemium, not Paymium A game like this comes along and I’m back to those long summer nights of… Read More »