Commander: The Great War reviews

An essential Buying Argument for Commander: The Great War, if you can do anything at all with Lap strategy games, is its unused setting of the First World War. A rare Luck-like the 1914 Christmas Truce. As An Armrest General, it is our Task, round by round, to "make the Fronts clear," to organize And deploy units into combat, as well as to manage Production, Research and administration. Each Troop Association on the Hexfeldkarte Can move once per Turn and attack once. The Essence of the War Of Position in the West is skilfully taken into account by the Importance of The intervention; Breakthrough Attempts or further Operations are therefore always a Challenge. In the East, by its very nature, the "War of Attrition" rages, which, on a chronically overstretched front, presents Men and Material with harsh Tests. At The same Time, we are Wisely adding Infantry divisions and Artillery units, Armored Cars and battleships, aircraft and submarines to the production chain, exploring the latest Technologies of land, air and Sea Warfare and frightening in The Face of Pminent Frontline Collapses also did not return before the Development of Flamethrowers, Explosive Weapons and Poison gases. The strategic Sabre-rattling is garnished With Information texts about historical Events and Backgrounds. Of Course, the deficits of the Game should not remain unnamed. It is regrettable that we have very limited Influence on diplomatic Matters. In Fact, the Player always takes over all The nations of the Entente or the Central Powers themselves; A friendly AI is therefore not available. Moreover, I had hoped that the war-technology ventures, the experimental "Hit and Miss" of those Pioneering Years, would become more prominent. So I waited in vain for the German A7V tin boxes to get stuck in the Morass or for Russia to lead its legendary Tar combat car to the Battlefield. < 3 At the Beginning, one may be a bit overwhelmed by the numerous Functions and Possibilities. But Once you have dug into the System with the help of the (English) manual as well as some Tutorial Videos, Commander: The Great War develops an enormous Addictive factor that gives each Round of play an unimagined Arc Of tension. This should be highlighted, since the outdated Graphic is well designed to deter.