Gary Grigsby's War in the East reviews

The AI is clearly cheating. It will magically shuffle its units around on the front line using unlimited movement points. The strategy is limited to one way, and that is the strategy that the devs intended. If you follow another strategy, the AI will cheat to counter it until you use the one strategy that was intended. You will face massive walls of enemy units out of nowhere if you do not play the one and only possible strategy. The price is way too high for such a low-quality AI. Otherwise potential to be a good historical simulation, but the cheating AI makes it unplayable.

Certainly one of the most difficult strategy games to learn but also the most complex Thing I have ever played ... I'm still fully in the Learning Phase that consists of a lot of Manual reading And Many (English-language) Lets Plays and Tutorial Videos, but it's just a Crazy Fun When you celebrate your first Little successes and gradually rise behind them! Certainly not for everyone, especially at the high Price, but let me say he is, in my Opinion, worth it! Very big Cinema and ten times harder than HoI or other Games of the Genre!

New Edition of the 90s Strategy classic. Thanks to master Gary Grigsby, it is even more complex than his Predecessor. The Depth of Play for Ground Units, Supplies and Air power alone is sufficient for Months of Fun. For Beginners of this Genre, this Game is nothing, be it you bring some "Expertise" and Patience. Great here: There are plenty of Scouts about Tanks and Airplanes. Losses are shown and Weather affects movements, Morale and Supplies. Note that railway Lines are hugely important for Supplies and need to be repaired all the time.

First Of all: This Game is certainly not for everyone! That means you have to know what to expect. If you are looking for a graphic or action-packed Splendour, you're certainly wrong here. "War in the East" is a Simulation of the Eastern Front, i.e. one slips into the Role of the military High Command. Therefore, You cannot do any Research or anything like that, as in "Hearts of Iron," for example, but you are bound by the historically actual Units. So You have to design a Battle Plan ... Should you march towards Stalingrad, for example, or not? Conversely, on the Soviet Side, the Question arises as to how to survive the Onslaught of the 1941 Axis. All this is implemented by an extremely complex Combat System and also all historical Problems (Mud Period, general Winter, etc.) play a Role. Conclusion: If you are looking for a complex Lap Strategy, you won't find anything Better. However, I would point out that it takes some Adjustment Time to understand all the Rules.