Axis & Allies

List Price: $39.95 Discount Price: $1.64

Features:

• A Rare, Classic, WWII Simulation Product Information Decide the fate of a nation and the destinyof the world with this historical WWII strategy game. As the world powersbattle for supremacy in 1942, spearhead your country's military drive.Plan strategic bombing raids, sneak submarine attacks, hit-and-run infantryattacks, and antiaircraft barrages. Move into embattled territories andresolve c

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine	Axis & Allies Enhanced Realism Rules Part One	Cranium

Customer Reviews:

Nice to play against humans, but AI has very little intelligence [Posted on 2006-02-25]
First of all let me say that the boardgame is a great classic. I've been playing it ever since it came out decades ago.

Things I like about the computer version:
1) The look of the map
2) The look of the units
3) The helpful counter that tells you how much further a unit can move
4) The easy pop-up screens to purchase units and develop techs

Things I dislike about the computer version:
1) The AI is dreadfully awful even on the highest rankings
a) Playing the Axis against the most difficult AIs I easily had an economic victory in 3 rounds the first time I played; 4th round the second time
b) Playing the Allies I overran Germany & Japan with very little resistance
c) The AI is way too happy to sacrifice a plane to save a ground unit
d) The AI doesn't have a clue about building factories in critical places
2) The otherwise nice pop-up screens for purchasing units get in the way of seeing what is actually underneath on the map

Axis and Allies was great! [Posted on 2006-12-16]
I have loved the board game for years. This is a perfect translation. It makes the game a little better in some ways as you don't have to set up the game board which normally takes hours. You can also play online with friends via the internet, which is a lot of fun. (I use a program called Hamachi it lets you create an artificial LAN over the internet)

It holds true to the game. The AI is actually challenging and will do things you would never expect even after years of playing.

Ken [Posted on 2007-03-10]
Follows the board-game pretty closely. Anyone who enjoys the style of the board-game will probably enjoy this computer version. The AI strategy could be better though. Overall I enjoy playing this version on computer. A lot of the time consuming tasks of the board game are calculated automatically by the computer saving a lot of time.

Not as good as it could be [Posted on 2007-04-02]
This is a great board game. I found the AI on the computer version to be very weak. I had to give the other side major bonuses, and pick the weakest country and give my self the poorest allies in order to get an even slightly challenging game out of it. The interface was also pretty weak, though the graphics were okay. Selecting and moving units around the board was the most cumbersome part of the game, especially with transports. Each time you want to move a group of transports and have them do the same thing, you have to handle each of them individually. There should have been a grouping function.
Granted this is an older version, of the game. I would have probably not bought it if it was clear on the advertizement that this was for DirectX 5.0. That would have been a dead giveaway. All in all, it may be okay as a multiplayer interface for people to play real people on, but don't buy it to be challenged by the computer, you may as well be playing against a neophyte.

Nerdy Teachers say great game [Posted on 2007-05-08]
Not entirly historicale accurate but fun over all. I have been a fan of the board game and this computer game is great...the AI is a bit simplistic but can hurt you if it wants to.

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