Axis & Allies

List Price: $29.99 Discount Price: $6.93

Features:

• Real-time strategy game
• Control the armies, navies, and air power of one of 5 world powers
• Campaigns change each time they're played, leading to different outcomes
• Go up against history's greatest generals, including Rommel, Eisenhower, and Yamamoto
• Online multiplayer option

Accessories:

PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Fire in the Hole [Posted on 2006-08-19]
It was the best time I've ever had screaming my head off at the apparent boredom I was suffering. Even though the graphics are outdated when compared to most recent RTS games(and compared to other games when it was released), the graphics do add a sort of vintage/authentic look to the era. The main problem that this games suffers from is that the only way to win is to zerg(get a whole bunch of units and overrun the enemy with numbers). I love the general powers that are unique to each general but usually have very little effect on the outcome of the battle. The "Conquer the World" free form campaign is boring, you don't even need tactics, just attack and reinforce and all is good.

A WW2 Fan [Posted on 2006-11-24]
This is a great game for kids and adults you just need to be a fan of
RTS's (Real Time Strategy). The people that have reviewed this are obviously turn-based fans (The difference is that in Turn Based games you move one guy on a board and click end turn and the next person goes, In a RTS there is no end turn button on the screen you actually reinact the battles.) From a person who enjoys RTS's I think this game is great because I can control units and tell them where to move this makes the game much more realistic.

Overall as a RTS and WW2 fan I would suggest everyone get this game and you will have fun for many hours through everything it has to offer campeign, custom, lan, and internet gaming

Maybe better for adullts?!?!?!?  [Posted on 2007-02-09]
Seems like the adults are giving this game a better rating than the kids. Maybe you have to have been raised in the 50's and 60's, having heard all your dad or grandad's war stories to appreciate it. The strategies to win are subtle and endless. Yea, the game guide is about 85% percent helpful, but in a few scenarios, it seemed like they were playing a different version of the game. In most scenarios I've discovered at least several different ways to win other than what was presented in the guide. Atari definitely made a 95% completed game and then seemed to have abandoned it with no upgrades to address the limitations and bugs. Their support is non existent with a bad, don't give a crap, attitude. However unofficial websites, such as Triple Threat Clan and Spotters Guide, address some of the problems. You can find an upgrade there that expands the capabilities of the units and the number of units allowed (this addresses a negative in a previous feedback). Finally when you access the editor capability of the game, then you can begin to carry out battles that either duplicate the actual ones or are variations on them. I spent a week designing a 1941 Singapore scenario between the British and the Japanese that geographically looks very realistic, as well as, choreographs the exact campaign by the Japanese to a scary degree. It is fascinating to experiment with varying the variables and seeing how the outcomes change. You can download these scenarios on unofficial sites and play them. It has become one of my favorite games.

Good [Posted on 2007-03-22]
A good overall game to play if you are looking for basic stratigic gameplay. However, if you are looking for a hardcore Roelplaying or stratigic game this is not the one to go for.
Good game for the younger crowds or pre-teen or younger to play.

One of my favorite RTS games, even better on multiplayer [Posted on 2007-08-17]
It seems all the people giving this game a negative review are people who have played the Axis & Allies board game and are thinking this is the video game version of it. I've never played the board game but I have been playing RTS and strategy games my whole life and this is one of my favorite.

Here's what I love:
1. The fact that when you build soldiers, you get a whole squad of troops and not just one unit such as in Age of Empires.
2. Units have morale and will retreat if they are losing or have been in combat too long
3. You get money by building up your base and by capturing cities, not by gathering resources such as in other RTS games. This makes capturing and holding cities a key part of the game.
4. You build a supply line where your troops can recover their health. I think every RTS should have this feature since it adds to the realism.
5. The fact that you can buy upgrades for your troops and vehicles, and they get promoted as they gain experience.
6. The variety of troops you can build is great. Everything from SAS troopers, paratroopers, snipers, kamikaze troops, conscripts, tiger and king tiger tanks, tankettes, and much much more.
7. The online multiplayer is great and probably the best feature of this game. It has a dedicated community of players, some of whom are insanely good. If you buy this game I suggest you go straight to multiplayer since it's so much more fun than singleplayer.

Here's what I hate:

1. Some of the general's abilities are ridiculous, such as the V-weapon and A-bomb. These are superweapons you can call in to basically annihilate the enemies army. They are unrealstic for the simple fact they can be called in instantly, right after you click the button, and I don't think A-bombs or V-weapons were ever against troops in combat during WW2.
2. The airplanes and bombing in this game looks like it was done half-heartedly. You don't actually control the planes, just build airbases and point to where you want to bomb.
3. In multiplayer especially, the game usually evolves to both sides building nothing but heavy artillery, which of course is unrealistic since infantry were a key part of battles in WW2, but not so in this game.

Despite these small flaws, I love this game and you should definetly get it if you like strategy games or WW2.

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