Blitzkrieg 2

List Price: $39.99 Discount Price: $10.89

Features:

• Experience the gritty realism of WWII battles in this high-adrenaline game
• Decide what missions to fight; accumulate and call in reinforcements
• Command allied, German, or Soviet troops; 3 campaigns that span the globe
• Completely new graphics engine, more strategic choices, and tactical objectives
• Covert operations, seashore battles, and landing missions

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Great for WWII buffs [Posted on 2006-09-07]
Not buggy at all, others must have inadequate systems. Starforce shouldn't be an issue if you are really interested in game. Game is great fun, ideal for wwii buffs. Play is similar to old Micosoft CloseCombat but graphics and features are far superior.

Why I'll never order from Amazon again [Posted on 2007-01-18]
I never actually recieved the game. I did get an email from Amazon saying that they had cancelled my order. No details in the email. When I followed a link to "Why was your order cancelled", I found a page of generic reasons Amazon cancels orders. Not details about my problem though.

I was able to find the game on another web site and ordered from there (though I had to pay for overnight shipping to get if for Xmas).

I will says the the person who received the gift stayed up 'til 3AM the first time he played it.

Great Game [Posted on 2007-04-22]
I had a lot of fun with Blitzkrieg 2. It was very replayble, and decently historicly acurate. I would recomend this game to any RTS fan who loves tanks or wwii.

Blitz II - Fun but needs help! [Posted on 2008-01-15]
Ok I bought Blitz 2 as soon as it hit the market, I was practically drooling to get ahold of this game. And to be fair I have to say I REALLY like the game, played it more than I should - but it does need help!

CDV has done a very good job giving us old wargamers something good to chew on ever since EA bought out SSI and promptly killed them off. SSI was the "name" for wargames IMHO. Any one remember Steel Panthers? The original Blitzkrieg was like water to a man with cotton mouth, it was such a vast improvment over Sudden Strike. But it was not long before it was behind in the graphics and sound departments. But with all the MOD's out there it is still enjoying an extended life. I still have all of my Blitz 1 games on my HD and go back to it now and then.

And that is where the lack of things become appearant in Blitz 2. First of all being a long time vet of Steel Panthers, I even have scenarios out on the web for it, I was "Greatly" dissapointed to find that my "Core Units" had been taken away from me! Big - Big mistake CDV, old time wargamers prefer to have a cadre of core units that progress from scenario to scenario. Then there is the commander promoton thing, ok as far as I go that is fine promoting officers under your command, but like others have stated here - bring back the promotion system for the Player, I thought the system in Blitz 1 was very fair and I enjoyed it through every expansion.

Now for some final area's that I find lacking, the reinforcement idea going on in Blitz 2 is ok, but players really need to have more control over what is coming down the pike when you order it. And yes there are time frames when only certain types of units may be the only ones available and that is just fine. But not all the time, the game needs to be more flexiable in this area. And did I mention - "Bring Back The Core Units!" Next is the abilitly to build bridges - or actually the lack of it in Blitz 2. I love games with engineers, being able to build bridges and the such is such a fantastic area of play I just "Hate" to see it gone from the new games. And lets get the Medics back into play ok, I can not tell you how many times in the Blitz 1 games having an ambulance or moving my squads into a Hospital has saved my bacon in the over all picture of the scenario in play.

And I miss supply dumps! I like the few times that you can get new vehicles out of a factory, but it would be nice to be able to repair and rearm your units if you find such a supply dump or factory/storage building in a town. Now I know CDV is not the developer of the games - but they do have "strong" input into the games they produce. So CDV if you are reading any of these reviews at all - please take heed of what your customers are saying! Because like I stated at the top - I Really like Blitz 2, but it did slide backwards as others have said.

Blitzkrud [Posted on 2008-02-06]
DO NOT BUY.

DO NOT INSTALL.

Will not run properly! No patches or updates or customer support, my machine more than meets minimum running requirements too.

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