Blitzkrieg Anthology

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Features:

• Playthe original Blitzkrieg where you'll prove your tactical skills in historical battles of World War II all around the globe. Attack is the only defense!
• In Blitzkrieg - Burning Horizon the action continues as you jump into World War II's most dramatic battles
• Blitzkrieg - Rolling Thunder lets you relive more strategy, with more realism and advanced gameplay
• Bonus - Add-on Iron Division comprising 16 missions and 4 multiplayer maps

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

Customer Reviews:

Excellent WWII RTS game [Posted on 2006-06-13]
I gave the game 4 stars as I originally purchased for online play with friends. Latency issues make the game unplayable (we havent had an opportunity to play lan yet).
However in single player mode, the game is very fun.
The graphics are vivid and remind me of Sacred. The controls are easy to learn, and most carry from one unit to the next.
The game comes on 5 cd's. the first 2 are Blitkreig, the next 2 are expansion packs, and the last is a special expansion pack.
The missions are reletively short with a limited battle field.
Terrain comes into play quite well. For example I had a scout/sniper crawling through some brush and his view of the enemy would flicker as it would if he was in actual brush.
You do not get to purchase new units like in Command and Conquer series, so you have to make good with what you are given.
As far as I can tell all weapon types from WWII for each given faction are present in the game.
I do recommend this game if you like real time strategy. Its easy to learn and quite extensive.

Decent Game For the Money [Posted on 2007-01-03]
The artificial inteligence was a little "dumb," other than that the game was just OK.

Not too bad for a S&T game. [Posted on 2007-02-11]
I got in a bit of a mood after watching HBO's Band Of Brothers and wanted to blow up some bad guys so I picked up the original version of Blitzkrieg. After a few weeks and running out of missions I picked up this boxed Anthology...obviously there's some fun and addiction built into the premise and mechanics of the game. Having now played both BK and BK2, I prefer the over-all nature of this, the original. The controls and graphics are more natural and intuitive in this anthology. With Blitzkrieg 2, they've changed some of the controls around, causing a few curses for those familiar with the original, plus BK2's graphics suddenly seem less realistic and more pastel in colour...go figure.

I can only give this game 4 stars, however. After a while you notice repetition in layout and can guesstimate quite accurately the layout of enemy positions (you begin shelling the heck out of that cliff face just down the road from your camp at the beginning of every mission just because you know there's anti-tank guns on it). I suppose this would have happened in real life to some extent if you knew an opposing general's mannerisms, but probably not to the extent you get used to them in this game. The enemy attacks aren't well coordinated either. Bad guy tanks will attack more in single file, rather than abreast to concentrate more fire on your positions. Little things like this make the game less than 'realistic', but what it lacks in that department it makes up for in becoming more a relaxing beer and pretzels kind of fun, which I enjoy. I have fun using the 'c' button on infantry units (splitting them up from formation to individual movement) and moving them in to villages covering each-other and flushing out enemy positions which tanks and artillery can fire upon, I seem to recall this feature being dropped in BK2, which was annoying. Which brings me to one of the major negatives of the franchise...the add-on 'Mission Kursk' for the BK anthology.

Even with BK2 there was a general similarity with difficulty and capabilities of individual units. I expected Mission Kursk to give me the same playability as other BK missions. HA! They've changed the whole mechanics of the game and the 'fun' gamelike atmosphere is completely diminished. If you want the aggravation of being fired upon by artillery with no chance of returning fire, attacks by enemy aircraft with no chance to bring in your own air defense, weapon ranges doubled, character movement slowed down, snipers no longer being 'invisible'...all the headaches and hair-pulling of actual war, then Mission Kursk is your game. I bring this up because you will want more missions after playing this BK anthology, however Mission Kursk is frustration, not fun. Unfortunately, I have no info about Green Devils and Operation Barbarossa, but I'm hoping the game mechanics haven't been messed with in those missions as well because I really would like to play more, just based on the ORIGINAL mechanics. You shouldn't mess with a good thing.

Lots of fun but very stratigical [Posted on 2007-02-22]
This game is a very fun game but it is not a game for you if you don't like srategy games. The game invloves lots of strategy and can prove frustruating from time to time but overall the game is lots of fun to play.

The best "WARGAME" ever. [Posted on 2007-06-27]
The answer to all true wargamers dreams. All the action of an RTS with all the control of a turn-based game. The units are modeled beautifully and act realistically (after you learn to use them) ... Perfect!

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