Gary Grigsby's World At War From:Matrix , Tri Synergy ,
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Amazon Maximum Age: 240 months
Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Matrix
EAN: 0183881000014
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Format: CD-ROM
Weight: 55 hundredths-pounds
Label: Tri Synergy
Manufacturer: Tri Synergy
Packaged Height: 180 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 50 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 530 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Tri Synergy
Release Date: 2005-03-15
Studio: Tri Synergy
Feature:
- Features four full-length scenarios in 38 countries, from the Spring of 1940 to the Summer of 1943
- Play across 350 areas on a sprawling world map, as you lead five different armies - Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, the Allied Forces and China
- Command multiple units on land, in the air or across the sea - and learn the rules that govern strategic warfare, from airborne attacks to amphibious invasions
- Special Fog Of War rules hide enemy units and production for greater challenge
- Realistic supply chain rules add a more hands-on form of resource management to the game
Product Description:
World At War gives you a chance to reshape history, by changing the outcome of its greatest war. In this dynamic turn-based strategy game, you'll choose an army and lead it to victory across four real WWII campaigns. Make China the world's greatest superpower, lead Germany to control over Europe & North Africa, or have Japan conquer America -- the future of the world is in your hands! Challenging AI offers a unique gaming experience
Customer Reviews:
 fun, but probably not for historical buffs, 2008-12-31
This game resembles a very complex version of axis and allies. Historical buffs may find quibbles with this game because all possible scenarios that could of happened during world war 2 (like spain or turkey joining the axis powers) are not possible and also the fact that this game starts after the invasion of poland. Also the way the battles happened during world war 2 and how units were placed as compared to what happened historically does not match. I found the research system to be a bit unnecessary and made the game more complex than it needed to be.
Another issue I have the game is that it really tries hard to hem you into what you can realistically do. France is way too easy to conquer for the axis, and Britain is near impossible to take. While this does follow historically what happened, the way they make it hard, imo, is not historically accurate (they do it by the way the territories are designed and range rules, and interdiction rules).
Still, if you like axis and allies, then you'll probably like this game a lot. It is not for the serious WWII wargamer who is concerned with other aspects, such as diplomacy, yet at the same time, it is not simple enough to be for the casual wargamer either (the manual is very long). Most wargamers do not fall in either category, which is probably okay for this game. The only game that comes close for historical buffs I think would be a non computer game ("A world at war" by GMT games). Assuming you can stomach the cost of the game, as well as the time and space it takes to learn the game.
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