This objective it achieves with some style. Moreover, the game hasn't compromised one iota from its original intentions, to be the most historically and tactically realistic real-time strategy enactment of WWII. True, the game's five separate (and rather large) campaign's do now have easier difficulty settings, but Sudden Strike 2 is by no means a forgiving game, and fans of other real-time strategy titles still aren't likely to find it an approachable experience. Fans of the original will be pleased to hear that not a lot's changed, either, with Sudden Strike 2 being grittier, more realistic and just as uncompromisingly cunning as ever.

Sudden Strike 2, approaches the genre from the other end of the spectrum however, picking up in the vein left off by the original Sudden Strike, a good seller for CDV a couple of years ago. Multiplayer action is supported via GameSpy, and the goal is to defeat all other enemies and remain the last one standing, regardless of the number of points earned.Įver since Eidos' smash-hit Commandos first shook the monitor of many PC gamers, an increasingly large number of publishers have begun to note the public's fascination with the events of World War 2 sparked by films such as Saving Private Ryan, and enthused further by gritty interactive editions like Medal of Honor, most recently. Weather conditions (clear, rain, fog, or snow) and types of terrain (ground, water, or shallows) affect unit line-of-sight, neutral units can eventually be recruited to play on your side, and the use of propaganda can actually entice enemy officers or generals to defect. The game utilizes a three-quarters top-down viewpoint, with non-visible areas enshrouded in a 'fog of war.' Orders, unit movement, troop gathering, formations, and other actions are accomplished through a menu system and a point-and-click interface. The huge array of units in Sudden Strike II consists of multiple types of infantry, artillery, trucks, supply trucks, jeeps, tanks, armored vehicles, motorcycles, mobile anti-aircraft cannon, mobile missile launchers and artillery, ships, trains, cruisers, and aircraft. In order of difficulty, the campaigns feature Germany (1943), the United States (1944), Russia (1944-1945), Britain (1944), and Japan (1942-1945), though they can be played in any order. In the five campaigns, based on specific World War II events, you play as one of five different nations at various points in the conflict.

Fireglow follows up its near million seller Sudden Strike with a sequel featuring more than 40 new missions, playable separately or in five campaigns, 50-plus new units (bringing the total to more than 150), and up to a thousand active units per scenario.

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