Panzer Corps: U.S. Corps '44-'45 DLC

I've enjoyed this series and this dlc was well worth the five bucks they charge. The scenarios were all varied and challenging. If you already own the first two, grabbing this one is a no-brainer...

US Corps 44-45 takes you from the D-Day landings, into French territory and from there moving onto German territories and eventually meeting the Russians. As always you do have a few options for example after D-Day you can move towards Brittany or Caen or at the end of the campaing you can either do a small friendly skirmish with the Russians or you can be like "haha yeah I accept your challenge Ivan" and then invade the USSR in Operation Unthinkable. +The maps, especially at the end are much bigger and you do get to play around with more units. +The Germans fight you with their own late war equipment. King Tigers against Pershings, P-51s against 262s... -All of the US Corps campaing is very similar to the Allied Corps campaing. On one hand well what else was it supposed to be? Both of them start in Africa and end with you meeting the Russians. Thats to be expected, its historical. My complaint is that it just feels very similar. Playing almost 200 hours of this game is probably starting to have its affects on me either way the more I think about it the more I realize I wish the US Corps campaing took place in the Pacific. In the previous DLC reviews I'd say "its more of Panzer Corps! I like the game, here's more of it I'm happy!" but after 200 hours I will admit its starting to get a bit tiring. Does this mean I don't recommend this? No. It was fun, the maps were fun, the units you use and fight against, the missions I'd even say that the missions themselves were really good. It was a fun DLC, I liked it. I played 200 hours of this game and there's still like 3 campaings for me to go through, I'm gonna go through them too obviously I recommend it.

Omaha beach is surprisingly fun and interesting. Saint Vikht is epic and desperate. Favorite scenarios (overall, in order of appearance): Djebel Abiod Kasserine battle El Guettar Mateur Messina Salerno landing Defence of Salerno beachhead Operation Diadem Anzio landing Anzio defence Omaha Beach Caen Sankt Vith Spoilers: [spoiler]Operation Unthinkable was somewhat of a let down. More of a mindless slog than a true battle, the Soviets weren't really doing anything strategically. Could use some more dynamic events and counter-attacks.[/spoiler]

PC Steam This DLC probably took about 30 hours to complete. US Corps 44-45 was my final DLC to play through. It was a solid affair and it is really difficult taking on some of those superior Axis armour units. All in all, a fine DLC that ends with a massive hypothetical slugfest taking on the Russians after Berlin falls. DLC 7/10 - Not as good as Soviet Corps or the hypothetical Sealion. I've now completed every Panzer Corps DLC, including the full Grand Campaign. I've clocked up over 500 hours on Steam, although I started the Grand Campaign before it was even released on Steam. Slitherine did a great job allowing owners of the original boxed game port their game and purchased DLC into the Steam library. Overall, I love playing Panzer Corps, but I will put it aside now as I eagerly await the release of Panzer Corps 2. I'll finally also have a change to try out Order of Battle.