Codename: Panzers - Cold War Reviews

There's no other way to say it, this game is just horrible. The units tend to get stuck on each other as they move, and if you try and move some infantry with some tanks, prepare for pain as they all love to bunch together. Tanks will also act as if they're over-sized infantry. I don't know how else to word it, but anyone who's played Company of Heroes before will know what a tank *should* be like. They are not like that in this game. Your air-support can also be shot down, which at first isn't exactly a problem. Until you realise you have to "buy" more for your army to replace it. It's a nice idea on paper, and it's an interesting problem to face at first. But after the second or the third time, it gets very old, very quick. So, if the game is so bad, why am I recommending it? Simply put, this is the only RTS game I know of that is set in this era. Tanks arrive by CH-54 Tarhe's, and infantry by CH-37 Mojave's. Walker Bulldog's fight side-by-side with M59's, all while F-86 Sabres fly CAS. This is a game set in the early stages of the Cold War, at a time when the US and the Soviet Union were fielding a large number of wacky and iconic vehicles. As a lover of this period of history, even with all the flaws this game has, I still have a soft spot for it, and I'm sure other lovers of the early Cold War will also find that same soft spot too.

Previous games : Codename panzers phase 1 and 2. Similar game : Road to Berlin I played all years ago and enjoyed it. The reason why i set my teeth on the lastest release, Cold War. Game style : * fun RTS * rock paper scissor mechanism * no base building * fog of war * in essence only infantry and amory (tanks, APC) so no air or naval battles * healing (infantery) and repairing units (APC) * no indepth tactics needed or reading a thick manual * limited units due to fixed unit cap * capture hot spots (Points of Interest) to gain access to a helicopter pad, armor factory, healing station, radar station and so on. Difficulty : played on 'hard' level which is recommended to have enough challenge to beat the game. If you played RTS before, 'easy' is too easy. Most difficult battle is not suprisingly the last mission. Story line (6/10) : You will tackle 18 missions which are linked with each other. Some have an intro and/or outro cutscene, some don't. Cutscenes can not match with those of the C&C serie (for example). Looks a bit amateuristic which has it's charm though. Western world is pushing back the commies (USSR and China) and kicking them out of Europe. Sorry, for spoiling the plot. You will play both sides in the single player campagain. Mission objectives : Each map comes of course with several mission objectives. The primary objective is to finish the mission. The secondary objectives are optional but can you give an asset during the battle. There are secret objectives which you can discover, for this you need to examine the entire map (find an empty Russian tank which you can use, using a tunnel, destroy a boat). Objectives (except the secret ones) are displayed on the left side of the screen sometimes with additional commments of your commanders. It's not the best way to do so as you can oversee it. I paused the game and verified the message log from time to time