Achtung Panzer Operation Star PC Game Review: The war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union is truly one of the greatest armed struggles in human history. From blitzkrieg and encirclements, to sub-zero temperatures and retreat, the Eastern war Front was filled with victories and drawbacks for both powers. But this is what makes this war strategy game so fascinating, because it was an even fight. Most players prefer a battle that isn’t fixed, perhaps little armchairgeneral in us tells us this. In March 2012, Matrix Games has launched Achtung Panzer Operation Star, the second part of to Achtung Panzer Kharkov 1943. Kharkov 1943 was an excellent game, innovating with its integration of tactical battles within the larger strategic interface, but it was released by Paradox Interactive. Lets find out how Matrix’s release compares to it and whats latest has been added to this already interesting concept. There are very few menu options to pick from like "Quick Battle mode”, "Encyclopedia feature”, “Campaign option”, “etc. There is no tutorial feature and nor is there a tutorial mission for beginners. The tutorial is originally by way of pop-up, which appears to be getting more and more famous. Pop-ups are good and all but they do not always function the way you want them, Operation Star is no different in this regard. Unnecessary information will pop up from time to time, and you do not always get to known what you should know and when you want to. One can jump right into a “Quick Battle” scenario, which is the right the place for the beginners to get started. Here the players can customize on what side of the border they want to fight that is Russian or German, what military units they would like to play with, the map/scenario, weather conditions, and so many other options. The variety of military units available is very impressive. These include tank regiments, artillery batteries, rifle battalions,motor rifles divisions, assault gun companies, and anti-tank units. Once the gamers re in the tactical view, these battalions can divide into batteries and platoons according to the the level of command. The gamers can position these warfare units on the game's strategy map, in order to fine tune an already set battle. The method with which the players does this is a little different and needs a bit of getting used to, but it does the job. But the quantity of units you can position the battlefield is not unlimited which may seem a bit discouraging. The strategy map is topography based and it defines terrain features like buildings, rivers, roads and forests. The gamers can carry out offensive from one grid to the next and the surrounding grids of the grid that the fighting is in can take part. This puts it at 9 grids per battle.Achtung Panzer Operation Star 2012 is a real gem especially for those addicted to RTS games. The concept of the game and its style is quite new. Although the game suffers from a few drawbacks, a few glitches here and there. But these are expected upon initial release only.
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