Supreme Ruler Ultimate – PC Game Review
“Supreme Ruler Ultimate” provides a playable, real-time grand-strategy game covering 150 years or so of modern (and future) history.
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Articles by Robert Mackey
Supreme Ruler 1936 – PC Game Review
“Supreme Ruler: 1936” is a global political-warfare simulation that begins in early 1936 and can be played into the – Are you ready for this? – 2070s. Players can buy and sell technology from other nations in the game, and diplomacy is fairly detailed.
Read MoreCivil War II – PC Game Preview
A preview of “Civil War II” says AGEOD managed to keep the core parts that made its “American Civil War” so beloved by many gamers and has used lessons learned over the past 8 years to create an even better game with greater depth.
Read MoreCrusader Kings II – PC Game Review
The PC game ‘Crusader Kings II’ is really in a league of its own in strategy games. Its focus on dynastic survival requires different thinking and strategy than most strategy PC games do.
Read MoreRevolution Under Siege – PC Game Review
Revolution Under Siege, AGEOD’s PC game of the Russian Civil War 1977 – 1923, does more than address a forgotten period in modern history; it is a fun, engaging and easy-to-play but hard-to-master wargame
Read MoreHearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi! – PC Game Review
Semper Fi is not a game-changing expansion to Hearts of Iron 3, but it does add greatly to gameplay, according to this Armchair General review.
Read MoreHearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi – Paradox Interview
In an exclusive ArmchairGeneral.com interview, the developers of Hearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi from Paradox talk about the major changes in AI, chain of command, re-balancing naval action around task forces, and more.
Read MoreTheatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 – PC Game Preview
This preview of Theater of War 2: Kursk 1943 praises it as rare example of a computer game that actually replicates the problems of command on a chaotic battlefield and is different enough to stand out from the pack.
Read MoreHearts of Iron 3 – PC Game Review
Hearts of Iron 3 allows players to select from all combat doctrines and build divisions with mix-and-match brigades but requires a fast computer, a fast graphics card and lots of memory.
Read MorePanzerkrieg: Burning Horizon 2 – PC Game Review
Three previously released titles in the Blitzkrieg series (Red Horizon, Rolling Thunder, and Lost Victories) re-emerge in a single compilation. An ArmchairGeneral.com review finds it dated in some respects but very playable, challenging and fun.
Read MoreNapoleon’s Campaigns Game Review
Not tonight Josephine – it’s conquering time! Can you overcome your Napoleon Complex and march on Europe? This game will put your skills to the test.
Read MoreSPWW2: 1930-1946 – Game Review (PC)
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Read MoreGlory of the Roman Empire – Game Review (PC)
What a rush to re-live the glory days of the Roman Empire. Will you guarantee the success of the Caesars or leave it in ruin? Read our review of Glory of the Roman Empire!
Read MoreEmperor’s Testament – Game Review (PC)
1C Company, in cooperation with Paradox Interactive (the Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron folks), has attempted to break the increasingly tired pattern of RTS with their new RTS, Perimeter: Emperor’s Testament.
Read MoreAirborne Assault: Conquest of the Aegean – Game Review (PC)
Matrix has continued their tradition of releasing well-researched, playable and challenging wargames, and Panther has produced a winning follow-up to their Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich.
Read MoreStalingrad 42 – Game Review (PC)
A huge, historically accurate simulation of the Stalingrad campaign. Well worth buying for any fan of the Panzer Campaign series and anyone interested in the brutal fighting of 1942-43.
Read MoreStrategic Command 2 – Game Review (PC)
Worth buying to introduce friends or new gamers to the strategic level of the European Theater of World War II. If they enjoyed Axis and Allies but ran screaming away from World In Flames, this is probably the game for them.
Read MoreBirth of America – Game Review (PC)
I think I’m a pretty discerning gamer. I started playing computer wargames with the venerable Trek on an old Apple II and can recall the heyday of SSI with their great games of yesteryear. So it is pretty rare when I get excited over a new game; most of them are "been there done that" derivatives of other original games. Birth of America (by a small group of French developers called AGEOD) is one of those truly original games of the past ten years. It manages to hide a very detailed simulation of 18th Century warfare on the American frontier in a pretty package that is easy to learn but very hard to master. Gameplay (60/60): I know. I’m not supposed to give a 60/60 score on gameplay without it being a truly great game. Birth of America (BOA) earns every one of those sixty points. It is in a class by itself — a seemingly simple game that a player can jump into and suddenly discover it is...
Read MoreFrance ’40 – Game Review (PC)
Anyone interested in the 1940 campaign and any fan of Tiller’s wargames should buy this title and line off a couple of weeks of your life.
Read MoreCrown of Glory – Game Review (PC)
Crown of Glory is well worth the price for anyone with an interest in the era. While it has a few weaknesses, these do not overshadow what is a solid and fine game.
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