Codename: Panzers (PC)

I liked playing this game. It kept my interest the whole time. I just wish I could keep playing. The only problem I had was with the sound when the officer was giving the instructions verbally at the beginning of each campaign.

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I have two boys, one is 11 and the other is 9 and this has been a fun game for them. The game works well on Vista but I have had it lock up twice so far. If you "alt-tab" in and out of the screen it usually comes back to life. The game is not full of blood and gore, just a lot of explosions and noise - perfect for young boys.

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This game far exceeded what I expected. Its "the strategy game" I've been waiting for and didn't even realize it.

Pros:

* Great graphics

* can upgrade your units w/ special abilities based on needs (strategy!)

* units gain experience

* "persistent" army - surviving units stay in your army for next missions (even captured enemy vehicles, cool!!)

* can repair/heal units - in play w/ spec ability of APCs or trucks.

* fairly decent enemy AI

* interesting storyline

* you get to build your persistent army with a point based system

* capture key sites in mission to get reinforcement "points"

Cons:

* Sound "chops" at odd times

* minor path-ing issue caused by terrain/obstacles(typical of games)

* the "briefing" between missions; You can hear the briefing, but there is no video to go along with it. The display just freezes while the sound plays and expects you to wait and hit mouse when sound stops to continue. Almost seems like a bug preventing videos from playing.

* Can really LAG - as battles heat up.

But runs good on my high end setup, assuming I have SLI enabled.

Over-All: I'd give this a 8/10 score ... as its a lot of fun to play and keeps my interest.

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