There’s a lot of detail to interact with and plenty of tricky moments that require the use of the priceless undo feature.Īxis Operations 1940, as the name implies, re-creates the fast advances that happened on the Western Front during that year. There’s a lot of pleasure in creating a personalized force and then seeing how it can be customized and used to overcome a variety of enemy positions. The core elements of Panzer Corps 2 are very close to those of classic Panzer General and the new content does not tweak them too much. A core set of units evolves as the battles go by and players have a requisition pool to get new hardware to play with (the Industry Connections trait is basically the most interesting one when designing a general). Tanks can overrun enemies, infantry is best in cities, and on rough terrain, air support is very necessary.Īrtillery can often be the forgotten king of the battlefield and cooperation between all kinds of forces is not encouraged but required.
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Players need to carefully consider how to best take out enemy forces, slowly completing a complex tactical puzzle. Each turn players can move units, attack enemies, rely on some special moves, reinforce or defend. The basics of the experience are not radically different. The pace of new content is commendable and the teams at developer Flashback Games and publisher Slitherine are clearly aiming to keep fans engaged with their new military tactics title for as long as possible.
Does a Ju-88 add more flexibility and firepower than a new Panzer III (plenty of versions to choose from)? Does artillery and infantry based slow advance through fortifications seem like a better idea than a tank led move through a road clogged with infantry? Can a gamer replicate the fast and ruthless conquests that Nazi Germany achieved during the first full year of World War II?Īxis Operations 1940 is the third piece of downloadable content for Panzer Corps 2, which itself arrived at the start of the year.