Neoseeker : Games : PC : Strategy : WarGames : WWII Online: Blitzkrieg
Genre: WarGames (PC) Publisher: Strategy First
Developer: Cornered Rat Software Release Date: Jun 5, 01 [North America]
Also Available On: Mac Theme(s): Alternate History, Military
Perspective(s): First Person
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Background:
Cornered Rat Software Studios' massively multiplayer online war simulation boasts the first combined virtual battlefield. Players will be able captain ships, command tanks and infantry, and pilot combat aircraft in one-off battles OR massive campaigns.

Gameplay:
Blitzkrieg - The first retail release is set at the beginning of the Blitzkrieg, and all the major battle points are included: strongholds, fortresses, forests and rivers, just as it was in 1940. Can the RAF and British armies help the besieged French forces to re-write history? Could the Blitzkrieg have been stopped in France? With the dynamic flow of resources within WWII Online's strategic system, players will start the battles where they choose, and those choices will make a new history.
Features:
  • Combined air and land operations in the first online virtual battlefield
  • 1/2 scale map of Europe with accurate terrain modeling - the biggest online world ever!
  • Thousands of online players in a 24/7 persistent world
  • Character advancement and career paths for rich RPG layer
  • First person perspective in all gameplay - the first massively multiplayer first person shooter!
  • Strategic systems driven by player missions and command structure
  • Historically accurate and detailed weapons including, aircraft, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, rifles, trucks, grenades and more!
  • Groundbreaking physics and damage modeling
  • Web-based player services package integrated with gameplay
  • Min System Requirements:
    Pentium II 400
    Windows 95/98/Me/2000
    128MB RAM
    16MB 3D Video Card
    DirectSound Compatible Audio Card
    8x CD ROM
    56K Modem w/ Internet Access

    Neoseeker Editor's Take
    World War II was arguably one of the most bloody and violent times in human history. It was a time when combat was still actually fought by large numbers of brave men and women who risked their lives out in the battlefield rather than by pushing a few buttons from somewhere safe and watching the result from behind computer screens (as mostly is these days). »Read Full Article

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    Net Score: 3.52
    User Score: 3.55

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