Rocco
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Joined: 10/20/2002 From: IL, USA Status: offline
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I noticed there isn't a whole lot of activity in here, so I thought I'd write this. I owned the original World at War, and only played a few games. It was fun at first, but it really didn't grab me and suck me in. It didn't seem like there were many interesting decisions to make strategy wise. It might have been a little "too" Axis and Allies for me. So finally I bought the new version. I was hesitant at first but I thought it sounded like there were now more choices to make that would make the games play out differently each time. I was right. There are a lot of new rules that change everything. Artillery is totally different now, and makes a lot more sense. At first I thought that artillery was useless now, but seeing it's effects on combat, that's not the case. They now do what they did in the war, make it easier for the ground troops to kill the target by suppressing them. The way artillery was handled in the original really bugged the, uhh... pants off me. The veteran units can have a major impact, most notably to me having an elite light fleet to hunt down enemy subs. Random, percentage weighted, events can fire simulating research breakthroughs to simulate, for example, the Germans me262 jet fighters. The spies and signal intelligence can definitely help you out, but the supplies required could leave your army paralyzed, without sufficient reinforcements being built. So it's an interesting strategy decision to make. There are new scenarios weighted to help the ai a bit, which provides a much better challenge (and here's a hint on improving the difficulty: NEVER reload ). I just thought there might be people out there like me, I was sitting on the fence, didn't want to spend another 26 bucks on something I had already tried. I liked the original game, but to me it didn't offer enough variability - just build a bunch of units and go through the motions kind of game. The changes to neutral countries mix it up (which I now realize I never talked about), the events vary the game from one to the next. I like it now. Sorry for being long winded. Just my opinion, thought I'd share it since it seemed like a ghost town around here. If you just hated the first game I would guess you still will. But if you liked it, but found it to get old quickly, you might want to look into it a little deeper. Ask some questions, find out if you think it might be worth buying. I think it's worth it. Thanks, Rocco Rocco
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