It is a bit disturbing to put players in the position of helping the Axis powers win, but the emphasis was always on military strategy, not on Nazism. Your job was to fend off the Allied forces, and if you did well enough, you could turn the tide of history. It put you in the jackboots of an Axis general during World War II-specifically, a German general in charge of a Panzer division.
Panzer Corps is fun way to spend a few hours, but it's hard to forget that all the best elements were stolen, and it's even harder to justify the $40–50 price tag.įor the uninitiated: Panzer General was a tactical, turn-based strategy game for PCs that came out in 1994 and spawned numerous sequels. It succeeds in doing that, but many fans will wish the developers had aimed just a little bit higher.Īnyone can ape a classic game, but it takes a genius to truly update one. Panzer Corps, the latest wargame from The Lordz Game Studio and Slitherine Games, has but one goal: to recreate the magic of the Panzer General series, which was popular in the 1990s.
