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14.2.2006

This review is for the demo version of the PC game.A splendid looking tank sim, that achieves a perfect balance between the 'fiddlyness' of a more faithful but complex simulation; and the unrealistic oversimplification of an arcade 'shoot 'em up'. Very easy to learn the controls needed to direct your own tank and deploy those of your accompanying troop. The game operates very much along the lines of 'Band of Brothers' and its ilk. The tank's forward/back/left/right being controled with WASD keys, and the mouse aiming the turret-mounted gun and machine gun. A neat little map sits on the top-right of the screen, giving details of your position, range of view, direction of travel, mission objectives,supply depots, enemy forces, and also accurately indicates terrain features. There are also readouts to indicate damage sustained, as well as airstrikes and ammunition remaining. The 'binocular' viewing feature enables you to stop at a secure 'hull-down' position and survey the battlefield ahead to check for an enemy ambush or counter-attack, and call-in an air strike on the position if necessary. Maintanence, repair, refuelling and rearming can be done by merely parking next to a depot. Graphic and audio detail is very atmospheric and excellent in almost every respect, with beautifully rendered vehicles, trees and buildings, and a convincing 'fog of war'.AI isn't too bad, with the enemy's armour (Panzer IVs, Panthers, and Tigers) steadily increasing in their cunning as they increase in their lethality. Just as in the fighting in France, if someone says there are Tigers ahead you'll need to find a way to get around behind them to their more vulnerable rears. Even then you'll have to pump a few rounds into them whilst using your speed, manouverability and cunning to avoiding their return fire. There is a suspension of realism when it comes to taking hits. In reality, a Tiger could knock-out a Sherman with one shot from about 3 kilometers away without the Sherman even knowing it was there, but this would greatly slow the pace of the game, so your tank has what amounts to a 'health' readout, which visibly reduces with each hit taken. Hits from an 88mm gun will turn you into scrap very quickly; especially as you have to shorten the range for your gun to be more effective in return. If you are destroyed, you at least have the option of returning to your last checkpoint rather than start from scratch.Gameplay is exciting and adrenaline-pumping, as you have to not only formulate strategy, and tactically deploy your unit, but drive and man the guns in the pell-mell of battle too; which takes some honing of skill, as you have to take some realistic gunnery factors into consideration. Accuracy is increased if you are stationary, as even if the sight is 'on target' the rocking motion of the tank can cause you to miss; not to mention having to calculate fall of shot and the deflection required if both the enemy's tank as well as your own are moving in different directions. Just like the ace tankers of WWII though, with practice you'll be able to shoot on the move.Not many niggles really. The graphics can sometimes get a bit 'fuzzy' as the game puts your video card through it's paces.As it is controlled by the mouse, the only viewing option available is from directly behind the turret in line with the gun. It would be good to be able to see things from other perspectives too, such as the driver's, as when crashing through trees you can easily be exposing yourself to enemy fire and getting shot to bits in the process; whilst your own viewpoint from way back behind the tank is still totally obscured by foliage. A movie mode to replay the mission would be good too.Some of the objects on the battlefield do behave and interact oddly. For instance, you can crash right through a stoutly-built stone cottage; but not a small garden wall, and your tank just bounces straight off an abandoned Waco glider, which was made of plywood over a lightweight steel frame!All-in-all, I think it will become second only to my beloved 'IL-2 Sturmovik' set as my most played game. I'll be buying the full version as soon as it comes out at the end of March.
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25.4.2006

With eighteen missions, split into three sets of six missions for each of the tank commanders (the German, the Russian and the American) each one is beautifully detailed and rendered with it even possible to see the tiny machine gun bullets striking the objects/people - it's that detailed! Play the game with some good quality stereo headphones on and the sounds from the noise of the tank to the explosions are stunning to say the least. You really do feel like you are right there in the middle of the battle. The scenery is very detailed and the night missions especially stand out with good use of the moonlight to enable you to see what you're up to during the mission. Fog, rain,snow - you name it it's all catered for with excellent graphics.As with any game played for the first time it does take a while to get used to it (particularly controlling the tank) but there is a useful feature enabling you to drive the tank using the mouse to steer it which is a godsend unless you have the dexterity of a concert pianist. Occassionally the tank gets a bit tied up when trying to overcome some objects but with a bit of patience you soon work out how to get it going again. All of the missions are of a reasonable length, but personally I would like to see a few more missions added on just to make it last longer! I would also like to see an expansion pack developed for it. All in all I feel that this game is up there with Call of Duty and the like albeit as a slightly different kind of FPS. Buy it you won't be dissapointed!
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19.7.2007

I,m one of those players, who maybe by age, do not get around much to sitting down and involving myself thouroughly in a computer game/simulation situation. However, having had Panzer Elite Action for some time, I find myself coming back to it more and more frequently. There are many reviewers who will damn the entire game for one reason or another and I respect their views, but I am one of those oldies who still has difficulty in even trying to understand just how it all happens. OK, the graphics may not be not up to todays accepted standards, and in reality, a T34 would have a ruddy great headache if it were hit by an 88mm shell, but what the hell - its a great game, and does help to further the understanding,however basic, of tank warfare. I would like to think that the makers will build on the basic game already produced, upgrade accordingly, and take serious note of what the more intellectual critics have to say. If they do, I,ll be first in line to buy it when it comes out.
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26.2.2008

Hull down head up, and watch out on the flanks!ok ok bit wierd when your tank goes through another, but turn the sound up and duck. Controls a bit dodgy if you hold down A or D to long you do a nice pirouette. Like the repair, resupply stations on the way, also if you do get 'brewed up' you don't start from the beginning.Overall proberly not the best game on the planet, but if you like a good tank fight, Baton down the hatches and don't stop till you reach Stalingrad!! fun fun fun

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