Customer Reviews

Axis & Allies

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This game is pretty fun, but I don't really know how good it is because I'm a rookie. I've not been able to access multiplayer so I'm focusing on the campaign and editor.

CAMPAIGN:

It fell short of what I had hoped for, but it still is a great game. The tutorial is pretty straight-forward, teaching you basic commands, then tossing you straight into battle. All the controls are simple, but if you don't memorize them during the tutorial, you'll be spending an awful lot of time trying to figure out what the heck this button does or what happens when you toggle that switch. Which brings me to another point, the command screen gives you the feel of being a real commander in an actual hq or something.

EDITOR:

The editor is everything you could hope for except a strawberry milkshake. Don't ask, I'm southern. Anyway, straight-forward controls and an almost limitless amount of objects to customize with. I've had this game for a year and still haven't found all the objects. That's one of the drawbacks of the editor, you can never find all the objects.

AI:

Unless you're playing with multiple AI's on your side, You're pretty much screwed unless you have a cheat code. The enemy can manage all his assets at once while you have to click on each unit to control it.

I'm giving this game a solid four stars for it's overall playability and educational concepts.

If you ever talked to my friends they know me for me a first person shooter type gamer. I can't deny it but i like to branch out sometimes. Before i got my xbox 360, this was the game i always played except for halo combat evolved. I was confused with the idea of a strategy game but i got the hang of it real quick. This was my first strategy game and i loved it. I would spend hours playing it because of all the ways to play it. Between infinite money option, full enemy and ally views to see everything, and randomized maps it was awesome. I did make a stupid decision in letting my friend borrow it and i never got it back. Staples ran out of copies so i looked to amazon for a new copy and amazon wans't selling it(they need to its a good priced game for only 10 bucks). So i finally found a copy by a different seller that was fulfilled by amazon which seemed good enough for me because it works the same as buying it from amazon. They give you free shipping with it. I love axis and allies and many gamers should get there hands on it.

Having tried to learn the boardgame (and giving up - pretty complex) I came across the electronic version here... I was hoping it would be similair to the boardgame (with the computer handling remembering all the rules) and what I got was a real-time strategy. I was expecting it to be turn-based still, but what it does, it does pretty well.

The game is a few years old now, so it's not cutting edge graphics - but has held up pretty good over the years. There's sooo many different units to build and send off to war... The included maps have kept me busy for hours, and the enemy AI is pretty good. The most fun has been playing with a friend and taking on the computer players. Definetly worth the ~$8 I paid for it... would definetly encourage friends to pick it up to have some LAN fun.

I like real-time strategy, but I actually wanted the board game too. If you wanted the board game, try under board games. If you like real time strategy, this one is good, pick it up.

Excellent!!! Lots of fun. I lost the code to my last one and ordered a new one I love it so much!

I actually have reviewed this product before but I finally logged online and can't find the update button. After playing multiplayer this game scores a 10 in my book. But, since there isn't a ten, I'll have to settle for a five. If you are relatively a strategy fan, BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!! I cannot stress that point enough.

This is the best game ever. You begin by starting the tutorial. It teaches the basics and if you dont learn everything at once then you sure dont have to worry emeditly but then later you gut to lear everything or your guna go down and fast. Just capture the key points you need to or just have fun blowing the enenmy to smitheriens. Your not in command of one actual person but in comand of the army YOU biuild. You also have to watch your econenmy if it goes down the YOU go down It says teen and ratted vilonce dont bleive it i meen theres harldy ANY vilonce at all and get yer freinds to play it to so you can pplay multiplay or just clik on multi player and play with TONS of other people playong the game work your way through ranks and beat the whole game! Its Extremly educationale ass well with real regemints and brigades in world war 2 and You have command of them! Regain controle of the the land air and sea! And when it says the fate of the world depends on you they meen it! Therses no blood and now lanuage at all and when i meen it i meen NO LANGUAGE not even say damn or God. iF you need help in the game just search on the PC Axis and Allies Walkthrough. Farwell and hapys wars!

The Seller shows a picture of the 2004 version of Axis and Allies along with their description. They sent me the older 1998 version instead. What's up with that??

Its a little more difficult than I thought but my son thats 14 has no problem playing this game,but I guess it comes with the times I'm 47..haha