War Times

by Strategy First

Product Features

• WWII real-time strategy game
• 4 sides to choose from: Germany, USA, USSR or Great Britain
• More than 80 different units and 70 structures to build
• Combats on the ground, sea and air
• For 1 player, or multi-player over Internet

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001AC0A2
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 30, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,246 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

War Times is a real-time strategy game that lets players follow the tumultuous era of the Second World War through the actions of Germany, Great Britain, the USA or the USSR. Each nation is totally different and uses unique strategies in their attack and defense and all the campaigns are based on real historical events, bringing an unparalleled realism to the fight. Totally done with 3D graphics, it gives the player full freedom of movements by several kinds of cameras and zoom levels.

Features:

• Four nations to choose from: Germany, USA, USSR and Great Britain, each with exclusive units and buildings
• More than 80 different units and 70 structures to build
• Full campaign with scenarios replaying real acts of the Second World War.
• Powerful multiplayer game: it allows cooperative gameplay and the possibility to share allied units of different nations
• War units of every nation are different from others: each military unit has its own properties and special abilities
• Combats on the ground, sea and air
• Weather conditions affect armies and also the gameplay
• Spectacular soundtrack and incredible sound effects
• Map Editor allows players to create new and exciting missions easily and quickly

Product Description

War Times - During the years of World War II, each nation adopted unique strategies for defense. Now you can try these strategies in a series of campaigns based on historical battles and events of the war. Follow the actions of the European war, as seen by Germany, Great Britain, the USA or the USSR. Powerful multiplayer and cooperative gameplay -- you can even share Allied units with other players

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great WWII RTS with unique gameplay!, April 22, 2004

By 

ThomasRTS (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War Times (CD-ROM)

This is an excellent RTS game dudes! It seems the other reviewer have not even tryed the game! Check devs' forums, they have an excellent feedback.

The campaign mode is very well done, covering all major wwii battles and it's very fun! you can choose Axis or Allied campaign but the real strong point of this game is the multiplayer mode!!! The resources gathering reminds me to classics RTS like firsts C'n'C or Age of Empires!

I have arrange games with 6 friends in LAN and guys, this game is crazy!!! tons of units, the airforce is simple fantastic and it have a lot of options for micro management freaks! you can drop paratroopers in enemy base and sweep them from within!

I have just started playing online (I still have to work hard to get a good rank in the ladder!) and the action is neverending even with the adition of the Map Editor!

Overall, a very well done RTS with resources! Die you Panzers!

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than I thought for the price I paid!, March 2, 2005

By 

K. Shum "mindworks3d" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: War Times (CD-ROM)

I've only started playing this game not too long ago, but I find it feels right at home since I am coming from playing too much of StarCraft for too long, yes its an old game(SC), but I still find it very addictive. My point is, if you are familiar with the controls of StarCraft, WarTimes is very similar. If you've never played StarCraft(man, what have you missed?!) before, you really shouldn't have problems adopting the interface and controls. I didn't bother reading the manual, that's how easy it is to pickup, but from flipping thru the pages, the manual LOOKS good, at least much better than another game(Lord Of The Realm 3) I had installed previously and then uninstalled. The Graphics in WarTimes are just OK, could have been better, but I think it serves the game well enough. Tho I've never played AOE or C&C's titles, so I can't compare this game to them, but to me, this game is fun, the special effects are fine, I often consider this an upgrade to the old tired engine of StarCraft since this one is in full 3D, so you can rotate your view points at any angle, and you can also use your mousewheel to zoom in and out the game, this pretty lives up to today's standards. I find it very amusing to control a whole group of tanks attacking the enemy's base and watch them blowing things up, its just spectacular! The same goes to the planes! Well you get the picture. To give this game a 1 star is just not fair, judging from the price I paid for, its almost a complete 5 stars title.

2 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, April 21, 2004

By 

"royalmint" (pa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War Times (CD-ROM)

This game looks like something for the atari 2600, terrible graphics and gameplay. The game does,nt load correctly to begin with, i contacted strategy First support, of course it was my system(s) thats at fault, thats a 1.9 gig system and a 2.7 gig system, yet, both my machines are to blame, amazing.Anyway, i returned the game, got another one, same problem! Junk. You get a cd key, which you won,t need, by the way, it does,nt ask for it. To cut a long story short, avoid this garbabe.Unless you have $40 to waste. Oh wait till you load the second cd that comes with it, theres a surprise all by itself.