...succeeded in bringing wargames to the masses (including yours truly, who can proudly claim to *never* having finished any wargame until PG came along ;))
Home of the Underdogs
The irony is that it brought almost nothing really new to the world of round played strategies, but it was so well made and became so famous, that if someone mentions the genre, most people will answer ...
Abandonia
The first game of long "General" series developed by SSI put the player in shoes of German commander during WWII and offered 38 different missions, including fictional full scale invasion of Great Britain and attack on Washington, D.C.
Giant Bomb
In addition to reasonably accurate WWII units and missions, one of the best things about ... is the ingenious use of RPG elements - the first historical wargame in history to do so. Similar to RPG games, units under your command gain experience points over time, the more battles they survive. Veteran units have better stats than raw recruits. Therefore, one of the keys to winning the game is to keep enough veteran units alive until the last few battles.
Old-Games
... is an addicting game and many of the smaller, individual battles, seem almost a complete game in their own, taking several hours to complete. With the AI turned all the way up, it is a difficult game indeed.
allgame
What could it be?
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