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Playability Rating

9 / 10

COMMENTS: The scenario could be made as easy or difficult as you would like. If you want to take it easy you can play the Axis. Somewhat more difficult are the Russians and Allies. If you want a real challenge you should play with the French. After four attempts I finally managed to conquer Germany and Italy with the French by December 1941. It sure wasn't easy. But if you play with the Axis the AI doesn't make it very for you either. The Russians will put up a good fight after you captured some of their cities, just like in real life.

The scenario is well balanced and all the three major parties (Axis, Allies, Russians) are playable. The atmosphere is great because of the clever use of events.

Level of General Care

7 / 10

COMMENTS: Although this is a great scenario, it isn't perfect. The map is ok but far to large. Nobody wants to see the Germans fight in India or halfway into Russia. Besides the map there are more errors in the game. For example, the Turks get to use SS Sturmtruppen which is quite unrealistic. Furthermore there are some units that cannot be build (Gustav) while others are pointless because they cost more then better units. Also both the Russian Il-2 and the Allied P-51 Mustang can't attack planes. These things spoil the scenario a bit (if you play the Russians you can't attack planes). There was another major bug in the game, but the author tried to fix it (without success). All the nations in the game have Nazism government (fundamentalism) and they produce loads of money. Also all the leaders have the title Furher except for Hitler himself.

Besides these faults the game is great. It has a good tech tree, readme and Civpedia.

Art and Originality

10/10

COMMENTS: The art in this scenario is great. A lot of new units and improvements which all look fantastic. There are some neat events to.