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Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943

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Looks like Paradox Interactive teamed up with Steel Fury developers to create the "Total War" of WW2.

Press Release:

Featuring a masterful reconstruction of the battlefront setting of Kharkov, players will engage in unique combat that offers the highest level of authenticity. With the incorporation of highly flexible AI, players will have the opportunity to choose new strategies based on opponent behavior with every new round of gameplay. The inclusion of realistic missile trajectories and destructible environments is set to keep all army commanders hanging on the balance of the historic struggle. Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 delivers a thorough recreation of the battle with precisely detailed soldier units, weapons, artillery units and vehicles based on actual military archive materials and WWII chronicles.

Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 Features:

  • 6 scenarios taking place in 1943 during Kharkov Defense Operation
  • 2 playable opposing forces: USSR army and Wehrmacht
  • Play as up to 250 soldiers and officers and up to 40 vehicles in each tactical battle
  • Detailed, destructible environments
  • 87 unit types: infantry, artillery, support vehicles, battletanks and aviation units
  • More than 40 carefully reconstructed weapons and vehicles of WWII armies
  • 2 control modes: turn-based strategic mode and real-time tactic mode
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Trailer:

YouTube - Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 Announcement trailer
 
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Sounds epic. I played the demo of Steel Fury: Kharkov 42 and it was, in terms of vehicle combat, damn impressive. If the vehicle segment is at least half as well done as in SF: K42 and the infantry combat matches up, it just might give RO 2 a good run for its' money.

Edit: Oh crap, this isn't an FPS, is it?
Well, it still might be decent... =/
 
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kapulA said:
Sounds epic. I played the demo of Steel Fury: Kharkov 42 and it was, in terms of vehicle combat, damn impressive. If the vehicle segment is at least half as well done as in SF: K42 and the infantry combat matches up, it just might give RO 2 a good run for its' money.

Edit: Oh crap, this isn't an FPS, is it?
Well, it still might be decent... =/
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It's a turn based strategy like Total War. You make your move, enemy does his and then you fight on the battle screen realtime. The real time part looks like an exact copy of Steel Fury gameplay.
 
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Holy cow that demo is really beautiful. The Map metagame and the deployment phase is really nice for armchair generals.
But this particular demo really lacks a additional easy skirmish or a tutorial scenario.
Your thrown right into a battle with all the stuff sneaking up on you in the early morning (scary!)

This seems to be what "Theater of War" should have been.
Most likely will buy it.
 
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kapulA said:
Care to elaborate? Wouldn't want to waste my bandwidth if it's not at least decent...
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Think of Theatre of War if it was attempted a couple of years earlier. They seem to have put a lot of effort into trying to make the game realistic and the maps accurate, but you don't really notice these things when playing. You won't be wasting much bandwidth since it's only 300 mb, you should try it out anyway.
 
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