Blitzkrieg (computer game)
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| Developer(s) | Nival Interactive {{#if:{{{publisher|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Publisher(s)<td>{{{publisher|}}} |
| Release date(s) | June 4 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Real-Time Strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single player and Multiplayer {{#if:{{{ratings|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Rating(s)<td>{{{ratings|}}} |
| Platform(s) | Windows {{#if:{{{media|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Media<td>{{{media|}}} |
Blitzkrieg is a real-time strategy computer game based on the events of World War II. The game allows players to assume the role of commanding officer during the battles of World War II that occurred in Europe and North Africa. Each country has its respective historically correct military units.
Graphics deliver realistic 3-D rendered isometric terrain and details include seasons, climatic zones and weather conditions which can affect game play. Blood is present although it can be deactivated. The game features over 350 different units and objects. The player has the ability to build pontoon briges, dig trenches, lay mines, resupply and repair units or call in air support but there are no resources apart from warehouses which can be captured present in the game. Virtually everything can be destroyed including buildings and bridges. Forests can be flattened by tanks or artillery. Each unit of a respective nation speaks its own language, adding immensely to the immersion.
The game shipped with a mission and resource editors for users to create their own units and maps.
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Add Ons
There are two official expansions of the original Blitzkrieg to date, both developed by La Plata Studios (Germany), in collaboration with Nival Interactive, the developer of the original Blitzkrieg game. They are published and distributed by CDV Interactive:
Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon follows the footsteps of General Erwin Rommel starting from the crossing of the Ardennes to the infamous battles of the Afrika Korps and continuing to the last struggle of German resistance in occupied France.
Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder traces the career of General George S. Patton during World War II ranging from the deserts of North Africa to the snowy forests of the Ardennes.
Stalingrad, developed by DTF games, is a stand-alone add-on covering the advance toward and the battle for Stalingrad from both the German and Soviet sides.
Talvisota: Icy Hell, developed by Blitzfront, is an add-on based on the Finnish-Russian Winter War in 1939-1940
The Day After, developed by G5 Software, is a stand-alone add-on which features an alternative ending of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which ends in a nuclear apocalypse and the beginning World War III.
Mission Barbarossa and Kursk, developed by Active Gaming, follows the invasion of Soviet Union in 1941 and the Battle of Kursk in 1943.
World War I, develloped by Dark Fox, is a World War I based add-on where the player assumes the role of the commanding officer of either the armed forces of the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Germany or Austria-Hungary on the battlefields of the Great War with the country's respective weaponry from 1914 to 1918.
Blitzkrieg II
Blitzkrieg II builds upon success of the best selling Blitzkrieg and comes with tremendous focus on dynamic gameplay, new strategic opportunities and gritty realism of WWII battles. New graphics engine and significant step further over the original game get you in control of the most dramatic and bloody conflict of the past century.
Blitzkrieg II provides more strategic choices and variations, putting you in control over the difficulty and style of the game. Decide what missions to fight, accumulate and call in any type of reinforcements, capture major objectives like train stations or airfields to receive more troops by railroad or get air supremacy during the entire operation. Each battle represents unique tactical experience as types of objectives vary from counter attack and air warfare to covert operations, seashore battles and landing missions. Accomplishment of tactical objectives supports your war efforts at strategic level and has profound effect on your combat efficiency in the final battles.
Philippines, Iwo Jima, Tobruk, Market Garden, Moscow offensive, Stalingrad, Ardennes - fight on every major front of WWII from the heart of Europe and blistering sands of Africa to the deadly jungle isles of the Pacific. Get access to hundreds of authentic weapons from M5 “Satan” flametank to Tiger II and T-35 monsters, from “Zero” fighters to “Natter” interceptors, torpedo boats, 5-t bombs and 405-mm guns. Make use of 60 types of infantry, including special forces, sappers, assault engineers and even guard dogs!
Expand your tactical thinking with over 50 unique skills and abilities available to your forces. Order engineers to plant TNT charges onto a bridge and blast passing enemy units, command veteran AT gun crews to knock off tank tracks or let your own tanks fire on the move, use linked grenades for extra damage, suppress infantry with flak fire, enjoy lots of other combat techniques and tactical opportunities introduced in Blitzkrieg II.
However, many of the fans of Blitzkrieg 1 were disappointed with the demo, which many see as not a Real-Time strategy Game, and are keeping to Blitzkrieg 1.
References
- Nival Interactive, Blitzkrieg II: Rolling Thunder, Retrieved: December 23, 2004, from [1]
External links
- Blitzkrieg Portal Major community website with many maps and mods. (English / German)