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Panzer General Sony Playstation Game
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UPC:016685082149
Condition:Used
Genre:Strategy
Platform:Playstation 1
Region:NTSC (N. America)
ESRB:Everyone
SKU:PS1_PANZER_GENERAL
———This game is fully cleaned, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs.This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020.
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I fell in love with this game in the mid-90’s when it first came out. I recently decided to purchase it again to see if it held up against the test of time. In my opinion, it did this very well.If you are expecting brilliant graphics, amazing sounds lots of action then this is not the game for you. If you like strategy wargaming, then this is the game for you.Play is fairly simple, at first. You are only controlling 10 units moving across a small battlefiend. It gives you a chance in the beginning rounds to understand how to best used all your troops: Infanty, Armor, Anti-Armor, Fighters, Bombers, Artillery, etc and all the different types of each. Another neat aspect of the game is that your troops become experienced after every fight they survive. They are rated in experience from 0 to 5 stars. Each star makes them just that much more lethal at what they do and they stay with you from scenario to scenario provided you don’t get them killed.As the game progresses you move deeper into World War II and consequently the battles become larger and more difficult to defeat. It is a great feeling when you conquer a major engagement that took you 2 or 3 times to get past, but there is a downside.Once you are on the 4th or 5th battle (and so on), it is so large that it can take literally 2-3 hours to fight the battle to it’s conclusion. My advice: When you know you’ve lost, save yourself the time and restart. Unless you are one of those people that has to fight it out to t.
AG and it’s brother PG are 2 games that from reading the reviews you either love (mostly it seems) or hate(if your graphics minded, probably). As an original “Pong” owner, and liking the game play of a lot of 8 and 16 bit games over the newer games, I’m not hung up on graphics which are simple here. The secret to this game is the control you have in what seems to me to be as historically acurate WWII video game as I’ve ever played. Yes I also dabbled in Avalon Hill games which were way to much trouble to play, this game does all the boreing work for you and leaves you the spoils, watching Rommel or Montgomery, or Patton win the War! Yes I’ve actually played both these games for at least 5 years (God thats a lot of hours wasted!) but hey at least I was entertained! I have won the game as Rommel in Panzer General several times (Washington was a super challenge), and to me that was a lotta fun, I never finished Allied General after the Battle of the Bulge ( or if I did it was once) cause hey to me thats not changing anything. As another reviewer wrote the Eastern Front in AG is flawed, I stopped bangin my head against the wall after the 20th time, was glad to hear the way to win that battle but it’ll take a whole lotta skill and luck, even I draw a line at that abuse, the Eastern Front in PG as the Germans was awesome!The key’s to winning this game are to delete units with no expierence before you win a battle or the computer will carrythem over and delete your battle hardened v.
The proper ratio of 5-star units, followed by a pre-planned campaign path, seems a science. If one is not going for total victory, by Moscow ’43 a mix of 8 FW109A’s, 8 JU 87d’s, 8 Tiger I’s, 7 pioneer infantry, 4 High Level Bombers, 3 8.8 AT guns (for later transferal to Jagdpanther form), and 6 SIG II’s (or is it SIG 38T’s by then?) is a ratio that seems formidable. Creating the most powerful mix of core units is a form of entertainment unto itself. The key is purchasing fighters during Warsaw and Norway onward, along with tactical bombers, until one eventually winds up with 8 Fw109D’s(or jets), 8 FW10916’s (converted Stukas), 4 Hell177A High Level Bombers, 5 Tiger I’s, 3 Tiger II’s, 2 Panther D’s, 2 Jagdpanthers, 1 Jagdtiger, 5 SIG 38(t), and 8 Pioneer Infantry. Such a 5-star force can do historically impossible things, but a 16-plane enforced air superiority is vital. As for claims of historical innaccuracy, the Sea Lion strategy accurately reflects OKW’s captured war-plan, and the general strategies are still used today. 1) establish air superiority 2)bypass heavily populated areas, encircling an enemy with tank divisions followed by infantry 3) tacticaly bomb an enemy after establish air superiority to support ground troops 4)keep all forces mobile, at least in transport from site to site, to maintain a secure line of logistics. -credentials: B.A. History, Towson, & U.S. Navy vet
Panzer General is like Pacman. It’s been around for a long time, it’s an absolute classic of the genre, and it has earned a place in the strategy games Hall Of Fame (is there such a thing? There should be.). Sure, the graphics and combat animations are simplistic and the music repetitive, but it’s the gameplay that matters. There is something deeply rewarding in starting with your small army in Poland, fighting your way through all the major battles of World War II, gaining experience and upgrading to better equipment as you go, and finishing the game with at least some of the same units you started with.You command tanks, infantry, artillery, fighter and bomber squadrons, and even naval units in some scenarios. Understanding what each unit is capable of and in what ways it can best be used is key to achieving victory, and it’s a lot of fun seeing your attacks work out as you planned because you know how to use your army.Regarding historical accuracy, I’ve found few things that blatantly contradict the actual events as they took place. Sure, some compromises were made in the name of gameplay, but the battlefields are more or less recreated as they were, the dates are correct, and the units make a fair attempt at recreating the capabilities of their historical counterparts.Don’t let a disappointed reviewer turn you away from this game. Just because it wasn’t for them doesn’t mean it’s bad. Find some screenshots on Google, and if you are a gamer who places gameplay before flash.
This was a gift, and the person loved it.
The basic ideas of the game are what make it great…turn based moves, building experience in units and being able to use those units in upcoming battles. I can’t figure out why newer games don’t employ these simple actions.I also like the fact that you have an objective deadline in order to gain major victory, that makes every move count.The graphics are outdated but easy to overlook. Its more like playing the board games I grew up with.
Simply unsurpassed by later versions more dedicated to tactic levels, PG let you mastered the great strategy in WWII commanding not only batallions but entire groups of armies through some of the toughest and most famous clashes, equipped with the most sophisticated and letal weaponry available.
This can be considered `the’ WW2 strategy game for the PC, which single-handedly revived PC wargaming and forever changed the genre with its continuing influence. Even by today’s standards, the game is fun, challenging and accessible, and still provides hours of gameplay even after all these years.For those unfamiliar with it, Panzer general is a turn-based WW2 strategy game that allows you to fight out the major (and hypothetical) campaigns of the second world war at the roughly operational level, with players moving around units of tanks, infantry, aircraft, artillery, etc. While historical accuracy is not paramount as in other more grognard-oriented titles, it does boast a wealth of historical vehicles, aircraft and troop types for the player to command. While the graphics and sound may be dated, the gameplay at the heart of PG is still rock solid and engrossing.Players can try their hand at a number of individual scenarios, but the heart of the game is in the campaign. In the grand campaign, players start out with a handful of core units at the beginning of the Polish campaign, and from here the player fights out the entire war to either its triumphant conclusion or bitter end. With each completed mission, the player has the opportunity to upgrade existing units for their core force, and also purchase new ones. Units also acquire experience throughout the game, an excellent concept that forces players to think strategically and play smart to avoid loosing these precious u.
Bringing together the strategy and tactics of combined arms warfare in WWII, this game will always be one of my very favorite simulations.
As a grognard of strategy games I love Panzer General II. Less so PG III though it is also good. I hope SSI continues to produce this level of strategy game. How about Arab/Israeli or Pacific Front>???