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Blitzkrieg Burning Horizon | 
 enlarge | From: Softek International
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $6.70
You Save: $23.29 (78%)
New (9) Used (2) from $4.00
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 12416
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 1
Model: 2138314
UPC: 852898000293
EAN: 0852898000293
ASIN: B00026UZ1Q
Release Date: June 8, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Official stand-alone expansion, real-time strategy game | | • | Experience high-powered battles of WWII | | • | 18-mission campaign around historical figure General Rommel | | • | Fight famous battles in Ardennes, Tripoli, Tobruk, and Sicily | | • | Exciting single missions with new nation, Japan |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 computer based strategy game January 21, 2007
I like these kind of games but, I have had this one for a couple of months and find it hard to navigate. There are alot of "code keys" (single letters to click on to make troops swing into action) that keeps me using the mouse and key board alot. I am playing in medium difficulty and I have a hard time getting enough troops to survive the front lines to conquer the bases in the rear. But, maybe I need more time. Example: having only foot troops agianst tanks makes it hard to survive. I guess it is a challenge because I keep playing it.
 Blitzkrieg - Burning Horizons January 10, 2007
I have always been interested in World War II but never found a pc game that would provide all of the various military equipment used by the Allies, Germans, and Russians.
Well, Blitzkrieg does!
The missions are well-thought out and can be very tough. Great graphics for its era! If your computer does not support the new T&L technology, then this game is for you!
Tanks game to the most October 4, 2006
A game from WWII , about tanks and armies, snipers, cannons and anti-air machine guns, mines, troops.
Reasonable game to play, but very fast that you may lose interest or entertainment in the game.
Tjaka Erasmus, Ellisras, South Africa March 17, 2005
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I play all pc games single player mode only. This game classifies as a hobby, not a toy. Toys are the typical rts war games where you acquire recources and overrrun the enemy without really relying on tacticts. Hobbies are historically accurate and quite detailed - and Blitzkrieg, Burning Horizons, is this. However, I prefer the pc strategy war games where the player makes both important strategic decicions on national level as well as battlefield commander (I'm a Total War junkie). In Blitzkrieg you only play as battlefield commander. One huge frustration is that you cannot move on to the next mission before you completed the current mission. That means you get stuck if you don't succeed with the current mission and have to replay the same mission over and over untill you get it right! I shall prefer to, sometimes, move on to the next mission and get back to previous missions later. Am I right or am I missing something?
Great start for RTS.. October 1, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really took a chance on buying this game since I hadn't read any of the reviews on it yet. I had recently gotten a copy of Sudden Strike 2 (also by CDV) and noticed that the interface was similar, so I calculated that it must be from the same team. Right next to it at Best Buy was Soldiers: Heroes of WW2. Thankfully, from everything I have read, I made the right choice in buying Blitzkrieg! Burning Horizon. And it was $10 less.
I was right, it's basicaly an evolution of the Sudden Strike series, which is among my favorites.
There are only a few things I find in fault. The objectives can in fact be a bit fuzzy until you are issued new orders during a scenario, then you have to really readjust your unit positions and whatnot. And aside from the twitchy "pathfinding" of the units, the armor has a bad habit of shooting EVERYTHING, including units you need to capture. But you compensate for this by using different tactics. Vehicles and sometimes troops can get stuck for no apparent reason, and it takes a lot of effort to free them if possible. Sometimes they stay stuck. Some say it's the 2D landscape versus the 3D units, but this happened with Sudden Strike too, which was all 2D. And I haven't had it happen yet with Combat Mission, which is all 3D. *shrug* They get stuck.
There are a lot of nice touches as improvemnts from the Sudden Strike series, like being able to call in various air support, weather and losses providing. In fact, you can multitask and bring in all of them - carpet bomb one position while strafing another, meanwhile transports reinforce you with paratroopers as fighters keep enemy fighters away. That's fun.
If you want stark realism, try one of the Combat Mission series. If you're looking for a bit of realism with a slight arcade feel and enough balance to employ some complex tactics, this game may be good for you. I liked it. But I like a lot of them and this is one of them.
Should be noted that any shortcomings of the first "Blitzkrieg!" in terms of the AI, were revised and updated for "Burning Horizon". Significant changes were made, so if the first one was discouraging, give the sequel a try.
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