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posted 01-07-2003 04:22 PM     Profile for Admin   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote

iEntertainment is famed for Warbirds, which lets us fly around in giant never-ending dogfights. Armored Assault takes the same approach to tank warfare, as a stand-alone improvement to the Warbirds “Tank Attack” module. Is the result a blitzkrieg, or just a thrown track?

Review: Armored Assault


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Bismarck
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posted 01-08-2003 06:28 AM     Profile for Bismarck   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I admit to bias but this doesn't sound as in-depth as Panzer Elite. Sounds a little arcadish.
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posted 01-08-2003 09:16 AM     Profile for James Sterrett   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
You're correct. My gold standard is Steel Beasts, and it isn't as hardcore as that, either.

Fun, though.


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posted 01-08-2003 09:34 AM     Profile for Bismarck   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Yeah, I could reallt get into a ww II game at SB standards.
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posted 01-08-2003 03:12 PM     Profile for Ed R     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
For me, I like a game not hard-core realism, but fun enough that I can log on, with some practice, engage guys and enjoy my experience.

I like a game with good atmosphere. I remember in EAW taking off in the early morning with light fog in the valleys. Beautiful. Another was landing my Su-27 on a fog-shrouded coastline in Flanker 2.5 after a difficult mission.

Does AA have atmosphere or a decent sense of game environment?

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posted 01-08-2003 08:05 PM     Profile for James Sterrett   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Ed - I'd guess you would quite enjoy AA.

The world is quite pretty [see the screenshots - and remember they're all cranked down to 640x480 from 1024x768], and the "involvement" level rises in direct proportion to the number of players on line.

If you want strict historical accuracy in what's goin on, you won't be hapy; anybody can play as any tank, so you have T-34s and Panthers and Shermans all on the same (and opposite) sides.


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