Historical military simulations are a staple of PC gaming. Whether by air, land, or sea; twentieth century or eighth century, I would dare say that most gamers who consider themselves strategy gamers have at least one in their collection. Koios Works has developed Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm, which (from the manual) recreates "the German counteroffensive that attempted to relieve Stalingrad
in December of 1942. The fighting here was characterized by the usual brutal and
bloody crash of men and machines, but also of maneuver and surgical precision. This
particular campaign, however, afforded the Germans with little chance to be precise;
they had to charge head-on into a flaming cauldron of determined Soviet resistance,
who were winning their first real victory on the Eastern Front in and around the ruined
city of Stalingrad.
This game will give the player an excellent understanding of the war on the Eastern
Front during brutal winter conditions and characterized by two bitter enemies that
neither gave nor expected quarter." Being that I've studied World War II in great detail, it will be interesting as to how accurate the game is to the harsh reality that both sides faced.
Installation:
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor: Pentium III 1.2 GHz, AMD 2200+
RAM: 256 MB (512 MB for XP)
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
64MB (Low texture quality)
128MB (Medium texture quality)
256MB (High texture quality)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
CD-ROM: Yes, for boxed version installation
Hard Drive: 550mb
DirectX Version: 9.0c + Managed (June 2005)
Recommended Requirements:
OS: XP
Processor: Pentium IV 1.8 GHz+, AMD 3000+
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible 256MB (High texture quality)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
CD-ROM: Yes, for boxed version installation
Hard Drive: 550mb
DirectX Version: 9.0c + Managed (June 2005)
Note: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c, Managed Microsoft DirectX 9.0c .Net extension, and Microsoft .Net 1.1
are also required; these items are included as required installations in the game installer. Because they rewrote some of the extensions within these three components, even if you know you have them already loaded, load them again from the game - for if you don't, the game will not play.
