Blitzkrieg II (computer game)

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Blitzkrieg II

Developer(s)	Nival Interactive
Publisher(s)	CDV Software
Engine	Custom
Release date(s)	October 2005
Genre(s)	Real-time tactics
Mode(s)	Single player and Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T) PEGI: 12+
Platform(s)	Windows
Media	DVD
System requirements	Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, 2.4 GB free space, DirectX 9.0c compatible video and sound card Pentium IV 2.4 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM
Input	Keyboard and mouse

Blitzkrieg II is a real-time tactics computer game based on the events of World War II, the game is an evolution of its predecessor Blitzkrieg. The game takes place in Africa, Russia, the Pacific and Europe, and features the different sides that fought there during the war.

1 Features and factions
2 Critical reaction
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Features and factions

As its predecessor and the similar Sudden Strike games, Blitzkrieg II focuses on the battles of World War II rather than real-time strategy aspects like base building and resource extraction. The game features many new features and units over its predecessor; the graphics engine is upgraded, allowing for full 3D and the game features over 250 units compared to Blitzkrieg's 200.

The game contains five sides:

Japan was newly added for Blitzkrieg II for the new Pacific theatre. The game also includes an encyclopedia of all units, so you can easily read about the units you get to see ingame. There is an online version of this at the Blitzkrieg II website.

[edit] Critical reaction

The game was not well received, as the game took away heavily from the original RTS genre, and gave itself to more of an arcade one. Many players of the original Blitzkrieg decided to stay with it because they preferred the realism of Blitzkrieg which Blitkrieg II had thrown away. Another reason was because several models from the original game were just re-cycled and used in the game. The Russian rail artillery is one of these, as it has no real use ingame. Blitzkrieg II did not reach the success that Blitzkrieg had reached, and as of November, 2006, Blitzkrieg II has had no announced expansions or other games using it's engine, which happened with Blitzkrieg.