V for Victory

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V for Victory
Genres Turn-based strategy

V for Victory is a series of turn-based strategy games, set during World War II.

Games

Four games were produced in the series:

D-Day Utah Beach

Velikiye Luki

Market-Garden

Gold-Juno-Sword

Reception

A 1993 survey of wargames gave by a second reviewer V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach four stars out of five, describing it as "perhaps the smoothest conversion of a boardgame-style wargame to computer format ever done". He gave V for Victory II: Velikiye Luki and V for Victory III: Market Garden three-plus and four stars, respectively.[1] A third reviewer criticized Velikiye Luki and Market Garden as buggy and flawed. While praising V for Victory: Gold-Juno-Sword's documentation and SVGA graphics, he stated that the fourth game "succeeds only a technological level, bereft of soul" and compared the series to "a line of books without an editor". The reviewer concluded that "Three-Sixty's reputation in the hobby has suffered a major blow".[2]

In 1994, PC Gamer US named Utah Beach the 14th best computer game ever. The editors wrote, "The V for Victory series is quite simply the most playable war games available, with an easy-to-master interface and admirable depth of game play." They continued, "We single out Utah Beach because it launched the series — but by all means, check out Velikiye Luki, Gold*Juno*Sword, and Market Garden, too."[3]

Gold*Juno*Sword was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World's 1993 "Wargame of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Clash of Steel. The editors wrote of Gold*Juno*Sword, "Although basically a sequel, the improvements to the system bring it to the realms of wargame finalist."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Brooks, M. Evan (October 1993). "Brooks' Book Of Wargames: 1900-1950, R-Z". Computer Gaming World. pp. 144–148. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Coleman, Terry (December 1993). "It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times". Computer Gaming World. pp. 244, 246. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Staff (August 1994). "PC Gamer Top 40: The Best Games of All Time". PC Gamer US (3): 32–42.
  4. ↑ Staff (June 1994). "Announcing the New Premier Awards". Computer Gaming World (119): 51–54, 56–58.
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