Each unit, be it either infantry or armored vehicle, have their own value of points. So you can really make your own strategy when it comes to taking these missions on. In Blitzkrieg 3 you have different units, and while you do get a bunch of pre-selected units for these tutorial missions, in the normal missions you can choose who and what you want to take into battle with you. It starts you off into a few small tutorial missions to get your bearing and to figure out how exactly this game works. The game itself isn’t a super accurate presentation of how the wars are fought, but they do try to be historically accurate in the missions that they offer.
The story starts at the Russian Border, where the Germans are attacking and trying their luck at pushing east. So I decided to start with the Soviet Union to begin this experience. I know the Canadians and Americans played a huge role in saving our small little country, but I never really knew a whole lot about what happened to the east of Germany. While I live in the beautiful small country of the Netherlands, I know all about the war and the fights that took place around here. When you start playing now, you can choose where to begin your story, your ‘introduction’ to the war. In the last year they have especially worked more towards creating an accurate representation in a strategy game, allowing players to jump into the main factions during the war, and replay historical events that took place on both sides of the war.
The actual depth of the game at the time was still a bit shortcoming. They were still working on the pillars of the game, tweaking the gameplay, and making it an interesting experience. But now the game has finally reached release and I was curious to find out if they had sharpened this diamond in the rough.īack when I played Blitzkrieg 3 for the first time, the game wasn’t all too interesting yet. The game lacked purpose and content, felt really hollow and was far from finished. While it did intrigue me, mainly because of the second World War setting, I wasn’t all too enthusiastic about it either. It’s been two years since I’ve last seen Blitzkrieg 3, and back then the game was still heavily in development and felt a bit bare boned.