WW2: Road to Victory is the first grand strategy release from IQ Software/Wastelands Interactive, which covers World War II in Europe and the Mediterranean. Hex-based and Turn-based, it allows you to choose any combination of Axis, Allied, Neutral, Major or Minor countries to play and gives you full control over production, diplomacy, land, air and naval strategy. Start your campaign in 1939, 1940 or 1941 and see if you can better the results of your historical counterparts. A series of historical events and choices add flavor and strategic options for great replayability.
I bought the game and played it for 3-4 days, then moved on to other things. I might try it again when patches 1.3 or 1.4 have been released. It's too bland to look at and has too many faults for a commercial product IMO. I'm waiting for World in Flames and Heroes of Stalingrad.
I played it more than 3-4 days and finally I have done the same but I think you'll need patches 2.0 or 2.1 to have a mature game, much of the engine must be reprogrammed.
"Klotzen, nicht Kleckern!"Generaloberst Heinz Wilhelm Guderian
Opinions, everyone has one. Here is mine : I love this game, and have played it for hours, days. There are issues, a brief glance at the forum will reveal them, but I have loved every campaign. I have been a war gamer for almost fifty years. I remember playing AH's "Third Reich" when it came out. I would walk home from an interrupted game vowing to crush the USSR the next day. I remember getting so caught up in the simulation, reading books, "Hitler and the Middle Sea" comes to mind, and trying new strategies. This game is an engine for simulating so many "what if" scenarios. The underlying data structures are understandable enough that you can modify elements you prefer another way. I put the American nuclear research into other investments as I do not enjoy the game with nucs.
If you are on this forum, wondering if you should take the leap, then this one man's opinion is that I have rarely spent my money more wisely than on this game. My thanks to the authors, I am having to force myself to quit and sleep!
Chuck
