A couple of questions

[Spectarofdeath]

I was just wondering about a few things with this game. Can you actually be the british and have AI as Japan and the US? What countries are playable? Do you design your own units? Does the game follow history, or can you change everything?

[2Stepper]

ORIGINAL: Spectarofdeath

I was just wondering about a few things with this game. Can you actually be the british and have AI as Japan and the US? What countries are playable? Do you design your own units? Does the game follow history, or can you change everything?

Couple answers for you to the best of my ability...

There's only two AI's in the game. Allied and Japan. That said, you have the ability as the Allied player to in effect CHOOSE who you want to play be selecting regions to be computer controlled. So in effect you'd get your wish. You'd play the brits, while the computer would play the rest. Wouldn't be my choice, but then everyone is different.

As far as what countries are represented? There's quite a list, all with varied amounts of forces.

Japan, China, Russia, Britain, India (basically british), Austrailia, New Zealand, Canada and the US.

Unit designs and such are historical in and of themselves, but its up to you how you group up your forces. I.e. the "flow" of the war effort is completely under your control as the respective player. So suffice to say while the INTENT of the game is a historical simulation, you have the ability to adjust history somewhat.

And thats the last part... It's a historical simulation by intent, but as with anything the challenge of any good chessmatch is to see if you can win. The Japanese are the hardest because you have the might of the US coming online... Yet, you could get lucky with a change in planning and hit them so hard they take longer to recover. The Japanese win with a 2 to 1 ratio of victory points at any time. Course so do the allies... However the longer it takes to get to that point, the less likely the "historical" victory for the allies will be a decisive one. In other words, the end of March 46 won't be considered a great allied victory.
In fact there's limited nuclear weapons in the game late in 1945. If you use more then 2 in the game as the allies, you will actually begin to lose. Due to popular support failing due to the carnage you'd unleash.

That's the rundown as concisely as I can give it... The game's a gem. I've had it for 6wks and WELL worth the money if its the sort you like. [8D]