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A Pacific War Game Worth Checking out: Order of Battle: Pacific
Published on April 7, 2015 11:17 AM
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I'm always looking for good Vietnam games and good Pacific strategy games & let's face it there hard to find but Order of Battle is a Turn based Panzer General 2 type Pacific strategy game and one I'm very excited about coming to PC and later ipad.

Set in Pacific theater of WW2, Order of Battle: Pacific features playable campaigns for both the US-led Allies and the Japanese Empire. Starting from the attack on Pearl Harbor, the dynamic campaign system allows players to alter the course of history and even win the war as Japan in the fictional “what-if” conquest of Australia, or lead the Allied forces from the struggle at the beginning of the war to ultimate victory with the invasion of Japan.With a selection of over 500 unique looking and behaving units, players can build and manage their army and fleet throughout the campaign. Early units include the iconic M3 Stuart, Type 97 Chi-Ha, A6M Zero and F4U Corsair fighters. As new technology becomes available, players eventually gain access to high-tech and prototype units such as the Nakajima Kikka and P-80 Shooting Star jet-fighters, Montana and Super Yamato Class battleships and T28, T29 and Type 100 I/O heavy tanks.A unique system of Specializations allows players to customize their forces with special units, bonuses and abilities that reflect the difference in strategies and mentality of the opposing sides. Focus on the merciless Japanese fighting spirit with Banzai Charge and Bushido Code, establish supply advantages with the Tokyo ExpressB29 Nuclear Bombers through the Manhattan Project.

A set of unique Commanders – split between Generals, Pilots and Captains – is gradually unlocked in the campaigns. Commanders can be attached to specific units to provide unique bonuses to anything in their command range. While good use of unit types and tactics remains the player's priority, clever use of Commanders can tip the balance in an offensive operation or buy just enough time in defense to turn the tide to your favor.

Add an intuitive in-game scenario editor, up to 4 player multiplayer support through Hotseat or Slitherine's PBEM++ server system and you have a game with endless re-playability.

Order of Battle: Pacific is the first title in a new series of hexagonal strategy games developed by The Artistocrats (www.the-artistocrats.com), designed to cover military history from ancients to modern warfare. 

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Posted on April 7, 2015 3:02 PM

I've always found the Pacific Battles of WWII intriguing and this game looks interesting. 

Hope you are feeling better! 

Posted on April 7, 2015 3:55 PM

Yeah therapy is kicking my butt but doing good thanks for asking this game looks so cool it has the Manhattan Project with the atomic bomb toward the end of the campaign and you have to decide to use it or invade mainland Japan what a great idea.

Posted on April 8, 2015 2:52 PM

Wow that campaign at the end sounds like a tough one but an intriguing decision: drop the bomb to risk your troops in an invasion.

No worries about therapy, soon you will be doing all the butt kicking!

Posted on April 8, 2015 5:15 AM

Shweet. I wonder how all this complexity is handled on a tablet?

Posted on April 8, 2015 9:28 AM

hmmm, I haven't heard of this one.