Partisans 1941 Extended Edition

Ignore the (clearly politically motivated) negative reviews that mention a certain modern conflict as opposed to the game they are supposed to be reviewing. Well designed missions and a thoughtful base-building 'minigame' make this a worthy title, bringing back nostalgic memories of bringing home the first 'Commandos' game on disc from the now defunct 'Electronics Boutique'. However, it is not merely a clone. Some RPG elements, a cover system, the basebuilding and inventory/storage management help set it apart as well as give a persistent sense of progression.

While we are all appalled by what Russians are doing in Ukraine at the time of this writing, that is no reason to give a game an unfair score, just because it depicts the same country's soldiers' endeavours in another war in the previous century. The graphics look good, there are various ways to approach a mission and complete its objectives, and if you liked classics such as «Commandos», «Desperados» or «Robin Hood, the Legend of Sherwood», chances are that you will like this one, too. In a market where one gets flooded with brainless 3D shooters that are cheaper by the dozen, this is a welcome change from the routine. If Black_Hart or anybody else wants to put their money where their mouth is, I am going to post a list of organisations to which donations can be made. Doing so will help the blue-and-yellow defense efforts a lot more than some silly comments and unfair review score in the comment section of some video game.

Played this game on Steam, looking forward to finish it someday. It's a classic formula gameplay wise (Commandos, Desperados, etc.) with lots of ways to finish the mission. I liked the RPG elements, brings some creativity to solving battle puzzles on each map. Overall good WW2 squad-based RTS. I see no reason to go on about the story, It's just something that absolutely could have happened during those times. Won't fit certain narrative though. Anyway, games generally are works of art, no more, no less. If you're interested in history read up some peer reviewed papers, memoirs maybe. Or not.

Partisans 1941 is an easy recommendation for fans of the genre. The game features a lengthy and occasionally challenging campaign, a large roster of playable characters with unique skills to unlock, and a clean visual style with an elegant user interface. In my many hours spent completing the game, I didn’t encounter any show-stopping bugs or moments of intense frustration. And by the end, my experience was generally a pleasant one. Having said that, below are some aspects of Partisans 1941 I found less pleasant and which could’ve been improved: • The game could’ve used a little more map variety and more memorable locations • The base of operations became an unnecessary distraction after looting and playing stealthily, as food, ammo and weapons were in full supply by the second half of the campaign • The context icons, for picking up corpses or loot for instance, were a little finicky to interact with when overlapping one another • The mission statistics screen presented at the end of every level was bare-bones. I would’ve loved to see how many resources in total can be collected on each map, how many alerts I raised, what weapons and how many bullets I used, which characters, and more • The game could’ve used another patch. I still encountered obvious bugs like corpses occasionally floating some distance away from my character when picked up or my inventory seemingly getting cleared during loadout. Especially annoying was a supposed dual-monitor bug with UE4 which allowed my mouse cursor to move beyond the edges of my primary screen despite being in full-screen mode