Panzer General 2

Have always enjoyed this one. Disappointed when would not work properly on my 64 bit machine. Works fine in W7 so I tried in Linux Mint 11 64bit using Wine. Installed and ran fine. Tip. You need to tick the "allow execute" box in properties>permissions of the setup_panzer_general_2.exe file.

It is not easy to master but it is worthy, music, concept focusing only on pure gaming. Fans & Net community brings new maps, scenarios and so on. I would be happy if this would have better resolution than 800x600, but the game runs without any flaw on netbooks.

I was convinced by all the 5stars enthusiastic review.... only to find a mediocre sequel to PG1. The intro and outro text for the campaign is greatly reduced (it was my favourite part, to know what was happening overall); the graphic sprites are now arguably better, but also less distintive which make it harder to know what unit you are using without inspecting it; the artillery is way overpowered (4 of range, and unlimited defense cover fire!) and anti-tank guns are totally useless since now, even for 1-hext trips, they need to be loaded on guns which means they always get slaughtered if you are on the offense. As for the gameplay, they didnt fix the "rush until the end" system, even if they seems to be giving more time. And finally, even if it is a feature you would always block after some time, there are no mor the videos for the single battles between units but only a small animation on the map. Meh, if you have to choose between 1 and 2, stick with PG1.

But! Run this in compatibility mode for: "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" Then check all 5 option just below that under "Settings" And check name of DDRAW.DLL file. Mine was DDRAW.DLL.intel. (i have intel 4500mhd). After renaming to DDRAW.DLL work perfectly.

Like many others I had problem with this game, it crashed every 20minutes. But changing combatibility to win 98 fixed it. I have played the game over 15 hours without any crashes. The game itself is amazing hex game. It has quite steep learning curve (the reason why I didnt play this much at the age of 10) but there is very good manual that explains how everything works. I usually dont like turnbased timers but it works in this, although the timer is pretty unforgiving (atleast for someone who just started)