Panzer General 2

It must be one of the greatest WW2 games I ever played, All those units. Commanding Panzer I in 1939, and a Pz5 Panther with the same crew fighting the Russians on the border of Germany with a whole new experience.. Very few flaws in this game..

PG 2 is, honestly, a great game and a classic. I pumped about a trillion hours into it once upon a time. If this were 1997 and it was brand new, I wouldn't hesitate to tell you to get it. Even today, it's such a solid, challenging, enjoyable turn based tactical that I can't genuinely tell you *not* to get it Personally, though, I now find it lacks a lot of the charm of PG 1 for some reason - I may be the only one, but I genuinely miss the little attack animations from the first game and some of the more simplistic systems. Subjectively speaking, if I was going to spend $13 on one or the other, and take a slight risk it might not work at all, I would 100% pick the first. More objectively speaking, though, I'm just not sure why you'd buy this. OpenGeneral is a free, open source remake of PG 2 that does all the same things, a little bit more, and is free. It also allows for fairly easy modding, and tons of different eras, equipment sets, and scenarios are out there for downloading. While I actually like PG 2's older-style UI and graphics more, it's hard to say there's a lot to recommend it to most people over the more modern, less expensive alternative. Personally, I hope GoG gets PG1 or one of the related games set in the Pacific theater on here instead - OpenGeneral doesn't emulate them quite as well and I'd have a much easier time recommending them as unique experiences for $10-$15. That said, if you don't really care about the extras of OpenGeneral, don't like the presentation of it, or simply want to play a really, really good old game, I will, again, not ever tell you this isn't actually WORTH the small price tag.

I absolutely loved all these games and would play the campaigns over, over and over again!! Awesome game for the armchair general that doesn't want to micro-manage!

I have played this game off and on since it first came out. It has certainly stood the test of time, especially with some of the mods that are available. There are many additional campaigns and scenarios out there that make the game even more enjoyable.

Panzer General 2 is a worthy sequel to one of the best war games for the PC. It takes what works about PG 1 and streamlines it for a more user friendly and fast paced game. The scenarios are smaller so your army is more manageable and you can now move and fire in the same turn even if you click on another unit, one of the big problems with PG 1. It also has some different scenarios and multiple campaigns so it's not just a repeat of the first game. Worked great on Windows 8 laptop and Windows 7 Desktop.