Posted on: February 7, 2025
Duke_Mazzini
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A confusing adaptation of a simple game
I came to GOG looking for the 1998 PC version of Axis & Allies or its sequel, Iron Blitz. (The acronym used to mean "Good OLD Games," after all!) Instead, I found this more recent version. And I'm totally hatin' on it. The user interface is just awful. It took me forever to figure out basic actions like placing troops in the deployment phase, and I still don't understand how to use transports properly or lead my troops in battle during an opponent's turn. (I just click around until the battle resolves without my input.) Okay, maybe I should just watch a tutorial, ha. Or maybe a simple game like "Axis & Allies" should be designed in an intuitive way that doesn't totally befuddle someone who has played the board game and the 1998 adaptation about 1,000 times. This version suffers badly from having tiny units, a weird-looking map, and pointlessly complicated controls. It also moves very slooooowly on my computer, which handles much more advanced games without a problem. The AI's turns take approximately 50 years. Finally, I gather that the board game itself has become more complex since 1998. There are now more units, more territories, and more things to keep track of - more headaches, in other words. Axis & Allies is NOT a deep strategy game and should remain as streamlined as possible. Making it more complex and slower to play achieves nothing good, in my view. I actually had more fun watching some random guy play the 1998 version on YouTube. And I don't even particularly like watching other people play games.
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