I come back to this again and again. Because it is unbeaten still. No other strategy game did convince me like that. It is sad that the following games did not follow the path -- they where better looking but did not give that playing value at all. The graphics are simple compared to todays standard, but what graphics do you need for a strategy game? The graphics are fully adequate to the job and it is much better then other titles in the series. The units are easy to distinguish and are simple to identify. Not all games in the 5Star-Series did comply to that. If you like 2nd WW, if you like turn based strategy, if you don't need the newest hires graphics .... You definitively *must* try this, if you did not before. You will not regret!
How does it come, that the predecessor of a game is claimed as a clone? One poster gave this good game a one star rating, because it would be a "Elven Legacy" clone. Fact is, Elven Legacy is the successor of Fantasy Wars. I also found Fantasy Wars more fun as Elven Legacy -- though I must admit that Fantasy Wars is technically a little behind -- but that campaigns where more fun to me. Fantasy Wars was the reason, I bought Elven Legacy -- because it was really appealing to me. Ok, I don't need all the animations and stuff and games like Panzer General are far more balanced and more playable ... but it is a really good adaptation of the game mechanics into the fantasy realm and Magic gives further twists (though sometimes annoying). So, this is a five star rating for me. Panzer General II of course would get a 7 star rating -- if it ever will be published via gog!
