Operational Art of War: Wargame of the Year Edition

Rating:
Summary: A game that 10 year olds should learn to appreciate
Review: First of all, that 10 year-old gamer has no clue what he is talking about. Of course, Starcraft and C&C are some of my favorites, but they aren't strategy. It's "who can kill eachother's base the fastest" if thats what you want, this game isn't for you. This is a game that grabs the true essence of a strategy game by the shirt, and takes Military History and puts it into a great game. If you wanna play a game with amazing graphics, unrealistic units and damage, and fight an unrealistic war, go right ahead and pass thisg ame by. If you wanna sacrifice the true meaning of strategy to play a good looking, simpler game, go buy some RTS game trying to follow Starcraft and C&C. This is a game of patience, strategy, and cunning discipline. You have to take care of your supply lines, defend air bases, rotate divisions on the front lines. Utilize railroads, highways, and waterways. Srategically use aircraft for defence, attack, or airbase raids. Place your artilery in out of immediate danger but in rage to weaken the line so your armored and infantry divisions can bash through.
This is the game for the true Military and Historical strategist. Those other RTS games are for amature strategists. This is real military strategy at its finest.

Rating:
Summary: A game that 10 year olds should learn to appreciate
Review: First of all, that 10 year-old gamer has no clue what he is talking about. Of course, Starcraft and C&C are some of my favorites, but they aren't strategy. It's "who can kill eachother's base the fastest" if thats what you want, this game isn't for you. This is a game that grabs the true essence of a strategy game by the shirt, and takes Military History and puts it into a great game. If you wanna play a game with amazing graphics, unrealistic units and damage, and fight an unrealistic war, go right ahead and pass thisg ame by. If you wanna sacrifice the true meaning of strategy to play a good looking, simpler game, go buy some RTS game trying to follow Starcraft and C&C. This is a game of patience, strategy, and cunning discipline. You have to take care of your supply lines, defend air bases, rotate divisions on the front lines. Utilize railroads, highways, and waterways. Srategically use aircraft for defence, attack, or airbase raids. Place your artilery in out of immediate danger but in rage to weaken the line so your armored and infantry divisions can bash through.
This is the game for the true Military and Historical strategist. Those other RTS games are for amature strategists. This is real military strategy at its finest.

Rating:
Summary: Oh my.........
Review: I rank Wargame of the Year at the top of my list of top military PC games. The ease of use, large range of options, scenario editing and choice of games/campaigns is fantastic. The recreation of the ups and downs of battles creates a feeling of being in the heat of battle. The AI works very well. The ability to play either side against the computer, both sides or with another player adds a sense of not just recreating history, but of possibly changing history. Having played many of the scenarios several times, not once did any of the scenarios end the same way. The final result is always different, which keeps the game fresh and challenging. If you want to experience the excitement, agony, nerves and sweat of commanding any size unit in battle, I highly recommend OAW: Wargame of the Year.

Rating:
Summary: Operational Art of War: Wargame of the Year edition
Review: I rank Wargame of the Year at the top of my list of top military PC games. The ease of use, large range of options, scenario editing and choice of games/campaigns is fantastic. The recreation of the ups and downs of battles creates a feeling of being in the heat of battle. The AI works very well. The ability to play either side against the computer, both sides or with another player adds a sense of not just recreating history, but of possibly changing history. Having played many of the scenarios several times, not once did any of the scenarios end the same way. The final result is always different, which keeps the game fresh and challenging. If you want to experience the excitement, agony, nerves and sweat of commanding any size unit in battle, I highly recommend OAW: Wargame of the Year.

Rating:
Summary: Atrocious - Dont waste your money
Review: Let me just start off by saying that TOAW is what it says it is- a deep, vast recreation of 20th century warfare. Which is why some 10 year old looking for the next RTS 'strategy' fragfest was none too wise in making the blind buy of a game that resembles chess more closely than C&C. That said, I think TOAW is the most rewarding and lasting gaming experiences I have had the pleasure of participating in, and that includes titles of other genres as well, such as the Rainbow Six and Diablo series. Of course those are great games, but strangely enough, after owning them all for a year or more, I find that TOAW is the only one getting significant playing time. That's because it has totally unlimited replay, with a massive online gaming and scenario producing community. There are wargaming clubs and ladders that are exclusively TOAW, in which one can find competition of any level. Which makes clicking on that demon kin in Diablo seem a little tiresome after a while. I quite seriously suggest buying this game to anyone with the slightest interest in wargaming. It does require a bit of thought, however, which is why it would perhaps be best for whiny 10 year olds wasting their parents' money on amassing a horde of games to stay away; although not lacking in the excitement department, it's definitely no fast-clicker.

Rating:
Summary: Great Strategy
Review: Let me just start off by saying that TOAW is what it says it is- a deep, vast recreation of 20th century warfare. Which is why some 10 year old looking for the next RTS 'strategy' fragfest was none too wise in making the blind buy of a game that resembles chess more closely than C&C. That said, I think TOAW is the most rewarding and lasting gaming experiences I have had the pleasure of participating in, and that includes titles of other genres as well, such as the Rainbow Six and Diablo series. Of course those are great games, but strangely enough, after owning them all for a year or more, I find that TOAW is the only one getting significant playing time. That's because it has totally unlimited replay, with a massive online gaming and scenario producing community. There are wargaming clubs and ladders that are exclusively TOAW, in which one can find competition of any level. Which makes clicking on that demon kin in Diablo seem a little tiresome after a while. I quite seriously suggest buying this game to anyone with the slightest interest in wargaming. It does require a bit of thought, however, which is why it would perhaps be best for whiny 10 year olds wasting their parents' money on amassing a horde of games to stay away; although not lacking in the excitement department, it's definitely no fast-clicker.

Rating:
Summary: Oh my.........
Review: Possibly one of the worst games I have ever played. I'm a fan of Starcraft, Warcraft II, C&C and Imperialism, and this game was sorley dissapointing. Possibly i'm craving the building and the real-time from Blizzard.

Rating:
Summary: Atrocious - Dont waste your money
Review: This game is overrated by the few who play it. If you want a more fun game check out the panzer campaigns or the modern
campaigns by hps simluations.

The Operational Art of War has a terrible interface, terrible game play, even worse support.

If you have XP dont waste your time or money. Incompatible.