

Source: Wikipedia, " Codename: Panzers," available under the CC-BY-SA License.Codename Panzers: Phase One came out not long ago DRM free on GOG.com. In missions, players can direct a limited amount of precision dive bomber strikes, carpet bombing runs, reconnaissance planes and off-map artillery. In addition to regular units the player can control, the game provides players with indirect fire support. Players are also required to maintain their vehicles using ammo and repair trucks. Damage is modeled on a health bar system, although vehicles have additional armor plating to weaken before taking damage. While the main focus of the game is in controlling tanks, artillery units provide long range fire while infantry units can be used to engage other infantry and garrison buildings for added defense. Units include a variety of infantry, armor, and artillery used by each nations' armed forces in World War II. Also, the player is most often responsible for keeping alive a single 'hero' unit. Additionally, many missions provide the player with extra units to complement their core army. Completing mission requirements and optional objectives gives the player 'Prestige' points, which can be accumulated to upgrade existing units or used to add new units to the player's core force. Units gain experience throughout the single-player campaigns and can be bought/upgraded between missions and added to the player's personal 'army' that travels with him from scenario to scenario. The game abstracts concepts such as supply, repair, and air support without doing away with them entirely, and belongs to the real-time tactics genre more than the traditional wargame/simulation genre. Like Soldiers: Heroes of World War II and, to a lesser extent, Blitzkrieg, Codename: Panzers focuses on managing groups of troops, tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery and destroying the enemy or capturing objectives. A Codename: Panzers Phase III was originally planned, but no longer appears on the official website.Ĭodename: Panzers was intended to be a three-part series portrayal various conflicts of the Second World War. The series entered its second iteration in July 2005 with Codename: Panzers Phase II. It launched in 2004 to generally favorable reviews. Codename: Panzers is a World War II video game created by Hungarian game developer StormRegion.
