Playing as Japan at one moment I was suddenly informed the Third Reich of Germany saw fit to wipe me from the world, followed shortly by the Red Army of the Soviet Union – to be topped only by the military interference of the United States, and I hadn’t even glanced at Pearl Harbour yet, honest! When your forces come into contact with an enemy position you can either have the computer resolve the battle by calculating the units involved, their strengths and weaknesses etc, or not leave the fate of your armies at the hands of number crunching and take to field command yourself. What, no Banzai?Įventually war is going to spark and then the game finally gets underway. The voiceover for the narration is very good and makes it feel very late 1940’s, while generic unit voices can begin to grate after a while and seem a tad insulting when Japanese troops bark good wholesome American accents and phrases. Load issues annoy though with the campaign taking its sweet time to finally boot up with it taking around a minute and 35 seconds on average, this game shouldn’t be outbidding the time it takes something like GTA IV to load. Visually the game is rather beautiful to look at with the world map very sharp and colourful with easy going UI to help you get around.
Urban battles can become death traps pretty quickly. Protect your war leader or face humiliation in future high school text books. Diplomatic relations are rather simple and presented in the style of a web showing you quickly and clearly who is and isn’t impressed with your antics. Research and development will prove essential for getting an upper hand and when significant discoveries are reached a small black and white flick plays and describes a little about it. Tax will affect happiness so it requires you to strike a balance between feeding the war machine and making sure you don’t become despised by your own people. You don’t need to worry too much about managing taxes, what structures to focus on or even what forces to build as you can opt to have the game AI handle those automatically though you’ll likely want to handle some of that yourself. This helps keep the campaign strategy simple but does of course leave little room for deep tactics as it becomes a race to stack the most units.Īside from commanding your nation’s armed forces you’ll also be casting your eye on tax levels, building development, research priorities and diplomacy. Much like Imperial Glory, each nation has their sovereign lands carved into a few slithers and armies simply ‘jump’ into the next within one turn. Whilst Total War has armies move through territories gradually and can take a few game turns as they traverse the very landscape itself before moving on, War Leaders takes a differing approach. Only when your forces engage an opposing army will you have the option to get down on the battlefield and experience real-time combat. Once you’ve selected a nation you’ll be brought to the campaign map, which much like Total War and Imperial Glory, runs in a turn-based fashion. The games turn-based campaign is the easiest half with real-time battles proving to be a little tougher to comfortably fall into, and it could have been eased a little more if they had included interactive tutorial scenarios. In case you missed anything Enigma attach some basic pause, rewind and play functions to each of the videos. To help you acclimate to War Leaders there are a number of tutorial videos you can watch that covers all the games aspects. The seven powers are split the most into territorial chunks. It’s a pretty world out there, even with the bombing. Should you manage to leave your nation’s unifying figure - Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Harry Truman, etc – exposed to the enemy then your legacy and war effort could end before it’s really even begun this principle applies to your opponents too of course. In any case one thing will remain a constant and crucial thing to bear in mind and that’s your war leader. You can select the degree of historical accuracy before kick-starting the global conflict so if you prefer a little rewrite then you could always keep it low and delay the European ruckus.
#War leaders clash of nations game series
For any gamer familiar with the Total War series from Creative Assembly, or Pyro Studios’ Imperial Glory, then you’ll find adjustment to War Leaders that much faster than a fresh faced grunt. The goal is simple, select your nation and lead them to glorious victory over tyrannical oppression or in fact, be the one to stomp your empires righteous boot over your enemies and rule unopposed.
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