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  • Summary: Commander The Great War is the next installment in this wargame series.
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  1. Positive: 27 out of 39
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  3. Negative: 12 out of 39
  1. Easy to play, hard to master. If you like high quality boardgames of military strategic genre, you won't be disappointed with this computer game. The AI is the best in the business. There seems to be a lot of faux reviews for this game here, unfortunately. Expand
  2. Downloaded without a hitch on launch day. Played for over 6 hours without ONE hitch, no crashes, nothing. Gameplay was great, I was in that "just one more turn" mode, couldn't walk away from it. I like the fact that as Central Powers, I can control the research, production and armies of all the nations. Great to finally see a WW1 Grand Strategy Game that is challenging but simple to use, has simple graphics but is still unique and isn't full of bugs. Expand
  3. A very good game of moderate complexity for the TBS fan. AI is pretty good. Fair replay value. A war little known today with interesting challenges. I've been playing war games since the 1960's and computer games since the 80's. This is a game that I am enjoying a lot and hope the engine can be used for future WW2 and perhaps Cold War games. The naval war representation is less convincing than the ground war aspect of the game. It could use some imaginative attention to make it more interesting and representative of the first U-boat war.
    The ground war aspect is fulfilling and fun. I'd say that the game would be a good introduction to turn based war games since it can be played fairly quickly and the rules are not so involved as other grand strategy titles in the genre, e.g. Gary Grigsby's War in the East and Pacific War monster computer games that have require a major investment in time and study to play well.
    I hope there is some follow up by the developers to continue to improve the game's balance and AI; I would also like to see what modders can do with it.
    I do feel I am getting my money's worth and recommend it.
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    I wasn't expecting too much from a WW1 game as this is not my area of interest but boy and I was right. This is the worst game I've played for a long time. Poorly balanced, lacks depth, graphics are bad. It is the new king of WW1 strategy failures. Expand

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