Furthermore, players will have the opportunity to engage in some role-playing at the beginning of a campaign as they can create their unique general avatar with a chosen portrait and traits that can significantly impact any given playthrough. Units, their losses, and experience will carry over from mission to mission. The persistent element of the campaigns comes from said player decisions, but also the resources players accumulate from taking objectives, as well as the units they bring. Each campaign has a varying number of scenarios (upwards of 20) with the possibility of branching paths based on player decisions within each mission. The Persistent Campaigns mode gives five distinct scenarios detailing different parts of the war from the German perspective, like the Battle of Kursk or the Invasion of Poland. Multiplayer is also available with hotseat, play by email, and online lobby options. These four modes are one of Panzer Corps’ greatest strengths. The game has four varied modes which form the core experience: Persistent Campaigns, Historical and Fictional scenarios, Random Scenario generator, and a full map and scenario editor. Panzer Corps 2 is set during World War II and the overall goal of the game is to illustrate combined arms operational warfare, heavily focusing on Blitzkrieg strategy and other maneuver-focused military doctrine. Some of the main themes of the game’s success is its adherence to a flexibility of options, gameplay approaches, and sheer volume of content. Panzer Corps 2, developed by Flashback Games, across the board succeeds in being a relevant and worthy update to a venerable game series. Following in the footsteps of many developers and publishers updating, remastering, or evolving their games, Panzer Corps 2 follows suit with a brand new engine, mechanics and features. Slitherine’s flagship strategy game (now a series) has returned.

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