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33lima · 01-04-11, 06:05 PM

If your are prepared to tolerate graphics that are somewhat outdated by Steel Fury Kharkov 1942 standards but are perfectly serviceable with user mods applied, you might also like to try Panzer Elite, preferably with the PE3 mod available here:

http://panzerelite.yuku.com/topic/482

With Panzer Elite - get the Gold edition which has a basic set of user mods on a bonus CD - you can command, drive and gun a huge variety of WW2 tanks in campaigns and missions covering British, US, German and Soviet armies, in France 1940 + 1944, Ostfront 1942-45, N. Africa 1941-43, and Italy 1943-44. Despite rather poor graphics without the mods, it has an amazing set of features including nice little details like the ability for a tank commander to indicate and hand off targets to your gunner, the facility to call in artillery or mortar fire missions, good representation of radio and intercom traffic, a simple but reasonably effective method of commanding your tank and your platoon while staying in the 3d world, and rather good animated & voiced mission briefings. Was far and away the best WW2 tank sim of the era [compared to iPanzer 44 or Panzer Commander] and a second only to the original Steel Beasts as the best tank sim, period. Even today, it's still one of the very best tank sims you can play. Sure, even the modded graphics and its and environmental sounds are well behind SF'42 and the wingman AI is sometimes a bit weak but in terms of functionality, replayability and sheer scale it's way ahead of it, and even further ahead of TvT.

Here are some vids:

The basic game you can get on eBay or probably at one of those download sites for older games. NOT to be confused with the arcade Panzer Elite Action (which has one or two adherents, tho].

Other alternatives might be the WW2 mods for Operation Flashpoint or the like, tho not really tank sims either.

01-04-11, 06:05 PM	#6
33lima Planesman Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Belfast, NI Posts: 199 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	If your are prepared to tolerate graphics that are somewhat outdated by Steel Fury Kharkov 1942 standards but are perfectly serviceable with user mods applied, you might also like to try Panzer Elite, preferably with the PE3 mod available here: http://panzerelite.yuku.com/topic/482 With Panzer Elite - get the Gold edition which has a basic set of user mods on a bonus CD - you can command, drive and gun a huge variety of WW2 tanks in campaigns and missions covering British, US, German and Soviet armies, in France 1940 + 1944, Ostfront 1942-45, N. Africa 1941-43, and Italy 1943-44. Despite rather poor graphics without the mods, it has an amazing set of features including nice little details like the ability for a tank commander to indicate and hand off targets to your gunner, the facility to call in artillery or mortar fire missions, good representation of radio and intercom traffic, a simple but reasonably effective method of commanding your tank and your platoon while staying in the 3d world, and rather good animated & voiced mission briefings. Was far and away the best WW2 tank sim of the era [compared to iPanzer 44 or Panzer Commander] and a second only to the original Steel Beasts as the best tank sim, period. Even today, it's still one of the very best tank sims you can play. Sure, even the modded graphics and its and environmental sounds are well behind SF'42 and the wingman AI is sometimes a bit weak but in terms of functionality, replayability and sheer scale it's way ahead of it, and even further ahead of TvT. Here are some vids: The basic game you can get on eBay or probably at one of those download sites for older games. NOT to be confused with the arcade Panzer Elite Action (which has one or two adherents, tho]. Other alternatives might be the WW2 mods for Operation Flashpoint or the like, tho not really tank sims either. Last edited by 33lima; 01-04-11 at 06:31 PM.