文章基本信息

标题：Eagles Strike
作者：John Fletcher
期刊名称：Games for Windows
印刷版ISSN：1933-6160
出版年度：2003
卷号：February 2003
出版社：Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Eagles Strike

John Fletcher

GAME STATS

Publisher: HPS Simulations

Developer: John Tiller

Genre: Wargame

ESRB Rating: Not rated

Price: $49.99

Requirements: Pentium 133, 32MB RAM, 250MB hard drive space

Recommended Requirements: None

Multiplayer Support: modem, e-mail (2 players)

Eagles Strike, the latest in the Squad Battles series, covers company- to battalion-sized battles, this time following the Americans in Western Europe, from D-Day to early 1945. There��s not a lot new here, system wise. But the game does have tense, well-balanced scenarios and an A.I. better than some games with 10 times the budget. Most of the scenarios center on Normandy and the Bulge, but there are some nice obscure actions, like great night combat in southern France and some fights around the Siegfried Line.

Eagles Strike��s best element is its ability to remind gamers just how much of the fighting on the Western Front was done by foot-slogging GIs. Wargamers often gravitate toward armored formations, but ES reminds us that you don��t have to have swarms of Shermans, Panthers, and Tigers to have a good time. The game really benefits from this focus.

The truth is, the Squad Battles series can continue forever, and I suspect that HPS will keep giving them to us as long as we want. If the quality of those games matches Eagles Strike, we��re going to want them for years to come.

VERDICT (4): Should be under every wargamer��s Christmas tree.