Some questions about game...

Multiplayer support 4 players no??? i read this in gamersgater, what are the sides??? Soviets, west allies, axis and what is the 4th? maybe axis divided in Germany and minors??? if is this i dont understand the diplomacy part of the game apart tipical try to influence neutrlas like Spain, Portugal etc etc but in the war time these neutral nations are very few with a few impact on game... except maybe Turkey.

As in Time of fury game has alternate map and counter mods???

DRM... other DRM is a serial system???

Only avaliable in gamersgater or it could be avaliable in matrix games or similar???

EDIT: a little question more... turns... 1 month is the time as i see in video... there are variants with smaller turns of 2 weeks or similar??? thanks.

Originally Posted By Hexagon (26 MAY 2012 4:17am)

Some questions about game...

 

Multiplayer support 4 players no??? i read this in gamersgater, what are the sides??? Soviets, west allies, axis and what is the 4th? maybe axis divided in Germany and minors??? if is this i dont understand the diplomacy part of the game apart tipical try to influence neutrlas like Spain, Portugal etc etc but in the war time these neutral nations are very few with a few impact on game... except maybe Turkey.

 

As in Time of fury game has alternate map and counter mods???

 

DRM... other DRM is a serial system???

 

Only avaliable in gamersgater or it could be avaliable in matrix games or similar???

 

EDIT: a little question more... turns... 1 month is the time as i see in video... there are variants with smaller turns of 2 weeks or similar??? thanks.

 

You can assign any player to any country, so for example one can play Germany, second can play Italy, third can play Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria and fourth can play Soviet Union.

There is only one map and counter set, however I assume some mods will show up very fast

Other DRM means a serial number.

The game will show up on several other distributors, and we are discusisng with Matrix.

Thanks for the reply and info

Here is anoher video for Strategic War in Europe, this time for the German player. 

You can see how long does the AI turn lasts with proper settings. 

First two previews of Strategic War in Europe:

http://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/strategic_war_in_europe/preview/article-1030.html

http://www.gamersciz.com/strategic-war-in-europe-preview/ 

Currently £5.99 on Desura if you're interested

Strummer - thanks for the info.

I'm glad I held off for the last week to see what other distributors would have it.

Interesting price variations (below are normal rather than pre-order prices)

Desura £7.99

Gamersgate £12.99

Gamestop/Impulse £14.99

EDIT

Looks like Desura got the price wrong as it has now gone up to £9.37 on pre-order and £12.49 normal price.

Just got it and looks good so far (30 mins or so of checking out the scenarios)

One big bonus is that Time of Fury unit, flag and map mods seem to work fine with SWIE which means I've got NATO icons for all the units.

New video, with commentary:

how is the AI?

Originally Posted By Tamas (10 JUN 2012 2:46am)

how is the AI?

Pretty good from what I can tell. Flanks, uses multiple attacks, attacks only when it will win, goes after objectives.

Has anyone figured out how to invade Norway as the Germans?  They don't have amphibious assault points so you need a port.  But only port visible is occupied so I'm stuck.

You can buy those points in the purchase window

Ohhhhh.  That makes sense!  

Plain and Simple, isn't it?

1.02 patch for Strategic War in Europe has been released.

The changelog list is pretty short, so here it is:

 2012-06-25 [v1.02]
--Fixed
Fixed problem with Naval Tutorial
Some typos in the game text
Fixed issues with game crashing after moving to next or previous unit
--OOB
All fleets moved to correct locations
--Map
Fixed Vichy possessions for 1941 and 1942

You can dowload the update directly from here: 

http://www2.wastelands-interactive.com/shared/SWiE102patchSetup.exe

or just use the Autoupdater

My review is up.

And another review by
7ID Gaming

Rating: 76%

Fazit:
Strategic War in Europe ist ein nettes Strategiespiel für zwischendurch und seinen Preis von knapp 15,- Euro auf jedenfall Wert. Im eigenen Shop von Wastelands Interactive ist das Spiel sogar für nur 13,- Euro zu haben. Wer mal wieder den Gegenwert von zwei Schachteln Marlboro unter das Volk bringen möchte und auf Steam nicht fündig wird, kann durchaus zuschlagen. Auf eine Einzelwertung der Kategorien verzichte ich, entsprechen diese doch im Grunde unserem "Time of Fury" Review. Zwar ist SWE nicht so komplex und umfangreich, dafür aber zu einem guten Preis zu haben.

On an individual rating of the categories I do without, but basically they meet our "Time of Fury" review . Although not as SWE complex and extensive, but to have a good price.