Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps

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Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps EU CD Cover.jpg
European cover art
Developer(s) Digital Reality
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: March 30, 2004 [1]
  • EU: April 8, 2004
Genre(s) Real-time tactics
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps, released as Afrika Korps vs. Desert Rats outside the UK and U.S., is a real-time tactics game that is based on the North African campaign of World War II. The single player missions are playable as the German Afrika Korps or the British Desert Rats. There is also an option for online multiplayer.

Contents

Gameplay

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2]

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