Strategic Command: European Theater

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Strategic Command – European Theater
Developer(s) Fury Software
Publisher(s) Battlefront.com
Designer(s) Hubert Cater
Programmer(s) Hubert Cater
Composer(s) Matt Faller
Platform(s) Windows
Release
  • NA: July 16, 2002
  • EU: October 24, 2003
Genre(s) Turn based strategy
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Strategic Command: European Theater is the first game in the Strategic Command strategy game series, and is a turn based strategy game set in World War II. [1] It allows you to play the Allies or the Axis. The smaller European nations can go either way depending on how the Axis or Allies act towards them. Although on historical mode some nations join the allies or axis by default while others depend on the course of the war and aggression of the major powers.

Contents

The game runs from 1939 till 1947 where unless you control the world the war ends. The game also features 6 major campaigns:

The game was re-released in 2006 as Strategic Command Gold. [3]

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [4] In the review for the US edition of PC Gamer, William Trotter praised the game saying that it was "about as clean and elegant and easy-to-learn as a wargame can be", and gave it a score of 90%. [10] Writing for Computer Gaming World in 2002, Bruce Geryk gave the game 2.5 out of 5 stars, stating that the game was "fun for a little while, but that's it", criticising particularly the limited options available to the player and the excessive weighting of the game in favour of the Allies and against the Axis. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Strategic Command: European Theater for Windows (2002)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Strategic Command – Fury Software" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Strategic Command: Gold". Moby Games. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Strategic Command: European Theater for PC Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ Geryk, Bruce (November 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . No. 220. p. 129. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ Chick, Tom (July 22, 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater Review". GameSpot . Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ Walker, Mark H. (August 23, 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater". GameSpy. Archived from the original on February 17, 2005. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  8. ↑ Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (August 16, 2002). "Strategic Command European Theater Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Strategic Command: European Theater". PC Gamer UK . December 2003.
  10. 1 2 Trotter, William R. (November 2002). "Strategic Command [European Theater]". PC Gamer . p. 138. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ Geryk, Bruce (November 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater". Computer Gaming World. No. 220. p. 129. Retrieved 30 January 2024.


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