Best "War General" Game

**LuigiD** · 12-26-2009, 08:36 PM

I don't know if I get exactly what you mean but I am a big strategy gamer and I will see if I can help you.
There is the Hearts Of Iron Series. You pretty much control an entire country during World War II and beyond possibly. You control every aspect of it ranging from technological development to infrastructure (it is quite difficult so you can assign ministers to handle some duties tho.) You move armies and declare wars. However, there is no battles or anything. It is like running a war from a desk. The best part of the game is that you can typically play as ANY country around during that time period. Not all are as fun but hell...if you want to play as say Brazil and you want to join the Axis..you can. You can spread the reich in Latin America and get Axis reinforcements there. The weird historical possibilities are very fun.

Then, not World War II related but probably one of the best strategy games ever made IMO..the Total War Series. It is the same as the game above but set in different historical periods. There is Shogun, Rome, Napoleonic, Imperial, Medieval, etc Total War Games. In those, you do get to command armies right up at the field with thousands of units all over the place. You don't have to fight em tho, you can just assign and appoint generals to fight wars. Don't know if it is your cup of tea..but it is an excellent strategy game.

12-26-2009, 08:36 PM	#4
LuigiD Posts: 1,920	I don't know if I get exactly what you mean but I am a big strategy gamer and I will see if I can help you. There is the Hearts Of Iron Series. You pretty much control an entire country during World War II and beyond possibly. You control every aspect of it ranging from technological development to infrastructure (it is quite difficult so you can assign ministers to handle some duties tho.) You move armies and declare wars. However, there is no battles or anything. It is like running a war from a desk. The best part of the game is that you can typically play as ANY country around during that time period. Not all are as fun but hell...if you want to play as say Brazil and you want to join the Axis..you can. You can spread the reich in Latin America and get Axis reinforcements there. The weird historical possibilities are very fun. Then, not World War II related but probably one of the best strategy games ever made IMO..the Total War Series. It is the same as the game above but set in different historical periods. There is Shogun, Rome, Napoleonic, Imperial, Medieval, etc Total War Games. In those, you do get to command armies right up at the field with thousands of units all over the place. You don't have to fight em tho, you can just assign and appoint generals to fight wars. Don't know if it is your cup of tea..but it is an excellent strategy game.