Strategic Command: European Theater

Strategic Command: European Theater is a turn based strategy game set in World War II. 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.

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

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

  • Fall Weiss (invasion of Poland)
  • Fall Gelb (invasion of France)
  • Operation Barbarossa (German invasion of the USSR launched from occupied Poland)
  • Fall Blau (German advances towards Stalingrad)
  • Zitadelle (Soviet counterattack on the eastern front)
  • Overlord (the allied invasion of Europe)

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGW[2]
GameSpot7.2/10[3]
GameSpy88%[4]
GameZone6/10[5]
PC Gamer (UK)73%[6]
PC Gamer (US)90%[7]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1]

References
  1. "Strategic Command: European Theater for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. Geryk, Bruce (November 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 220. p. 129. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. Chick, Tom (July 22, 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater Review". GameSpot. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. Walker, Mark H. (August 23, 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater". GameSpy. Archived from the original on February 17, 2005. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (August 16, 2002). "Strategic Command European Theater Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. "Strategic Command: European Theater". PC Gamer UK. December 2003.
  7. 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.


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