Total War in Europe Series

[Al]

[i]"The conclusion that i draw from that is that players tried it and didn't feel inspired enough to carry on playing, i have never played the series so i cannot speak from personal experience."[/i]

Maybe if they designed an Operation Barbarossa game the series would pick up steam. jonny

If you look in the rule book there are some special rules regarding Soviet units so in that respect, at least, there has been some thought given to that idea.

I'm not sure why this series didn't take off. Just my opinion but I think perhaps compared to Panzer Campaigns the units are not actual numbers of men, vehicles and guns but a more abstract strength value. Also, as you set up an attack, a little on-screen icon shows up giving the attacker an estimation of the probability of success for the attack; overrun, advantage, superiority, etc. Some people didn't like that aspect - or so I've heard.

Regarding the AI I believe it to be more of a challenge that Panzer Campaigns. But, I've played a lot more PzC than TWIE so that may bias my judgement. I have yet to beat the AI in the France 1940 scenario. I'm playing the invasion of Poland (hypothetical stronger Poland) right now and the AI is playing competently, if not inspired. At this point I don't know if I'm going to pull off a win or not.

Tank and motorised formations are especially powerful in this game since they can potentially move and attack several times in a turn. There are three types of engineer units and all play an important and unique role. Airpower is included and can be decisive in helping ground units win an attack.

I did ask about a year ago if the series was going to be continued and I was told yes - but not which area would be covered. I hope the series does continue.

Both titles have a lot of scenarios included. In my opinion, they're worth getting.

Hope this helps.