Blitzkrieg 2
Blitzkrieg 2 | |
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Single-player, Multiplayer |
Blitzkrieg 2 (
Gameplay
As its predecessor and the similar
The game contains six factions: Germany, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Japan, United States and France.
Reception
The game received positive reviews before release,[6] yet never achieved the same long lived success its predecessor had achieved, even though two expansions and numerous spin-offs were made.
Aggregator | Score |
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1Up.com | C+[9] |
GameSpy | 2.5/5[10] |
IGN | 8.4/10[11] |
Absolute Games | 73%[2] |
Add-ons
The base game Blitzkrieg 2 was released together with both add-ons as Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology:
- Blitzkrieg 2: Fall Of The Reich: the first expansion pack, it was released in Russia and Germany in Autumn 2006, and in the EU and the US in January-February 2007.[12][1],[2] It was subtitled as Retribution in Russia, and The Last Stand in Germany.[3]
- Blitzkrieg 2: Liberation: the second expansion pack, was released in January 2007 in Russia and on October 12 in the EU.[13][4] It was developed by MindLink Studio Ltd.[5],[6]
Spin-off games
- Frontline: Fields of Thunder: this spin-off from Nival Interactive and N-Game Studios was released on April 9, 2007 (probably initially in the Russian market at end of 2006) at a retail price of US$29.99.[14] MobyGames entry indicates the game was on sale in USA & Germany in March 2007, and Australia in April.[7] It was released by N-Game Studios. It is also known as Great battles: Kursk Bulge in the Russian market.[8]
- Great Battles: Battle of Tobruk by the company Arise Games was one of various other spin-offs of which however, some were released exclusively in Russia, Nival Interactive's home country.[15][9] Battle of Tobruk was released in February 2007.[10]
- Great Battles: Landing in Normandy by the company Arise Inc. was another unofficial spin-off game in Arise's Great Battles lineup. It was released in April 2007.[11],[12],[13]
- Great Battles: Stalingrad by a different company, N-Game Studios.[14] It was yet another iteration in the unofficial Great Battles lineup built on the Blitzkrieg 2 engine. It was released in August 2007.[15],[16] It is unrelated to the Stalingrad spin-off game built on the Blitzkrieg engine and released in 2005.
Non-WWII based
- Stalin vs. Martians (2009) by a consortium of three developers - Black Wing Foundation, Dreamlore, & N-Game Studios.[17] Using the Blitzkrieg 2 engine. It was a parody of WWII real-time strategy titles, with the story pitting the Soviets against fictional Martians in Siberia.[18] It was released in April 2009.[19] It was sold on Steam at the same time, but it has since been delisted.[20]
- X-Team: Day of Freedom by Ukrainian developers N-Game Studios.[21],[22]. It is a Blitzkrieg 2 engine based game with a sci-fi setting where the player organizes an X-Team squad to defend the Earth against an alien civilization.[23] It is a classic mix of role-playing game and strategy, inspired by Fallout, Command & Conquer, Rage of Mages and Dungeon Siege. It was released in retail in May 2008, and re-released on Steam in December 2019.[24]
References
- ^ Adams, David (2005-09-28). "Blitzkrieg 2 Storms Stores". IGN. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ a b Хромов, Михаил (17 October 2005). "Рецензия на Blitzkrieg 2". Absolute Games (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- GamesRadar. September 8, 2005. Archivedfrom the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ Andrew Park (June 14, 2005). "Blitzkrieg II Updated Impressions - What's New". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ Tim Surette (September 2, 2005). "Blitzkrieg II demo offers three offensives". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ Matthew Rorie (May 20, 2005). "Blitzkrieg II E3 2005 Impressions". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- CBS Interactive. Archived from the originalon 30 December 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Metacritic". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 27, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ Luo, Di (November 1, 2005). "Blitzkrieg II: Real-time puzzle solving". 1up. Archived from the original on September 3, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ Rausch, Allen (November 4, 2005). "Blitzkrieg 2". GameSpy. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ Peckham, Matt (October 3, 2005). "Blitzkrieg 2: Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's back to World War II we go!". IGN. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ Blitzkrieg 2: Fall Of The Reich Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. IGN. Retrieved January 23, 2014
- ^ Blitzkrieg 2: Liberation Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. IGN. Retrieved January 23, 2014
- ^ Frontline: Fields of Thunder Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine. IGN. Retrieved January 23, 2014
- ^ "Great Battles: Battle of Tobruk". Arise. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03.
External links
- Official website (archived) (in Russian)
- Blitzkrieg 2 at MobyGames