Strategic Command: European Theater

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.

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)[2]

## Reception

Reception

| Aggregate score

Aggregator| Score
Metacritic| 70/100[3]
Review scores
Publication| Score
CGW| [4]
GameSpot| 7.2/10[5]
GameSpy| 88%[6]
GameZone| 6/10[7]
PC Gamer (UK)| 73%[8]
PC Gamer (US)| 90%[9]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] 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%.[9] 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.[10]

## References

1. ↑ "Strategic Command: European Theater for Windows (2002)". https://www.mobygames.com/game/strategic-command-european-theater.
2. ↑ "Strategic Command – Fury Software". http://www.furysoftware.com/documents/SC-StrategyGuide-Rev1.pdf.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Strategic Command: European Theater for PC Reviews". Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/strategic-command-european-theater/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
4. ↑ Geryk, Bruce (November 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater". Computer Gaming World (220): 129. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_220.pdf. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
5. ↑ Chick, Tom (July 22, 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater Review". GameSpot. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/strategic-command-european-theater/1900-2875157/. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
6. ↑ Walker, Mark H. (August 23, 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater". GameSpy. http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/august02/scet/.
7. ↑ Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (August 16, 2002). "Strategic Command European Theater Review". GameZone. http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r20196.htm.
8. ↑ "Strategic Command: European Theater". PC Gamer UK. December 2003.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Trotter, William R. (November 2002). "Strategic Command [European Theater"]. PC Gamer: 138. http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/strategic_comma.html. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. ↑ Geryk, Bruce (November 2002). "Strategic Command: European Theater". Computer Gaming World (220): p. 129. https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_220/page/n131/mode/2up?q="Strategic+Command"+"Pacific+Theater"+"Fury+Software".

## External links

* Battlefront website
* Strategic Command: European Theater at MobyGames

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