Rush For Berlin

Rush for Berlin isn’t a very innovative game, but it is one of the better games in the genre. It combines the good of other games resulting in an exciting World War 2 real time strategy title. You can play with either the Russians, French, Americans, British, or the Germans themselves. Apparently the Canadians and Australians were not invited to join the party. Tactics is what it’s all about in this game, there won’t be any building work or collecting of resources. If you like blowing stuff up then Rush for Berlin is the game for you. Most elements of the environment can be destroyed. The 3D engine does a nice job of recreating Berlin during World War 2. The sound is fantastic with clear and loud explosives and gunshots jumping out of your speakers.

Getting into a World War II real-time strategy game is a challenge these days. So many have shown up on our doorstep the past couple of years that newcomers can only get the Nazi-weary public’s attention by doing one thing wildly differently or everything incredibly well. You can put Rush for Berlin in the latter category. While this by-the-books effort from Codename: Panzers developer Stormregion is a rehash of WWII RTS conventions, the entire game is so well designed that you don’t much care that you’ve seen it all before. If you can stand to liberate Stalingrad in a computer game one more time, you should sign up for a tour of duty here.

Just don’t expect anything new. All of the standard WWII RTS conventions are respected so much here that you won’t need to even glance at the manual to get the lay of the land. Four separate campaigns that begin with the final push into Germany let you wage war as the Western Allies (which only seems to comprise the US and UK–sorry, Canada), Russians, Germans, and French. A total of 25 solo missions (figure on 25 to 30 hours of play) take you through well-worn WWII hotspots such as Bastogne, Stalingrad, and bombed-out downtown Berlin.

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