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I totally enjoy the Blitzkrieg series. I have each game plus the add-ons. Burning Horizons is awesome but has some weird bugs. My trucks often do not resupply on their own and I have to constantly direct them toward supply depots causing me grief. Also, the mission objectives seem unclear causing the player to do things that do not go along with the objectives. I have even received some mission objectives in German! A patch would be great for the bugs listed. Otherwise I love it. There are lots of things to smash so even my artillery is gaining elite status. As with all the Blitzkrieg games the one thing I cannot stand is not knowing exactly HOW to increase my rank other than trying to gain the best stats I can.

If you enjoyed the original Blitzkrieg PC game, you will probably find Burning Horizons to be even better. You can play a German campaign which encompasses all the actions that Erwin Rommel was involved in, which is a lot of fun. It is much different than the original game that had only 3 or so mission variations. In this campaign, there is a lot of variety in mission goals and execution, with each one being different from the one before. It really makes the game a lot more interesting, as you never really know what to expect. In addition, you can win medals for especially valiant actions on the field; for instance, some of my infantry won the Iron Cross for stopping a tank assault with only some captured howitzers. Besides the campaign, there is also a collection of single-player missions which range in complexity and difficulty. You can now play in areas as diverse as Norway, the Pacific, Ethiopia, and Singapore. There seems to be more of an emphasis on air power in this game as well. It can really make a big difference early on in the game. Overall, if you liked the first game, you will probably love this one. It is not nearly as repetitive as the original, and is much more fun. A down side is the fact that you only have the German campaign, there are no Allied or Russian variants to compliment it, but it is made up for by the list of single-player missions that you can explore. Highly recommended.

This hame will be really intence warfare. just like the first Blitzfrieg. Like its predecessor, Burning Horizon is actually a real-time tactical game. You do not gather resources, nor do you build a base or construct a gigantic army like you would in a conventional real-time strategy game. Instead, you're given a fixed number of assets at the beginning of the mission to accomplish your goals, much like a real operational commander in war. From that point on, it's all up to you to orchestrate your infantry, armor, artillery, and air units into an effective combined arms force.

Though the game still uses a 2D graphics engine, much like Microsoft and Ensemble's Age of Empires real-time strategy games, Burning Horizon does allow for a huge amount of interactivity with the environment. Virtually everything can be blown up, including buildings and bridges; it's just a matter of providing enough explosives. Trees and forests can be flattened by tanks or artillery fire, and the ground can become pockmarked with craters. This is the kind of game where you'll have to destroy a village to save it, and it seems surprisingly satisfying to do so.

As with Blitzkrieg, the units in Burning Horizon can gain experience over time, so it's important to try to keep them alive instead of throwing them into the grinder. The more experience a unit has, the more capable it is. Furthermore, high-level units will unlock special upgrades. Burning Horizon will support up to eight players in multiplayer, but the designers aren't including any new multiplayer options because the expansion focuses mainly on the single-player campaign. The single-player campaign should have about 20 to 30 hours of content. This is a MUST BUY game for the real strategy fans!!!