Panzer Corps 2
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{{Short description|2020 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Panzer Corps 2
| image = Panzer Corps 2 cover.jpg
| developer = Flashback Games
| publisher = Slitherine Software
| designer = Alex Shargin
| programmer = Andrey Shevchenko
| artist = Patrick Ward
| writer = Frank Leone
| composer = Bill Meyers
Alex Shargin
| engine = Unreal Engine 4
| platforms = Windows
| released = March 19, 2020{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Fraser |title=Panzer Corps 2 continues the classic wargame series in March |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/panzer-corps-2-release-date/ |website=PC Gamer |publisher=Future plc |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=20 January 2020}}
| genre = Computer wargame
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Panzer Corps 2 is a computer wargame developed by Flashback Games and published by Slitherine Software for Windows on March 19, 2020. It is a sequel to Panzer Corps.
Gameplay
Panzer Corps 2 is a World War II turn-based strategic wargame played on a hex grid. It features a 60-mission branching campaign, including an alternate history, all from the German perspective. New features in the sequel are 3D graphics, animations, more than 1000 different units, and an undo system.{{cite web |last1=Bolding |first1=Jonathan |title=Panzer Corps 2 has a really good undo button and I am here for it |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/panzer-corps-2-has-a-really-good-undo-button-and-i-am-here-for-it/ |website=PC Gamer |publisher=Future plc |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=20 January 2020}} There is co-op and player versus player multiplayer, either via online, hotseat, or play-by-mail methods.{{cite web |title=Panzer Corps 2 Review |url=https://www.strategygamer.com/reviews/panzer-corps-2/ |website=Strategy Gamer |publisher=Network N |access-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416132545/https://www.strategygamer.com/reviews/panzer-corps-2/ |archive-date=16 April 2020 |date=19 March 2020 |url-status=dead}}
Expansions
There are several expansions to Panzer Corps 2, including Axis Operations 1944, 1945, and 1946. They require the base game Panzer Corps 2 and go into each front and battle of World War II with more detail.
Release
Panzer Corps 2 was announced on March 8, 2017.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Adam |title=Panzer Corps 2 announced, using Unreal Engine 4 |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/panzer-corps-2-announced-unreal-engine-4 |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=8 March 2017}} Seven downloadable content (DLC) packs have been released.{{cite web |title=Panzer Corps 2 |url=https://www.slitherine.com/game/panzer-corps-2 |website=Slitherine Software |access-date=24 February 2023}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 86/100{{cite web |title=Panzer Corps 2 for PC Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/panzer-corps-2/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |access-date=24 February 2023}}
| 4P = 85/100{{cite web |last1=Luibl |first1=Jörg |title=Test: Panzer Corps 2 |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/38594/84295/0/Panzer_Corps_2.html |website=4Players |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=German |date=19 March 2020}}
| GStar =
| IGN = 8/10{{cite web |last1=Chianese |first1=Claudio |title=Panzer Corps 2 - Recensione |url=https://it.ign.com/panzer-corps-2-pc/167224/review/panzer-corps-2-la-recensione |website=IGN Italia |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=Italian |date=15 March 2020}}
| PCGUS = 75/100{{cite web |last1=Bolding |first1=Jonathan |title=Panzer Corps 2 review |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/panzer-corps-2-review/ |website=PC Gamer |publisher=Future plc |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=14 March 2020}}
| PCG = 9/10{{cite web |last1=Sandqvist |first1=Matti |title=Panzer Corps 2 im Test: Größer und schöner als der Vorgänger, aber auch besser? |url=https://www.pcgames.de/Panzer-Corps-2-Spiel-60767/Tests/Review-Wertung-Strategie-1346596/ |website=PC Games |publisher=Computec Media GmbH |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=German |date=28 March 2020}}
| rev1 = Multiplayer.it
| rev2 = PC Invasion
| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jason |title=Panzer Corps 2 review — As good as Guderian gets |url=https://www.pcinvasion.com/panzer-corps-2-review-as-good-as-guderian-gets/ |website=PC Invasion |publisher=Gamurs |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=14 March 2020}}
}}
Panzer Corps received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. Many compared the game to the Panzer General series.
Jonathan Bolding of PC Gamer summarized: "Panzer Corps 2 is ultimately a fun, robust, and quite pretty wargame. It has a lot to recommend it, but it truly excels in no particular category. Despite all this work it still falls into the complexity-over-substance trap of so many wargames in the past 20 years."
Luke Plunkett of Kotaku said the game has "[a] fantastic mix of puzzle-like engagements with spacious strategic manoeuvring" but called the final missions "bullshit" and the encirclement system "kinda broken".{{cite web |last1=Plunkett |first1=Luke |title=Panzer Corps 2: The Kotaku Review |url=https://kotaku.com/panzer-corps-2-the-kotaku-review-1842371397 |website=Kotaku |publisher=G/O Media |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=19 March 2020}}
Tim Stone of Rock Paper Shotgun gave a negative review and said: " [...] loyalty to its predecessors means most of the time it feels more like a tough military puzzle game than an insightful simulation of mid-20th Century warfare."{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Tim |title=The Flare Path: Unhexceptional |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/panzer-corps-2-review |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=27 March 2020}}
Bill Gray of Wargamer gave a positive review, saying: "If you liked Panzer General and the original Panzer Corps, then PC2 is a must buy."{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Bill |title=Panzer Corps 2 – long live the king |url=https://www.wargamer.com/panzer-corps-2/review |website=Wargamer |publisher=Network N |access-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211173906/https://www.wargamer.com/panzer-corps-2/review |archive-date=11 February 2021 |date=1 February 2021 |url-status=dead}} Joe Fonseca reviewed the Axis Operations 1941 expansion also for Wargamer: "Staying true to Panzer Corps 2's tried-and-tested formula, Axis Operations 1941 brings unique scenarios and a refreshing setting to the WW2 wargame, making it a no-brainer for fans of the series."{{cite web |last1=Fonseca |first1=Joe |title=Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations 1941 review – still the senior General |url=https://www.wargamer.com/panzer-corps-2/axis-operations-1941-review |website=Wargamer |publisher=Network N |access-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320171755/https://www.wargamer.com/panzer-corps-2/axis-operations-1941-review |archive-date=20 March 2021 |date=19 March 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://flashback.games/panzer-corps-2/ Panzer Corps 2] at Flashback Games
- {{moby game|id=/panzer-corps-2}}
{{Slitherine Software}}
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