Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict
{{Short description|2010 video game}}
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| image = StrategicCommandWWIIGlobalConflict logo.png
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| developer = Fury Software
| publisher = Battlefront.com
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| released = 5 March 2010{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict Just Released |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/03/05/strategic-command-wwii-global-conflict-just-released |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| genre = Turn-based strategy
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| platforms = Windows
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Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict is a grand strategy computer game developed by Fury Software, and published by Battlefront.com. The game was released on 5 March 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=231&Itemid=362 |title=Strategic Command WWII Global conflict official website|publisher=Battlefront.com|accessdate=2009-12-12}} It is the fourth title in the Strategic Command series. As the previous installments, it is a turn-based strategy set in World War II. For the first time, the main campaigns don't focus on a particular theater of war. Instead, the game features a map of the whole world. The player controls all of either Axis or Allied states.
Reception
Reviewing the game in April 2010 for Armchair General, Steven M. Smith gave the game 95% stating that "this is the best grand strategy game I have ever played".{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Steven M. |title=Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/strategic-command-wwii-global-conflict-pc-game-review.htm |access-date=30 January 2024 |work=Armchair General |date=8 April 2010}} Gamercast gave the game a positive 4 out of five stars review, praising the compelling gameplay and editor, but criticising the lack of a "skip turn" button.{{cite news |title=Lead your allies in Strategic Command: WWII Global Conflict |url=https://www.gamercast.net/strategic-command-wwii-global-conflict/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |work=Gamercast |date=9 September 2010}} French-language Gazette du Wargamer magazine praised the fun and short nature of the game, as well as the fact that even modest computers could run it and the availability of the editor, but also criticised the limited diplomatic options and the cost of the game, as well as Battlefront's digital rights management system.{{cite news |last1=Lafrite |first1=W. |title=Test de Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict |url=https://www.wargamer.fr/test-de-strategic-command-wwii-global-conflict/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |work=Gazette du Wargamer |date=27 December 2012 |language=French}}
Notes and references
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External links
- [http://www.battlefront.com/global Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict official website]
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Category:World War II grand strategy video games
Category:Battlefront.com games
Category:Turn-based strategy video games
Category:Grand strategy video games
Category:Video games developed in Canada
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
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