This is a game where I get to decide what the mix of forces in my army will be, and where limited resources will be spent. This is one of the primary appeals of Panzer Corps for me. They can also be upgraded with more advanced equipment as the war goes on.
A "core" set of units are carried forward through the campaign and can gain experience and stat bonuses. The other key resources in the game are your units themselves.
As the same points are used for everything, the player must be wise in considering how to spend them. These points are used to replace losses, buy new units, or upgrade existing ones. Victory is also rewarded in the form of "prestige" points, a key resource in the game. Win decisively, by completing more challenging optional objectives, and you can even alter the course of history. Success or failure to meet objectives in each scenario decides where the war goes next, or if it goes on at all. The Panzer Corps campaign consists of a series of linked scenarios, in which the player fights the highlight battles of WW2 in Europe. The UI makes movement choices easy to understand. This well polished UI makes controlling the game a breeze, leaving you to focus on the tactics of the battle instead of fighting with the interface. Mouse over a spot adjacent to an enemy and the combat odds will display, giving you a clear idea of whether attacking that foe with this unit would be a good idea. Click on a unit and a graphic will pop up showing where that unit can move to. You move and attack with all of your units, and your opponent then does the same. Gameplay within the scenarios consists of turn based battles on a hex grid. In fact, a couple clicks is all you need to get your units moving and fighting. In steps Panzer Corps, which distills that heavy wargame experience down into its core elements, and presents them through an easy to use interface, where anything you need to do can be accomplished by one or two clicks of the mouse. While there is certainly a space and many fans for those kinds of games, they aren't for everyone, and even the most enthusiastic wargamer won't always be up for that kind of commitment. Heavier wargames might then present you with a dizzying array of NATO counters, rows of menu buttons to decipher, and a tutorial which consists of telling you to go study the manual for a few days and come back. Panzer Corps gives the player the same task as many other World War II wargames: Take command of the forces of Nazi Germany and see if you can do better than your historical counterparts.
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