This makes for a very exciting and compelling mission, particularly because the player sees the historical battle from the other perspective in the Allied campaign. In the Axis campaign of Axis & Allis, Germany receives accurate intelligence and positions the bulk of its forces at Normandy. As we now know, their intelligence was misguided and the Allies landed on the infamous beaches of Normandy. Therefore Hitler sent some of his best commanders to secure that area against the Allied landing. German intelligence indicated that the Allies were going to take the shortest possible channel crossing and invade at Calais. For example, consider the invasion of France. As the Axis campaign reveals, relatively minor strategic changes or chance differences could have led to radically different outcomes at key junctures in the war. The Axis campaign takes many of the 'what if' scenarios and lets the player engage them from the perspective of the Germans and Japanese. We cover these possibilities in the game in two ways: through the Axis campaign and through the 'world war' mode. There is already a rich library of written literature of 'what if' scenarios, in which historians have proposed that if Germany or Japan had made different choices, the state of the world might be a very different from it is today. Nevertheless, part of the appeal of the board game and the complexity of our real-time strategy take is seeing the war from both sides. A home-team bias might lead us to want to design the game strictly from an Allied perspective, letting players experience historically accurate WWII scenarios as either an American or a Russian general. Putting the 'Axis' in Axis & Allies By Brian Wood Lead Designer, TimeGate StudiosДЇrom the get-go, it was very important to us that Axis & Allies keep true to its title, by letting players control either the Allies or the Axis in equally compelling campaigns. They didn't call it a world war for nothing. TimeGate has gone to great lengths to make sure both playable sides are balanced and worth playing.

But will Axis & Allies be historically accurate? It can't be perfectly true to history, because the game has two playable sides-so the Allies can't always win, even though they were historically victorious. The game will combine elements of the classic World War II-themed board game with traditional real-time strategy mechanics and a number of unusual elements, like supply borders and generals with exceptional, tide-turning abilities that can be used in battle. Consider the recently completed Axis & Allies from TimeGate Studios, which ships next week.

While typical real-time strategy games force you to gather resources, build buildings, and crank out an army quickly enough to beat your opponents to the punch, newer games are introducing new features and options.

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