
It allows naming units, setting up caps on how many of each type of unit can be purchased and so much more. Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater has an incredibly powerful scenario editor permitting one to edit campaigns or create new ones. About 10 smaller campaigns cover specific battles such as Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Midway, Guadalcanal and Burma.

Campaigns like Operation Z cover the Pacific Theater (meaning from India to the US West Coast, from Australia and New Zealand up to Alaska) from Decemto mid-1946.

But delightfully, game designer Hubert Cater has included China, the USSR and multiple "minor" powers such as Australia, New Zealand and Burma. No one will be surprised that the United States, Japan and Great Britain are principal combatants in the game. All this is exactly the way a game should be, and yet rarely is! Resource types include cities, ports, mines and oil. Terrain, weather and supply impact both movement and combat. Nineteen terrain types include clear, mountain, ocean, desert and everything in between. The game has an excellent supply model and an equally sophisticated weather model. This includes HQs (representing generals such as Douglas MacArthur), corps, special forces (including marines), engineers, fighters, tactical bombers, strategic bombers, destroyers, cruisers, aircraft carriers, battleships, submarines and more.

Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater has 21 unit types. The same as above, but with the simplified icons that the player can opt to use at any time Japan, though usually when there is fighting on it, it's full of ships, armies and warplanes Mainland China as the Nationalists fight the Imperia Japanese Army The entire game and all units at a glance.

The Review of Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater Game is AFTER the images.įirst, some screenshots. The scale is just right, the graphics are really beautiful, and the entire game is so intuitive, I only had to refer to the manual twice. There is a lot to love and review in Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater, a fun, gorgeous, epic turn-based strategy wargame. Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater Game Reviewĭesigner Hubert Cater's Fury Software Website
