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Title: WWII Pacific Theater strategy Games ??
Post by: Heater on May 23, 2011, 04:44:08 AM

As the subject states ?

looking for a good WWII Pacific Theater strategy Game

Title: Re: WWII Pacific Theater strategy Games ??
Post by: oboe on May 23, 2011, 05:54:48 AM

Back in the day, I used to play a fair amount of Avalon Hill's Victory in the Pacific.    Not too difficult to master, covered the Pacific War from beginning to end at a pretty high strategic level.

Title: Re: WWII Pacific Theater strategy Games ??
Post by: Lusche on May 23, 2011, 06:07:36 AM

War in The Pacific (http://www.matrixgames.com/products/351/details/War.in.the.Pacific.-.Admiral's.Edition)

From a review I read years ago:

Quote

War in the Pacific is a blessing and a curse, a game that I'm glad was
born, but perhaps should never have been born. Without a doubt, it is
the biggest computer wargame in history. Other than simulations in the
Pentagon basement, WITP is the Big Bopper, the Strategy Game on
Steroids, the....words fail. What do you say about a game whose
campaigns run almost 1,500 turns? That models individual pilots,
squads and tons (!) of supply across the entire Pacific theater? That
will take almost as long to play as the real-life campaign?

Yes, this thing is as big and complex as it can get. The true successor to the old "monster tabletop wargames"

By the way, you can download the old MS-DOS predecessor for free (http://www.matrixgames.com/products/235/details/Pacific.War:.Matrix.Edition), but expect a very dated game in every aspect ;)


Edit: link fixed