HISTORY Legends of War: Patton - Xbox 360

This game is just horrible. It's historical accuracy is nil, the graphics are PS1 level, and the sound is mediocre at best. I would not advise getting this game for 5 bucks in the bargain bin unless you really just want an easy 1000g for your gamercard. If you are familiar with the 360 game Avatar, History Legends of War: Patton fits nicely into its category. Paying anything over 10 bucks for this horrible game is just absolute lunacy.

There was a company called SSI that redefined the turn based strategy genre with a game titled "Panzer General" for the PC. It spawned a huge number of sequels called the 5 Star General series. Allied General, Pacific General, Star General and Fantasy General rounded out the first installments. Panzer General 2 set the standard for every strategy and World War 2 Shooter to follow. These games still have a cult following online. Patton plays as almost an extension of Panzer General. It even uses Prestige as currency to buy upgrades. The biggest problem with this game isn't the graphics, fans of this genre could care less about that. It's how short the campaigns are. Panzer General and Allied General were both released in the early 1990's for the original PlayStation. Those games have Campaigns that it can take 50-100 hours to finish. While you can play through Patton's single player campaign in one sitting. The only saving grace is that with each replay of Patton you carry over your prestige from the previous campaign this allows you to purchase units and upgrades you weren't able to in either the first or second play through. The AI is predictable but for fans of the genre who have dreamed of reboots of Panzer, Allied and Pacific General this may be the first step or as close as we ever get. The biggest shortcoming isn't the lack of Historical accuracy, it's the failure my the game's creators to realize fans of this genre have been aching for a console game just like this and that our attention spans will keep us coming back to play chess or capture the flag for hundreds of hours. I can only hope this is opens the door to the reboots of the classic General games that offer 100 hours of strategic game play in campaign mode. Get the SSI guys back together and give us the Panzer, Allied and the underrated Pacific General games to give us a huge WW2 General game. When this game hits the $29 mark every strategy fan should buy it. I'm still able to play Allied and Panzer General on my PS3. Purchase this game not just for entertainment, but so we can see a more full fleshed out sequel for those of us who have been neglected as turn based strategy players on consoles. Other than Shattered Union for the original XBox this genre hasn't even been addressed in the last 15 years.