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Description
You're needed at the front!
In January 1944, Von Manstein's Army Group South clings
tenaciously to its last foothold on the Dnepr River. The
German High Command dreams of a counterattack and has ordered
this dangerous salient held at all costs. Stalin demands
the earliest possible expulsion of German invaders from Russian
soil, and Marshals Vatutin and Konev are eager to oblige.
In the middle of the salient, the otherwise unremarkable
town of Korsun and its airfield are about to become the focal
point for a desperate and bitter conflict. Will the Battle
of Korsun Pocket be a testament to superior generalship and
fighting skills, or yet another graveyard for a German army,
misled, surrounded and ultimately crushed?
Korsun Pocket places you on the Russian Front in January
1944 in command of the German or Soviet forces and masterfully
re-creates the savage and desperate fighting in what historians
have said could have been another Stalingrad along the Dnepr
River. Korsun Pocket includes all of the historical forces
available to each commander and their challenges as well.
The Decisive Battles game system features an integrated
move/combat system that exploits the computer's processing
and data storage powers to create a system that is more fluid
and realistic than traditional strategy games. Prior combats
can influence movement, units have a wide variety of combat
and supply abilities and SSG's legendary AI routines make
for a fearsome opponent.
The Decisive Battles combat system faithfully reports all
aspects of a battle to you as the commander. This allows
you to make fully informed decisions before a battle, and
to determine whether a particular outcome was the result
of generalship or luck.
BONUS BATTLE: The Ardennes Offensive
A new and improve version of SSG's Ardennes Offensive on
the Battle of the Bulge is also included as a special bonus.
In December 1944, the German Army launched a furious surprise
attack against American forces in the Ardennes. This special
bonus now gives you two great battles to command.
Computer Gaming World Rated 5 of 5 (Editor's Choice): "The best hex-based wargame ever made. Period. Somehow, Korsun Pocket manages to capture everything that's compelling about historical wargaming and presents it as a tremendous game."
PC Gamer Rated 93% (Editor's Choice): "The best wargame ever made for the PC. A monumental achievement in Game Design. It is the Mount Everest, the Beethoven's Ninth and the Moby Dick of PC Wargames, and it absolutely qualifies as a genuine work of art."
Gamespy 2003 Game of the Year - PC Wargame: "Korsun Pocket is arguably the best traditional hex-based wargame of all time. Korsun Pocket is the runaway winner of wargame of the year - and ranks among the best in the genre of all-time."
IC Games: “86% It is probably THE best hex strategy game out to date though, and indeed possibly one of the best single campaign one too.”
- Superb new terrain and unit graphics reflect changing
ground conditions
- New interface and game support elements
- Unique integrated move and fight combat system
- New combat system includes Overruns, Alert Units, Minefields,
and Detachments and Unknown Units
- Play By Email and hotseat games with full in-game replay
and auto-email of game turns
- Extensive tutorial for new players
- Full Map and Scenario Editor included
- Full campaign game plus historical scenarios
- Fearsome AI opponent controlled by SSG's legendary AI
routines
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