Europe Ablaze Reviews

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This is one of the most extensive and accurate World War II simulations you are likely to find. The attention to detail is incredible.

Europe Ablaze is about as close as you can get to military board-gaming without a board.

A fairly high level of knowledge of the actual events is assumed, and this is not a game for the beginner.

A simulation re-creating the Battle of Britain and the bomber offensive over Germany during World War II. Design-your-own scenarios and much detail, but Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe has superseded this game to a large degree, although that product is more tactically oriented.

A simulation re-creating the Battle of Britain and the bomber offensive over Germany during World War II. Design-your-own scenarios and much detail, but Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe has superseded this game to a large degree, although that product is more tactically oriented.

Alles in allem ist EUROPE ABLAZE, vom Technischen und von der Komplexität her gesehen, der Traum einer Simulation, bei der das Erlernen der korrekten Bedienung allerdings ein zeitaufwendiges Unterfangen ist. Der Background ist keineswegs in der Lage, bei mir Faszination zu erwecken, aber die Geschmäcker sind eben verschieden. EUROPE ABLAZE ist ein „Spiel fürs Leben“, falls man gewillt ist, ständig neue Variationen des Themas (Luft-)Krieg zu simulieren. Mir persönlich war es aber einige Nummern zu komplex.

In the final analysis, Europe Ablaze and USAAF are complimentary designs. Because of the slightly different focal points and features covered, they could both be owned and played without feeling that you have just bought "two of a kind". If this was that heavyweight fight that I mentioned earlier, it would go fifteen tough rounds and come out a draw. Europe Ablaze is a bit more generous in its coverage of strategic bombing and also has a "design your own scenario" feature which allows the truly dedicated to vary virtually every parameter or even design entirely new situations. It is also well suited to multi-player games, as individual air fleets can be assigned to different players and there is even a slot available for a "commander in chief" on each side who sets priority targets for each air command.