Klotzen! Panzer Battles

Game Blows! The map is cluttered with useles boxes just do not like the overall design of the game it sucked!

The last mostly negative reviews about the game are posted here in August 2022. Unfortunately, little has changed since then. The first and most important is the GUI, this is something for really persistent and masochistic strategists :)))). For the experienced player I consider myself to be (about 2,000 hours in Order of Battle, several hundred hours in Panzer Corps 1,2, not to mention Unity of Command and other turn-based strategy games) this game has a very good potential but very convoluted and sometimes incomprehensible solutions. Mastering the interface and game mechanics related to it is too DIFFICULT and it leads to frustration, and yet such a game at a price of around $ 40 should It's supposed to be entertainment and relaxation, but unfortunately it's not. Also game crashes lead to using obscene words too often :) Good idea but a lot of WORK ahead of the developers of this game.

Wow, a very deep and intricate game. I like the way it looks and the many facets of the game. A couple of things that would make the game a little better. How about some hot keys and a manual? The sleep button doesn't work for me, and if there was a manual I could read about how to use the generals as I don't quite understand how they work. Thanks for a very interesting game!

Occupied city's might loose your flag or any flag period which affects game or in some cases like Felix scenario if you put unit on required to conquer Portugal city and you keep unit there, scenario still shows that you not done the task. The game crashes too often. Many times yo have to replay same scenario many times as some tab pops up saying general () got promoted and after that you cant move single unit or finish the game turn. This game was too raw to be released as it is undeveloped. I lost my patience replaying same scenarios just because of some crashes.

it is such a bad game, it really feels like the devs do not know what they are doing. it is all fixable but allot is not explained. It really feels like the devs failed to learn anything from panzer corps, order of battle and others turn based games.

First let’s get this out of the way, the game has a lot of rough edges. The developers seem determined to sort it all out but it will be slow going since we are talking about a (very) small development team with a limited budget. That said, if you are a fan of the original Panzer General series, you will probably like this game and feel right at home. I did, and I played the original Panzer General at release and replayed it countless times. Klotzen Panzer Battles add a few twists to the mix, like the Generals and Unit Commanders. These guys level up during your campaign and there is a ton of traits and skills to develop them into your ideal commander. There are randomised event at the start of a scenario, and a elaborate campaign path with historical and hypothetical branches. The airforce (or Luftwaffe) works in a slightly different way, the supply system has been beefed up. The maps look great and overall the graphics and sounds are functional, and probably the best you can expect from a small outfit. To me the game plays and feels a lot like the original, maybe one of the best clones I played sofar. Where Panzer Corps, to me at least, feels ‘digital’, Klotzen is more proper old school and ‘analog’, if that makes any sense. The game runs fine on my machine and sofar I did not encounter crashes. For now I cautiously recommend it (there are still a few serious kinks to be worked out). If you are a big fan of the original, I would say get it, support the developers and enjoy the game for what it strives to be, an improved version of Panzer General.

Nice game for Hex Gaming and Panzercorp Fans. Adds Role Playing quality to individual units with many Historical Leaders and grants promotions and character traits (good and bad traits/perks based on unit behavior and successes/losses.) Tons of maps and missions. Multiple choices and directions to main campaigns. More depth to attacking supply stuctures such as bridges and city supply. Really enjoying gameplay so far. Aircraft automatically get grounded during bad weather and can only operate a certain distance from a given airfield. So, planes need to be moved around to get in range of strike areas. Units can choose different methods to move based on locations. Can embark by Trains, Planes, or by Truck if unit is upgraded with a vehicle. Game is fairly easy to pick up once you play around with the UI. Only recommendation would be to fix some of the U.I issues. Allow more customization. I would like the reports window to be expanded to a much larger size (allow user to drag to preferred size and position on screen) I find when I move windows around they will reset back to original locations. Also, its hard to go through and read action reports window. Its very small in size and I would like to expand and read details after turn has been completed. It would also be nice to have a better after action report of how many units were killed. Right now you have to go through a log and it provides basic information of units destroyed or damage dealt in a line by line log format (not bad) but, it would be nice to have maybe a pop-up summary of battle locations and units damaged or lost. There also could be more roll over help information. Like when i roll over a unit with mouse I don't get any information one what I am looking at when learning how to play the game for the first time. Roll over info or help information would be a nice feature to have for the UI.

I had waited for this game for sometime, having played many titles in the same genre. I almost quit on this one at first, but I must say it has grown on me. It takes some getting used to; the mechanics, UI, etc. However once you get used to these things, which is much clearer after the developer released the manual, it is a lot of fun and has potential. Also the developer is great responding to questions so that also helps. It is as stated, a homage to Panzer General and so the graphic are not cutting edge, but nice. The game incorporates many innovative functions, and has a great large branching campaign tree, with lots of hypothetical scenarios. I wish armor units had an overun feature in this game, and the UI needs some work. Mainly the UI is to small, and strains the eyes, but the developer is already stated that they intend to address this problem. There are a number of bugs, but the team seems diligent in trying to correct them. Overall I have enjoyed the game so far, and with every passing patch and update I feel the gameplay will only get better.

Don't buy as cost of game sky high. yet there no way to change graphic settings. Scrolling a nightmare as it just zooms across screen. Loading the game from desktop bad as it goes through so many steps. Norway killed me as the game would stop and load every unit and game was so slow. Units are all out of time as well (like 0 panzer 3 and 4, very little arty choice. Would say buy panzer corps as it decent for it age and actually works.

Games fun. Worth a try.