Can the Blitzkrieg be stopped?

July 1941: Four mighty German armies have smashed through the Soviet frontier defences, and are aimed directly at Moscow. Before Moscow can fall, Smolensk must be taken. The Red Army, recovering from the initial onslaught and reinforced by Stalin has been ordered to counterattack the unsuspecting Germans. This massive collision of forces produces a maelstrom of men and machines. For the Germans, delay at Smolensk equals defeat at Moscow. For the Red Army, no price is too high to pay.

Across the Dnepr: Second Edition revisits a classic on a new system. Created from the ground up as an expansion for SSG’s latest acclaimed game engine, Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets, the Second Edition of Across the Dnepr includes Areas of Operations, the latest AI programming and multiple Mystery Variants to keep gamers guessing.  The Across the Dnepr: Second Edition package also includes three free scenarios, Operation Husky, Operation Konrad and Kirovograd, also released with the latest update to Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets.  Running on a proven wargaming engine hailed as “a real strategy heavyweight” by critics, these new and recharged scenarios illustrate just what can be done with the powerful editing tools included in SSG’s new series.

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  Features

  • Huge new 20 day campaign based on the classic Across the Dnepr campaign from a previous award winning SSG title
  • Includes 3 free scenarios in addition to the Across the Dnepr mega-scenario: Operation Husky, Operation Konrad and Kirovograd
  • Improved AI
  • Multiple scenario variants to keep gamers guessing - choose to fight a scenario historically or choose to randomize the variants to keep things unpredictable!
  • User Interface refinements to further improve on the time-tested and acclaimed SSG game system
  • A new (and brutal) unit is now available, Russian NKVD, which can be used to prevent other units from retreating!

  • Across the Dnepr: Second Edition is an expansion and requires Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets in order to play.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT Across the Dnepr is a new campaign scenario for the Korsun Pocket game. It recreates the events of July 1941, when Operation Barbarossa was in full swing and German armies were poised to enter the heartland of Russia. Army Group Center is aimed at the vital objective of Smolensk, located on the Dnepr river and defending the shortest route to Moscow. Although their frontier armies had been overwhelmed, the Red Army was far from finished. Remnant forces kept fighting and new formations arrived on the battlefield, ordered to make immediate, if somewhat suicidal, counterattacks. The result is a swirling melee as the two armies clash head on, and notions of flank security are abandoned in a desperate fight for survival. Each Russian casualty, whether man or machine, can ultimately be replaced from Russia’s vast reserve, reserves the Germans simply don’t have. Each day that the Germans are delayed at Smolensk is another day purchased for the defence of Moscow and the rest of Russia. Across the Dnepr has a map twice the size of the Korsun Pocket campaign, and recreates the German drive on Smolensk in July 1941. With 117 Soviet divisions attempting to hold back, or at least delay, 35 German divisions Across the Dnepr captures Russian Front warfare on a titanic scale.

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    Features

    • 24 day campaign length scenario
    • Huge battlefield with superb map graphics
    • Special rules for Soviet entrenchment
    • Improved AI scripting
    • 117 Soviet divisions confront 35 German divisions

Availability: November 1, 2005
Platform: PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC Windows, PSP
ESRB: "T" for Teen - Mild Language, Violence
Experience: Fight the Greatest Star Wars Battles Any Way You Want.

• Revamped single-player experience includes smarter AI enemies and allies, plus a greater emphasis on story told through open-ended mission-based objectives.

• New space battles allow you to dogfight in X-wings, TIE fighters, Jedi starfighters and several other starcraft, or fight it out on foot aboard an enemy capital ship.

• Special opportunities throughout the game for players to wield a lightsaber and use their favorite Force powers as a Jedi.

Description

Play Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ and be the hero of your own Star Wars saga in a story-driven massively-multiplayer online game from BioWare and LucasArts. Explore an age thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader when war between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire divides the galaxy.

Choose to be a Jedi, a Sith, or from a variety of other classic Star Wars roles, and make decisions which define your personal story and determine your path down the light or dark side of the Force. Along the way you will befriend courageous companions who will fight at your side or possibly betray you based on your actions. Together, you will battle enemies in dynamic Star Wars combat and team up with other players to overcome incredible challenges.

Specs

Release Date: December 20, 2011

 

• Rated: Teen for Blood and Gore, Mild Language, Sexual Themes and Violence
• DEFINE YOUR STAR WARS SAGA -- Choose from one of eight iconic roles and become the hero of your personal Star Wars saga -- an interactive storyline with cinematic dialogues and full voiceover for all in-game characters.
• CHOOSE THE LIGHT OR DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE -- Meaningful choices throughout your journey will determine your path down the light or dark side of the Force.
• ADVENTURE WITH COMPANIONS -- Build or break meaningful relationships with your companions as they join in your journey and fight at you side.

• ENGAGE IN HEORIC STAR WARS COMBAT -- Fight against reactive enemies in dynamic lightsaber duels, cantina shootouts, and large-scale multi-player battles.
• PILOT YOUR PERSONAL STARSHIP -- Earn your own ship which is your base of operations as you explore the galaxy and participate in epic space combat.
• DISCOVER A FULLY FEATURED MMO -- Join friends and experience player-vs.-player Warzones, multi-player Flashpoints, multi-group Operations, guilds, auction houses, crafting, mounts and much more.