My personal opinion of Axis and Allies

Advantages: Very well balanced rules
Disadvantages: Time factor for games

...Axis and Allies is a very time consuming game. Be sure to allow upwards of 4 hours for a complete game, longer if playing as teams, and I have played in games which have lasted up to 18 hours. Set in the Second World War it pits two teams against each other with the Axis of Germany and Japan against the Allies of the USA,Russia and Great Britain. It is a game for adults or older children with 13 to 14 years of age being a minimum due to the length of time spent in playing and the relative complexity of the rules when compared to games such as Monopoly etc. Note that the rating of average complexity to set up is for games of this type. If compared to a game like Monopoly it is a lot more involved in the setup stage. Having said that I still recommend this game to anyone interested in strategy. It has a luck element but this...

Lord_Karskin 13.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Axis & Allies

The second world war how would you play it?

Advantages: Control wave of attacks,gripping and enthrawling detail,exciting videos,what a game,not bad for a fiver!!
Disadvantages: Too easy, world domination is impossible to achive,and planes run out of fuel hehe!

...Axis and allies is a pc made version of the traditional board game of the same name,i have not played it so i have no basis for comparison but i willsay that this is a great game from HASBRO INTERACTIVE and one of the cheapest most addictive games i have had the pleasure of playing.From the opening intro video which is extremely cool and enthrawling to the end videos of allied or axis victory the game never lacks energy and thought has been given to every conseivable detail to make a wonderful historic pc game! Axis and allies is a simple yet detailed follow off of the height of the third reich,simple yet interesting war deciding battles are area based and not town/city based that can be a trifle anoying.The battle for Stalingrad was the turning point in the war and so was the battle for El alamein in Africa.The storyline is based...

darkangelwing 23.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Axis & Allies (PC)

one of the best turn based game ever

Advantages: A very playable game , over the internet or at home
Disadvantages: the logistics of it : outnumbering your enemy but still getting slaugtered

...Axis and Allies – “ The ultimate WWII strategy game” or so the producers Hasbro interactive claims. The game is based on a board game style world war two turn-based game. The structure of the game is a world map with each country providing money for your war machine. You don’t only need to be a military strategist but a prudent economist. The game has been converted onto CD-ROM from a boardgame and has several new features (for those who have played it from the boardgame format. The game is set in the year 1942. The world is at war and it is the high-water mark of the axis campaign- Rommel has been halted in the desert and in Russia the German advance has been thrown back by a ferocious counter-attack. England who has had the knife at her throat since 1940 can now breath and plan to take back France and the low...

johnstevens 15.06.2001 · Read review
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Review of Axis & Allies (PC)

Another Bargin!

Advantages: Clear, easy to follow rules with interesting film clips
Disadvantages: Once you've got used to the game it can quickly get boring

...I bought Axis and Allies from a bargin bucket and have been addicted ever since! The game gives you the choice of controlling any of the five major powers in world war two (UK, US, Russia, Japan and Germany) - or all of them! The game play follows the board game and there are various patches that can be downloaded via the net to add interest. The main disadvantage with the game is once you have become used to the tactics of the pre-programmed enemy (eg - you're the axis powers and the computer is the allies) the tactics become easy to prevent. The patches mentioned earlier help give a new focus to prevent boredom at this stage but advanced tactics by the programmer would have been more challenging....

CliveS 16.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Axis & Allies (PC)

Numark Axis 9 The best value cd deck for rookies and bedroom Djs

Advantages: Consistent, All main effects (scratch + key lock that WORKS)
Disadvantages: No built in memory

...I dj 2-3 times a week and often take my equipment in and out of venues so I need equipment that is durable and reliable. Ive had a pair of axis 9's for a few years now. They have turned out to be quite reliable and consistent where more expensive models weren't .. very important if you dj'ing at a gig. If you are a laptop Dj the Axis 9's works fine with all the major software, VDJ, Rockit, Traktor etc. There are some new features on the axis 9's along with all the standard feature on the axis series. Pitch-lock (called key-lock on numarks) is one of the most useful features I use and in my opinion axis 9's do this much better than others in a similar price range like 1200DZ or CDJ 200. They have very decent effects that are really easy to use, most notably, the scratch function which is a direct improvement from previous models like...

Sjnr 03.09.2009 (05.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Numark AXIS 9

TOTAL WAR STRETCHES THE MIND

Advantages: the pure playability of this game is one of its good points, the ability to pull of the most amazing stunts
Disadvantages: When you send loads of troops in to get slaugtered by sub-stadered troops is the MOST humiliating thing that can happen to you

...INTRODUCTION it is the spring of 1942. the world is at war. five world powers are struggling for supremacy. you and your opponents control the military and economic destiny of one or more of these countries. the Axis powers are Germany and Japan. challenging there expansionsim are the Allied powers of the United Kingdom, the USSR ant the United states. You must work together as a team with the country or countries in your alliance. in this game, you'll discover that co-operation is just as important as tactical manovering. The game is set on a map, with each country contributing to be "protected" by you. in this game you will find out that not only do you have to be a military stratagist but also a prudent economist.=, as without money you can't buy arms, and without arms you can't win the war....

johnstevens 06.06.2001 (15.06.2001) · Read review
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Review of Axis and Allies

Six Axis Dosent Provide A BIg Shock!

Advantages: Six Axis Feature Is Good!
Disadvantages: Dualshock!

...The PS3 Six Axis Wireless Controller is a revolution in the gaming but is not as good as the wii remote and how it reacts to the game. I am glad that they kept the design the same but feel that it should have the range of features the wii does to make it even better. I feel the best part is the fact that it is rechargeable and will last for about 10 hours of game play and can be charged from the PS3 system in less than an hour. It is really top quality and a great revolution in the world of gaming. The new trigger buttons are a really great addition and the games like FIFA 2008 change the button to R2 as sprint because of the ease and control that you now have over the trigger button. The poor feature of the controller is the dual shock which really does need to be included in the new version of the controller but the cost maybe...

Luke180 24.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony Official PS3 SIXAXIS Wireless Controller

Excellent For Strategy Beginners

Advantages: A Faithful rendition of the popular board game
Disadvantages: Poor A.I.

...Today, there are literally scores of real-time strategy games ( RTS ) to chose from. The graphics and sound are now entering new realms of believability and realism and can be extremely frenetic to actually play. In my honest opinion, I often find these to be simply TOO frantic to be worthwhile. The endless 'clickfest' which often ensues is not really strategy or tactics as such, but just an exercise in speed of mouse, hand eye co-ordination and maybe having played that particular mission 50 times before so gaining an intimate knowledge of the game map. AXIS and ALLIES on the other hand belongs to that much-maligned genre, the turn based strategy, and I'd like to point out that I think this is where REAL strategy exists. It is a simple global scale depiction of the events of World War 2, involving the AXIS forces - Germany...

Atomcreator 26.05.2003 (27.05.2003) · Read review
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Review of Axis & Allies (PC)

The world at war

Advantages: Amount of playable pieces, Controlling very powerful armies the way you want to
Disadvantages: Cost, Can be hard to know wheather you are playing it correctly

...The year is 1942 in the middle of world war 2. Five armies are looking for control the Axis (Germany and Japan) and the Allies (UK, America and Russia) only one can control the world so you can change the result of world war 2. This game is the ultimate in strategy as between 2-5 people can take part either taking control of just one army or the whole of the Allies or Axis. With over 200 pieces included with the game you can tell the action will be frantic (and it is). You take it in turns to place new pieces on the board, move your pieces and attack the enemy. Sounds simple? Well it is not with lots of different ways to attack and move you are spoilt for choice. Each of the countries start with different amounts of money which can be altered as you take over countries belonging to your opponants. Let your allies watch your back...

liquidburner2002 20.09.2003 · Read review
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PS3 SixAxis

Advantages: +Lightweight +Great battery life +Motion-sensing
Disadvantages: -No rumble

...The SixAxis controller is the standard controller for the PS3 at the moment. In the east (and possibly America) a new version has been released which has a rumble feature. This product will be out in the UK around about springtime. The current model lacks rumble capabilities. This may seem a bad thing, but you really do get used to it, I don't miss rumble at all now although I might buy the dualshock3 (the rumble version) when it comes out in the spring, as it's bound to add a bit to the experience of playing a game, but its nothing major. The lack of rumble is the ONLY possible negative I can think of for the sixaxis, although as it doesn’t affect me much I don’t really see it as a negative (although some might) The controller uses bluetooth to connect to the ps3, you plug it into the ps3 by the lead, press a button in...

01wojtowicz 19.03.2008 · Read review
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