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Do not buy this if you run windows ME

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: September 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Do not buy this game if you have windows ME, the game won't run, no tech support of any kind or patches are avaliable. SSI says they don't support the game any more.

A waste of time and money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As an avid fan of PG2 and still love to play the game, even with the advent of x-box and the other console games. I was hoping that this game would live up to my much beloved PG2.

I was sadly mistaken, this game SUCKS! I even upgraded my video card to handle it and what a waste. I played it once and yeah the graphics are cool, but the game is slow and has nothing of the depth and features of PG2.

Im staying with PG2 and thinking of selling my game to some sucker on EBAY.

Damaged Disk

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The seller claimed that this disk worked but it looks like it was run through a washing machine. I was unable to run it so I can't give a review. I suggest you buy it new and save yourself some time and consider the extra money well spent.

Only Eastern Front

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Not like the first and second version of this series, PG 3 only guves you the estern front. So no Normandy, no Battle of Bulge. This makes the whole game a little bit short than it should be and reduce the possible fun this game should be.

On the other hand, the experience and command system is very good idea to reflect not just the machine, but the man who commend the unit to make the record good or bad.

Good for casual WW2 war game players. I believe most of the players are focus on the real-time games right now.

No hot seat mutiplayer!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The game has great graphics and sound, but too many bugs that can't be corrected by patches. And no hot seat multiplayer, it REALLY needs that option. Another thing that bugs me (ha ha) is that in the battle maker you can't change the placement of victory locations. Also it can be disappointing to not be able to play your 3 player game except on the internet. Still PGIII is a big improvement over Panzer General 2 in that in PGII the only way to win is to take over all the victory locations or destroy all the enemy's units. In PGIII there are 4 ways to win, which really adds to the flavor of the game.

Not worth the price!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: January 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game is full of strategy which is fun. The game is geared toward experienced players. This is not a game for kids younger than 15-16yrs. due to the complicated aspects of the game. I found glitches in the C.D. which frustrates the player.

Looks a lot like 3D Assault

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: January 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I don't own this game, but just from looking at the screenshots I can tell that it looks exactly like Panzer General 3D Assault, which I do own.

Good old PG....but beautiful!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 38 / 38
Date: October 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

PG III: Scorched Earth is the latest addition in a long series of turnbased strategy games. I have found the other games in this series very addictive and I find they strike a fine balance between depth and almost instant playability. That is to say, these games are not for hardcore wargamers but for people who love tanks and boardgames but don't want to micromanage too much. Compared to Peoples General and Panzer general II, this game has outstanding graphics. It is really nice to see your Tiger tank race down a road, beautifully rendered, to meet its adversary. The sound effects match very well, adding to the immersive effect without standing very much out. This also means at least I haven't found them to be annoying.

On the army management side PG III has expanded the leader side, actually putting faces on them and giving you a leader roster to choose from to command your new units. The units themselves don't gain experience but the leader does and as he becomes promoted his unit can perform more actions per turn. This is really powerful and lends more flexibility to your units. Your fighter plane can move twice, for instance looking for an enemy bomber, shoot and move again.

The missions are more varied than the ones previously encountered in this series. You will be required to fight breakout battles, search and destroy missions, as well as the good old take certain objectives. Having only just bought the game I won't comment on the campaign design but it is in general a pretty simple game to learn and I feel that it adds plenty of new sides to satisfy veteran players of the series.

More of The Same But It Was Good To Begin With

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: January 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The new PG adds very little to the previous version, other than changing the interface. At the same time I have always enjoyed PG so I value this new edition mostly for the new scenarios and campaigns. For me a campaign pack would have done the same job. As a gamer who sticks to the same old games over the years I was glad to see this one. For someone familiar with the previous version and looking for variety this will be a disappointment.

For someone new to PG this will be as good a start as any of the other versions. The game generally takes a while to figure out and can be quite frustrating at first as your army tends to get beaten up all the time. As you gain experience with the game you will find it more and more enjoyable not just as tactical combat but I think you can also appreciate the oveeral campaign strategy of building an army of experienced and complimentary units.

Among the few new things the most important is probably removing the prestige as the "currency" of the game and making acquisition of new units conditional on their availability. As a result you no longer end up with a clearly overpowering force in the later stages of the campaigns as usually happened with PG II.

The other important change is that units do not get experience through battles but instead rely on promotions for the commander assigned. This really put an end to the common strategy of having units fight tough battles in the beginning just to upgrade their experience.

Overall, the game is like a picture from an old vacation - you like to look at it for the memory but it doesn't generate any new excitement.

jah volt herr general!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: March 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This was my first PG video game, but about my eigth that I have been searching for to quell my desire to be a general and use my brains to do something similar to what they did in WW2. PG does that! I find it fairly accurate and a lot of fun. What could have been done to make it more challenging, fun and realistic would be to take into account supply and logistics. Guderion, nor Karhkov, could just click a mouse and wait a turn to be completely refitted! Maybe the next PG, PG4, they will! docv

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