| | |  | All Games | Home » » » Panzer Front | | | | | | | Description: | | game, case, and booklet | | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 0.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Release Date:
| September 11, 2001 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| PlayStation | | Media:
| Video Game | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 "Realistic" simulator at last!!!!Dec 31, 2001
By Richard P. Mayhew
For all those of you like myself who are sick of driving games, sports games or 1st player shooters where you have to duel it out with some sort of futuristic E.T. your prayers have been answered at last. Panzer Front delivers! This game contains almost forty WW2 tank types, some are variants such as the Sherman M4 and it's upgraded relative the M4A1. You will find American, German, Russian and British tanks in this game, the Firefly (a gunned up version of the Sherman is listed as British) there is also a section with 6 futuristic tanks, at least one of those (in this game called the Short Bull which had four treads) inspired on real plans. There are many different senarios to play, in each of them you have the ability to play the sides as it happened back in the day or you can pick your steed from the large selection. The controls are complex but there is a beginner mode. If you decide to play the more complex levels you will be forced to learn the gearbox, correct ammo selection (HEAT, HE, Smoke, machine gun and a couple others) and many other features. Outside of the beginner mode this is not an easy game to sit down and be succesful at in a hurry, there is a tutorial option that lectures you on tactics and equipment. Some of the more famous WW2 tank engagements can be played which I really loved. I have only two complaints, when setting the sound the button labled Audio controls the music and the button labled Music controls the audio, and after your tank is knocked out the senario is over, I wish command would just switch to the next friendly tank. You are able to select sound effects, over 60 settings of clinking treads, shell-casings being ejected and cannon reports. You can call in arty fire missions wihich are super acurate and super destructive, you can assign some tanks to attack or defend but some of your tanks are controlled by the computer. I played the Americans attacking the Ludendorf Railway bridge at Remagen, my little M4A1s did well until the big German Anti-Tank guns (some are the deadly Flak 88, others are the little PAK 37) found their range. The baddest real tank is the Hunting Tiger, it has a gun over 120mm, big even by today's standards. The game does a good job of illustrating the strengths and weakness's of each tank, the super heavies (like the King Tiger) have great protection but are pretty slow, American M4s and Russian T-34s are much faster. The optics on the German Tanks are better. There is supporting and enemy infantry, machine gun will take them out but an armour peircing shell will do next to nothing, like I said, pretty realistic. The big question....is this game worth [the money], well only you can answer that, it sure was for me. If you like realistic war games buy it at once, no need to rent it, this game is a winner. I have Battletanx and this game is light years way more advanced than that. A previous reviewer said that this game was more like a computer game, that's a big 10-4, he is right on target. I played the Panther G in the famous Barkman's Corner senario vs the M4s in Normandy, the Shermans didn't get me (when they did the thick armour saved me) but the allied air power did, watch out. I tailor made one senario in which I took on over 25 Josef Stalin and T-34 tanks with one Tiger1, a Tiger2, a PantherA and a Stug Assualt gun over rough terrain with my tanks using buildings for cover, you can do stuff like that with this game, by WW2 standards it would have been a draw, the high velocity 88s were picking off the commies at distances of up to 6,270 ft (my personal best) but when the surviving Russians got into lethal gun range (which don't take long because T-34s move quick) I got a bloody nose before they retired and left me the field. Great game, THANKS Tommo!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Tank Combat at it's Best!Apr 29, 2002
By Albert Polidori
If you are into strategic, military vehicle combat games. And you love realism touched with a flair for dramatics.
Buy this game. This has quickly become one of my favorite PS games. I'd rank it right up there with Medal of Honor.
There are a variety of tanks to choose from, (US, German, and Russian) that basically set the level of difficulty for the
game. You want to stiffen up the challenge? Give your enemy stronger tanks!
And for all of you that have the game and are having difficulty getting past certain levels, here's some advice:
Remember, your tank is the main brain. If you die, game over. So follow behind your other tanks, giving orders and supplying
cover with smoke.
And if need be step up and take a few out yourself.
But again, buy this game!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Gritty and realistic.Mar 21, 2003
By Michael Valdivielso
Great tank game. You get to pick either being a Tank Commander from the German, Russian or American side. You will soon learn the ins and outs of driving a tank and fighting with tanks. You will learn, from playing the game itself, the merits and flaws of each tank. How fast do they move? How powerful is their guns? How fast can you spin the turret? How much punishment can they take?
Don't get too cocky and try NOT to panic. While light tanks might seem easy to kill, they're not. They move fast and can aim even faster. While heavy tanks might seem slow, they carry the big guns and can take hit after hit. Pick the tank that best fits how you like to fight and go do it! Remember, luck is also a factor. A well placed shot can turn a tank into a burning pile of twisted metal.
Make sure YOU fire that shot!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
GIVE ME PANZER FRONT 2Oct 02, 2001
This game is an incredibly realistic WWII simulation complete with arcing tracer bullets flying at you from bunkers, nighttime battlefields eerily lit up by flares, very realistic physics...I could go on and on. The fact that the creators chose to keep this game realistic with so many of the well known and many more lesser known WWII era and beyond armored vehicles... just blew my mind once I really started playing this. I still can't believe this is a playstation game. The other review put it really well when he described it as like being in Saving Private Ryan...I couldn't put it better. A war simulator that treats you like an adult. Bravo! Bring on the sequel: Armored battles of the 20th century!!! I hope its in the works....
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
IN THE STEEL JUNGLE, THE TIGER IS KING!Sep 13, 2001
Twisted Metal? HA! Battletanks? OH PUH-LEEZE! This is NOT just a game. This is a SERIOUS simulation! I have never played a game that has drawn me in, made me so tense. Defending a French village from a massive German counterattack, watching the panzergrenadiers rush thru the haze of battle, the Pzkw mkV Panthers moving toward my position, I felt as if I was there.
It is like being in "Saving Private Ryan". This game cuts no corners and gives no quarter. It is a fantastic game with outstanding AI, great graphics and sound. It has over 40 tanks, 2 of them modern, 5 of them 'experimental'. Each one with it's own characteristics, different handling, different weapons, different armor. This will go down as ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE! I had vowed not to get a PS2, but if they come out with a PS2 version of this game, I will buy both immediately!
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