Blitzkrieg 2 is a real-time tactics computer game based on the events of World War II, the game is an evolution of its predecessor Blitzkrieg. The game takes place in Africa, Russia, the Pacific and Europe, and features the 6 different factions portrayed in the game that fought in their battle respective grounds during the war. As its predecessor and the similar Sudden Strike games, Blitzkrieg 2 focuses on the battles of World War II rather than real-time strategy aspects like base building and resource extraction. The game features many new features and units over its predecessor; the... graphics engine is upgraded, allowing for full 3D and the game features over 250 units compared to Blitzkrieg's 200. The game contains six factions: Japan was newly added for Blitzkrieg 2 for the new Pacific theatre. The game also includes an encyclopedia of all units, so you can easily read about the units you get to see in-game. There is an online version of this at the Blitzkrieg 2 website. The game was not well received, as the game took away heavily from the original RTS genre, and gave itself to more of an arcade one.
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