Shattered Union, from PopTop Software (notable for their exceptional update of the Railroad Tycoon series), brings that type of quick-hit light strategy title back to the PC. In fact, these fast-playing, simple-on-the-surface but surprisingly deep challenges have been dominated by consoles in recent years - as typified by terrific titles like Dai Senryaku, Advance Wars, and the Fire Emblem series. Despite its supremacy in strategy and RTS titles, however, the PC has always had an embarrassing dearth of classic turn-based "beer & pretzels" strategy games. If, like me, you're a hard-core armchair Eisenhower, the PC has always been your platform of choice. Shattered Union was developed by PopTop Software, known previously for its well-received 19 sequels to Railroad Tycoon and its original city-building game, Tropico. Multiplayer modes are supported for both online and offline competitors. Detailed unit animations and fully destructible landscapes bring action and chaos to the strategic gameplay.
Although orders are given in a turn-based fashion, they are executed simultaneously. The game's blend of familiar American battlegrounds and fictional nation-states encourages players to re-imagine history, and claim it all under their lone flag. Dixieland, the Yankee Union, or the exploitive European Expeditionary Force. The country is at war with itself, and players can choose to lead one of seven bellicose factions: Greater California, The New Republic of Texas, the Heartland. Shattered Union is a 3D, turn-based game of conquest, set in a discordantly imagined, alternate-reality United States.
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