Commander: Europe at War, again

A few days ago I restarted another campaign game on Commander:Europe at War, again playing as the allies and starting from 1939. As the Allied units were being pushed back in France, I decided to do a Dunkirk evacuation and move the UK and French forces to the safety of Britain, leaving a single rearguard unit. However, after France had officially surrendered in the game, the evacuated French forces disappeared from the the UK map, even though they had safely arrived there.  Meaning that my evacuation had been ignored.  This is either a bug or something the game's designer's had ignored when they were doing the background research.

Commander: Europe at war - lost campaign

I've been playing Commander: Europe at war on the Sony PSP since the weekend, and unfortunately it looks likely the PSP player, playing as the Axis, has won world war 2.  This is partly due to bad strategy on my part, like failing to evacuate the UK and French forces from France after the fall of France and also better than expected performance from the Italians, especially on the Eastern Front.  For some reason the US has not entered the war which is a big problem in the western front.

Alternative history on the PSP

I have given Daxter a rest and gone back to playing the turn based strategy game, Commander - Europe at War, on the PSP.  This time I am playing as the allies from 1939 at the invasion of Poland.  Poland surrenders no matter what you do at the start of the game, then it becomes a case of stopping Germany from conquering France, using the the forces of the French and the British.  I'm not sure if this is deliberate or whether the PSP player has stronger AI but the French forces offer very little resistance.  Now I wonder where I heard this before?  So now I am at the stage where the allies are off the continent and I am waiting for the USSR and the USA to join the war.  One thing I was able to do that the Churchill wasn't able to was recall the Royal Navy from the Mediterrean and use them for coastal bombardment on the channel coast, thereby limiting the effectiveness of the German armour.

Command: Europe at war, follow up review

As you may know, I am currently playing Commander: Europe at War strategy game on the PSP.  It is a turn based game and you play at being a staff commander rather than a field commander.  Unlike other strategy games like Total War and Age of Empires, there are no real time battles.  So it is more like a chess game and aimed at the strategy purists.

Just like real millitary campaigns, there is a finite amount of men, hardware and money to play around with.  Moreover, you 'invest' the resources in creating more hardware and training more men.  In keeping with the technical advances that both sides made during the war, you have a research module whereby you can develop new technologies like rockets and jet air craft.

So far in my round I have successfully conquered Poland, but dealing with France is a little more difficult.

Commander: Europe at War

I have just received my latest batch of PSP games to try out today, the first will be a turn based strategy game called Commander: Europe at War. This is set in WW2 and you could either play as the Axis or the Allies.  So it is possible to re-write history.  This is quiet a difficult game to get hold of and has very little written about it.  Luckily I have the instructions for it, so I will give this a bash and let you know.