PE is an excelent "down in the dirt" tank sim. There is no overhead view, all you have is what you can see out the vision slits or your coppula. The gunnery ballistics are top notch (the most difficult part of the game for most newcomers), and the ammo types, armor values, and ballistic ranges are as good as Ive seen. Its only drawback is the multi play reliability with 4 players. 2-3 players runs well, and 4 players 50% of the time. Theres a patch in the works for this. Make sure you have a hot system too, or your frame rates may be horrible. Its a texture hog, and youll need an equally good video card to run it smooth. Fortunatly, tanks dont move that fast (especialy if they are shooting at you), so the slow frames dont effect game play to much. Single player missions are historicaly accurate, with weapon types and variouse armor being available only in the year (and month) they were historicaly. You wont know adrenelin until you have you nosed mashed to the gunsight in an M4, and a Tiger platoon rolls over the ridge In fact, after that, you wont know anything at all.
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As I walk through the Valley of Death, I will fear no one, for I am the meanest mother*#*#** in the valley. (George S. Patton)