[GameSpot Review]

Its not the AI, its the game. "Simple and, at times, simplistic" hits the nail right on the head. Sorry guys, but sometimes the truth hurts. This is not the game I was hoping it would be. I'll be moving on.

[Does anyone playing as the Germans *not* immediately grab Vichy?]

I think we agree completely, and the complex relationship with Sweden MUST be properly modeled. Any more problems we can solve?

[Does anyone playing as the Germans *not* immediately grab Vichy?]

Originally posted by grimlord:

true that...as it stands there is no reason not to invade vichy...no incentive at all...same goes for sweden...i think both should be looked at more closely

But this assumes that occupying Vichy France was not the right thing to do. In fact, it does seem to me that there really WAS no good reason not to do so, and I've never understood why Hitler didn't. I would not be in favor of rules which force you to follow historic courses of action. What's the point? We know who won. The interesting thing, especially in a grand strategic game, is to explore Different courses of action. If there would have been certain negative consequences to occupying Vichy, by all means model them, but don't make the consequences prohibitive (unless they really would have been, but this seems unlikely, since Hitler did, in fact, ultimately do so anyway).