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Windows
Price
US$5.99

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2002 · Real-time strategy · Real-time tactics

Sudden Strike 2

Sudden Strike II is a WWII themed R.T.S that lets the player choose between the British, American, Japanese and German campaigns, sometimes consisting of clearing the area of enemies or killing a general. Sudden Strike II allows you to take control of land, sea and air making for spectacular battles.

Released
17 September 2002
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Real-time strategyReal-time tacticsSimulationStrategyWorld War II
Developers
—
Publishers
cdv Software Entertainment
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
HistoricalWarfare
Country
Russia
Age ratings
ESRB TUSK 16
Languages
English, French, German, Russian
Time to beat
85hmain story86hcompletionist

About

Sudden Strike 2 or Sudden Strike II, also known in Russia as Confrontation IV (Russian: Противостояние IV), is a real-time tactics computer game set in World War II, the second game in the Sudden Strike series and the sequel to the original Sudden Strike. It was developed by Russian developer Fireglow and published by CDV and was released in 2002.

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game has since undergone minor changes in its game engine and now features a higher resolution setting and other graphical changes. The campaign still involves the Soviets and Allies, against the Germans and a new country, Japan. While striving for historical accuracy, the missions are mostly fiction. The American missions are in the Rhine regions and tend to involve 'borrowing' war equipment from the German army rather than using their own tanks and other weapons.

The British missions revolves around the actual events at Wolfheze and Arnhem and the attempted capture of the bridge. The Japanese missions are centered along the lines of tropical jungle warfare and the use of tanks is somewhat limited whereas the Soviet campaign is based on the capture of the city of Kharkov and other battles along the Dniepr river waged by the Soviet Red Army.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

In the German market, the game debuted at #7 on Media Control's computer game sales chart for the month of May 2002. It climbed to second place in June, before dropping to ninth, 12th and 20th places for the following months, respectively. According to publisher CDV Software, the game reached global sales of roughly 250,000 units by the end of 2002, including 70,000 units in the German market.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 December 2002Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Included in
Wargamer's Choice: Strategy Six Pack
Downloadable content
Hidden Stroke: APRM

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