We wanted to try to define what it meant for Germany to have ‘lost the initiative on the Eastern Front’, which means there are a lot of reactionary battles you will have to fight. Gone are the days of sweeping maps clear of enemy units or conquering huge collections of Victory Hexes. In terms of gameplay, this new tone and mindset for a proper historical 1944 has a very large influence on many scenario objectives. Low on supply and exhausted from constant fighting ever since the Soviet counterattacks following the Battle of Kursk, your mission becomes one of intelligence gathering and survival, as you struggle to piece together exactly what is happening around Korsun.Īnd thus, this is how your campaign will begin. So, while the ahistorical campaign begins with well supplied and powerful German forces defending their vast Caucasian Conquests, the historical campaign picks up right where the end of 1943 left off: A new Soviet winter offensive has assaulted the German grip on the Dnieper River, leaving a large pocket of German forces still trying to hold onto the Dnieper River from their positions around Korsun. But these are the historical truths of what was happening, and properly recreating and demonstrating them is a huge part of building a proper ‘historical’ 1944 German campaign. Describing them as bleak, brutal, miserable, shocking, or really any other words just fails to do them justice. In doing research for the historical 1944 campaign, we found a lot historical imagery and art depicting the Battle of Korsun. Yup, we’re going to talk about that leading image of this Dev Diary. The opening of the campaign provides a perfect example for us to show you in preview. This stark contrast in tone colors all aspects of the Historical Campaign, from the briefings and its character interactions to the nature of scenarios and objectives themselves. Perhaps the largest different between the twin campaigns is the tone. As previously mentioned, we really want to give the 7th Panzer Corps 2 DLC a unique flavor, and a big part of that was divorcing the Historical Campaign from a new and totally original Ahistorical campaign. On the 8th of November Axis Operations Grand Campaign 1944 will be released and we have the promised second Developer Diary to share with you today.
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