Ardennes Offensive PC

Ardennes Offensive is another low-budget proposal from IncaGold (not to be confused with the classic war game of the same title created in 1999 by SSG). This time we are dealing with a FPP type arcade shooting, set in World War II on the western front (the turn of 1944 and 1945).

We play the role of an American soldier named Cowell. During another routine patrol our hero's team was surprised and massacred by a platoon of German soldiers. Jankes, however, was very lucky and managed to hide somewhere in a hurry in time. Now he heads a unit reduced to one person, with the main task of getting to an allied camp nearby and bringing in support. It would also be a good idea to complicate the life of Germans planning a sabotage action, the aim of which is to cut off the Allied troops stationed in the region from the supply of fuel and ammunition. Although the enemy does not seem to be fully aware of your presence, this task will still be terribly difficult to accomplish, given that we are in the very middle of the German forces, and our equipment and psychophysical state is far from what Rambo had at his disposal.

The creators prepared a total of seven action-packed levels. On our way we meet several dozen Nazi soldiers in total, whom we have to crush with a bit of luck, using a set of realistic weapons (including pistols, rifles, snipers, grenades, heavy weapons). Additional advantages of the program are black-and-white, archival film interludes, which positively influence the atmosphere of the game. The whole is additionally enriched by the atmospheric soundtrack performed by the symphony orchestra. And although there is no need to look for spectacular graphic fireworks or a complicated scenario, as for a game from the value segment, the whole looks quite good. The program does not impose excessive hardware requirements - almost every PC of this age should be able to cope with Ardennes Offensive without any problems. It is also worth paying attention to a fairly high level of difficulty - despite a relatively small number of levels, completing the whole game requires considerable skills and patience.

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Last updated on 10 December 2007