Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory
Release Date: November 30, 2007
Strategy, World War II, RTS, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN
Steam
The third installment in the popular RTS game series set in the period of World War II and developed by Fireglow. Even though the game utilizes the framework created for the previous installments in the series, the authors decided to implement a number of changes, improvements, and fresh solutions, the most prominent being a new graphics engine.
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GAMERS Score
Average score from 353 votes. 91 players anticipated the game.
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory Description
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory is another installment in the popular series set in the period of World War II. The game has been based on the innovative Sudden Strike Next7 engine, allowing the developers to render vast locations filled with forests, seas, fields, etc., as well as generate multiple units at the same time making for realistic lighting and shadowing effects. Since the new engine has been designed for real time strategies, Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory, like its predecessors, features the top-down perspective; nonetheless, players have much leeway in terms of the in-game camera allowing them to zoom in on anything.
Mechanics
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory offers an entirely new interface allowing one to control multiple squads. A player receives the ability to create elaborate defensive systems, as well as diverse ground, naval, and mid-air units. During the game, a player has to develop the harbors, which are an important trade centers between the lands and have to provide sufficient forces to the front – this includes infantry unit, pieces of gear, gas, and ammunition. Naval battles fans can enjoy the option to wage battles with numerous ships supported by the air forces. The game puts a strong emphasis on the battle preparation – the developers have taken care to introduce a new logistics system, as well as the option to create defensive systems. What is also worth mentioning, the game supports multiplayer matches with elaborate anti-cheat systems.
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory for PC delivers vast maps, on which players have to prove their attention divisibility and the ability to coordinate the actions of their units. The action of Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory is set during World War II, and the game itself does not deviate much from the convention established by its predecessor – it is an RTS game allowing a player to command massive armies and carry out countless missions with numerous methods of execution.
Last updated on August 15, 2017
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory Summary
Game Series: Sudden Strike
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Fireglow
Publisher: Fulqrum Games / 1C Entertainment
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card 256 MB (GeForce 7800 or better), Windows XP/Vista
Game Expansions for Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory - Ardennes Offensive
Expansion
Strategy
July 3, 2008
Free expansion to Sudden Strike 3: Arms of Victory, developed by Fireglow - the creators of the base game. The add-on offers five missions, three of which were designed for single player mode. Two first missions take place in year 1942 and let us play as commanders of Wehrmacht trying to flank and surround defending Russian units. The third scenario focuses on the Ardennes Offensive – we take control of Allied forces defending from a German counterattack. Two closing episodes of Sudden Strike 3: Arms of Victory – Ardennes Offensive must be played in multiplayer, as we take part in battles in Egypt with three or five other players. Aside from those, the expansion offers many balance changes for base version of the game to ensure each faction has the same chance of winning battles.