Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg vs Panzer Strategy

Feature

Panzer Strategy: Blitzkrieg

Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg

Game mechanics

Panzer Strategy mechanics.

New game mechanics from Strategic Mind series.

Operations

Panzer Strategy operations.

All operations were reworked from scratch. Some maps may hold resemblance to old ones, but they were fully reworked in terms of content. It includes map size and hex types, units, and objectives. Added small rivers (between hexes).

Number of operations

18 (14 in a straight playthrough and 4 alternative route operations)

20 in a straight playthrough.

Visual style (terrain)

Panzer Strategy graphics.

New assets closer to SM: The Pacific in looks to keep the series conformity, but adjusted to the European war theatre.

Objectives

Primary and secondary objectives.

Added more primary and secondary objectives and character dialogues related to them.

Heroes

5 heroes, No heroes for AI.

New heroes UI and 7 total heroes. Heroes for AI as well on certain maps (where historically possible).

Equipment

Panzer Strategy equipment

Panzer Strategy equipment + new additional equipment.

Units

Panzer Strategy models.

Improved models from Panzer Strategy + new additional models.
Introduced armored trains under players’ command. More units of other nations, including British carrier, Italian fleet, etc.

Abilities

Panzer Strategy abilities

Expanded list of Strategic Mind abilities.

Commanders

Choose from Rommel, Guderian, Manstein.

Franz Halder as the main character. Rommel, Guderian, Manstein are all present as key figures throughout the campaign.

Weather

Rain

Rain, Day/night cycle, snow.

Manual

No

Yes

Tutorial

Very short

Full tutorial explaining all the key mechanics and basics of the game.

Voice over

Full voiceover

Full voiceover (new, with all the characters)

Units’ lines (speech)

No

Yes

In-operation dialogues

Mostly one character.

Fully new texts with the addition of new personalities, and a total of 9 speakers. Much more in-operation conversations and secondary objectives variety.

New personalities

All Panzer strategy characters

Karl Doenitz, Hermann Goering, Wilhelm Canaris + all from Panzer Strategy

Cinematics script

Old script.

Fully new script

Cinematics

Old cinematics (real-time render)

Fully new cinematics: New technology, new script, more characters, much more and much better content. (Pre render)

Localization

English (+German beta)

English, German, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese (Brazil)

Other differences

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TBA (We will announce new features only as soon as they are ready to go)