Released today on PS4

[LarryP]

I will try and stay polite, but I’m pretty let down. I thought about waiting until some reviews came out before spending $50 on this game, since getting refunds with Sony is next to impossible. However, I have this on PC and love it. Long story short, your port from PC to PS4 literally sucks. I wish I had more patience cause the amount of money I have wasted with Sony is in epoch proportions. Did it again. Why did you not do a better job like you did with the PC version?

PS4 needs these kinds of games cause most of the hundreds of their games are shoot em ups and filthy anime crud. I thought I would support you with this genre of game, I’m sorry I did.

You did a pathetic job. Simple as that.

[EisenHammer]

the ps4 game has no tutorial. What a lazy piss poor ps4 port.

[Oleksandr]

Guys, I am really sorry to hear it.
We have an agreement with the Klabater team - they are in charge of both porting and publishing Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg and Strategic Mind: The Pacific on consoles. So, there is little our team can do to help. You can reach out to Klabater with regard to any issues you encounter while playing on PS, or if you have any questions in that regard.

[LarryP]

Thanks a lot. Aren’t you able to suggest to Klabater anything?

In the PC versions, there are excellent tutorials. What a shame these have none. I was expecting them and am sad to not have them.

These games really need tool tips that display what buttons to use, most PS games have them. Each screen is totally clueless to this. Just this would help a lot! There are some good tool tips if hovering the cursor, but for buttons to use there are none. The Controls menu shows buttons to use, but tool tips on screens help immensely. Also, some tooltip dialogs only show a limited time then they no longer display. When they have a lot of good info it’s needed.

There are tool tips that say to right click for things, like terrain info. There is no right click for controllers. What to use?!

It would be nice if when a tooltip menu pops up that it stays until input from user happens. I’ll be in the middle of some and they disappear automatically. An option for this would really be nice. Many war games have tooltip time options.

The level choosing menu which is the first thing you go to before starting a new game, this is seriously messed up. I have started lots of new games accidentally by trying to use Custom. No clue as to what buttons to use. About the time I get the sliders to work, the Custom option is unchecked and the game will start. These games need a patch bad!

[Oleksandr]

Originally posted by LarryP:

Thanks a lot. Aren’t you able to suggest to Klabater anything?

In the PC versions, there are excellent tutorials. What a shame these have none. I was expecting them and am sad to not have them.

These games really need tool tips that display what buttons to use, most PS games have them. Each screen is totally clueless to this. Just this would help a lot! There are some good tool tips if hovering the cursor, but for buttons to use there are none. The Controls menu shows buttons to use, but tool tips on screens help immensely. Also, some tooltip dialogs only show a limited time then they no longer display. When they have a lot of good info it’s needed.

There are tool tips that say to right click for things, like terrain info. There is no right click for controllers. What to use?!

It would be nice if when a tooltip menu pops up that it stays until input from user happens. I’ll be in the middle of some and they disappear automatically. An option for this would really be nice. Many war games have tooltip time options.

The level choosing menu which is the first thing you go to before starting a new game, this is seriously messed up. I have started lots of new games accidentally by trying to use Custom. No clue as to what buttons to use. About the time I get the sliders to work, the Custom option is unchecked and the game will start. These games need a patch bad!

The least I could do is discuss these issues with Klabater and pass down your feedback and issues you described. Thank you for a detailed explanation - it should help.
I hope that the version can be updated, and I will discuss it with Klabater.
If I get any new information in this regard I will post it in this thread.

Regarding the Unit/Terrain Information (Right click) if I remember correctly from our discussions, it should be opened with triangle (Y on XBOX gamepad), the top Action button.

[LarryP]

Yeah I found out in the Control map that the triangle showed terrain info. The tooltip needs to be changed though. There are many places that are in need of a patch, a lot of time the game will just ignore a button press and the cursor will shoot across the screen from right to left mostly.

I would be happy to work directly with anyone about the issues I find. I have iMessaging and email.

Thank you for your help.

[Oleksandr]

Originally posted by LarryP:

Yeah I found out in the Control map that the triangle showed terrain info. The tooltip needs to be changed though. There are many places that are in need of a patch, a lot of time the game will just ignore a button press and the cursor will shoot across the screen from right to left mostly.

I would be happy to work directly with anyone about the issues I find. I have iMessaging and email.

Thank you for your help.

Thank you for the offer. I will let you know if that could be arranged.
I told Klabater team about these issues on Monday - what you have reported in this thread, and I also had a look myself over the weekend (went to my cousine who has a PS 5) to get a better understanding of the key issues and formulate them clearly.
I will let you know as soon as there is any concrete information.

[stbens]

I’ve started playing Blitzkreig on the ps5. It seems to run well and I’m enjoying it so far. I do find the lack of tutorials a shame and there doesn’t seem to be a way of changing difficulty (when selecting another difficulty at the start of the campaign the game seems to launch straight into the easiest setting with no indication that anything has changed). The text is also a bit too small and I would like the option to make it larger.

[Oleksandr]

Originally posted by stbens:

I’ve started playing Blitzkreig on the ps5. It seems to run well and I’m enjoying it so far. I do find the lack of tutorials a shame and there doesn’t seem to be a way of changing difficulty (when selecting another difficulty at the start of the campaign the game seems to launch straight into the easiest setting with no indication that anything has changed). The text is also a bit too small and I would like the option to make it larger.

I think I can help with the text. Try selecting a lower screen resolution. The graphics should remain ok, but the UI will be better sized.

[stbens]

Yes, I’ve tried changing the resolution on the TV but this does not affect the text size. The biggest problem for me are the numerical figures used for units/targets; numbers in red are particularly hard to read and I literally have to go right up to my screen to read them! There is a camera option enabling you to zoom in, but for some reason the text size stays the same. Please can something be done to improve the readability of the text?

Despite this, I am enjoying the game but, due to the difficulty-selection bug when starting a new campaign, I’m not sure what difficulty I’m playing. I want to play on the easiest setting, but have a feeling that I’m actually playing a higher difficulty.

Also, I would advise any console players to watch the tutorial videos on YouTube from the pc version; they have proven to be very useful, though of course I would still like the actual tutorials to be part of the console game.

[stbens]

Ok, I’ve managed to complete the first mission and move onto the next, Poland. I’ve now discovered that difficulty can be changed, at least between missions, by using the d-pad to move between options. Custom difficulty can also be used to lessen the difficulty even further should you wish to do so (e.g. reduce enemy strength to 60%). Also, during the second mission the next/previous unit buttons are working whereas they weren’t during the Spain mission. Would still like an increase in text size though!

[stbens]

I’ve started to get some graphical bugs, especially when there are effects on screen such as search lights and rain; colours become corrupted. Also, adjusting game difficulty between missions is bugged; you can make adjustments in Custom difficulty but they don’t appear to be saved. I’m still enjoying the game but it certainly needs a lot of polishing.

[Oleksandr]

Originally posted by stbens:

I’ve started to get some graphical bugs, especially when there are effects on screen such as search lights and rain; colours become corrupted. Also, adjusting game difficulty between missions is bugged; you can make adjustments in Custom difficulty but they don’t appear to be saved. I’m still enjoying the game but it certainly needs a lot of polishing.

Thank you for all the feedback. Keep us informed of all the issues you encountered and we will do what we can to make sure these issues are adressed.

[Oleksandr]

To keep you updated:
Klabater told me that all feedback has been passed down to the dev team and they are corrently working on the fixes. No ETA for now.

I will keep you updated and share all the relevant information as soon as I get it.

[gbarkie]

I bought ps4 version as i seen reviews on pc as i am big fan of panzer general from ps1 days. Unfortunately the ps4 version has some serious issues that makes it borderline broken and should be up for a refund from Sony.

Spanish civil war mission worked ok but on poland mission game randomly crashes back to ps home screen, unit follow camera has tanks going up hills then floating in the air i bet the germans wish they had them in ww2.

Units sometimes start jerking around like they are having a fit this also happens after camera follow view and sometimes game freezes up on ai move and camera goes under map although bashing buttons usually brings it back to life.

No tutorial is a disgrace not to bad for me as i have played panzer general and korps but new players must be wtf.

Selection of difficulty looks like you should move cursor and press x but that doesn't work you have to press directional buttons on pad to be able to select difficulty but that isn't obvious.

Another tip for anyone if you want to select unit and go straight to it instead of moving around map trying to find it then press x twice on unit on list at the bottom of the screen.

Developers should add option to replay level once you have completed it.

There is good game here but needs some patches quickly.

Wish someone would port panzer korps or battle academy games.

[Tw2Brick]

I just bought the bundle on PS4 and it's downloading now. I always support titles like these on console so that more will hopefully be brought over.