This is a pack of two games (Panzer Elite Action "Dunes of War" and "Fields of Glory") with lots of potential but excuted poorly in several ways. First, the Tiger tanks are rendered without their turrets in both games. I can't believe that wasn't caught in their quality checks. Second, the tank physics in several missions is like more like a beach ball than a multi-ton armored vehicle. If a tank from your squad runs into you, your tank is bounced off the ground or spun around like a beach ball. In one mission I was bounced into a mine field and blew up. In the D-Day mission, the Sherman rolls over easily at the slightest slope of beach. Third, the tank treads are not animated. Let me also summarize every mission: Shoot waves of enemy tanks. Expect anti-tank guns to ambush you around every corner. Find health. Find ammo. Repeat endlessly. If you are looking for strategy or variation this is not your game. Gameplay gets really tedious, especially in Dunes of War. It becomes a question of "Can I find health?" not "How can I out-think my enemy?" It's a shame really because the graphics are not bad. The voice actors are pretty good. The historical vignettes with old movie footage are pretty good too. Gameplay is OK. There are no on-screen instructions in Dunes of War so play Fields of Glory first so you learn the keyboard commands. I am still looking for that magic, amazing, well-conceived tank game you can play over and over. This is not it.

A surprisingly fun arcade tank game. If you liked the tank missions in the Call of Duty Series, I defininately recommend checking this one out.

Rating: **

I thought this would be more like Panzer Elite. I'm guessing the creators were counting on that. The turret model rendering for the Tiger Tank is broken, meaning no turret graphic when you're driving the Tiger. (maybe this won't apply to you?)This game would be fun but the physics of driving the tank are very poor. The Pz II in FoG is so hard to drive, it is almost unplayable at points. Since the physics are off, the tank driving is "unique" at best, and the "Tiger Bug" has no patch or any ETA on one, I'll have to give this 2 stars. No something I would recommend for fans of WoT, Pz. Elite, etc.

Does not work on Windows 10, at all. Do not buy it

This game has a lot of good qualities, but many of them are nullified by the utter crap that is the AI and lack of diversity in gameplay.

Many of you will enjoy the feel of commanding your own tank force, as well as knowing that your air force are fighting furiously in the skies above you, and I good thing to notice is that the skybox literally looks almost like real sky.

However, know that every main gun you get behaves the exact same way, such as my 20mm Kwk having the exact same effect as a 75mm Kwk. Every shell also appears to be HE, which is something that drives me away from liking the tank combat.

From what I can tell, the part of your tank that a shell hits has an effect on how much damage you take. However, many times the AI tanks will charge you, then immidiatly turn around, exposing their engine (which is a 1-shot kill) and running away.

It's worth noting that in-game models seem to be made with care, as I was quickly able to distinguish a ZiS gun from a PaK gun. You can also see the differences between infantry models, as well as the weapons they carry. The tank models, however, look made in a 640x400 resolution. Seeing as how the game can run in 1366x768, they just plain look ugly.

The missions aren't very diverse. It's always a mix of "kill everything that moves," "go here," and "don't die." Thus the game gets boring very quickly. The few siege missions are set up very, very poorly. They allow you to camp around your repair and ammo supplies and kill the oncoming enemies as quickly or slowly as your little heart desires.

Overall, this isn't necessarily a bad game, but it's most certainly not a good one either.

Is this the next block buster game? Is this the new cool tank game we all have been waiting for?

No, probably not, but due to the fact that there's not much choice when it comes down to tank games, especially on Steam..It's worth your while.

The graphics are okay, although a NOT animated track is pretty bad, the gameplay is easy and fun as long as you take this as a quick tank shooting game between lunch and work.

It's nothing special, although you can see a certain amount of dedication that went into the creation of this game. Probably more than in to the creation of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ review after downing a bottle of Sake...

Anyway, get this game if you've got too much money on your hands, or if you just like to drive around in a tank.
But, don't expect the next Tank of Duty game.

Like the title says. Instead of writing a review of how good or bad the game is, I'm gonna show you how to play it on Windows 11. I also put a fix on the tank tracks, flickering Stalingrad wall, and the missing Tiger I turret:

1. Enable Virtualization on your BIOS. This is the example for Asus motherboard as I currently using it [support.salad.com]
(This may vary, check your motherboard model and search on how to enable Virtualization in your BIOS)

2. Download dgVoodoo2. Here is the link [github.com]
As you click the link, search for the file "dgVoodoo2_82_3.zip" in Assets section. After you download it, open the .rar file and then click MS folder, then x86, then inside you'll find "D3D8.dll". Put this "D3D8.dll" inside your Panzer Elite Action folder.

3. Play the game and enjoy :)

Hope this technical guide isn't that confusing to you as I found my workaround to play this game. Although the game may lag at the start menu, it works perfectly fine when you play it until the end. And hopefully the guide that I put on this review section is of help.

Don't buy if you have Windows 7/8, this game is not compatible with these OS.
Tracks don't move and the tank are poorly rendered, they glide on the terrain wreaking any immersion.
I have the boxed version of Fields of Glory and Dunes of War was tempting, I bought the game again but the immersion is broken.

AI is bad and some missions are poorly built, however the pleasure was in driving and battling tanks. Now even this is lost.

Update
- tracks don't move
- no turrets on Tiger tanks, you drive them for a few missions, and later you'll fight a lot of them - no one has a turret
- bumping into another tank makes your tank spin round and round
- walls fliker during the Stalingrad missions
- Sherman tank overeturns at the slightest left or right turn, you have to stop the tank, turn, and then move forward

This game should not be sold without a warning.

i can't play this game in window 10 is so very bad

Not a bad game given how old this is.

I was able to get this to run on windows 10 by changing the compatibility settings to XP service pack 3 and setting DPI settings to application, then checking disable full screen optimizations.