Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein Reviews

Lots of fun

akivett

This game is fantastic. Tons of depth, difficulty and polish.

This is possibly the best strategy game I've played on iOS. The simplistic nature of the game, it's historic accuracy, and possibility for amazing tactical decisions is great! The price is a bit steep but I think it is worth it.

Old school

Kraftin

Pretty and well presented, but it reminded me of why I quit playing this type of war game. The mechanic of having only units in one sector before the enemy does the same is really annoying. Coordinated attacks from different sectors should be possible. Many units don't move at all because of the time constraints. If you enjoy moving little counters on a map and swearing at the die rolls, you might enjoy it. I didn't.

Awesome!

Hms surprise

This game lives up to its predecessors, and more. The AI is a little lacking, but in this game terrain and supply have to be watched much more carefully, as well as the minefields, which are a fantastic edition! I was worried about having the game unfairly balanced against the Germans, but with the use of the refits, it's really not! All in all, the game keeps everything great about bulge and moscow, but with some really great improvements!

Not as Compelling...

Jack Bauer CQB

I'm a huge fan of the games that this company puts out. I thought Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow were superb games. I really really want to put this game in the same category as the previous two game, but I'm finding I can't. I simply did not find this game as compelling and interesting as BoB and DoM. The graphics, game mechanics, etc are as good as always, but I just have not enjoyed the scenarios as much. I love the games that this company makes and I'm happy to have bought this game to support what they do even though it was my least favorite of the 3 games they've produced. Can't wait for the next game!

Not up to par

TheDudeAbided

I put off writing a review of Desert Fox until I had played a bunch of games, so that I could see how it compared to its predecessors, Drive on Moscow and Bulge. The verdict: nowhere near as good. Desert Fox uses the same tried and true system but with a few tweaks. The short Ruweisat Ridge scenario is balanced and fun, but the campaign is a total slog. There are 22 weeks of seven turns each, with possible pauses to build up supply and lay mines etc. These pauses are essential to making the game a reasonable length and to simulate the actual campaign, but the Commonwealth player soon learns it's better never to take them, which means the game just slogs on and on, with the Axis player able to do little due to lack of supply. Also, the weakened state of many units at 1 or 2 steps means the luck of the die often has a far greater impact here than in previous games, especially since those units are worth 5 or 6 vps when killed. In short, I've played Shenandoah's other games hundreds of times and consider them some of the best competitive games on iOS, but I don't see myself playing this one much more if at all.

Pretty good, could be better

Navaronegun

I agree with many other reviewers. A simple tweak to ensure balance in the Campaign and preventing it from becoming a quagmire would be to force interphase refit pauses, rather then leaving that in the hands of the commonwealth player. The game also needs a bit of "chrome" for the Axis, similar to the air superiority that the Commonwealth has. Perhaps a Haboob assault once per campaign which inflicts command confusion on the Commonwealth. I eagerly look forward to more titles from Shenandoah in this series. I highly recommend to the developers a "Race to Tunis" or a "Kasserine Pass" game, possibly combining the two with one long intermission-like refit.

Great game, but crashes under iOS 8

gname23

I love this game, but since upgrading to iOS 8, the game crashes after playing a few turns in campaign mode. Closing and reopening the app doesn't help -- it crashes again on startup. Reinstalling the app doesn't help, either. Anyone else experiencing this? Any insight into updating the game to fix this bug?

Greater Depth, but crashes!

BristolDefiant

This is a well designed game with greater depth to the strategic choices than the first two titles. The crashing has worsened since iOS 8 which makes it almost unplayable... Please fix SS.

Really like but crashing on start-up

Ave8ter

Fun game, not quite as good as Bulge and Moscow, but nice change of pace. Unfortunately, I can no longer play as it crashes on start up. Happened before 8.02, and no relief reloading.

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