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by definetheword 2039 days ago
I think this is an unrealistic expectation for a game. I've never played Panzer General, but I've played other strategies games and boardgames. When I choose to play the Axis, I play to understand the dynamics or limitations of the battalions/dynamics/offense/defense of the Germans in ww1 or ww2, not participate in the political realm

Imagine you ask your friend to play as the Axis so you can play the Allies, and they refuse saying "No, I don't want to play the Axis because the game rules require me to be berated with a history of evil". It's not something you expect in a boardgame, so why expect it in a computer game

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I find the idea of people attempting to learn history lessons from those scary. They were not meant for that.

Anyway, you can't really divorce army movements from the goals the army had. Which were profoundly political, including ethnical cleansing.