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“Incredibly fun to play”
80 – Worth Playing

“Enjoyable just-one-more-turn gameplay ... a worthy addition to any strategy fan's game collection.”
80 – Games Radar

“A sense of realism that is not found in most other strategy games.”
85 – PC Gameworld

About This Game

Making History: Calm & the Storm Gold Edition is a turn-based grand strategy classic. Play against the world or join an alliance. Attempt to alter history or replay it. This release includes many game updates, key improvements to strategic and tactical gameplay, and features a new Germany focused scenario: "The Rise of the Reich". In addition to managing the military, players must build, supply and grow a modern industrial base in order to field forces capable of victory. The decision to expand factories, research new weapons or recruit more units is in the hands of the player. War will come and the nation must be prepared.

FEATURES

Clean, intuitive interface and gameplay make this one of the easiest grand strategy games to learn, and the open nature of the game combined with the ability to play as any one of over 80 nations offer endless replay-ability.
Gold Edition adds new military unit properties and gives you the ability to rename units, preset rally points and set way-points for more tactical movement. Regions can upgrade defenses, transportation, and food production simultaneously. Better financial reports let you manage your treasury more easily.
Different victory conditions available: Nation, Alliance, or Ideological (Democracy, Communism, Fascism, or Authoritarianism) You can also go for a domination victory and set the percentage of land you need to control to win the game.
Ten scenarios included with multiple starting points before and during the war. Plus alternate history and the fantasy scenarios.
Research, build and deploy a wide variety of ships, submarines, artillery, infantry, tanks, armored vehicles, fighters and bombers. Also research tactics like maneuver warfare, hedgehog defense and amphibious assaults to give your forces bonuses.
Decide how much of your production is used to generate wealth, stockpile arms, build military units, conduct research, or construct more factories.
Players control trade, aid, industrial development, infrastructure investments, and a deep field of research.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: XP with Service, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: Pentium III or Athlon 1.0GHz Processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB RAM 32 MB Video Card
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 500 MB available space

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CommissarBRO

1,084 products in account

158 reviews

Posted: May 19, 2015

One of my favorite games of all time. Don't let the Steam play time fool you, I've been playing this game for 7 years and it's a nice mix between simplistic and complex with enough moddability to make Skyrim take notice. The best way to describe the game would be to take Axis & Allies, make it far more indepth yet put it on an interface that even someone new to video games could understand.
This video can help newcomers with understanding how the game works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sser5Scn_Vg

The premise of the game, is you take control of one of the world's many countries during World War 2, by any country, I mean anyone from the Industrial Superpower that is the United States to tiny little old Ecuador, and try to survive the tumultous battles of World War 2. Now, this game, as the title implies, doesn't exactly follow the usual script and you're free to fight the war in whatever manner you choose. You can choose Germany, and decide to never attack Czechoslovakia in the first place and instead build up your industrial might so that you can bring down France sooner. Or you can focus military production purely on navy to surpass the Naval might of the United Kingdom... or you can declare war on everyone around you and try to survive an all out brawl.

I love this game, and would highly recommend it to anyone who has been a fan of Geopolitical games, Axis & Allies, or even just a fan of Turn Based Strategy games. Plus for 10 dollars, how can you go wrong?

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The Joker

147 products in account

26 reviews

Posted: May 19, 2015

This game is a gem that I have just had the pleasure of buying at a great price and having a good time with. I have only played a short time, but this game is so awesome I just had to come over to this screen and tell the world how awesome it is.

It's easy to pick up, fun and addictive to play, looks pretty cool, and honestly: it's really complex. There is A LOT that goes with this game. Not only does trade, diplomacy, and economy matter, but the game revolves around these aspects quite a bit.

Obviously being set during WW2, your job is simple: build an empire or outproduce everywhere (or both); every decision has a consequence, and I gotta admit, it gives the average person an insight into the functioning of nations today.

Wanna be an industrial power? You're gonna make less food; wanna field a large and powerful army? Hope you have financial reserves because guns aren't cheap.

It's a cool little game, and I have a feeling I'm gonna fall in love with it. I kinda already have.

Get it.

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Megatellica

334 products in account

8 reviews

Posted: May 24, 2015

Making history gold is an extended and updated version of making history : The calm and the storm.

I personally prefer making history gold over Making history 2 : The war of the world.

Its basically making history the calm & the storm with some of the elements of the war of the world , but with an easier system , so its easier to manage your nation.

I also wasnt a fan of the new design of how the world looked , this still has the old look and feel of making history the calm & the storm so thats a nice add for me personally.

I've been a fan of the series for years and own both none steam versions too , and i've put a lot of hours in the game.
for the low amount you pay for the game its most definitly worth it !

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Kaiser

116 products in account

4 reviews

Posted: May 21, 2015

Don't get tricked by how many hours I have played on steam, I played A LOT of this game because I bought it from their website. I have to say this is a very easy and fun game to pick up, If you want a quick and pretty fast game then this is it. It has depth and it's always fun to be Germany and bring the Reich back to power. Only thing I dislike about this game is that I wish it would have more events for major countries to choose from, Something like the non-aggression pact that was made with Germany and the USSR at the time would be good. Also when America joins the war I never really see them try and take the islands away from Japan. Japan is also kinda weak in this game because everygame I play Japan gets kicked out of their holdings in china :/ Other then these small things which can be changed by using the editor which is also very easy to use! I would say this is a great buy! Btw Muzzy lane if you this this review please make a remastered version of this! I would totally pick that up the second it comes out. Gott mit uns.

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SS Obergefreiter Kozol

39 products in account

25 reviews

Posted: June 25

10/10

-CANADA TURNS ON BRITAIN

-NAZI GERMANY & USSR SIGN AN ALLIANCE

-USA ♥♥♥♥S FRANCE

-NAZI USA

50000/10 WOULD LIKE TO GET ♥♥♥♥ED IN THE ♥♥♥ BY BRITAIN AGAIN. IF YOU DONT LIKE ALTERNATE HISTORY DONT BUY THIS GAME.

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Broken

23 products in account

1 review

Posted: November 30, 2015

This is by far my favorite WWII strategy game. for its great diversity in game play makes almost every game diffrent. For i tend to play more as Germany, and most of the time i employ a similar stratagy; which is to bulid up industry, as to allow for mass production of primaraly tanks. But even though i make similar choices in my game play, the AI usially behaves slightly diffrently.
For somtimes the AI may field a primaraly defensive army, and other times it may field a primaraly offensive army; the same can be said about other countries foreighn policys.
However what ever the AI does they always play a smart game, being tactically aware of every move you make, and doing there best to counter, resulting in a challenging game every time.

Also as for playing as the smaller nations it can be a struggle, for i have been recently playing as Canada and aside from the lack of raw materials, the small population makes it impossible to industrialize every one of your citys. But where others see this a negative, i see this more of a positive. for it trys to keep things historically accurate, by limiting smaller nations. However that being said i was still able to conquer Japan, all of Africa, and most of Europe as Canada. Mind you i did not accomplish all of this before 1945, but it does show it can be done.

Over all i would recomend this game to all stratagy lovers, especially those who have playes Axis ans Allies, for this game has a very similar feel, for although it does not let you command individual regiments in a battle, its attantion to detail when it comes to the global map, and all of the little things such as city development, research, and resource management results in a rich but not overly complicated game play.

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Caveman

28 products in account

7 reviews

Posted: May 23, 2015

Overall this game can be really fun, but as time goes on on it gets slightly boring. It has A lot of potential if they were to add in steam workshop. As of right how its fun but could be better. 7/10

edit: you can find mods on their website!!!
9/10

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Suruaku

54 products in account

10 reviews

Posted: May 21, 2015

Says "failed to initialise game engine". But it can be fixed by running it as administrator.

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TheGlovedGamer

202 products in account

1 review

Posted: May 24, 2015

A wonderful Game with wonderful mods! 1984 FTW

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Argordon

11 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: July 29, 2015

I highly do NOT recommend this game. If you wish to play as one of the major powers AND simply conduct battles for the various territories/zones (similar to Risk or Axis & Allies) then you MAY get some fun out of this. However, playing as any other nation OR playing a non-aggresive strategy as a major power is a waste of time. My major problems are as follows:
1) Agriculture/Food: I played games as Spain, Canada, Australia to see how it may be possible to become a major exporter of food to allies. To my surprise, as I increased the Agricultural capability of my zones/provinces I saw no appreciable increase in food production. Thinking that the problem was lack of infrastructure and roads, I increased that as well. Again, no change in food production to the better... things only got worse. In fact, playing as Canada and Australia - two nations that export billions in food... my nations were starving and I had to always import food from... Nazi Germany or USSR (who I was at war with).

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Posted: September 10

>Playing first time as Germany in 1936 thinking it was easy
>Make an alliance with Mongolia
>Attack Poland
>Most of my army destroyed
>URSS attacks me :(
>Mongolia destroyed
>I declare war on Denmark and conquer it all including greenland with just one unit of basic infantry
>USA,Great Britain France declare war on me
>Germany destroyed
>Greenland is the last hope
>My basic infantry is facing 20/25 enemy armies
>Got rekt
>Germany surrenders

9.9/10 Too much rusky

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Posted: August 27

This game crashes every 10 min. It is total crap don't buy it.

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Posted: July 14

love this game I have the origanal and gold I played a world war one senerio I seen austria and germany take over france and russia and I took over the uk france, germany, brazil, and meicxo this game is endless so many possiablitys 10/10 a must play

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Posted: July 8

This game is a well designed game that is fun for those who love geopolitical simulators

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Posted: June 25

This game is very good. I spent little money to have lots of fun. If you like strategy games, especially World War II, this game is perfect.

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Posted: May 19

If u like Axis & Allies, then this game is a MUST buy

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Posted: May 18

The Summary

The game is not for everyone. You will need incredible patience and strategy to even sit still long enough for this game. Now, past the patience and strategy, you need to be able to think quite a few steps ahead. Personally I love grand strategy games like this but unlike this, they tend to have better balance between supply and demand equality across the entirety of the game. However, this is not the case here. Only few, and I mean very few, countries can really balance this and keep their economy and trade up. Otherwise, you end up requesting more than offering as well as delve into debt pretty quickly. Thus, you end up being forced to play one of the preset countries instead of the other ones that are available. This forces pretty repetitive gameplay if you play through the entirety of the singleplayer 'campaigns'.

The Pros

Clean and easy to use interface that is explained quite well during the tutorial
Pretty simple and doesn't have too many complex actions
Fun if played in moderation
Provides a bit of surprise sometimes if you decide to change history a bit as battles are never set in stone (much like real life.)

The Cons

Steep learning curve: (Unless you've played grand strategies before, the ability to balance supply and demand are a bit overwhelming)
Loses its fun if played quickly (Just from playing a single scenario and looking through the others, I don't see much replayability after perfecting them.)
Difficulty seems a bit off (I mean seriously, I play on the easiest to test it and I'm dealing with tanks on small island countries when I don't have access to tanks. I mean, really?)

A Final Word

While I enjoyed my short time with the game, I have to be honest with my review. While I truly enjoy grand strategy, I found the supply and demand system on the international market rather ridiculous. Either countries will rise their imports tremendously and cause you to lose instead of producing surplus or suddenly lose all interest in your trade and cause you to lose money. Either way, you end up losing in one part and gaining on the other. While others may see this as realistic, I would rather have it be a bit more balanced. I mean, seriously, only the preset countries for scenarios and maybe two or three other countries can properly hold their supply and demand good enough to sustain their economy and their own surpluses. Past that, this is one of the easiest and simplest grand strategy games out on the market that I've played.

The Verdict

Despite its simplicity, I would only recommend this to those truly interested in grand strategy games. Those that want a game to waste time or to just occasionally play, I would not recommend this. On that note I don't recommend this to those with short amounts of patience, lacking good strategy or forethought, as well as all around time. A game like this requires time to play and really enjoy. However, to those that have played or enjoyed grand strategy or wish to really get into it, I truly recommend this game. It's easy to pick up and even easier to master (if you ignore the supply and demand system as well as the apparently higher tech nations you initially have to go to war with sometimes-even on the easiest difficulty) That said, I wouldn't recommend this to the general public that has no real interest in grand strategy but I wholeheartedly recommend this to the grand strategists out there looking for an easy game to pick up.

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Posted: May 7

didnt work

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Posted: April 30

I happened across this game by accident whilst looking for a Hearts of Iron substitute and it was the find of the decade to be frank. At this price its an absolute must. It hits the sweet spot between complexity and accessability whilst compelling you all the time to have "just one more turn". I can't really praise it highly enough. If you stick with it long enough to work out all of the information it presents you with you will experience a "Eureka" moment and be hooked.

In my opinion it actually surpasses the follow up title "Making history the calm before the storm". Think Axis and Allies on steroids but without adding any unwanted clutter. The thing just works....

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