English tanks also respond with German phrases. Odd and irritating. The artwork is the strongest part of the whole Sudden Strike package. The battlefields, towns, rivers and roads are all drawn with painstaking attention to detail. The ground and buildings deform during battle to show the aftereffects of combat.
Crippled tanks smoke, artillery scorches the earth and explosions rock streets.
Every 10 to 15 minutes, this game freezes and tries to access the CD leaving you to grit your teeth in frustration. The pauses are only several seconds long, but it adds up like the icy cold droplets of the Chinese water torture. Well, it doesn't suck as much as it gets boring. Sudden Strike units are not fast. They don't move across the map like Starcraft's zerglings.