Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics
Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics (known simply as "Daisenryaku VII" in Japan) is a turn-based tactics videogame, originally released exclusively for the Microsoft Xbox on May 29, 2003 as a part of Microsoft's push in the Japanese market. It is a part of the long-running Daisenryaku series of war strategy games. It was translated and published by Kemco in North America on February 16, 2005. Its Xbox exclusivity was broken when the game was ported to the PlayStation 2 and released in Japan in 2006. The PlayStation 2 version was  released as "Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics Exceed" in North America in 2007. A PlayStation Portable port was released in Japan in 2008. As of January 2021, the game remains the most recent fully translated entry in the series. Daisenryaku Perfect 4.0 for PC, was released worldwide on Steam in 2018, mostly in English with some unit names remaining in Japanese. Gameplay. The game can be played as one of eight countries consisting of the United States, Japan, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Israel, or China. For the first time in the series, the game map is rendered in  3D and can be rotated. There is a Missions mode, Campaign (PS2 only), Free Play, and Map Editor available to players. Missions mode acts as the game's story mode, documenting a war between the Blue and Red armies. There are 25 missions in total, with unlockable maps and additional units becoming available as a completion bonus. The PlayStation exclusive campaign mode features numerous maps featuring real-life locations and scenarios. One such campaign, the "East Mediterranean War," has the player commanding Russian forces in an attempt to secure a Mediterranean base in Cyprus and aiding Syrian forces in Lebanon  fighting the US and Israel. The campaign missions allow PS2 players to unlock units that were originally blocked behind passcodes on the Xbox. Reception. On its release, "Dai Senryaku VII" was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 74/100 on Metacritic for Xbox.