Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps

Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps, released as Afrika Korps vs. Desert Rats outside the UK and U.S., is a real-time tactics game that is based on the North African campaign of World War II. The single player missions are playable as the German Afrika Korps or the British Desert Rats. There is also an option for online multiplayer.

Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
European cover art featuring montgomery(right) and rommel (left)
Developer(s)	Digital Reality
Publisher(s)	Encore Software Monte Cristo Atari Interactive
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	NA: March 30, 2004[1] EU: April 8, 2004
Genre(s)	Real-time tactics
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

This real-time, tactical combat game's playable factions included the German and British armies. The game focused on desert battles. It could render beautiful graphics and a large number of units, as well as fully destructible environments. Previews praised the excellent music in it. It has 20 missions in two campaigns, although the missions were only loosely based on historical battles. Multiplayer support for up to four players was planned. ^[2][3]

There are more than 70 units true to history included. Infantry can interact with vehicles including getting into tanks. Players can attempt to disable enemy's vehicles, and capture and repair them with own infantry.

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	70/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Computer Gaming World	[5]
Game Informer	6/10[6]
GameSpot	6.6/10[7]
GameSpy	[8]
IGN	7.2/10[9]
PC Format	68%[10]
PC Gamer (UK)	79%[11]
PC Gamer (US)	74%[12]
PC Zone	70%[13]
X-Play	[14]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[4]

See also

• D-Day (2004 video game)