IWO: Bloodbath in the Bonins
The terrain is the best thing here and the interface is the worst. A tight hex wargame for grognards who can forgive a UI that argues with every click.
GamerScout Verdict
Worth it only if you want a compact, terrain-heavy Iwo Jima scenario set and can tolerate a hostile interface.
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About IWO: Bloodbath in the Bonins
Panzer Corps trained a generation to expect hexes with friendly edges. IWO goes the other way. The terrain does the talking here: elevation, cover and beach approaches matter more than any unit stat, and pushing inland from the landing zones is an attrition math problem rather than a blitz. It is scenario-based, single-player only, with no campaign metagame to fall back on when a landing goes wrong. The problem is everything wrapped around that. The UI is clumsy on a hex grid this dense, unit selection and information readouts take more clicks than they should, and the tutorial assumes you already speak wargame. Steam achievements and trading cards are the extent of the extras. No multiplayer, no mod support, no campaign layer, and the mixed Steam split (43 percent positive) is not hard to explain. Grognards who want a compact Iwo Jima puzzle will get one. Everyone else should start on friendlier hexes.
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System Requirements
Minimum
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Graphics
- DirectX compatible graphics card
- Storage
- 360 MB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX compatible sound card
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Game Info
- Developer
- Guerilla Tea Games
- Publisher
- HexWar Games
- Release Date
- May 19, 2016