Campaign is a classic strategy game with Wold War II setting. As a general you take control of either the allies or the axis and lead them through several campaigns from Africa to Russia. As a good general you have to take care of all aspects of warfare. You will have to manage the production of your facilities, protect your air force bases and provide your troops with enough reinforcements, ammunition and fuel. Last, but not least, you will have to make sure that your enemy won't be able to do the same.
The game mostly emphasizes on tank combat, but there also are air and sea units, and you will need a lot of tactical finesse to succeed in combat. Not every fight can be won by sheer strength. You will have to use barrage fire as well as artillery support or ground bombardment with your aircrafts. If you are in defence you might consider to dig in your troops, or use mine fields.
Most of the time you will operate on the tactical map, which gives you an overview of the terrain, your troops and those of your foe. All troops are commanded in squads, so you don't have to bear with single unit management like in Panzer General. Even if this is still too much for you, you can hand the control of single squads over to the AI. Once your forces engage the enemy you have the choose whether you wish to lead the battle yourself of if you want the AI to auto calculate its outcome. The manual battle interface looks a little bit like the full sized minimap of Command & Conquer where you can command your tanks as well as air strikes and artillery support. If that's not enough action for you, there is also the possibility to hop into one of your tanks and shoot the hell out of your enemies. Be careful when you have to retreat. Every tank left on the battlefield can be captured and repaired so its possible to face your own tanks in the following fight.
Maybe you're wondering why I haven't mentioned sound or graphic so far. Well, both of them are clearly bellow average. The tactical map looks very boring and I am sure you will play your own music instead of listening to the games sounds. Also the 3D View of the tank battle is very limited in variety but the intro looks great. The interface isn’t very easy to understand at first, but right-clicking on every icon will bring up some help text.
On the bottom line, Campaign is a very good and original combination of strategy and arcade which will hopefully not only please hardcore generals but occasional gamers as well.