

Rommel narrates the pre-battle briefing to tell you about the mission you need to pull off, using your own tactics. In still-frame cut scenes, the game conveys the viewpoint of Libyan families who rebelled against the Nazi and Italian occupiers. You play as Rommel, who became known as the Desert Fox for his wily tactics in beating enemies with larger forces and better supplies.

I would have liked to see a full campaign, or even a separate game for this one. It’s just a collection of battles that you have to finish in a kind of tutorial campaign. It’s a mini-campaign because there is no strategic map of the region where you can fight back and forth to seize key points.

The North African mini-campaign starts in January 1942, as Erwin Rommel arrives in North Africa in charge of the Afrika Korps.
