Making History: The Calm & the Storm

Making History: The Calm & The Storm, developed by Muzzy Lane and published by Strategy First, is a grand strategy title that explores one of history’s most turbulent periods through large-scale political, military, and economic simulation. Focused on the years surrounding the Second World War, the game places players into positions of national leadership where success depends not only on battlefield victories but on...

0 found this helpful, 2026-05-21

I would most certainly hope you would buy this game during the sale, or even when it's not on sale(it's a quite small price). Pros: *GREAT learning experience, easy to get into, very user friendly. *Easy moving system, nice controls. *Easy economy system. *Easy region control and production control. *Not all full of reports and pop up's about battles and the economy like in Hearts of Iron III or similar...

86 found this helpful, 2015-05-13

I find that I usually only write reviews when I don't like a game, but I'm going to force myself to write one for this game, because I feel its one of the best games I've played in this genre. Firstly, the graphics are attractive and detailed, which I find a plus for a war game. The unit organization is easy to get the hang of, dividing, combining, and renaming armies are quite intuitive. Supply levels are limited...

32 found this helpful, 2015-12-02

When I first got the game for $1.24 on sale, I was shocked at how good the game actually is. For starters, the in game tutorial is relatively good. It teaches the core and advanced concepts of the game, without being too confusing or too long. You can play as any nation in the world, and lead your nation towards world domination, without being forced to play the game historically. The AI also doesn't completely act...

32 found this helpful, 2015-10-25

I bought the game. I played it for 2 hours. I tried to play it another day and they told me I don't have a valid key. Told me to reinstall the game. I did. Still no valid key. No key settings like games that do require keys. This is quite literally unplayable. Edit: Turns out this is a bug =D this game has a bug that makes you think the game was stolen from you. And the fix is to delete a key in your windows...

25 found this helpful, 2021-02-21

This game could help give people a better understanding of just how fragile the eco system of war is, giving them a sense of realism that is not found in most other strategy games. Unfortunately it's that same level of realism that might make this game unplayable for other gamers.

41 found this helpful, 2014-07-18