{"id":64242,"date":"2018-11-22T14:27:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/battle-for-korsun-ios\/"},"modified":"2018-11-22T14:27:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T14:27:30","slug":"review-battle-for-korsun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/22\/review-battle-for-korsun\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Battle for Korsun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/review-battle-for-korsun.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>B<\/strong><em>attle for Korsun<\/em> is a turn-based &#8216;lite&#8217; strategy wargame set during the Eastern Front of World War 2. Specifically, it covers the events of the\u00a0Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Offensive between Jan\/Feb 1944 which led to what is known as the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkasy Pocket. A surrounded German Army Group failed to breakout and find relief, causing massive casualties.<\/p>\n<p>The game is developed by Yobowargames, or Lance Craner as he is also known, and is a more simplistic wargame that acts as a great gateway experience for casual enthusiasts or those looking to get into that particular niche. Key features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hotseat or German v AI<\/li>\n<li>Large Map<\/li>\n<li>Units represent Divisions\/Regiments or Battalions<\/li>\n<li>Variable weather conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the time of writing, Pocket Tactics has yet to do it&#8217;s own dedicated review on\u00a0<em>Battle for Korsun,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wargamer.com\/reviews\/battle-for-korsun\/\" target=\"_blank\">however our sister website Wargamer.com has a review<\/a> of the PC version if you&#8217;re interested in some broad impressions.<\/p>\n<p>Once we do a dedicated review on iOS, this text will be replaced by the official PT verdict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battle for Korsun is a turn-based &#8216;lite&#8217; strategy wargame set during the Eastern Front of World War 2. Specifically, it covers the events of the\u00a0Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Offensive between Jan\/Feb 1944 which led to what is known as the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkasy Pocket. A surrounded German Army Group failed to breakout and find relief, causing massive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-game-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}