War Front: Turning Point

by CDV Software Entertainment

Product Features

• Besides commanding their existing units, they have to care about reinforcements, resource management and researching new prototypes
• Choose what missions to fight, what troops to use, and when to call in reinforcements
• Completing objectives and capturing strategic locations such as train stations or airfields in each mission help you to win subsequent campaigns
• Each mission has multiple primary and secondary objectives that are connected to other missions, providing almost limitless strategic choices

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I5KU5W
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 1, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,254 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

War Front: Turning Point is a new approach to WWII tactical gaming. Exploring an alternative approach on World War II, one in which Hitler is assassinated in the early days, players take command of experimental weapons, prototype vehicles and units rarely seen in strategy games. Rewrite history or the the historical outcome through fast-paced, adrenaline pumping conquests.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hectic, intense RTS war game!, March 21, 2007

By 

R. Nicholson - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: War Front: Turning Point (CD-ROM)

This is a RTS that is fun to play and is guaranteed to get your adrenalin pumping once you get into the action. It has 3 different difficulty settings, (easy, normal and hard) and it is playable as a single person or as a multiplayer; this review is of the single player game.

The game setting is the European/Eastern Asia theater during World War 2; however the game throws in a few "what if" scenarios and a few futuristic weapons to make the game a little different that your normal WW2 game.

As with any game there are positives and negatives...let me explain

The Pros:

1.)Non linear game play; although you must complete certain objectives to complete a mission, how and in what order you do it is completely up to you. You can also play the game from either the American or German point of view (with completely different scenarios). This gives the game a large degree of replayability

2.)Your three main "heroes" of this game have upgradeable skills, giving them special talents to help you in certain situations. Some of these skill are passive (in effect all the time) and some are active (only begin when you click on an icon and only last a specific period of time)

3.)Some buildings, and airports have upgrades available once specific conditions have be achieved.

4.)Easy save game at any point. (recommended to do it often)

5.)Grouping of infantry and vehicles to allow you to facilitate deployment of your troops.

6.)Production buildings and airports can be set up to continually produce the same group of units that you've instructed; this allows you to continue to make tanks, infantry and airplanes while you "try" to concentrate on running the war effort.(not as easy as you'd think)

7.)Some "hot keys" are available to facilitate commands to certain units.

8.)You have some limited amount of time to set up your forces when the mission starts, then it is intense, nonstop action from there to the end of a mission.

9.)Use of the "pause" button to stop all the action; however, you can still look anywhere on the map to assess what needs your most urgent attention.

The Cons:

1.)Initially, you can easily feel overwhelmed and become frustrated with this game; trying to complete mission objectives while being continually attacked on several different fronts at the same time. The action at times is so hectic it borders on chaotic; it's just hard to know which major problem to try to fix first.

2.)The instructional manual, although complete, is very basic and simplistic to say the least, when compared to the scope of activity you are going to have to deal with in the missions.

3.)The tutorial covers only very basic strategies, or so it would seem, (see "suggestions" below) in its instruction, and hardly prepares you for what's to come. Learning how to use the tutorial to its full potential will help immensely.

4.)I could not get the game to install initially; after an hour of fiddling, I eventually went to the web site to the FAQ (frequently asked questions) section only to discover that the game may not install with an active firewall; once I'd disabled my firewall, it installed without any problem. I just can't understand why a potential problem such as this would not be mentioned in the instruction booklet.

Suggestions:

1.The tutorial is deeper and more useful than it initially appears. On the section on fighting, you should take your time to learn how to use your buildings to produce infantry and vehicles that have the same group number (for example you might have a combination of 20 infantry and tanks in group No.1 and a group of 6 fighter planes and bombers in group 2, etc.) This will allow you to send an entire group (instead of individual units) off to battle with one or two mouse clicks.

2.In the tutorial on turrets and airfields, there is another group of enemies that are not in obvious view on the map; if you look for them with a plane you'll find them, then you'll have a real battle to practice on the tutorial session. Of all the help available on learning how to play this game, this was the most useful.

3."loop" you building units to continually produce infantry, airplanes and tanks. You will not have time to do this once the action starts.

4.)use the "pause" button to get time to think (when all is chaos around you). Although you can't make any changes during "pause" you can use the time to determine what needs to be done first once you "unpause" the game.

A great game, with a huge and somewhat difficult learning curve; however once you've mastered the basic game controls it's a real blast. 5 Stars.


R. Nicholson

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN UNDER-APPRECIATED GEM!, October 27, 2007

By 

NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: War Front: Turning Point (CD-ROM)

It seems that nowadays nobody pays much attention to gameplay as long as the graphics are candied up. Well, along comes a game such as WAR FRONT and it reminds everyone how much fun a good game can be!

This is an EXCELLENT RTS game set in an alternative WWII. New units and experimental vehicles, intuitive buildings and upgrades, clear and realistic graphics; all in all, a solid RTS game that can be enjoyed by everyone.
Not an easy game, mind you. It has slow learning curve and the high AI does not forgive mistakes - but that is what makes the challenge even better!
A true undiscovered and under-appreciated gem!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Strategy, June 15, 2007

By 

Adam S. Fann "fanndango" (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: War Front: Turning Point (CD-ROM)

I have enjoyed this game for quite a while. My 7 year old son who is obsessed with WWII really likes to watch it. It gives me an excuse to play it even if my wife don't like me to.



Gameplay is good, AI is pretty good. The scenario is an interesting twist, kinda a "what if Patton got his way" thing.