Customer Reviews

War Front: Turning Point

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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

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!

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.

I've played just about every RTS there is, and this one definitely goes into the "it's a winner" pile. This game is very fun, and if you enjoy RTS at all you don't want to miss this one.

The game itself was a good "what if," style of game and had had a good science fiction style. This was why I gave it 4stars overall. It was an extremely hard game to beat, however, and without the aid of adequate trainers and cheat codes, this had to hurt its' appeal with casual gamers. I think the lack of popularity and appeal to most is probably what stopped the game from being right up there with some of the top name releases such as Medieval II and others. There was no flare of trainers produced for the game and the only cheat codes available could be utilized by the other side as well as yourself so, this was no help. One of the most annoying things I encountered was on the War Front home page. Even though I registered and was recognized as such, I was never allowed to post or write a reply to other letters. I wrote the webmaster several times about this but elicited no response. As far buying, I would not buy the game again but, for those of you who are looking for a good science fiction, what if? style of game and might not be hampered by the things I mentioned. This would indeed be a good buy for you.

i enjoyed the game very much. I like games like this. similar to company of heroes but a little less graphics and AI.
I would still recommend. i also received it just in time for xmas

Good WWII RTS, However, would be better with a C&C Generals type engen and controls

War Front puts you in the role of an American Special operations soldier fighting an alternate world war 2. Gameplay and mechanics are easy to learn if your are familiar with this genre of RTS and historical period. Game weapons and characters are easy to use and although not historicly accurate or even real they do make the game challenging and fun. If you like this genre and this type of game you will enjoy this game, but if you are looking for accuracy and history this is not for you.

Reminded me alot of Command and Conquer games circa WW2 with alot of futuristic weapons. Cool graphics an suprised by the good AI the enemy had. Sneaky.