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Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty
Published by: Codemasters |
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty - Game Review (PC)
By Paguba Florin
Published: March 26, 2008
Print The Resistance fighters are quickly adopting you as one of their own and seem to have full confidence in your skills so you are assigned to perform the most dangerous missions although you have no expertise in combat tactics. It looks like there is more than meets the eye about Carson whose ability to place antitank mines and arm bombs under enemy armored vehicles is uncanny. Thank God these devices are easy to set and even a mentally challenged person can figure out this "puzzle", as you simply have to connect some wires by choosing the correct color.
Once your job in New York is done and numerous civilians escape thanks to your valiant effort it is time to travel to Washington D.C for another crucial mission. This is probably the most exciting part of the campaign as you and a few comrades from the Resistance are assigned to free General George Donnelly, a patriot who is facing criminal charges due to his relentless actions against the Nazi invaders. The next mission is probably the highlight of this game as you storm the White House and execute the puppet President Stevenson, whose attitude towards the oppressors is lenient to say the least.
I must confess that clearing room after room in this imposing building and eventually storming into the Oval Office to finish the job was thrilling even though the opponents are about as sharp as a bowling ball and present you with little challenge. The AI is really weak and the Germans are frequently concerned of hiding just half of the body behind walls and columns while exposing enough to be nothing more than sitting ducks. Blowing up the White House after dealing with Stevenson provides us with a powerful image, one of the few scattered over the campaign to spice things up a bit, but it's just a pale consolation for the fading story.
While the innovative concept presented in the intro movie is poorly developed, "Turning Point: Fall of Liberty" resorts to other tricks to keep the interest alive, and shifting the action to London is one of the most effective. Carson becomes quickly one of the most reliable members of the resistance so it's no wonder that you are the designated man to defuse or destroy the atomic bombs stored inside the Tower of London. At this point the entire story becomes downright silly and this will cause your enthusiasm to plummet down to earth faster than a speeding bullet, and not even killing dozens of Nazi soldiers can cheer you up.
As soon as you find out that there is a zeppelin carrying one last nuclear bomb prepared to take off to launch it over New York, few people can afford to hope for a happy ending as not even the skilled construction worker, that Carson is, could have the knowledge to diffuse it in midair. Luckily by this point most of the gamers are so fed up with him that they don't really care how this endeavor will conclude and Dan's supreme sacrifice for the benefit of New York citizens will not ruin anyone's day. Nonetheless the atomic blast near the American east coast with the Statue of Liberty on the background is a pretty powerful sight.
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