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War Front: Turning Point - Game Review (PC)
By George Petrisor
Published: May 29, 2007
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War, War never changes. This comes from the Fallout series and it seems that many developers and producers are attracted by the war theme.
Developed by Digital Reality and published by CDV, War Front tries to recreate once again the attack on Berlin and to implement a possible situation from the WW2. What if Stalin decided to take the whole Europe by himself? This is the story of War Front: Turning Point.
War, War never changes
Once again, the combative forces will be Germans, Brits, Russians and Americans. You will have two campaigns at your disposal to try and remake the WW2 history. Both Allies and German campaigns have 11 missions, each one with plenty of action. I won't start spoiling the story but each campaign will start in a different manner, according to the real history and from a certain point you will play the same missions but from the opposite side point of view.
The Allies
The Allies campaign will provide you with enough units to create your own strategy. You will have at your disposal infantry (up to 4 units), tanks and support units (12 units) and air units (3 units). All these units will have enough firepower to overcome the enemy. Each unit has its own strong and weak points so make sure you play a strategic game and not a "kill them all" type. You will have Matilda, Sherman, Pershing tanks, Caliope, M40 and Bofors for support, repair trucks and much more to give your enemies a hard time.
In the air, P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning are your support. When it comes to major destruction (bombardment, of course), the Allies have B-17 Bomber and two prototype aircrafts: Aphrodite, Earthquake Bomb and Nuclear Strike. Played smart, no fortification or enemy base will be safe enough. In addition to the airplanes, you will be able to call reinforcements. Only if you have a barracks built and you have the money to call them. Able to call them anywhere (watch out for the enemy AA), these reinforcements can change dramatically the game. You can make a nasty surprise to your enemy by landing some bazooka troops in the middle of their base or at a weak spot and create havoc or the enemy might decide to do the same to you right when you have no troops to defend it.
Most of the strategy games have some research involved. War Front has no intention to leave this behind and you will have buildings that will allow you to research special techs for your units and buildings. Some units and buildings will only be available after you research the tech level 1 and two from the HQ.
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