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War Front: Turning Point - Game Review (PC)
By George Petrisor
Published: May 29, 2007
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Germans have some interesting infantry. The third units have jetpacks and use flamethrowers, making them very efficient against both infantry and buildings. Ideal for hit and run, they are weak if undefended. As you advance into the campaign, the Exoskeleton will be at your disposal. Equipped with heavy machine guns, these walking robots are very effective against almost all kinds of ground units, including light and medium tanks.
On the land, you will have rocket launchers, four tanks including the Panther, Tiger and Maus, a sonic tank that is an experimental, advanced high-end prototype technology, which is able to blast sonic waves, dealing great damage to ground forces, damaging everything in their path. The Germans have also repair trucks for the same reasons as the Allies.



In the air, the Germans have the Messerschmitt and Stuka. In addition to these two, the Germans have an airborne fortress named Giantzeppelin. For mass destruction, the Germans have less options. Only two bombers can be called to calm the enemy.



The Germans have less air units but they excel in ground combat. The Maus and Elephant tanks are very powerful and if they gain level are deadly. With four such tanks you can go like a hot knife through butter. Repair them and they are ready for another assault.
The Heroes
Each side has three heroes available. Each hero has four skills. One ability, one active skill, one passive and one as radius which gives a certain bonus to all the units in that radius. I won't start describing them but they get better as they gain levels. If at the beginning of the game they will be very useful, as you advance into the campaign and you will be able to recruit powerful units they will become obsolete. To benefit from they radius and passive skills, just put them into a tank and voila, an easy solution.

Tactical info
As each units kills enemies, it will receive experience and will increase its attributes. More hit points, damage are some of them. It is wisely to try and keep your units alive as they will be more deadlier on the battlefield as they achieve more experience. As you pass from one mission to another, some of your veteran units will be available on the next missions. Hand picked or chose by you, these units will be available right from the start, allowing you to sometimes rush the enemy and ease your job.
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