(Skip this part if you don't give a crap about my gaming background): As this is my first review, I think you should know briefly about my gaming background. I play everything, but my preference is shooters, especially WWII shooters. It all started with Day of Defeat which is perhaps one of the finest online shooters to date. I love the history of WWII, so these games constantly piqued my interest, despite the fact that it has already been done 100 times already. I have played essentially every WWII shooter known to man from the best: Brothers in Arms to the worst of the worst including the recent history channel pacific theater one which name I have already forgotten and don't really care to remember. Personally I would mix it up
by having a game like BIA from the German perspective, showing that they weren't all evil Nazi bastards and their war sucked too, even if they did start it (jerks).
Now for the review: I knew what I was getting myself into with this game, as I had played the demo. But being the retard that I am and constantly needing my gaming fix I picked this one up. The intro sets the backdrop to this poor excuse of a game. First off, who the hell para-drops into a huge city like New York? Ladies and Gentlemen that does not make sense. And I know sending me262 jets zooming through the street of New York may seem cool, and makes for lots of good splosions and shit, but it really isn't that effective (looking at you Goering). I especially liked it when the Nazis para-droping in were so obviously under-trained that they refused to acknowledge you even when you had shot 3 of their buddies parachuting down right in front of them. Apparently Hitler's elite Fallschirmjager was too caught up its own ass to care about pathetic pussy Americans.
I may not be the most adept person at understanding the gaming world, but I do play enough games to ask myself, how is it that game developers actually release this garbage? I know there are idiots out there like me that buy the games on the first day before they see it got a 50% on IGN, but most people don't have this flagrant disregard for useless spending. If I were a developer of this game I would say to myself, "this game sucks ass, why are we releasing this retarded game based on one different element that the Nazis are invading America? The game play sucks, the concept is absolutely ludicrous, and our "awesome" melee system gets boring the second friggen time you beat up a nazi." I can't emphasize how much this point confuses me, I simply can't wrap my head around it.
Being a history buff this game strikes me as incredibly far fetched and over the top. If the Germans weren't using blimps during WWII, then why the hell would they start using them in a combat role afterwards. I don't care what the hell they're made of, a rocket launcher, 3 bullets for that matter are going to a) ignite the damn thing into a ball of flame and if they find some sort of gas that doesn't ignite b) it will deflate and thus be rendered useless. But no, they have hulking death-stars of balloons that take multitudes of rockets to take down. I guess when Winston Churchill died, the laws of reason died with him. And whats the deal with the guns, ooh alternate weapons to the guns we've used 20 times before. Oh wait, its the same exact thing with a couple years added to the date of the gun ie mp50 instead of 40 and the bolt is put in a new place. Who are the add wizards that came up with that one? It really comes as no surprise that the Nazi's lost the war, because after taking over continental Europe, Hitler's Alzheimers really kicked in, leaving Germany controlled by someone about as smart as what you'll be facing in the game. Anyways, the Nazi's scrapped their idea of good camouflage in exchange for something akin to the Brits advertising their presence 2 miles away in the revolutionary war. Come to think of it, I would probably have had more fun playing a game based on the revolutionary war where you stand in a line and wait to be shot (come on history channel). But in summation, the whole alternative history premise from which this game prides itself is utterly ludicrous. It's as if some high schooler from the remedial history class turned this in to his teacher, who in turn gave it to codemasters. It didn't strike a cord with my patriotism, as I don't like New York, and there is no real background to make you care about the people there.
As for the game, the graphics suck big time, it honestly looks like a game on par with the XBOX, and its using the unreal engine? How the hell did they screw that one up so much? If you like other WWII shooters where you run around shooting Nazis, then this might strike a cord. But then again you might feel sorry for the Jerry buggers who don't seem to realize that they could at least prolong your misery buy standing, wait for this, behind something. Auch meine scheisse if I stand behind this box instead of out in an open field, and don't charge this guy who takes at least 50 bullets to kill, I greatly increase my pathetic chance of survival. Perhaps Helmut is on to something. There are no free saves in the game, all based on checkpoints, despite the gaming worlds constant criticism of this. What more do you need to know, if you like the composer who did the music for this game, because he apparently is the biggest and best thing they have to offer on the box of the game, then go ahead and spend either 40 or 60 bucks . Otherwise if you don't want to develop an ulcer as I have, stay the hell away.
If you are looking for my point rating of this game, I must look back to Billy Maddison when I say: Turning Point Fall of Liberty, what you've released is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever seen. At no point in your rambling, incoherent game were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having played it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Disclaimer: This is my first review so If you've made it this far, which I doubt many will, thank you for listening to my flaming. I apologize if it seems unprofessional or unpolished, but I am not a professional so sod off.
by having a game like BIA from the German perspective, showing that they weren't all evil Nazi bastards and their war sucked too, even if they did start it (jerks).
Now for the review: I knew what I was getting myself into with this game, as I had played the demo. But being the retard that I am and constantly needing my gaming fix I picked this one up. The intro sets the backdrop to this poor excuse of a game. First off, who the hell para-drops into a huge city like New York? Ladies and Gentlemen that does not make sense. And I know sending me262 jets zooming through the street of New York may seem cool, and makes for lots of good splosions and shit, but it really isn't that effective (looking at you Goering). I especially liked it when the Nazis para-droping in were so obviously under-trained that they refused to acknowledge you even when you had shot 3 of their buddies parachuting down right in front of them. Apparently Hitler's elite Fallschirmjager was too caught up its own ass to care about pathetic pussy Americans.
I may not be the most adept person at understanding the gaming world, but I do play enough games to ask myself, how is it that game developers actually release this garbage? I know there are idiots out there like me that buy the games on the first day before they see it got a 50% on IGN, but most people don't have this flagrant disregard for useless spending. If I were a developer of this game I would say to myself, "this game sucks ass, why are we releasing this retarded game based on one different element that the Nazis are invading America? The game play sucks, the concept is absolutely ludicrous, and our "awesome" melee system gets boring the second friggen time you beat up a nazi." I can't emphasize how much this point confuses me, I simply can't wrap my head around it.
Being a history buff this game strikes me as incredibly far fetched and over the top. If the Germans weren't using blimps during WWII, then why the hell would they start using them in a combat role afterwards. I don't care what the hell they're made of, a rocket launcher, 3 bullets for that matter are going to a) ignite the damn thing into a ball of flame and if they find some sort of gas that doesn't ignite b) it will deflate and thus be rendered useless. But no, they have hulking death-stars of balloons that take multitudes of rockets to take down. I guess when Winston Churchill died, the laws of reason died with him. And whats the deal with the guns, ooh alternate weapons to the guns we've used 20 times before. Oh wait, its the same exact thing with a couple years added to the date of the gun ie mp50 instead of 40 and the bolt is put in a new place. Who are the add wizards that came up with that one? It really comes as no surprise that the Nazi's lost the war, because after taking over continental Europe, Hitler's Alzheimers really kicked in, leaving Germany controlled by someone about as smart as what you'll be facing in the game. Anyways, the Nazi's scrapped their idea of good camouflage in exchange for something akin to the Brits advertising their presence 2 miles away in the revolutionary war. Come to think of it, I would probably have had more fun playing a game based on the revolutionary war where you stand in a line and wait to be shot (come on history channel). But in summation, the whole alternative history premise from which this game prides itself is utterly ludicrous. It's as if some high schooler from the remedial history class turned this in to his teacher, who in turn gave it to codemasters. It didn't strike a cord with my patriotism, as I don't like New York, and there is no real background to make you care about the people there.
As for the game, the graphics suck big time, it honestly looks like a game on par with the XBOX, and its using the unreal engine? How the hell did they screw that one up so much? If you like other WWII shooters where you run around shooting Nazis, then this might strike a cord. But then again you might feel sorry for the Jerry buggers who don't seem to realize that they could at least prolong your misery buy standing, wait for this, behind something. Auch meine scheisse if I stand behind this box instead of out in an open field, and don't charge this guy who takes at least 50 bullets to kill, I greatly increase my pathetic chance of survival. Perhaps Helmut is on to something. There are no free saves in the game, all based on checkpoints, despite the gaming worlds constant criticism of this. What more do you need to know, if you like the composer who did the music for this game, because he apparently is the biggest and best thing they have to offer on the box of the game, then go ahead and spend either 40 or 60 bucks . Otherwise if you don't want to develop an ulcer as I have, stay the hell away.
If you are looking for my point rating of this game, I must look back to Billy Maddison when I say: Turning Point Fall of Liberty, what you've released is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever seen. At no point in your rambling, incoherent game were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having played it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Disclaimer: This is my first review so If you've made it this far, which I doubt many will, thank you for listening to my flaming. I apologize if it seems unprofessional or unpolished, but I am not a professional so sod off.
Brits are known for their dry humor for, well, 3 reason - 1. they make good comedies with dry humor (duh), 2. English aka the new world language is their mother tongue so their shows are more viewable for foreigners than, lets say, German's (though I must say that most German shows I've seen are pretty bad also 