![]() Describe the hassle-free two-resource economic model in a highly entertaining manner. 'Digital Reality wants you to use the protagonists rather than keep them wrapped in cotton-wool back at base.' Probably a bad sign.) Mention that heroes can be inserted into planes and vehicles, and that their deaths don't trigger instant mission failure. Thankfully they're well aware of this fact.' Segue into analysis of. 'The American and German heroes are cheesier than a Caen Camembert warehouse. Draw attention to the tongue-in-cheek humour. someone obviously had a lot of fun making these movie chunks' Compliment developers/publishers on the quality of the acting and the writing. 'Kung-fu duels, car chases, extravagant explosions, cackling baddies with whirring miniguns. 'War Front is drier than a 1947 Chablis' (Too high-brow?) 'War Front is drier than an aquaphobe's swimming trunks' (Better) We Brits were fantastic at coming up with intimidating tank names. Point-out the disappointing lack of U-boats, U-boat prey, and U-boat habitats. Give a taste of the Kraut armoury (Stukas, Tiger tanks, flame-spitting halftracks, mechs, and those cool Reintochter guided ground-to-air missiles.) Mention that the Wurfrahmen mobile rocket launchers probably need to be nerfed in the first patch. Give a feel of the Red roster, providing examples of the predictable/historical stuff (Katyushas, Molotov infantry, T-34s etc.) and the more imaginative units (Morale-boosting vodka dealers, tanks that can entomb enemies in cubes of ice, APCs that can traverse maps underground.) Tier 3, Pershings, rolling shield generators, nuclear bombers.) Tier 2, Shermans, commandos, P-38 Lightnings. Explain the three-tier tech system using the Allied tech tree as an example (Tier 1, Matildas, Priests, bazooka grunts. Downing an eight-engined Lufwaffe goliath before it can disgorge its parachutists or bombs is always fun.' 'While your caterpillared death mobs are rolling towards the enemy HQ, you can, if you're in the mood, jump into static base turrets and fend-off counterattacks Beachhead-style. If infantry could have occupied building in addition to capturing them they might have been more useful.' Most objectives can be taken with an ambling mass of tanks and mobile artillery. 'There's no real encouragement to explore maps or experiment with tactics. Comment on the conservative campaign sequences (two 12-scenario slabs, no branching) and the competent but unimaginative mission design within them. Britain, America, Russia and a German resistance movement drive the fascist beast back to its lair. Then, slowly, with the player's assistance, the tide starts to turns. Nazis make swift progress on the Western Front under new non-loopy leadership. Last seen plummeting from the sky in IL-2: Sturmovik. (Mention Silent Storm and Return To Castle Wolfenstein?) Praise the novelty while acknowledging its superficiality. Risqué introduction mentioning Hitler's lederhosen fetish and Himmler's passion for goat udders. Gamey introduction focused on Digital Reality and its track record? 'This Budapest studio has been producing better-than-average strategy games for donkeys years, but are yet to produce a true classic. Historical introduction referencing WW2 Allied engineering tanks (Hobart's Funnies)? 'Some very strange vehicles trundled up Sword, Gold and Juno beaches on June 6th, 1944, but nothing half as bonkers as War Front's Sonic Tanks, Moles and Kharkov Rampagers.' Ranty introduction moaning about the overuse of WW2 in RTS games? 'If I see another tiny Tiger tank I'm going to gouge it out of the screen with the pointy bit of a potato peeler.' Pop-culture introduction using Guinness-Marmite analogy? 'War Front blends two of my favourite flavours.' Oliver ****WAR FRONT: TURNING POINT review plan, 15/03/07***** As usual the Germans get all the best kit. Thanks for putting-up with all the cockamamie 'concept reviews' too! They say the ******* Islands are nice this time of year -)Īttached is the WF review plan I was working on. I'm going to have to go abroad for a spell - keep my head down until the pesky ********* lose interest. You know that business with the ****** ****** and the ****** I was telling you about, well it's all gone a bit Baghdad. Sorry, but you won't be getting a War Front review from me after all.
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