![]() 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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