War Front: Turning Point

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

3
Average:

4
Bad:

2

Pros:

Up to 10 people can play at once!
Interesting "what if?" setting; Inventive units; Good multiplayer; Beautiful graphics; Factory production options; Good storyline.

Cons:

Let's be honest, it's pretty old schoollittle has changed in RTS games since the late 1990s.
Poor movement and strategic AI; Balance issues; Poor voice work; Puzzle missions; Useless first-person mode.

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Last revision on February 17, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Up to 10 people can play at once!
Interesting "what if?" setting; Inventive units; Good multiplayer; Beautiful graphics; Factory production options; Good storyline

Reviewers Didn't Like

Let's be honest, it's pretty old schoollittle has changed in RTS games since the late 1990s
Poor movement and strategic AI; Balance issues; Poor voice work; Puzzle missions; Useless first-person mode

Expert reviews and ratings

Imagine giant walking combat robots in a World War II setting, and thats what you get when playing in the weird alternate history that is War Front: Turning Point. Command & Conquer fans should enjoy this RTS game. OverviewWar Front: Turning Point...

By BrightHub on January 20, 2009

War Front: Turning Point has added itself to an already bloated genre, but has developed its own little niche by following the lead of the Red Alert series — packaging alternative-history with some quirky units. The result is a game that has...

By Good Gear Guide on July 22, 2008

A sci-fi RTS thats just a little special When Company of Heroes hit the shops last year, it set the benchmark against which all other real-time strategy games would be measured. So War Fronts developer, Digital Reality, has had to pull out the...

By Custom PC on June 14, 2007

War Front has the dubious honor of being the first RTS we played after SupCom (hereafter this period will be known as A.S.). Fair or not, SupCom raised our expectations, and War Front just doesn’t measure up—in fact, it feels like a bit of a...

By Maximum PC on May 22, 2007

For a setting as overused as World War II, an RTS developer really needs to have some very good ideas in order to have a shot at breaking through the clutter. That was clearly on the minds of the Digital Reality development team as it was putting...

By GameSpy on March 09, 2007

Its a strategy game set in WWII. Not as good as Supreme Commander, though. War Front: Turning Point is a WWII strategy game. However, rather than go the route of authentic WWII strategic warfare, its set in an alternate reality in which Hitler has...

By Expert Reviews on March 01, 2007

Developed by Digital Reality and published by CDV and 10Tencle Studios, War Front: Turning Point is a WWII RTS with a slight twist. Well, make that a twist that spirals out of control. The game’s alternate future storyline and crazy weaponry work...

By GameZone on February 26, 2007

History takes a turn for the weird in War Front as Operation Sea Lion succeeds and Hitler occupies London and southern England. This gives the mad scientists of all nations time to develop some truly terrifying weapons. Like Nazi’s with jet-packs,...

By Strategy Informer on February 23, 2007

Dejemos volar la imaginación y rehagamos la historia; tras asesina al mismísimo Hitler el nuvo canciller se centra en conquistar Inglaterra, iniciando una carrera tecnológica en la que aparecerán las máquinas de guerra más...

By ITespresso.es on June 13, 2007