Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty on PS3

now know why it only got 2 stars

yaboy from Bicester [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/10/2008

i now know why this game only has 2 stars read all the other reviews before renting didnt take there advise to stay away though id give it a try seeing as i like war games i must of played like 40 mins of this game and turned it off was shockingly bad i think the problem is that alot of people compare war games to call of duty 4 as i do alot and to be honest nothing can beat that game had to send it back as soon as i could didnt want to even make time for it take my advise STAY AWAY call of duty 5 is out soon

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What A Mess

stevieguil from Salford [Highly rated reviewer] , 05/04/2008

Having playing this to completion, I can honestly say its one of the worst games I've played in recent years, without a doubt the shoddiest FPS in a long long time.

The most obvious problem is the graphics. An absolute disgrace, and have a very similar look to early Medal of Honour games on PSOne. This is no exaggeration, and considering the games use of the Unreal Engine3, which has produced beauty queens like R6 Vegas and Gears of War, this is all the more shocking. Everything is blocky and there is minimal detail, although the explosions do look nice. Yet nothing in the environments can be destroyed at random, not even crates.

Enemy intelligence is appalling, often taking several seconds to notice you (even on the harder settings).

The story is weak. At the start of the game you are a construction worker, yet a few levels in are leading an assassination attempt. By the games final act, you are Americas last and only hope. The story flits between locations and set pieces with no real character development, in fact almost every level sees a new type of resistance group needing your character to perform a random task, giving the plot no sense of continuity.

But plot and character development are the very least of Turning Points problems, weapons aren't exciting and lack any real sense of power. Thanks to the aiming system used, unfavourable comparisons to Call Of Duty 4 are inevitable.

Enemies don't even flinch when shot, those crouching when killed have the strange tendency to stand up, only to fall back down again. They literally appear from nowhere, quite a few Nazi soldiers appear from thin air when walking into a room.

The game is just 8 short levels, which are easily completed in a day. There is no incentive to replay them whatsoever, as it is so broken. Heads appear through doors, guns stick to walls. The human shield, Turning Points one innovative feature doesent always work.

Similarly, certain actions require button prompts, like when opening a door or activating a switch. These don't always appear, leaving you wondering where you have to go next. As the game is so painfully linear, it seems obvious. Then, after returning to the spot again it will appear. Sometimes reloading the previous checkpoint is even required for these prompts to appear. It plays and looks like a PSOne download from PSN, not a full price release. Insulting stuff.

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Ok

A customer from Lincoln , 20/07/2008

It has only got 3 levels in it, so don't buy it!!! The graphics are amazing, the guns are Ok, the Germans like to make you jump around corners, but pretty OK. I enjoyed it but completed it in 4 hours!!!

Overall, a good game but could have room for improvement, Definitely DO NOT BUY!!

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What's all the fuss ; Great game!!!!

A customer from Portsmouth , 14/07/2008

Well the graphics might not be cutting edge but they are adequate with some spectacular scenes. The storyline is good, keeps the player interested, with some cool places in the world visited so you can blow the hell out of everything. One of the first games in ages that I actually could be ar*$d to finish.

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Unfinished but playable

jsav from Nottingham [Highly rated reviewer] , 03/04/2008

A game with big potential and a great storyline kept me playing till the end, I dont know how they have the cheek to release it in its current state though, bad graphics clipping...guns stuck though walls, kills that mysteriously levitate, AI that is laughable, one character ran without actually moving its legs...hmmm, well at least its funny, this game is full of surprises and most of them are bugs, saying all that I enjoyed the game and if only they had polished it properly it would have been fantastic, a real shame, the opening mission is worth the rent alone and a couple of missions into the game are fun to play even with the long list of bugs. I wouldnt buy this but worth a rent in my view.

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now know why it only got 2 stars

yaboy from Bicester [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/10/2008

i now know why this game only has 2 stars read all the other reviews before renting didnt take there advise to stay away though id give it a try seeing as i like war games i must of played like 40 mins of this game and turned it off was shockingly bad i think the problem is that alot of people compare war games to call of duty 4 as i do alot and to be honest nothing can beat that game had to send it back as soon as i could didnt want to even make time for it take my advise STAY AWAY call of duty 5 is out soon

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