As a huge fan of the FPS genre, I will almost give any game a one time through to see if it has any place in the already crowded shooters market. Another WWII game did not exactly whet my appetite. Anyway, the only level you get to play is mostly a tutorial level. The controls are not that difficult, but they tell you how to open doors, climb ladders and so forth. You seem to be an iron worker on a steel building when the attack comes. You have to make you way down to the streets while encountering about 15 or so German soldiers. The weapons are typical to the genre. It appears the Germans have some enhanced technology, but the level is very short. Graphically, its better than decent, but more on the cartoon side. Overall, I did not expect to be knocked off of my feet and I certainly wasn’t. This game would have been fun about 4 years ago. Call of Duty 4 put WWII games to bed for good.
I’m sure there is a lot more fun to be had in the later levels, but the lasting impression I got was a bad one. At the very end, you board a truck of other resistors if you will, and speed away as buildings are falling and people are crushed in its debris. Hmm. For someone who lives about 10 minutes from where the World Trade Center used to be… a game that uses New York City as a backdrop with falling skyscrapers and people dying is a little off putting to say the least. Perhaps some different imagery would have been nice. Why can’t someone invade Boston?
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Write a Comment»I agree who needs Boston anyway
well, thanks for saving me time downloading this.
I avoid WWII shooters altogether.
Agree! I’m getting really bored of every single game, movie, whatever all being set in New York… I heard there’s like loads of other cities in the US. And seeing as I’ll probably never get to visit them (well, maybe see the inside of their airports if I’m lucky) I’d jump at the chance to tear up some digital carnage around them in a game.
Here’s the problem with game settings in cities in the US. Developers stereotype each city. LA always gets the gang games, Chicago gets the old school Mafia games, New York gets shot up and destroyed (and GTA’d). There really haven’t been games set in any other major US cities. To be fair, the other cities don’t have as much to offer. But scuba is right about Boston, and possibly Philly, being good setting points for some of these games. Is it against policy to destroy the Liberty Bell in a game?
maybe they should re-watch red dawn.