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    Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Feb 26, 2008

    What if Winston Churchill was killed in an accident before World War II began? What if the war wouldn't have ended? Spark Unlimited's Turning Point adds an alternate history scenario to the well-populated subgenre.

    potzergaeren's Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (Xbox 360) review

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    Oh my head hurts...just read on

    I will preface this review by admitting i have been less than kind to bad games in the past, going so far in a case or two to have resorted to making disparaging comments to the vices of developers, insinuating that possibly they had some problems with alchoholic beverages and a penchant for over consumption resulting in the sub-standard development of the game in question. i will not be doing so for Turning Point.

    In the vein of and interest for balanced review let us examine the positive aspects that turning point has to offer first...
    1- they did try to fix the problems after the bad reception to their substandard demo release.
    2- it's a very high end conceptual design and ambitious in it's attempt.
    3- and technically it's not world war 2, so it avoids immediate ww2fps hatred.
    4- the music is epic...a fantastic sweeping score befitting a much much much better game. and that's about it for the good.

    now the tough part...gotta be nice about the bad....
    ok the largest issue turning point has is the demo. everyone knows developers know when the game they're making is good or bad. and bad games come out, because the dev team either could not be bothered to fix the issues because they didn't care, or they were hampered by the powers that be forcing them to release unfinished games to make dates for marketing and fiscal quarters. the difference between those games and turning point is that here T.P. as we may call it...hmm curious...went public with an early demo, which was panned and it became a public relations issue when it became a big story in the game media. oops. turning point should have been delayed and fixed. sorry guys the spotlight was on you, and ya dropped the ball anyway. no one to blame for that but yourselves.

    that out of the way, what's wrong with the game?
    1- fps to 3rd person transition for brawl/grapple moves is dizzying to say the least.
    2-hope you like aim assist, cause you can't hit anything on your own. gross collision detection and noticeable weapons inaccuracy.
    3-a.i. or lack thereof. enemy and ally a.i. is often times incomprehensibly bad. a.i. crosses firing lines resulting in excessive fratricide.
    4- fortunately with nazis killing their own it makes the wholly uneven difficulty curve a bit more manageable.
    5- bad eye candy... this is unfortunate. it's the ut3 engine and the graphics look like 360 launch caliber...really? cmon guys.

    this game was such a great idea, and had soo much potential. i'm dissapointed, and i feel bad for what T.P. could have been. rent this only folks.

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