real, great, strategic what more can i say?
hello and welcome to another of my reviews.
as i reread my dawn of war review i gave that game too low of a score so now im changing it up a bit.
graphics: 3/3
this game visually looks amazing.
there are a lot of guns to use. sparks fly off tanks and bazooka smoke looks amazing. its also fun just shooting at houses and watch the explosions and all the debris.
the units are very detailed as well as the weapons and vehicles.
with all this you'll probably need a pretty high end pc. and when i first got this game my pc lagged like there was no tomorrow. even when i upgraded it, it was still suffering from framerate issues. but if you have the alien pc to play this then it should be smooth.
story: 1/2
what do you want from me its a WWII game. you play as the germans, russians, and allies. thats pretty much it.
and the reason why the story get the lowest score is because even though i always enjoy the story line of a game. its a WWII game. its cliched what more can i say.
so yea you have 3 campaign 6 if you count the advance version which is hard as heck since in the easier version you have allies. here you need to move the camera a lot.
gameplay: 4/5
faces of war is very revolutionary for it adds a few things to the rts mix.
for one it adds a cover system. this is amazing since instead of having your guys line up and pretend to flank them and your actually doing something.
here it is extremely real.
your men take cover and flanking can really bang up your enemy since all units are weak. just like in real life.
tanks are also more vunerable at the rear so have a bazooka guy go around can save your squad.
speaking of which. the first few levels of the 3 campaigns. you are given a few guys and only those guys.
you will get reinforcements once and a while but like i said. they are weak!
this game also has a stealth aspect. say you have a sniper but he will easily get spotted. or a large patrol is heading right toward you.
you can tell your men to cease fire and go prone in some tall grass or maybe (dont try this) in a building. though i recomend the grass.
now for the thing that reall mes this game stand out.
DESTUCTIBLE TERRAIN!!!!!
almost everything you see can be destroyed. maybe a few building cant be but you'll hardly ever notice.
its always fun to have a anti tank cannon and shoot a house with men in it. the floor will crumble below them, the roof will fall on them. you can destroy there cover.
its just amazing. now for some bad things.
this game has some really dumb ai.
a lot of times they will not move or will take forever to move.
sometimes they will switch from sprint to walk.
theirs a lot of micromanagement with your units since you can pick up stuff from boxes or dead guys.
and the worst about the ai is that they will do stuff on there own.
i always have find one of my guys being the hero by running out in the open or taking some idiotic path throuh a enemy MG.
and here is one last good/bad thing.
this game can be unforgivingly hard at times.
there will be times when a MG has your guys pinned down and it feels like they dont run out of ammo. and it always looks like your not going to make it but all of a sudden. one of you guys fires a lucky shot or a lucky grenade.
this game is great and i totally recomend it.
now what do i give this?
an 8.5
man i need to work on my rating scale...