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Bought Frontlines tonight for PC (retail version, not the buggy Steam download). I have to say, this game is awesome..... 2 years ago.
The story is kind of cool. A re-hash of the cold war; a 'western coalition' vs. a Russian-Chinese alliance battle for the last oil deposits left in the world. But the game does not follow through.
The single player is, in a word, lame. AI is pretty stupid. During the first mission, I got close to an enemy soldier and, literally, just ran circles around the guy for a minute as he stood in one spot trying to track me. Pretty sad. The guns are amazingly inaccurate. I understand that going prone improves accuracy, but from a standing position an assault rifle shouldn't have a 20 ft group from 5 ft away! At range, the shotgun while standing is more accurate than the assault rifle or lmg wile proned! This can only make one say out loud: "wtf?!?!?!1111`"
I'll give the game credit though, it was never intended to be a single player game. The multiplayer is the heart of the game...... except this heart is way out of shape. First, the ingame server browser is horrible. Servers that are -6/64, sorting by ping/players completely does not work, and when you try to launch a game it will randomly send you to a server you don't want to join! Once you get ingame, the gameplay is ok at best. Take BF2, put it 10 years in the future, add drones you can control and you get this game. The multiplayer can be fun if you can find a full 64 man server.
Glitches and bad beta testing really let the game down. The previously mentioned ingame browser, bad AI, stairs your player cant figure out how to walk up (had me screaming "THEY TAUGHT YOU IN BASIC HOW TO FLY A REMOTE CONTROL TOY HELICOPTER WITH MISSILES IN BASIC BUT THEY DIDN'T TEACH YOU HOW TO WALK UP STAIRS?!?!?!" at my monitor), along with other little things that BEG for a huge patch.
All in all, this game is decent at best. COD4 raised the level of all FPS shooters, you can't come out with a game that is a rehash of a rehash. This game is, at heart, BF1942! At times, it even looks like it too! At it's best; take BF2, add drones, make all the guns INSANELY inaccurate and you'll get this game. If it was a $9.99 release, I'd say it's maybe worth it. But for $49.99?! No way.
The story is kind of cool. A re-hash of the cold war; a 'western coalition' vs. a Russian-Chinese alliance battle for the last oil deposits left in the world. But the game does not follow through.
The single player is, in a word, lame. AI is pretty stupid. During the first mission, I got close to an enemy soldier and, literally, just ran circles around the guy for a minute as he stood in one spot trying to track me. Pretty sad. The guns are amazingly inaccurate. I understand that going prone improves accuracy, but from a standing position an assault rifle shouldn't have a 20 ft group from 5 ft away! At range, the shotgun while standing is more accurate than the assault rifle or lmg wile proned! This can only make one say out loud: "wtf?!?!?!1111`"
I'll give the game credit though, it was never intended to be a single player game. The multiplayer is the heart of the game...... except this heart is way out of shape. First, the ingame server browser is horrible. Servers that are -6/64, sorting by ping/players completely does not work, and when you try to launch a game it will randomly send you to a server you don't want to join! Once you get ingame, the gameplay is ok at best. Take BF2, put it 10 years in the future, add drones you can control and you get this game. The multiplayer can be fun if you can find a full 64 man server.
Glitches and bad beta testing really let the game down. The previously mentioned ingame browser, bad AI, stairs your player cant figure out how to walk up (had me screaming "THEY TAUGHT YOU IN BASIC HOW TO FLY A REMOTE CONTROL TOY HELICOPTER WITH MISSILES IN BASIC BUT THEY DIDN'T TEACH YOU HOW TO WALK UP STAIRS?!?!?!" at my monitor), along with other little things that BEG for a huge patch.
All in all, this game is decent at best. COD4 raised the level of all FPS shooters, you can't come out with a game that is a rehash of a rehash. This game is, at heart, BF1942! At times, it even looks like it too! At it's best; take BF2, add drones, make all the guns INSANELY inaccurate and you'll get this game. If it was a $9.99 release, I'd say it's maybe worth it. But for $49.99?! No way.
