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- Platform: Windows XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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- Fight in Open World Environments in both single and multi-player campaign modes, with multiple routes on every map, you can fight the enemy differently every time you play
- Challenge up to 64 players online on PC and 32 on consoles. Use high-tech combat systems to collect and relay recon, targeting, and threat information then share this between team mates using squad specific chat
- Frontline combat system: Use team based tactics to fight your way to key objectives, take them and push the frontline forward into your opponent’s territory, this mechanic always keeps the battle fierce and the players fully embedded in the action and the exciting non-linear structure means you can fight for the objectives in any order
- Customisable soldier classes allow you to represent your play style through multiple weapon load-outs and role specializations. As you progress these classes evolve, the more experience you get the more features will be unlocked within the Role and give players new abilities on the battlefield
- Over 60 next-gen vehicles and weapons inspired by military designs for the near future. These include remote controlled drones such as RC cars packed full of C4 (perfect for taking our tanks) aerial reconnaissance drones that feed back enemy locations to your team mates, directional rockets for homing in hard to reach enemy armour and many many more.
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The year is 2024 and the world stands on the brink of economic and social breakdown, natural resources are all but gone and the superpowers have reformed. The Western Coalition (Europe and American) and the Red Star Alliance (China and Russia) are now at war over the last remnants of oil in the Caspian. You take control of the Stray Dogs unit (part of the Western Coalition) leader as you fight a series of large scale high intensity battles in a desperate bid to secure your way of life.
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- Fight in Open World Environments in both single and multi-player campaign modes, with multiple routes on every map, you can fight the enemy differently every time you play
- Challenge up to 64 players online on PC and 32 on consoles. Use high-tech combat systems to collect and relay recon, targeting, and threat information then share this between team mates using squad specific chat
- Frontline combat system: Use team based tactics to fight your way to key objectives, take them and push the frontline forward into your opponent territory, this mechanic always keeps the battle fierce and the players fully embedded in the action and the exciting non-linear structure means you can fight for the objectives in any order
- Customisable soldier classes allow you to represent your play style through multiple weapon load-outs and role specializations. As you progress these classes evolve, the more experience you get the more features will be unlocked within the Role and give players new abilities on the battlefield
- Over 60 next-gen vehicles and weapons inspired by military designs for the near future. These include remote controlled drones such as RC cars packed full of C4 (perfect for taking our tanks) aerial reconnaissance drones that feed back enemy locations to your team mates, directional rockets for homing in hard to reach enemy armour and many many more.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Thoroughly enjoyed playing this game so cannot understand why some have rated it so low. It has many features not in other games and was very entertaining. I did finish it on normal within a couple of days but at least I did not get stuck which happens with so many games. I did not even feel the need to find any cheats or walkthroughs. Out of the games I own I wuld give this top marks. So, yes,I would recommend this to anyone who has the likes of Medal of honor, Call of duty series etc.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I think re-reading Orwell's 1984 right about now would be a great idea. Because in a true Orwellian fashion FRONTLINES:FUEL OF WAR envisions yet a...newer world order where the US and the EU (Western Coalition, aka "Oceania"?) face off Russia and China (Red Star Alliance, aka "Eastasia"?). It is set in (the no so near I hope) future so new weapons and front-line tactical technology are employed.
This is a fast-paced First Person Shooter built around capturing points and getting territory rewards. It bears great similarities to BATTLEFIELD, yet I felt more like playing COMPANY OF HEROES from a FPS perspective. Various objectives are to be completed in order for the entire battlefield territory to be captured.
The graphics are good, although, not exceptional: CoD4 is much more impressive. The sound was nothing to complain about: your usual battlefield whizzing bullets, staccato automatics and loud explosions.
I really liked the feature which allows soldier and weapons customization - which, in an RPG twist, can get upgraded (up to level 3) as the game progresses. This is a game with a lot going for it. Unfortunately, the story does not end here.
The first star was withheld because of the short duration. FPS games keep getting shorter and shorter but 6-7 hours is way too short even for an expansion, let alone a standalone game! At this rate, in a couple of years, games will not run longer than a movie and will cost ten times a movie ticket.
The second star was withheld because of the weak Single player campaign. The missions were rudimentary designed and, even if there are challenging moments, it was painfully obvious that FRONTLINES is a game designed mainly as a multiplayer. Now, this is a risky way to set up a game since it depends on the number of onLine participants. If UT3 failed to attract a crowd, I cannot see FRONTLINES fairing any better. By the way, if THQ wants to boost onLine participation, they should offer more than the 8 maps currently available.
All in all, FRONTLINES is a good game that will leave Single player gamers with an unsatisfied aftertaste, whereas multiplayer gamers will enjoy more, provided they find enough companions to make it interesting.
This is a fast-paced First Person Shooter built around capturing points and getting territory rewards. It bears great similarities to BATTLEFIELD, yet I felt more like playing COMPANY OF HEROES from a FPS perspective. Various objectives are to be completed in order for the entire battlefield territory to be captured.
The graphics are good, although, not exceptional: CoD4 is much more impressive. The sound was nothing to complain about: your usual battlefield whizzing bullets, staccato automatics and loud explosions.
I really liked the feature which allows soldier and weapons customization - which, in an RPG twist, can get upgraded (up to level 3) as the game progresses. This is a game with a lot going for it. Unfortunately, the story does not end here.
The first star was withheld because of the short duration. FPS games keep getting shorter and shorter but 6-7 hours is way too short even for an expansion, let alone a standalone game! At this rate, in a couple of years, games will not run longer than a movie and will cost ten times a movie ticket.
The second star was withheld because of the weak Single player campaign. The missions were rudimentary designed and, even if there are challenging moments, it was painfully obvious that FRONTLINES is a game designed mainly as a multiplayer. Now, this is a risky way to set up a game since it depends on the number of onLine participants. If UT3 failed to attract a crowd, I cannot see FRONTLINES fairing any better. By the way, if THQ wants to boost onLine participation, they should offer more than the 8 maps currently available.
All in all, FRONTLINES is a good game that will leave Single player gamers with an unsatisfied aftertaste, whereas multiplayer gamers will enjoy more, provided they find enough companions to make it interesting.
Fun:
Before I start my review I'll just quickly state that I do not touch multiplayer games. If you're looking for a review of the multiplayer parts to this game you'll be best looking at one of the other reviews. This review will be solely about the single player campaign.
Not exactly an innovation in gaming and it is a little "run of the mill" for a shooter but I did find it a lot of fun.
On the plus side, as I said, although it isn't much new the gameplay is surprisingly good fun. You get to play with some interesting gadgets, such as remote controlled explosive cars and remote controlled missile firing helicopters. The action is usually a lot of fun even if it isn't often very intense and although the campaign story isn't great it does have just enough drama to keep you interested. As an added bonus the tanks can also be a lot of fun to drive.
On the minus side, like most of these multi player games, the campaign could be better; it isn't as intense or engrossing as say Crysis 2 or Half Life 2. The game has more than its share of bugs including clipping and minor graphical errors. Also friendly units have the strange habit of appearing out of thin air at machine gun posts and friendly tanks magically appear in front of you when objectives are completed. The graphics in general are bit below par for a game that's only 3-4 years old. Also the controls for the attack helicopters are terrible and very confusing which will probably result in you crashing before seeing any sort of action while using them.
My only other complaint is that many of the weapons lack oomph; you'll probably find yourself firing entire magazines into an enemy soldier unless you manage get a head shot, not a great deal but it is a slight annoyance.
Despite those flaws I did enjoy this one. If you're a fussy gamer you'll probably want to give this a miss since I suspect you'll find the flaws frustrating. If, like me, you aren't so fussy and are looking for a game that'll kill a few hours then I'd suggest at least considering this one. Regardless of its negatives I found it to be a lot of fun.
Not exactly an innovation in gaming and it is a little "run of the mill" for a shooter but I did find it a lot of fun.
On the plus side, as I said, although it isn't much new the gameplay is surprisingly good fun. You get to play with some interesting gadgets, such as remote controlled explosive cars and remote controlled missile firing helicopters. The action is usually a lot of fun even if it isn't often very intense and although the campaign story isn't great it does have just enough drama to keep you interested. As an added bonus the tanks can also be a lot of fun to drive.
On the minus side, like most of these multi player games, the campaign could be better; it isn't as intense or engrossing as say Crysis 2 or Half Life 2. The game has more than its share of bugs including clipping and minor graphical errors. Also friendly units have the strange habit of appearing out of thin air at machine gun posts and friendly tanks magically appear in front of you when objectives are completed. The graphics in general are bit below par for a game that's only 3-4 years old. Also the controls for the attack helicopters are terrible and very confusing which will probably result in you crashing before seeing any sort of action while using them.
My only other complaint is that many of the weapons lack oomph; you'll probably find yourself firing entire magazines into an enemy soldier unless you manage get a head shot, not a great deal but it is a slight annoyance.
Despite those flaws I did enjoy this one. If you're a fussy gamer you'll probably want to give this a miss since I suspect you'll find the flaws frustrating. If, like me, you aren't so fussy and are looking for a game that'll kill a few hours then I'd suggest at least considering this one. Regardless of its negatives I found it to be a lot of fun.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
do not buy
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME
Gigantic install, terribly optimised game. Won't even play for 10 minutes without completely lagging, full of bugs. Read more
Gigantic install, terribly optimised game. Won't even play for 10 minutes without completely lagging, full of bugs. Read more
Published 4 months ago by l
On Line Only
I bought this game believeing it was a single player game, well I am a novice and after buying the game I find I can't play it because I'm not on the internet...... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. K. M. Groves
I don't see what your problem is
I've got this game and find it rather cracking,the vast array of wpns to be used tanks and tank battles, i don't have a problem with the loading or the game play, i also have this... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. Dr. Northey
Call of duty it aint!
Good value shoot em up for the money, some nice touches, good story line.
It all ends a bit sudden though. Read more
It all ends a bit sudden though. Read more
Published 19 months ago by KL-93
Game for the bin.
Game uses 11 Gig of HDD space and that can be used for other stuff. Do not even attempt to play this game. AI are sluggish stupid and are worse than the AI in Star trek Online. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Naleen
SecuRom infected game
Another SecuROM infected game. When it would not work I contacted Amazon and was told"You probably have a virus on your PC" The PC is still under warranty, so back it went to the... Read more
Published 23 months ago by jamie
Visceral Multiplayer fun
First things first with this game, its sort of slipped under the radar. Games like COD 4 and the other big-budgeters from high-profile developers kind of overshadowed this at... Read more
Published on 23 April 2010 by Fergus E. Kelly
Innovative gameplay albeit laggy at times
Great game for the price, and that's where the raves end. Unfortunately it's not keeping up with the premise, so at times gets wacky. Read more
Published on 16 April 2010 by G. Gopalakrishnan
way too short
Cracking game, lots of action, helicopters tanks, miniguns,...then you just get into it and it ends ? far too short, but at this price who cares. Read more
Published on 13 April 2010 by Vexpez
So Good i bought the special edition
This game is very good, but you need the specs to run it, or it will crash.
Its 2024, and the world oil is running out. Read more
Its 2024, and the world oil is running out. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2010
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