Turning Point: Fall of Liberty for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

Let me begin by saying this is a short, largely forgettable game. Unfortunately this seems to be a trend with FPSs recently, or maybe it is just the ones I'm renting (overall with Blacksite: Area 51, Soldier of Fortune: Payback and this it has been a pretty bad week for gaming :( ). The graphics and sound are acceptable, although there are some clipping problems (which can actually be amusing at times), but they are definitely not up to this gen's standard in my opinion. Also the AI can be weak at times, occasionally you end up standing next to an enemy that is not reacting to you, on the flip side you will be lining up a sniper shot and the enemy is moving around all over the place (I have not seen Nazis dance this much since The Producers ;)). It also does one thing I hate in FPSs, resetting of weapons at the beginning of a level without my input :( Despite all this, overall it is not that it is an unplayable game, the question is whether or not you actually want to play it. There is nothing here that has not been done before.

Frankly, the full potential of the story never seems to be realized to give it a truly unique flavor. The only thing it does that you do not usually find in FPSs is add in some "adventure" game aspects, going hand to hand over pipes to get from one balcony to another for example. While doing this one time it occurred to me, given the subject matter, it would have been better to make this an adventure game, or maybe even a full RPG. If they had gone that route they could have explored the alternate history (which is the whole point of the game in the first place) a lot more than what was done. As a shooter there's just not enough to keep it interesting, maybe that's why it is so short ;)

The bottom line is if you just have to play all shooters go ahead, add it to the queue, and blow an evening knocking it off (5-6 hours). If you are not that attached to shooters though you will probably want to give this one a pass.