Turning Point: Freeze of Liberty
posted by Stewie84 (EVANSVILLE, IN) Jul 17, 2008
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What if? What if Winston Churchill had died when he was struck by that taxi? What if he never became Prime Minister? Would the Nazis roll over western Europe? If they did, what would stop them from heading straight for the eastern seaboard? And what if they did?
This is where you come in. As a construction worker in the wrong place at the wrong time, yo-
And then the game freezes.
Completely ignoring the fact that the US was NEVER in any danger of (apparently singular use of the name of German soldiers during WWII is against the rules here) occupation, even if the above events occured, what we had here was your typical run and gun WWII sim. Pick up weapons, shoot Nazis (which never gets old), blow up things, all the usual. War-torn New York and DC come in remarkably clear, and you get the adrenaline rush of a "Not in my back yard!" mentali-
And then the game freezes.
Weaponry tends to differ very little. All it really boils down to is American this and German this, American that and German that. You may find a weapon or two you're better with, but it mostly boils down to what the enemies are using, and what you can get more ammo fo-
And then the game freezes.
The levels are rather linear, go from point A to point B, ad nausium. Checkpoints are spread in sometimes generous, sometimes not manners throughout the various levels, and save automatically at that point, so you can pick up at the immensly difficult part you left off/died/froze a-
And then the game freezes.
To top it all off, what would otherwise be a fun and challenging game is bogged down by it's often-enough-to-tick- you- off tendency to freeze, sometimes at extremely aggravating times. I admit, I didn't finish the game, sending it back after I froze six out of the eight times I tried to accomplish the second to last level, and after a while I was so mad I ha-
And then the game freezes.
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