Product ReviewsFrontlines: Fuel of War (PC, 2008)

Fun, but lacking in multiplayer

I purchased this game hoping for strong multiplayer support. Unfortunately, although there are many servers listed, only a few have a regular population of players. If you like alot of aircraft, armor, and other vehicles, you will enjoy this game. For me personally, I think there are way to many aircraft. On one map, each side has 2 fighters, and 2 or 3 choppers. This is ok if there are alot of players. But when theres only 12 or less players, and half of them are flying, it makes for an unbalanced game. Also, the developers of this game decided to put 'boundries' in the maps. If you stray to far out of a predetermined area on the map, you start to lose health. On some of the maps, this is very annoying, especially if your in a jetfighter. Your confined to a relatively small flying area. The game also has glitches. Like the infamous 'wall glitch'. Where the player can get half of their body to blend into a wall or other object. You can walk right up to them and not see them. The flip side to this, is during certain times in the game, the opposing team player is highlighted with a red neon triangle. This is a bit amateurish, and I really don't get the point. Reminds me of a hack I've seen in COD4.

Graphics are good if you have a high end system with everything set to maximum. Singleplayer is a little to easy on the normal setting, and it does'nt take long to get through the entire game. Maybe 5 or 6 hours depending on your experience level playing FPS's. The game needs to have more maps, but even with the current maps, game play can get intense with 30 or more players. Overall the game can be fun to play. If you can get this game for under $30 go for it. Either that, or save your money and wait for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising FPS to come out in couple of months.Read full review...

FrontLines falls short with a whole host of problems!!!

I bought fuel of war after watching the commercials on tv and after hearing that the multi player would be up to 60 ppl. Unfortunately I should have read some of the other reviews that are out there. This game has good graphics and great sound but so many problems with the multiplayer even after the patch and hotfix release. I can only find multiplayer games sometimes and when I do I usually have to type the ip manually just to get into the server. Of course thats only when its working. Most of the time it says I need to change my settings so it can find a game (I have my filters set at accept anything, whether there is ppl or not). I could go on with more but I just need to end with this. In closing, buy this if you really need to but your better off waiting till they have all the patchs and fixes done. ++++Buyer Beware++++Read full review...

Very Good Review

I really enjoyed this game. Plenty of Unique weapons available to use, such as robots,tanks,helicopters,and drones. I can only speak on the single 1st person play. Do not play any of my games online. But the purchase price I paid for this older game was well worth it. The game has the typical (8) level mission's. To short if you ask me!!! Game is very easy to understand and keep on top of the objectives. I would very much recommend this game if you like fps game play. Fred Read full review...

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Complete Frontlines Fuel of War Open World FPS PC XP/Vista w/ CD KEY

Excellent graphics action pack many weapons drones tanks vehicles Heli.ETC the missions are ok on normal but you will get killed on hard the game was short 2 days I completed all the missions the only good thing is that you don't need to be on line when installing it like steam crap and the original keys work. Plays on windows 7 64 bit but I love shooter games so I added to my collection.Read full review...

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Mediocre game...Could have been better.

With all the hype and build-up that Frontlines received, I expected it to be phenomenal. It was good, but far from great. The graphics were on par with current development. The ability to destroy almost anything in the environment was fun. But when it comes down to it, the distinct lack of tactical gameplay was a downer. Frontlines was built up to be like a more fun, easier to play Ghost Recon. Futuristic war and weapons based on current technology and political tensions is a great idea, but when the developers fail to make the gameplay addicting...the game fails.

3 out of 5 for a good story and fun game, but the typical run and gun gameplay.Read full review...

A Futuristic Battlefield and Great Graphics

I had to give this game a 5 of 5 , but on a scale of 10 , I would give it an 8 - due to a lack of inner building allowances for battles to be fought from the inside outwards. There is not much allowance for much play inside the buildings themselves.

Due to a lack of inner building battles , the game makes you feel like you are mostly vulnerable , rather than safe. Especially because there are tanks , helicopters and jet fighters flying around. The singleplayer mode is absolutely fantastic , less the feeling of running through mainstreets with no options to take cover in a building , and then find multiple routes to the objectives.

The graphics are bright and clear , unlike some other games. The weapons are good and include drones or radio controlled weapons. Although , there is no allowance made to pick up enemy weapons or ammunition , so you have to run back sometimes to the provided ammo boxes. There aren't enough ammo boxes in my view , especially when you play on the hardcore difficulty. The game would have been much better if you could pick up enemy ammunition , weapons and health thereof , after killing an enemy. That would make it so that even if you were attacked by an enemy in a tank or vehicle , you could respond with a rocket launcher. And with open buildings , you could take cover by running inside them , while looking for an enemy to kill so that you could acquire weapons and ammunitions.

The game performance is good if you can see your way past these mistakes that drag down the playability of the game. The storyline makes up for alot of it's shortcomings , with excellent communication and objective tracking commands.

If you like FPS's , you will like this game. And if you like flying jets and helicopters over battlefields that include tanks , you will love this game. The enemy AI are good enough to stop you from reaching your objectives , but what really stops you is the lack of being able to replenish your ammunition or defend yourself against tanks.

This game has a future based on the storyline that is exciting. To play multiplayer you will need to patch the game from version 1.0 to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3 , = 2gb of hard drive space. If this game had more ability to enter buildings and collect ammunition , I would give it a 10 of 10 and highly recommend it , both offline and on. That would make being a sniper an intense part of the game.

Being that the game is excellent overall , I would highly recommend it for FPS players.Read full review...

INTENSE EXTREME BATTLE SHOOTER-GAME

THIS IS SOME INTENSE-EXTREME BATTLE SHOOTER-GAME. EVEN THE SINGLE PLAYER GAME FROM THE CHOPPER CRASH HAS THE ADRENALINE RUSH OF A RAGING INTENSE BATTLE IN PROGRESS. YOU COULD FEEL THE INTENSE SUCCESSIONS OF FLYING BULLETS FIRING FROM EVERYWHERE DIRECTED TO YOU! YOU GOT TO BE QUICK & CLEVER SURELY ENOUGH NOT TO BE HIT BY ENEMY FIRE! SO FAR, IT'S THE BEST LATEST SHOOTER GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED. IT'S GOOD! IT PUSHES YOU TO THE EDGE TO SURVIVE!Read full review...

Good but glitchy

Its a good game if it runs decently. I have an AMD 5600 running at 2.8 GHZ, 3 GB of RAM, and an EVGA NVIDIA 9600 GT and it doesn't run very smooth (jerks around) or well for that matter. My PC can run Crysis on high-med settings ~30 fps so this shouldn't be a problem. Well I updated it to v1.12 and no improvement. There is v3.00 or something like that and hopefully it will fix the jerkiness and then it will be a good game.Read full review...

Great game, great graphics

The best feature about this game is the graphics. The world looks great! The controls are really easy to figure out. The single player campaign is really short, so if you're not into multiplayer games, then this probably isn't for you. The variety of weapons in the game is great. I especially like the robots that you can control.Read full review...

Ffow

Good combo of shooter games n gadgets
Cs n ghost recon n other games. Need more games like this!😉 Later!

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