Faces of War

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $1.95

Features:

• Manage the war or fight it yourself - Play from the traditional point-n-click RTS view, or immerse yourself directly into the battle
• Enter the battlefield equipped with a squad of six intelligent soldiers that think and react on their own as the war rages on
• Command American, English, Soviet and German troops during world-renowned battles that include the Battle of Bulge, D-Day and the Battle of Berlin
• Manage Your Squad through battle -- locate and furnish individual soldiers with specific weapons and equipment for tactical advantage
• Advanced AI reactions and real-time physics guarantee that no mission will be fought the same way

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Good, but misses the mark  [Posted on 2006-12-17]
Great ideas and technical features, but gameplay isn't really enthralling like some other WWII real time strategy games. Even with a direct control mode, it still feels like you are detached. But over all, I like the way the developer was going, the game has deep features like being able to collect all kinds of things.

Average Game Play [Posted on 2007-02-07]
This is just an average game. Moving around the screen is jerky on my computer.

Jagged Alliance meets RTS [Posted on 2007-06-26]
Great tactical game, where you control inventory and "man" a vast arsenal of equipment. To boot you can capture equipment from enemy and use it against them. The graphics are nice, and everything (but bunkers) can be destroyed. Nice strong missions, and no base management, just pure meaty tactical bliss.

What it lacks:
Teams don't carry over from mission to mission
No leveling your squads
Interface is not the most elegant

Despite these lowlights, this is a amazing game and not many these days offer this kind of tactical depth and fun.

BAD Interface and BAD Game [Posted on 2007-10-15]
The two stars are only for its graphics.
If Company of Heroes rate 4.5/5 this game rates 2/5.
Except for Graphics, the rest of the game is BAD.
The interface is clunky.
You cannot save your missions, you cannot exit and resume.

Mixed Feelings on this Clunker! [Posted on 2008-06-28]
I really appreciate where the developers were going with this game, but I think they missed the mark by a bit, much like the soldiers in this game often do.

Pros:
*Very good graphics!
*Decent music & SFX!
*Fairly easy to master interface!
*Lots of content & Replayability!
*VERY strategy based (this can be a con, too, I suppose, depending on your taste)

Cons:
*Difficult to tell who's on whose side!
*Impossible to bond with your crew since none carry over to other missions, nor are any of the much needed RPG elements that would make this game more interesting and enjoyable.
*Repetitive, annoying voice acting.
*The interface is fairly easy to master, as I said, but it's very badly designed nonetheless.
*Not nearly as "IN THE ACTION!" as they'd have you think.
*It's basically like every other boring war strategy game on the market, except you only control a few soldiers and they can pick up some objects and have a few more in-depth actions. WHOOOPEEEE.
*Some missions are TERRRIBLY DESIGNED!

Overall, I'd say leave it on the shelf. They didn't really bring anything new to the field. If you're looking for an innovative, exciting FPS/RPG/Strategy feast, look elsewhere. This is just another point, click, watch, strategy army game. Not bad, but not remarkable either.

On one final note, I went through a mission, and, near the end, realized that I'd killed all of my ally russians thinking they were enemy germans. Hm. I also watched one level mission play itself without me. Hmmm.

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