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Frontlines: Fuel of War

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Game Info

Publisher: THQ

Developer: Kaos Studios

Genre(s): First-Person Shooter

Players: 64

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: February 25, 2008

Summary

Not too far in the future, the global natural resources are on the brink of depletion. As our economies and our way of life tumble into chaos, the superpowers clash to gain control. Set in a fictional future based upon the headlines of today, F.O.W. brings players into the world's next great war. As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition (U.S./E.U.) or the Red Star Alliance (Russia/China). Tomorrow's weapons, today: As depicted in F.O.W., the U.S./E.U. and Russia/China have combined their military research and budgets, and the result is over 60 next-gen vehicles and weapons inspired by military designs for the near future. This includes remote controlled drones, gun cams, and next-generation counter-measures systems, all of which are player-controllable. Use high-tech combat systems to collect and relay recon, targeting, and threat information between team mates. Target acquisition and sharing between vehicle occupants is just one example of F.O.W.'s focus on an advanced team play experience. The customization system allows players to grow their soldier to fit their play style by choosing a weapons loadout, as well as a technical specialization (role). As the game progresses each role will upgrade, providing advanced equipment and abilities. The system is a mix of RPG-like depth but with the accessibility of a fast-paced FPS. Frontline combat system: The main game mechanic featured in F.O.W. in both in single player and multiplayer, is the ability to join the forces on the front line. This front expands across large portions of a mission and will require a strategy to achieve the contextual objectives in order to move this front forward. Not only does this system keep the battle centric and players in the midst of the action, it gives a unique sense of advancement as your Division is rewarded with territory for their victories. Choose your path to victory: Within the front, players can take advantage of a sandbox of destructible elements and various weapons of war to create their own unique paths and strategies. Instead of failing and re-playing the same sequence of events, players can 'chip-away' with varied approaches, allowing diverse missions with high replay value. [THQ]

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What The Critics Said

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Gamers.at

Frontlines managed to meet my expectations pretty well. Despite the fact, that I was hoping for additional graphical brilliance (especially in terms of the range of vision), the boys and girls at Kaos Studios managed to create a game, that nicely satisfies my personal multiplayer-shooter-likings: New ideas, uncountable (and well balanced) possibilities, cool vehicles, nice maps for up to 64 shooter fans and a single-player mode, that deserves its name. [May 2008]

GameStar

Frontlines is basically an easy-to-learn shooter with lots of action. But your AI-controlled comrades-in-arms are close to useless because of their stupid behavior. This is the reason why Kaos Studios didn't achive the goal to create a solo campaign that feels like a multiplayer game. In the end, it's a team shooter that plays like an ego shooter - at least as long as you play offline.

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MEGamers

Frontlines: Fuel of War offers a robust multi-player but, we wish the single-player had more substance.

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PC Gamer

Frontlines genuinely feels like a game made by Battlefield fanatics for other fans. [May 2008, p.54]

G4 TV

With hard fought battles, simple controls, and destructive abilities associated with the four main roles, Frontlines' multiplayer offers hours of addictive fun, especially on the 32-player dedicated servers. Yet all in not rosy on the multiplayer front.

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PC PowerPlay

Frontlines is a great and engaging game that may not steal your life, but if you are a fan of FPS and online combat, this is definitely a worthy game to have nestled beside Battlefield 2142. [May 2008, p.58]

IGN

If you can forget about the fact that you’ve been playing this style game for years with the Battlefield franchise then Frontlines will hook you for some time with its gargantuan battles, but for most Fuel of War will likely be too generic to truly sink their teeth into.

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PC Gamer UK

It's not as life-affirming as "TF2" or as deep as "Quake Wars," but the "Battlefield" fan not into the cartoon war of the coming "Heroes" will find solace here. [May 2008, p.80]

GameTrailers

Those hoping for an in-depth solo campaign should look elsewhere to satisfy their story-driven shooting, as what's included is short and largely forgettable. Yet, if you value large-scale battles, tactical combat, and team-oriented play, Fuel of War won't leave you running on empty.

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PC Format

It offers niether anything to be passionate about or that's worthy of a vicious shoeing. [May 2008, p.98]

Game Informer

Frontlines does enough to entertain on the multiplayer end to make up for the woeful single-player experience. It’s a shame Kaos didn’t scrap the single-player altogether to focus completely on honing the online experience.

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Gamer 2.0

For now, though, Frontlines is just another average shooter with a political slant.

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Computer Games Online RO

So, what’s left? A decent game, annoying at times, a bit buggy, fun in multiplayer and boring in single-player, pretty to look at, which justifies the money you’ll need to pay for it only if you’re very bored, or you have nothing else to play, or maybe you’ve quit World of Warcraft, or maybe you need a gift… but overall, there are better shooters out there.

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Boomtown

Frontlines isn't exactly an original game but it mostly succeeds at what it's attempting to do. As an online shooter it has plenty of legs and you're likely to have more fun here than in Quake Wars or the online portions of other shooters released recently.

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GameZone

The action begins to feel repetitive far sooner than the non-stop carnage suggests it should. [May 2008, p.72]

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Cheat Code Central

With many of its ambitious features falling short, it is difficult to notice what little the game does well. And, while it isn't the worst FPS to come out for the PC in recent years, it also doesn't stack up against already popular and much older titles.

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AceGamez

For a lighthearted dose of online vehicular manslaughter, Frontlines: Fuel of War is a mildly derivative fun couple of hours' worth of gameplay, if you can get it running and if you can forgive the ridiculous server browser, weak weapons and uninspired maps.

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GameSpy

If you can get it to run, there's a lot to like in Frontlines: Fuel of War, and it could provide for many late nights of multiplayer excitement. But for now, your best bet is to wait until the dust clears and hope for something, soon, that resembles a finished product.

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1UP

One half of the time, Frontlines won't work. The copy I downloaded from Steam crashes to the desktop soon after I click start. The retail box, running on Vista and branded Games for Windows, craps out three-fourths of the time I try to join an online game. No joke.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 93 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Shane SuckMe gave it a0:
O MY GOD!!! The shitiest game i have ever played a wast of 50 bucks... DO NOT BUY... There are very very few servers only about 6 servers have players on Cant use a joystick WTF is with that... All the servers lag even tho i have the best internet i can get... Sad sad shity game... im never ever buying a XBOX converted game ever agen... They have fucked uss all over selling use shit like this how dare they selll a game they are still making... DO NOT BUY... COD 4 is better BF2 is better BF1942 is better CCS is better.

S P gave it a1:
If a game is said to be "Games for Windows" it should at least work on VISTA... But I have two PCs... one is a HIGH END (and anyone telling the opposite can check amongst the 100 best benchmark over 3D Mark) while the other is a "pretty good laptop" with a XP (Gforce 8600 512 [true mem not shared] - 4Gb Ram - 2xHD 160 Sata 7200rpm) ... And the game won't work on any of those two PCs... The Support isn't able to help, and I still can't play after 3 month... (The beta was working only on the XP machine... and now that the "final" release is there, it won't work anymore???) Well, the game was fun in beta, except a bit laggy and low Frame rate at 1024x768 on the laptop (only 17f/s) I just wonder why they did (and how could they???) release a game that is not finished and so bugged!!! (That's because the beta wasn't working that bad that I put a 1... otherwise I'll give this game a complete 0 (ZERO).

Tyler C gave it a1:
Game is filled with bugs. Would look great but is glitchy and laggy online and its not my side. I believe they released this game before it was even done because some managment department was hurring to makers up. They thought they could release a half built game and fix it with patches.... I uninstalled and want my money back. Oh yea, cant use joystick or keyboard to fly, all in mouse. I got use it but it was a horrible idea.

Del T. gave it a10:
Awesome Graphics and Game Play. Very Fun and addictive Multiplayer. Awesome story line and Single Player offering as well.

Claus D. gave it a10:
Best Game I Played until Now, Compared to BF2 the textures/Grafics are in my opinion much better. Singleplayer is Awsome, Multiplayer I think one of the Best ever. Anyway still space for Improvement on Handling the Server Browser.

Rick K. gave it a1:
This game is very buggy and was only about 3/4 finished when it was released and Kaos is taking their sweet time releasing patches. This game will not stand the test of time, I give it six months and I think I am being optimistic.

James L. gave it a9:
Pretty immersive impossible though to play at 1280 X 1024 on High settings even with 8800 GT and a Quad Core CPU that sort of disappoints but it gorgeous even at 1024 X 768 at medium settings future cards should make this game even sweeter!

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