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Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

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5.7 User Score:

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Based on 28 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Codemasters

Developer: Spark Unlimited

Genre(s): First-Person Shooter

Players: Multi

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: February 26, 2008

Summary

The game supposes that the incident in which a car struck Winston Churchill in New York on December 13th 1931 actually proved fatal – and that without his inspirational speeches to galvanise the Allies, the course of the Second World War took a very different route, with the Axis Powers even invading America.

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What The Critics Said

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IC-Games

This is a game for rent without a shadow of a doubt. The shortness and the general issues with it mean I can’t really recommend anything else.

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Games Master UK

A great premise poorly executed. We'd hoped for better, and this fails to deliver. [May 2008, p.68]

GamingExcellence

The glitches and poor level design don’t quite ruin a game that should have been so much more than the sum of its parts. Still, there’s some fun to be had here with a weekend rental.

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Da Gameboyz

Overall, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is game which had some fantastic ideas and concepts. Unfortunately, the great ideas did not transform into a solid shooter.

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Extreme Gamer

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is an excellent game idea that doesn’t live up to its potential. Turning Point is filled with dull missions, simplistic artificial intelligence, dated graphics, and a whole pile of over used mojo.

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Gamer 2.0

After playing through just a bit of Turning Point, we were completely disappointed. The old feeling to it completely ruined the original concept.

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IGN

Shooting Nazis in the streets of three major U.S. cities should be a non-stop thrill ride that has me on the edge of my seat. This game provides the opposite experience.

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Games Radar (in-house)

Turning Point's minimalist approach to everything - from its stale levels and sticky controls to its thin plot and absent character development - killed what could've been a really unique and engaging shooter and will disappoint hardcore fans of the genre across the board.

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Play Magazine

Turning Point's theme of an alternate reality had some possibilities, but even within this fiction you just end up doing uninspired and overworked shootouts. [Apr 2008, p.63]

Game Chronicles

The story is there but the execution of the game is a severe let down, Turning Point Fall of Liberty could have been a great game but with so many other FPS games setting such high standards it is left behind.

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GameSpot

This alternate-history shooter is proof that an interesting premise can't compensate for boring and broken gameplay.

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PTGamers

Our worries have been confirmed, and Turning Point turns out as a mediocre FPS, with a lot of problems that shouldn't appear on a so called next-gen game.

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Worth Playing

The gameplay, graphics and multiplayer were all substandard, given today's expectations.

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MEGamers

A good story made into a terrible game.

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Cheat Code Central

Although Turning Point had an interesting storyline, it still ends up being an incredibly limited and generic WWII shooter.

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Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)

No, Turning Point has the overall feel of another bad WWII shooter with a fresh--albeit fascinating--coat of paint. Our advice? Turn away. [May 2008, p.86]

Play UK

Poor gameplay, substandard graphics and a lack of vision severely limit its appeal to shooter fans. [Issue#165, p.86]

PSM3 Magazine UK

Dumb AI, stupidly linear, crap guns... a disaster. [May 2008, p.79]

GameShark

The opening sequence is one of the most memorable in recent memory but it is almost as if the developers spent all of their creative energy on it leaving the rest of the game to degenerate into a bland, plot-less mess.

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GameDaily

A blown opportunity.

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VideoGamer

It feels a little wrong to be so down on a game that seemed genuinely interesting when it was first announced, but Turning Point is so devoid of the qualities needed in a modern FPS that it's impossible to sugar coat. It's just a very bad game, plain and simple.

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Game Informer

With the number of average-to-outstanding FPS titles available on next-gen consoles, there’s absolutely no reason to waste your time with this disaster.

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GameSpy

It also runs poorly, replete with graphical glitches and technical hiccups that make the game feel shoddy and unfinished. At a moment when so many excellent shooters are on the market and thriving in the multiplayer scene, there's very little incentive to endure something like this.

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Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK

Why would you play this when you have the Olympics of shooters on hand in "Call of Duty"? [May 2008, p.103]

Playstation Official Magazine UK

The guns are useless. [May 2008, p.112]

PSW Magazine UK

Aiming is askew; enemies are dumb and the level design is bland.

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G4 TV

The game tells its story horribly, your character is both improbable and without any personality, the AI is terrible, the gameplay lackluster, and graphics middling. Even as a budget title, which Turning Point is certainly doomed to become, the game is hardly worth the bother.

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Gamer.nl

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is garbage. The game sounds terrible, looks terrible and plays terrible. Everyone who dares playing this mess, must either have a wall in front of his eyes or is being brainwashed by the propagandamachine. Even if you get the game for free in the local supermarket, you are not allowed to accept it. Too bad, because the storyline offers enough opportunity for a good game.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 23 User Votes

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

Kenny L. gave it a3:
Yea the game is not great. Its not even good. But I'll stop short of saying its horrible. Graphics are glitchy and the level design isnt good. The only thing i dont dislike about it is the sound and thats not saying much. Some people will like it but you should wait til it ends up in the bargain bin which wont be long.

Jonny C. gave it a4:
If the Nazis really did invade America, the first thing they would do is send the creators of this game to the gas chambers. This game has a great storyline, but it's way too short. Excellent background, but PS2 graphics. I'd rather be playing BLACK for the PS2. Good points: you get to spray bad guys with tommygun fire a la Hickey in "Last Man Standing", and cross-check Nazis in the teeth with their own machine guns, but I can't find too much more. Complaints: 1) Donkey-punching evil Nazis and tossing them out the window is hilarious. However, they make no sound and fall like stuffed crash-test dummies. Boring. Want some fun environmental kills? Buy THE PUNISHER. 2) When I kill someone, I don't want them to levitate in mid-air and hang there. What kind of a screwed-up glitch is that? 3) If a guy's hiding behind a table, and I blast him with a rocket launcher, what kind of material is the table made out of that it absorbs the blast completely and he emerges unscathed? Lousy destructability. 4) Really, really, STUPID AI. A couple of times I walked up to a guy to see if he was dead, and he was just prone, pointing his gun at the wall. 5) I'm guessing the blimps in this game are made out of the same material as the tables, because they are completely resistant to automatic weapons fire. It takes 6 rockets to take them out. On the other hand, I only need 3 rockets to waste a Panzer, or a frigging destroyer. Maybe if the Nazis went to Ikea and strapped dining room tables to the front of their armour, they'd have won this invasion. All in all, an abysmal failure. With games like Resistance, and even Turok, for crying out loud, this shouldn't have made it past the drawing table (no matter how heavily-armoured that table may have been).

Toe J. gave it a1:
This game blows! Dreamcast games were way better.

M.oe gave it a2:
this game is problably the worst one i've played so far on my ps3 it is graphically reminiscent of a game known as "the great escape" if you find yourself in the position where your gonna binge buy this game rent it and spend that money on beer like I should have. I bought this gem a week ago on it's release date and it's not even trading in for 20 bucks save your money.

Hunter H. gave it a5:
Perfect example of great concept/poor execution. The game suffers from being heavily scripted, which in of itself isn't always bad, but its just painfully obvious. It also is piss poor graphics, reminding of of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which must be 5 years old by now at least, and the lack of 1080 output hurts as well. The developers missed out on a GREAT chance to have somewhat open ended street fighting on the streets of American cities, and instead decided to rush out a objective based funnel that probably skipped beta testing.

Brian S. gave it a2:
The game tries to be epic, yet i can't seem find it satisfying in any way. I was looking for a simple shooter, and instead found an unfinished product. The sounds is deafening, not because of the atmosphere created, but by improper output, often just cackling. Character models are poorly drawn, with horrible clipping problems. Controls are either too loose or too tight, no middle ground. Really wish I had just saved the money.

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