Frontlines Fuel of War Review

I picked this game up yesterday as I was wanting another game to play. Granted, this is a pretty limited review as I've only played a few of the missions. The story is set in a world fighting over the last oil resources left on the planet. Apparently the world has depleted resources in the Middle East, Alaska, & South America. The only place left with any oil is in the Caspian Sea.

The game is basically one large, constant battlefield, unlike other games with very distinct and different levels. As you play, your commanding officer over your radio issues orders for you to capture certain territories. As you capture them the frontline between your army and the enemy moves forward.

Multiplayer matches can be up to 32 total players, so the game can get pretty big. When I heard that I thought "Oh no, not 31 screaming little pre-teens abusing their microphone", but as it turns out, the developer actually thought of something like that. They made it so that you can join a squad during the battle. The squad is up to 4 people and then the only voice you can hear over the microphone is from those on your squad.

Online games are setup pretty much the same as Gears of War, for those of you that have played that game. Basically, if you want to join a game, you can search for existing games within parameters you specify. If you want to host a game, you setup your game and then either invite friends to join or wait for those searching for a game to find yours. While this type of setup does allow you to play the gametypes you want, I would have much preferred a playlist/matchmaking style over this.

Overall though, the game is one that keeps the action going. It allows you to pick up different weapons around the map depending on territories captured. The control scheme could have used a little work. Instead of letting you choose specific setups for movement and actions separately they give you a few pre-configured schemes to choose from. For those left handed gamers out there, there are a few southpaw configurations to choose from. I give the game a score of 7/10.