Product Description

In 1931, Winston Churchill was hit by a taxi in New York. In the real world, he survived, and went on to rally the British people to fight the Nazi threat. But what if he hadn`t? It`s from this premise that Fall Of Liberty takes it`s theme - without Churchill`s leadership, Europe and the United Kingdom have fallen to Hitler`s forces. By 1951, using crushing technical superiority, the United States is invaded and defeated by the Third Reich. With this setting, Fall Of Liberty will be an FPS experience like no other; a game that`s both a World War 2 FPS and something different. Fighting not as a soldier, but a resistance fighter in a United States of America that`s under the rule of a foreign power. Exclusive to next-generation platforms and PC, Fall Of Liberty breathes new life into the FPS genre.

• Fight the Occupation in New York, Washington DC, and London. Witness the Third Reichs epic takeover of America and participate in intense, nonstop action against a backdrop of globally recognized landmarks
• Make a difference as an American Resistance hero and employ guerrilla tactics to outfl ank superior enemy forces. Take advantage of a unique grappling system featuring environmental kills, quick kills, and human shields.
• Participate in epic, cinematic gameplay from start to finish with this best-in-class First Person Shooter gameplay from SPARK. The soundtrack is from renowned video-game, TV and fi lm composer Michael Giacchino
• Play online in Deathmatch & Team Deathmatch modes and play as either Americans or Germans. 8 players and 4 maps - range of weapons from pistol to machine gun, sniper rifle and rocket launcher
  
  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3778 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Codemasters Limited
• Released on: 2008-03-14
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty sees World War II take a catastrophic turn as a superior Nazi force attacks New York and goes on to take over the United States. As a civilian caught in the middle of these new battlegrounds, fight afresh against the world’s most notorious war machine on the streets of Manhattan, Washington DC, and beyond. Use guerrilla tactics and the surroundings to overcome superior post-war Axis weaponry and fight the Occupation. Delivering both wartime authenticity and a fresh perspective through an intense, action-driven storyline, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty makes war personal and relevant. Presenting this scenario as a powerful and realistically crafted alternate history, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, delivers an explosive first person shooter experience in a world where famous real-world locations appear startlingly different under Nazi occupation.

Customer Reviews

An Absolute Disgrace
Was hardly expecting a masterpiece from Turning Point, but after playing this to completion, I can honestly say its one of the worst games Ive played, and without doubt the shoddiest FPS of this generation.

The most obvious problem are the graphics. An absolute disgrace, and have a similar look to early Medal of Honour games on PSOne. This is no exaggeration, and considering its use of the Unreal Engine 3, this is all the more shocking. Textures, objects and entire sections of the map are re-used, while the overall look is blocky with minimal detail. Non essential paths are blocked off, enforcing the hugely linear design. Explosions look alright, yet nothing in the environments can be destroyed at random, not even crates.

Enemy intelligence is appalling, often taking several seconds to notice you (even on the harder settings).
The story is schizophrenic to say the least. At the start of the game you are a construction worker, yet a few levels in are leading an assassination attempt on the White House. By the games final act, you are Americas last and only hope. The story flits between locations and set pieces with no real character development, in fact almost every level sees a new type of resistance group needing your character to perform a random task, giving the plot no sense of continuity and shifting focus when its not needed.
But plot and character development are the very least of Turning Points problems. For a game set in an alternte history, more could have been done to liven up the weaponry. They lack any sense of power and the contol scheme is twitchy. Thanks to the aiming system used, unfavourable comparisons to Call Of Duty 4 are inevitable. This aiming mode blocks the majority of the screen, including whats being aimed at!
Enemies don't even flinch when shot, those crouching when killed have the tendency to stand up and then fall down again. Comical. Quite a few Nazi soldiers literally appear from thin air when walking into a room.

The game is just 8 short levels, one of which is the games opening invasion where you dont even possess a gun. The whole shambles is easily completed within a day. More upsetting is the fact there are no unlockables or rewards; so everything really has been seen on that first play. The game is broken and glitchy, heads appear through doors, guns stick to walls. The animation is laughable, especially when an enemy runs or attempts to crouch.
The human shield, Turning Points one innovative feature doesent always work. Similarly, certain actions require button prompts, like when opening a door or activating a switch. These don't always appear, leaving you wondering where to go next. As the game is so linear, it seems obvious. Then, after returning to the spot it will finally appear. Sometimes reloading the previous checkpoint is required for these prompts to appear. Similarly, squad members will refuse to repeat a mission objective, leaving a reload the only option if it was missed. The game switches to a third person viewpoint when performing some actions. However, the shift feels awkward and disorientating. In fact, this mode serves to highlight how poor TP's graphics are and how unplayable it actually is. On a less important but equally frustrating note, the game installs itself on the PS3s hard drive (2.5GB). This supposedly reduces loading times, yet even in Falling Points small environments, the loading screen flickers violently at random points. So what is this space used for?

I read somewhere that Spark, the games developer, made Turning Point in 9 months. Which makes you wonder what they actually did during this time. It looks and plays like a PSOne game, not a 2008 full price release. Very insulting stuff.

Terrible, Terrible Game! Avoid!
Rented this game and have to say it was truly awful. The graphics are absolutely inexcusable, it looks like a PS1 game. The gameplay is extremely jerky and clumsy. I played it for 10 minutes and took it back. Rubbish. Can't believe there is so much trash being produced on a supposedly 'next gen' console. Now COD4...That is a game to be proud of!

PLAINLY THE WORST PS3 GAME EVER
with some of the worst graphics on ps3 rubbish gameplay glitches galore this is probably the worst game on ps3. IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUY THIS GAME HERE IS AN IDEA DONT GET CALL OF DUTY INSTEAD.