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Rating: 8

Frontlines: Fuel of War is an open-world First Person Shooter set in the next Great War. In a world ravaged by a global energy crisis, environmental decay, and economic depression, players assume the role of an elite soldier in the ?Stray Dogs? strike force in the Western Coalition Army on an epic crusade against the Red Star Alliance to control the last of the world?s oil reserves in the Caspian. Frontlines: Fuel of War combines intensely cinematic, non-linear game play, with next generation firepower and a revolutionary frontline combat system to deliver the most thrilling and engaging FPS to date.

bit-tech Review

"You see, Frontlines isn’t a bad game at all. It’s actually quite a good game. There’s a good balance to everything and the game always makes it possible to salvage victory from the jaws of defeat if you have a good understanding of where to put your tanks and helicopters. If you get a group of people working together then it can take on an enjoyably military feel, especially with the inclusion of artillery and airstrikes.

However, with the history behind Frontlines of the boy-wonder modders who’ve struck the big time, we have to admit we were hoping for something a little more interesting. Kaos Studios is a developer built on a team of amateur modders from outside the industry, so the logical if misplaced hope is that bringing them within the industry could lead to a few interesting and new ideas.

But that hasn’t happened. Instead, the result is that Kaos has used their knowledge of how games are played to create a well-balanced shooter. What they haven’t really done is introduce any fundamentally new ideas. There’s nothing here to set Frontlines apart from any other game like it on the market – in fact, it feels very, very similar to Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pretty much all the way through. So, while the game itself isn’t flawed in any major way, it doesn’t really do anything to stand out in the crowd either." - 23rd March 2008

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