![]() ![]() ![]() There's a thick coating of realism, alongside a kitchen sink full of possibilities. Gameplay lands somewhere between ARMA and Battlefield 1942. ![]() It's an enticing premise for those who have imagined the life of a foot soldier in the ranks of two of the world’s most ruthless dictatorships. Iron Front starts with a solid historical basis, at least: you play either as a German or a Soviet soldier in the middle of a campaign to win the Eastern Front in World War II. If standing around listening to random Nazis speak German draws you in, Iron Front has you covered. As fate would have it, Iron Front also fails at not crashing constantly, not looking like its graphics were drawn by a teenager, and at being any fun at all. It's a delicate balance, and one that Iron Front: Liberation 1944 utterly fails at. A veneer of authenticity can make for a more emotionally charged experience, but to pull this off, a game needs to hide the inevitable lack of realism that's at the core of first-person shooter gameplay. It's good to feel that what you're doing has some connection to the real thing, especially when historical settings are involved, but it isn't fun to spend half your game time field-stripping rifles and doing KP. Realism in shooters is something the computer game industry has both striven for and struggled with for some time.
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