User Review

Review by Woodybeaver
November 04, 2009

First off I should say that I find “Order of War” quite a versatile thing. I mean it will be ok for many types of gamers: newbie in RTS, hardened players and history buffs. I consider myself an ordinary gamer with interest in shooters, RTSs and WWII. Maybe this is the reason why I love this game: for me it’s a great mixture of tactical RTS peppered with some shooter features. The game is really addictive and fun to play, probably due to its dynamism and simplified controls. Still however, developers’ simplistic approach doesn’t hurt the game’s main distinguishing advantage – its scale. Yes, the game looks really epic. Graphics is not bad, especially when considering that the game is so huge. The fact that developers also omitted any management and production looks quite justified: no time for management when you’re commanding hundreds or even thousands of units. The atmosphere during such massive scale battles is really epic and impressive: everything is exploding, shooting and cracking but not smoking. I mean there’s no fog of war and this is sad.

Movies between the missions are extremely beautiful, top notch ones. Cinematic camera is the game’s one-of-a-kind feature. Still some scenes captured are senseless, but some really deserve the gamers’ attention. This is simply unforgettable feeling to observe how your units annihilate the enemy through the eyes of a camera man. The game’s soundtracks deserve some extra mentioning: I really wanted to listen to this inspiring music! It’s simply irreproachable.

The game offers much space for tactics, there’s no only-one-correct way to pass this or that mission. Moreover, OOW is historically correct game(except the fog of war, sure). The game’s multiplayer mode is very exciting and gives the chance to play as Russians (I hope they will add some more maps).

Game’s weaknesses: no fog of war (though developers justify this by the game’s tactics concerns) and stupid infantry. I wish they could dig in.I gave this game 9 and I believe it deserves it, very decent thing.

Rating: 9/10

Feedback

Facebook(?)

Forums(21)

You can click the tabs on the above bar to choose whether you wish to read comments from visitors who have posted on Facebook, or from registered site users who have left feedback on the forums. Please leave a comment of your own if you have anything to say!

Twitter

Facebook

RSS

Advertise exclusively for 1 month... only $1000!

Recent Forum Discussions

+ Alpha Olympics 2012
+ JoeTheDestroyer's Tales of Phantasia review
+ holdthephone's Final Fantasy XIII-2 review
+ Where's SkyWard Sword's review ? And please bring back the rating feature.
+ JoeTheDestroyer's Area 51 review
+ zippdementia's Mega Jump review
+ [News] Schafer has pitched Psychonauts 2, Minecraft dev says 'let's make it happen'
+ playstation vita, yo.
+ RotW January 29 - February 04 2012
+ Games to be added to the database...
+ The Final Fantasy XIII-2 thread
+ [News] Final Fantasy X HD will be a remaster, not a remake

Staff Game Reviews

SoulCalibur V

The Simpsons Arcade Game

Quarrel

Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Pushmo

Medal of Honor: Airborne

Site Staff

	Jason Venter Editor-in-Chief Email \| Twitter		Marc Golding Associate Editor Email \| Twitter
	Gary Hartley Associate Editor Email \| Twitter		Rob Hamilton Associate Editor Email \| Twitter
	Zigfried Editor Email \| Twitter		Sho Editor Email \| Twitter
	Rhody Tobin News Editor Email \| Twitter		Skyler Bunderson News Editor Email \| Twitter
	Jonathan Davila News Editor Email \| Twitter

Featured Reviews [+]

Rayman Origins

Othello

Scarface: The World is Yours

The Last Express

Golden Axe II

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Exclusive User Reviews [+]

Tales of Phantasia

Mega Jump

White Knight Chronicles

Dragon Wars

F-Zero GX

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Info | Help | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise

© 1998-2012 HonestGamers
None of the material contained within this site--from reviews, guides, cheats and editorials to message board posts--may be reproduced in any conceivable fashion without permission from the author(s) of said material. This site is not sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, or any other such party. Order of War is a registered trademark of its copyright holder. This site makes no claim to Order of War, its characters, screenshots, artwork, music, or any intellectual property contained within. Opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent the opinion of site staff or sponsors.

	Jason Venter Editor-in-Chief Email \| Twitter		Marc Golding Associate Editor Email \| Twitter
	Gary Hartley Associate Editor Email \| Twitter		Rob Hamilton Associate Editor Email \| Twitter
	Zigfried Editor Email \| Twitter		Sho Editor Email \| Twitter
	Rhody Tobin News Editor Email \| Twitter		Skyler Bunderson News Editor Email \| Twitter
	Jonathan Davila News Editor Email \| Twitter