History VideoGame / WarFrontTurningPoint

''War Front: Turning Point'' is a 2007 [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] RealTimeStrategy game developed by Creator/DigitalReality. The story utilises a WhatIf scenario where Hitler gets assassinated earlier than usual, somehow allowing technology to advance ahead of schedule, and giving the Allies, Germans and Russians some frankly insane weapons ranging from tanks with freeze rays to pre-modern era stealth bombers to that very HumongousMecha that you see proudly displayed on the cover.

[[http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=2398 Has a patch if you're going to run it with Windows 7.]]

* DeathFromAbove: The Allies' schtick. Allied side packs a staggering variation of four airstrike choices, 1 conventional B-17 run, one suicide radio-controlled plane Aphrodite, one earthquake bomb and one tactical nuke. Smaller Allied planes are fragile but hard-hitting, with the P-38 Lightning planes being outfitted with rocket pods on top of bombs, double armor and 25% speed upgrades, it's not uncommon to see Allies win with sheer airforce alone. Germans on the other hand have two, a normal Junkers bombing run and a more expensive Horten fixed-wing bombing run, but have V-1 and V-2 rockets which have no defence against.

* BigBadDuumvirate: The German Chancellor and Stalin.

* KillItWithIce: The Russian super weapon.

* TankGoodness: All kinds. On the historically accurate side, the game has Allied Sherman tanks with optional T-34 Calliope launchers, German heavies like Maus and Elefant, and Is-3 Soviet tanks. As a fictional addition, the German side fields sonic destructors with gigantic sound amplifiers to shatter enemies, the Soviets field liquid nitrogen tanks that freeze and weaken enemies for other tanks, and SovietSuperscience tops the arsenal with the gigantic, nearly indestructible Kharkov Rampager (basically a working, stable version of the prototype T-35) and even crazier artillery-tank hybrid called Giant Turret that can one-shot armies across the map. The Allies just get a jeep with a forcefield to shield other units.

* ArtificialBrilliance: The A.I will use every power at its disposal, layer its anti-air defenses carefully to block any airstrike paths from your HQ. Soviet Partisan Attacks, a power which makes cheap riflemen pop up anywhere on the map will be specifically chosen to be used where your defenses are weakest... Only as far as A.I planes have scouted. However, a single player game combined with TheAllSeeingAI and ComputersAreFast, resulting in FakeDifficulty situations where you have to escort units and the already widespread enemy bases automatically zoom towards the escorted unit, or tactical bombers locking on your infantry where you have to capture a structure, and immediately focus on the captured building if it needs to be defended. Even so, a straight skirmish match will be entertaining.

* KillItWithFire: The jetpack infantry and their flamethrowers.

* NukeEm: The Allies super weapon.

* VodkaDrunkenski: Soviets have "Vodka Dealer", a pistol packing fat merchant in a fur coat. The distributed vodka makes the nearby infantry ''invincible''... Provided the dealer lives, [[AwesomeButImpractical and many overhead late-game artillery and tank rounds blow him up anyway]].

* VodkaDrukenski: Soviets have "Vodka Dealer", a pistol packing fat merchant in a fur coat. The distributed vodka makes the nearby infantry ''invincible''... Provided the dealer lives, and many late-game artillery and tank rounds blow him up anyway.

* Badass Normal: Allies. Their only StupidJetpackHitler candidate is a repulsor force-field generator truck limited to each HQ, otherwise the Allies have the blandest, simplest units that can be fielded quickly, cheaply and efficiently. They also get the earliest renewable resource buildings and fastest income upgrades without fighting the enemy, and their buildings have internal generators avoiding blackouts. None of their tanks are ahistorical combat monsters, all of them are historically authentic. Late game technology Rapid Production makes all their units and buildings a bit more expensive but gets them built even faster, reflecting USA's ''incredible'' industrial potential.

* MiniMecha: The German Exoskeletons.

* SovietSuperScience: With everything from liquid nitrogen bombs to drill tanks.
* StupidJetpackHitler: Hitler's early death is part of the AlternateHistory, but otherwise this is a spot on example, with sonic tanks and actual jetpacks.

* DeathFromAbove: The Allies' schtick. Allied side packs a staggering variation of four airstrike choices, 1 conventional B-17 run, one suicide radio-controlled plane Aphrodite, one earthquake bomb and one tactical nuke. Smaller Allied planes are fragile but hard-hitting, with the P-38 Lightning planes being outfitted with rocket pods on top of bombs, double armor and 25% speed upgrades, it's not uncommon to see Allies win with sheer airforce alone.

* TankGoodness: All kinds, from liquid nitrogen tanks to German superheavies to the five turret Kharakov Rampager.

[[caption-width-right:256: [[HolyShitQuotient Yes, you're seeing this correctly.]] A HumongousMecha in a World War II Game.]]

''War Front: Turning Point'' is a 2007 PC RealTimeStrategy game developed by Creator/DigitalReality. The story utilises a WhatIf scenario where Hitler gets assassinated earlier than usual, somehow allowing technology to advance ahead of schedule, and giving the Allies, Germans and Russians some frankly insane weapons ranging from tanks with freeze rays to pre-modern era stealth bombers to that very HumongousMecha that you see proudly displayed on the cover.

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All right, put your hands down, let's not jump to conclusions: this game is actually more like ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals Generals'' than ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red Alert]]'' in all honesty, and for [[FollowTheLeader the uncanny resemblance]], it has most certainly been criticised for that. There is one unique feature, though! You can hop into any defensive turret and control it in first person mode! [[TheGimmick Or...you could just allow the auto-aiming to do it for you and not murder your pc's graphics card with the choppy framerate]].

Despite the derivative nature of this game, this is most certainly one RTS game that NeedsMoreLove. The problem, however, is that if you're planning to run it on Windows Vista or 7, you're going to need a patch. But fret not! [[http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=2398 The ever-reliable Internet has you covered!]]