I have no idea why you think my opinions are "culturally insensitive." In fact, I specifically mentioned that I LIKED the setting. The events of the Warsaw uprising are fascinating and certainly do not get much attention. I am quite aware the events are based on real history, but it did very little to make me appreciate the events. Had the game kept the serious tone but took more time to develop the characters, it could have been saved. I would be far more interested in the resistance members and learning about their characters. Not some contrived, "I now kill Nazis because they murdered my son" exposition dump. Show me the world through that person's eyes. Once you have established the world and gotten the player to invest in their fight, THAT is the time when you can make grand speeches on the radio. Enemy Front is a plot from a 50's/60's propaganda film slathered in some cheap modern paint, it does nothing to elevate gaming or storytelling.

Enemy Front however decides to take the "heroic, stoic, fearless hero" approach and sticks with it start to finish. It literally plays out like the plot of a propaganda film, and there's no sense that the developers are aware of this. Then splice in shooter sections ripped straight from Call of Duty, and you have some very jarring tonal shifts. It feels like the writer was desperate to create something with the impact of "Schindler's List" in the dramatic sense. But I feel like what they actually accomplished was a particularly poor adaptation of "Where Eagles Dare." This is the type of story line I would come up with when I was 10 years old playing with GI Joes after having just watched "Saving Private Ryan." It's mediocre storytelling that stops any chance of becoming immersed in the game.

Here's my point. The story is about a war correspondent, who at the start of the game is presented as not really knowing what he was in for. Certainly, he is not a skilled soldier. But within minutes, you are highhandedly taking on the entire German army B.J. Blazkowicz style.

This is not new for FPS games, even those old MOH games I mention. But if you go back to those old games, it was tonally cohesive. As your feats as a soldier become more and more ludicrous, so do the enemies and the plot. In Medal of Honor Allied Assault you go from a reenactment of Saving Private Ryan at the opening, to sealing a freaking HO 229. At the same time, your enemies go from realistically portrayed German soldiers to a comically evil SS officer. There is a certain tongue-in-cheek humor there, so while the plot becomes ludicrous, you don't care because of how it was presented. The developers seem to be aware of this and are simply having fun presenting the game to the audience.

Two things: Don't know what you mean by 'unbelievable story' or 'too wild to believe', considering that this is heavily based on a specific thing from real life, aka the WW2 Polish resistance. The Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK). Particularly on the event of the Warsaw Uprising. Those were things that happened IRL. (Unless you're Russian, that is /j).

And since the Warsaw Uprising is universally remembered as the most tragic event in Polish history, calling the game 'too serious' is quite ridiculous. That's like playing a video game about 9/11 and complaining that it was too serious and didn't have enough jokes... Bruh. Please try to be less dumb and less culturally insensitive next time.

Also, not every game about Nazis has to be a sci-fi comedy the way Wolfenstein was... why are you so mad about a *serious* approach to the topic of Nazi occupation?

The faults with this game makes me hate it more cause they were avoidable. If the AI and the many bugs were fixes, it would be worth a 2nd playthrough.

i need play multiplayer! whas?

This is one of the most helpful, down-to-earth reviews I've seen

thats really great review