Turning Point Fall of Liberty
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The creators of Turning Point: Fall of Liberty began
with an intriguing question: What if the U.S. had never
become involved in World War II? Would power-crazed Nazi
Germany, having gained control of Europe and Asia,
eventually bring its military machine to bear on
isolationist America?
As Turning Point begins, we're told that British
diplomat Winston Churchill was killed when struck by a
taxi in New York City in 1931 (Churchill really was hit
by a taxi that year, but he survived and walked with a
cane for the rest of his life). This alternate history
provides the conceit by which the rest of Turning
Point's story unfolds.
It's a solid introduction and a fascinating question of
the type pondered by history nerds the world over. It's
all downhill from there.
Despite its lofty ambitions, developer Spark Unlimited
has delivered a shallow first-person shooter that
largely fails to deliver.
Set against such a grand backdrop, the game's thin, trite narrative falls flat. There is little characterization, and I didn't find myself caring about much that happened in the game.