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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Plenty of flaws but still a good game.Nov 26, 2002
By Kenneth Lehman
It is a good game. I've taken an interest in alternate history and that's why I bought this. First of all, I noticed the name Dream Catcher appearing when I started the game. I was a bit nervous because I played From Dusk Til Dawn which is also Dream Catcher and it was so horrible I stopped playing. In this game, you play as Lieutenant James Anderson. World War 1 never ended, lasted for 50 years. The character models are ok but they're nothing special. The graphics are excellent. There is also great atmosphere. You see bodies and wrecked tanks on the battlefield, even old fashioned cannons. Now onto the bad things. There are bugs. In some levels you can get shot through the wall by enemies. You can barely aim the rocket launcher at the enemy helicopters(not a bug but pretty annoying). Plus the game is very difficult, large waves of enemies can kill you in a second. I hope there will be other alternate history games but hopefully with less flaws. That's not to say this game is not worth getting but the problems need to be fixed.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Ironstorm - 50 years of WWI Combat ShooterNov 08, 2002
By Julius Yang
I was very compelled to write a review regarding this game. This 3d shooter stands above the rest of the games of its type by rewriting an alternate history for the story plot. The game asks the question: "What if WWI never ended and instead continued to be fought in the trenches for more than 50 years? Spanning from 1914 to 1964, Ironstorm combines all the weaponry and technology from the WWI, WWII, Vietnam era and other unseen inventions that would have been created if WWI did in fact continue on for so long. The graphics of this game are superb and the background lanscaping makes the feel of a worn torn alternate era. The sound is decent and the gameplay is good. The player can alternate from first person 3d shooter view to a 3rd person view. The game requires much more than just run and shoot up the baddies. In fact it requires quite a bit of crawling around and infiltration. There are no cheats for this game available except thru a downloadable trainer. I only gave this game 3 stars because it is very clear that 4X stuidos and Dreamcatcher co. rushed this game to the stores without testing out all the bugs just to make a quick buck. In fact the newest patch 1.02 does not fix most of the major bugs but it does fix some minor bugs for those people who experience game crashes if they own a usb keyboard or mouse. But even after installing the newest patch, the game will still crash back to desktop everytime (1 min of gameplay before it crashes). Another problem that I have experienced is a sound problem. Sometimes the gameplay will be choppy and the sound for the game will be nonexistent if you hit escape and try to save your game. It really is disappointing however to see such a great game with a good concept go to waste because of so many bugs that have yet to be corrected. My advice for those people who are thinking of buying this game are:
1) Wait for the next patch (current patch is 1.02) and hopefully the game crashes and sound issues will be corrected.
2) Wait until the game comes out with a newer version at retail stores.
3) Wait until this game drops in price. Current price I purchased it for was 34.99. Maybe the game will lower its price even more because of the gameplay issues.Gameplay = 5/10
Graphics = 9/10
Sound = 5/10
Value = 6/10
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Move over Microsoft, Dreamcatcher releases junk too!Nov 12, 2002
By Roger
"AgentClank"
I bought this game (original-off-the-shelf) and went home to load it up. Installed great and when I went to play it... it would not work. I am serious! I spent hours going through the readme files with a fine tooth comb and they will tell you in the same file that THEY KNOW the game will not run with the majority of sound and video cards on the market. I patched the game and even installed it's included safe mode drivers (Yes it comes with a safe mode version- so what does that tell you!) and it still didn't work. I patched it- nothing! Wrote customer support and they said that they are aware; and I quote, "Like yourself, we are very disappointed at the problem you are experiencing and are working hard to correct this". So the bottom line is that they realeased this product loaded with bugs. It is a waste of money for people to buy it!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Great concept gameDec 22, 2004
By C. Hansford
A lot of reviewers had complaints about this game that I never saw. I hesitated in buying this game because of some of the reviews, but I went ahead because I had wanted it since I first came across it in the store. I installed it on my PC and then loaded the patch available at the manufacturer's website. I never had any problems with the engine or crashing. Everything in the single player mode ran smoothly. I never really tried out the multiplayer.
I thought this game was awesome. I wish the battlefield action had extended later into the game, but the levels were very well done. There was a wide variety of action, from trying to assault a bombed-out church and enemy trenches to sneaking around a giant armored train. The weapons and technology were really innovative conceptually if not in actual game play. The guns and fortifications were exactly how I would imagine them to be if WWI were still going on 50 years later. The story was kind of broken up, but still very interesting. All in all, I'd say I got my money's worth and then some since this game was so cheap by the time I bought it. Iron Storm had a lot of great things going for it, but my favorite feature was being able to switch your view back and forth between 1st and 3rd person perspectives. I gave it 4 stars, but would in reality give it 4.5 if possible.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Good Ol Iron Storm!Sep 10, 2002
By Michael Wisotzkey
This game is good because of 2 main reasons, unlike other shooters it has 3rd person view(you can see behind player) and it also has amazing levels. Heres my scale. Gameplay = 7/10
Graphics = 8/10
Sound = 10/10
Value = 7/10
Tilt = 10/10 Have fun!=)
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