World in Conflict

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 21 expert reviews

Excellent:

18
Good:

2
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Amazingly detailed battlegrounds.
Highly tactical. .
Accessible and fun.

Cons:

Online "support" class not particularly great.
No Russian campaign.

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Last revision on September 16, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Amazingly detailed battlegrounds
Highly tactical.
Accessible and fun
Intuitive camera controls
Sensible points system to prevent build n rush attacks
Intense, nailbiting missions
Superb graphics and sound
Brilliant multiplayer with the right team
Lag free online play even with VOIP
Awesome multiplayer
Solid combined arms strategy model
Good storyline

Reviewers Didn't Like

Online "support" class not particularly great
No Russian campaign
Multiplayer let down if playing with selfish team mates
Camera resets after cut scenes or flybys
Occasional disconnects in multiplayer
Still drawings during cut scenes
Multiplayer dependent on teammates
Skirmish AI

Expert reviews and ratings

During the 1980’s, The Cold War has escalated into open warfare between the USSR and NATO. The Berlin Wall remains standing while fierce fighting in Europe and Eastern Asia occurs between Soviet and NATO forces. Unexpectedly, the Soviets turn...

By New Game Network on December 14, 2009

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By BrightHub on February 15, 2009

Nothing flexes our imagination like alternate history scenarios, and World in Conflict delivers one that has us on the edge of our seat. It’s the late 1980s, and the Cold War is far from over. The commies have already made a push to invade Western...

By Maximum PC on January 30, 2008

2007 so far has been pretty good to Real-Time Strategy (RTS) fans. Earlier in the year people got their hands on Supreme Commander, after that the legendary character Kane came back with Command & Conquer 3 soon following. So now those big hitters...

By DarkZero on October 23, 2007

The Russians are coming! Cold War paranoia makes a mighty real-time strategy game. Frighteningly, its getting less difficult to imagine a world in which the Cold War never ended, the Berlin Wall never fell, and Russia embarked on a disastrous war...

By PC Pro on October 18, 2007

The game itself though, is not a true real time strategy game. Perhaps its just the strategy purist in me, but when I think of this genre, I think of heavy hitters like Starcraft, Warcraft, Total Annihilation, and more currently Dawn of War, Company...

By GamePyre on October 17, 2007

Undoubtedly one of the best RPG games ever. World in Conflict is a real-time strategy (RTS) set in 1989 that places you in command of US forces as they try to turn the tide following a surprise invasion by the Soviet Union, which, fearing its...

By Custom PC on October 17, 2007

A stunning strategy game, that packs both the looks, and the intelligence to be a true...

By Pocket-lint on October 04, 2007

If the Cold War did not end the way we know it, what might have happened? PC real-time tactical game World in Conflict shows us a possible scenario. Instead of the Soviet Union crumbling and the Cold War coming to an end, "Ivan" (as they are referred...

By CNET Australia on October 03, 2007

Its an RTS so fast-paced, cinematic, and instantly gratifying that it could almost be mistaken for an action game Its great that the Cold War ended before turning into a global nuclear holocaust, but the real-time strategy gamer in me is thrilled...

By The Lobe and Mail on October 01, 2007

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