I realize that this is called “Console”giant, but this is another game I played on PC and I’m going to review based off of that version.

Frontlines: Fuel of War was released for the Xbox 360 and the PC in late February. I picked it up about 3 weeks ago after playing Crysis became sort of tedious. Frontlines: Fuel of War is a first person shooter that takes place in a future that seems as if it could be a distinct possibility at this point. The world is at war over oil in 2024 and (at least in the single player campaign) you are a soldier in the Western Coalition. You are a member of a crack team of troops trying to seize key positions to control the remaining fuel and the Red Star Alliance aims to keep it for themselves.

The weapon selection can make or break a FPS and Frontlines has a great selection. All the standards are included, SMGs, assault rifles, grenade launchers, repeating rocket launchers, pistols and more, but the game really shines through with it’s awesome drones and the airstrike capability. Remote control helicopters launch missiles at tanks and troops, small rocket launchers fire from small sets of tank treads and almost as impressive remote control drone planes and explosive cars all send the enemies to their graves.

Wow, I almost forgot the vehicles, so far I have flown a helicopter unsuccessfully, driven an armored carrier, light tanks and heavy tanks. The controls on the PC match most other FPS and match Unreal 3 exactly since it utilizes the same engine.

The difficulty factor is definitely present in the game since I am have had to respawn up to 5 times on some missions and I am playing on easy.

Graphically the game isn’t as fascinatingly detailed as Crysis, but holds it’s own. The fact that it is less graphically intense than Crysis is really a good thing, meaning that a lot of PCs can play it without the difficulty associated with Crysis. I can’t guaranty the performance on your machine, but mine is an 3.2 ghz dual core, 2gbs of OCZ gaming ram and a Geforce 8600 gts. I can play it at maximum settings with no issues.

O.K., Great. FPS are not great games because of their stories, generally. They are great games due to multiplayer action. I can’t speak for it as I haven’t played multiplayer yet. I could go on a long tangent of speculating what it would be like to play, but I’ll spare you the eye strain.

All in all a good FPS is a good FPS, but since Crysis is the new standard by which all other FPS are being judged, at least in the PC world, I have to say 4 stars. Enjoy killing each other with remote controlled helicopters.