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Back2Fronts Mod

Mod review may contain spoilers

This mod is most likely the best thing ever. but like all other mods, it has downsides.

*AI*

The AI here is good, but kinda ridiculous. sometimes, they throw smoke grenades indoors for no reason. like, in the mission Angoville, when the American soldier kicks the door open, he tosses a smoke grenade instead of an actual grenade. and the germans do that too. Machine guns in this mod are weird. they all target the player and if you're in a open field, you're screwed. the can spot you even if they're not facing your direction. i think in this mod, you'll mostly die by the MG's.

*Animations*
so far, i only found one glitch here. with the BAR. keep in mind that Taylor pulls the bolt on the left side all the way back then pulls out the magazine. when he does that...the bolt somehow goes back to the position it was when there was no ammo. and the De Lisle carbine, when you pull the bolt, the animation repeats twice.

*Maps*

you see some new, great maps in here. however, it would be fun if more maps with fun features we're added. like, in the Angoville map, the fact that you could call the navy was nice. it would be good if new maps we're added. and one of the suggestions i have is Sicily together with an Italian Army addon. it would be the best.

*Weapon Usage and Models*

The Models are accurate. but, there is one german model that stands out. you see a model of a german soldier with a spanish flag on the side of his helmet. assuming he is a spanish volunteer, it's unrealistic because Franco did send volunteers, but to fight in the EASTERN FRONT against the Soviets, not against the Americans and British. the weapon usage is okay. but the female soldier always has a shotgun. you never see a female model with a mosin or a ppsh. and apart from that, the PPS-42 is never seen in the Russian Campaign.

*Campaign* (Keep in mind, i played this on singleplayer)

The Mission "Sniper's War" is hard and fun. however, there is one part that gets in your nerves. when you charge in the field, the chances of you getting gunned down by a MG-42 is likely. apart from that, German soldiers come out of the buildings and go in the middle of the field. and no matter how many of them die, they keep spawning until you get to the trenches. it would be better if the german soldiers stayed in the trenches with the machine guns instead of running out in the field.

The Mission "Leningrad" in incredibly hard. when you charge, there is almost no cover and the only way to make it to the trenches is spam smoke grenades and take cover behind your friendlies. because really, all the 2-3 Machine Guns in the trench will target you first, then your friendlies second. it would be better if there was more cover, or at least some T-34's so the player could take cover behind them.

In The Mission "88 Ridge", the Tiger tanks are incredibly hard to destroy, even if you try to attack them from behind. not only that, but i Saw a M4 Sherman take 7 Tiger hits and he was still up.

In "The Tiger" Mission, after the Tiger tank destroys the M4 Sherman near the town hall, it reverses. after it reverses, you can simply go in front of the tank and it won't do anything. the tank won't try to kill you or anything. it'll just sit there. even if you hit it with a rocket, it'll still sit there.

In "The Silo" Mission, after clearing the town, you have to climb the ladder up the Silo. you can't do that because the silo is...you know, not blown up. and the way up is blocked by a tiny door thing. after some investigation, i realized that the reason why this happened was because the Flak gun at the start of the mission was destroyed and the soldier coundn't get in it and destroy the Silo.

In the St. Lamaire mission, when you have to secure the areas (which is impossible because there is a truck with 5 germans and they try to kill you, there is two MG-42's forward and in the right there are three germans), after you secure one area, it should give you a checkpoint, right? well, guess what, it doesn't. so if you forget to save after clearing the area and you die, you'll have to start all over again and that is frustrating.

In The Mission "Bergstein" when you have to take out the halftrack, you can interact with it, but nothing happens.

so far, this mod is great. it's realistic in every way possible and you should totally check it. it's a 9/10.

7

Second Sino-Japanese War

Mod review

The mod is great. but i won't lie, it's full of errors and bugs. it annoys me alot because i really want to play this mod, but i can't because my game keeps crashing.