Russian Front Reviews

Gameplay is too simple and it gets very boring fast. 15 USD is a ripoff 2/10

STAY AWAY from this amazing stinker ! The store ads remined me of the old AH game TRC ( you long time war gamers know wich game I mean ) . It does not play well in any way , shape or form as a war game . I dont know what its trying to be , funny maybe ( if so im not laughing ! ) . Panzers moving at snails pace , huge armies barley hurting each other in combat ( I dont know maybe thier trying yo be nice to each other ) . I am sure the AI cheats !!! How ever I really wanted to like this game and went well over the 2 hour refund limit before i saw how bad it was . I will never buy a game from this company again . Dont make the mistake Germany made Stay away from the RUSSIAN FRONT !

Do not buy this game. Constant mouse issues causes units to refuse to move or attack. Sometimes they move in the wrong direction, with no way to correct. The only way I could get balky units to move was by zooming in and out and even then the mouse would constantly shift away from the unit. Simplistic movement means it takes months to move a new unit to the front: rail movement does not exist. Campaign mode does not matter, if the Germans fail to take Moscow by early Dec 41, you lose. Movement rates for Tanks and Infantry way below their actual accomplished speeds in the war by at least a factor of 2 or 3. Waste of my time and money.

I purchased this game and couldn't get past turn 14, tried again and again....i think it has bugs on WIN 10. The game is not worth the $21 AUD....do not waste your time or money on this until bugs are fixed.

Yes, the game is simple but it's also a lot of fun. The complexity is at about the level of the old Avalon Hill board games from the 1970s and 80s. There's other games out there with more detail and management but this one strikes the right balance. And it's historically more realistic. My panzers got to the gates of Moscow only to come up short despite capturing major Russian armies with pincer movements. If you want a beer and prezels game with scenarios that can be finished in a couple of hours then I recommend Russian Front.

RUSSIAN FRONT is reminiscent of table-top war games by Avalon Hill. Each turn represents several weeks, each unit is basically a corps or army. I have no complaint with the game system, but rather with the game's computer AI. Playing as Axis against computer AI Soviets, even at the most difficult setting, I regularly win the game in 1942, and the same when playing as Soviets against German computer AI at the most difficult setting. So really there is no challenge. If RUSSIAN FRONT were updated with online multiplayer capability, which it currently lacks, plus reasonable computer AI opposition in single player, then I would give it thumbs up. But as it is now, it's no challenge to win in single player against the toughest computer AI, whichever side you play. Regrettably, I must give RUSSIAN FRONT a thumbs down.

This is definitely a beer and pretzel game, which is what I enjoy most about it, in DESPERATE need of a multi-player version since it's turn-based. I've played a number of the scenarios and campaigns. Most of them are not worth the time, but the full Barbarossa Campaign on the hard level was quite entertaining, IF you play as Germany. The Russian A/I for this longest campaign makes some good moves, IMO. It seems like the game designers poured all of their energy into making the Russian A/I fairly competent for this campaign. However, the German A/I for the long scenario is HORRENDOUS. Completely passive, defensive, no blitzing, etc. Horrible. Please come up with a head to head version. The victory conditions need changing as well. In the Barbarossa campaign, the conditions change from turn to turn. A fixed victory condition would be an improvement, IMO. This game has potential.

Overly simplified tablet / smartphone game. 10 Euro is a ripoff. It's worth maybe 2-3 Euro that it would cost on a phone, but on a PC it's simply too shallow and too short. Shame it's not better developed, as it has potential.

Ok, I did it again. If a game has negative reviews, it's not likely to be a good game. Mouse pointer jumpes all over, takes multiple clicks to finally select the unit. Game is very slow, plodding. Units can't move far enough in a turn to make it fun. Typical turn, move all units forward one hex. Attack what ever you can reach. Not much strategy, IMO. Refund pending.

While, I like the general design aesthetic and control features of this game, in my opinion the map and game play is too simple for it to be an interesting game. It lacks a depth in maneuver options due to the large tile scale and similarly it lacks sophistication during the movement phase. The Ai needs work to make for a good oponent. After playing only one turn I noticed the Ai diong some inexplicable things. Overall this game falls far short of expectation. Also, due to a cursor bug, for me it was unplayable. There seems to be a mouse selection problem where it moves the focus on the selected unit to some random point on the hex grid. Unfortunately I had to give up playing during the second turn as I could not control the units. I think that is grounds for my money back. I would echo other reviews that this is more a mobile game in the style of Civilization rather than an epic game in the tradition of the SPI board game War In Euope. Despite and also because of my criticisms, I would be very keen to see this game reworked to mirror the style of the hexwar online board game. And yes, I would be prepared to pay more a lot more for that.