- Publisher: Kuma Reality Games
- Release Date: Jul 16, 2004
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KumaWar doesn’t succeed at being a great game, but the fact that the levels are based on such recent events is a compelling reason to at least try out the game.
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The upside of paying is that new missions appear every month, which offers you a variety of experiences. The downside of the game is that the graphics won't overwhelm you and the missions get very repetitive once you finish them.
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Cheat Code CentralIf you can overlook some of the shoddy AI programming, both the enemy and your teammates, you can resign yourself to enjoying a relatively mindless shooter.
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There may be some benefit to the exclusivity that will result from the pricing.
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If you’re looking for a quality tactical action game with loads of weapons, cool features, smart enemies, and polish, look elsewhere. But if your main interest is recent, real-world action (and the promise of at least two new missions each month), this may be your game.
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They've done a fantastic job of providing a six-course meal of pre-game data, but once you actually get down to business, it plays like a budget game good for little more than killing some time.
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The very sub par AI and difficulty of the single player mode isn’t going to be worth $9.99 per month for a lot of you out there, and even multiplayer fans won’t get much at the moment since there aren’t many people online.
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While I’ve never put a whole heap of focus on graphics, KumaWar actually manages to distract with its graphics. They aren’t pretty and appear more than few years old – think about the original Counter-Strike – and at times I mistook building features for enemy snipers.
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For all the hype surrounding its real-world missions, when you get down to it you’re paying $10 a month for what is at best a budget title shooter.
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If you can stand the graphics, the AI, and weapon physics, this game will be tolerable for you. For the rest of you, I strongly encourage you to look elsewhere.
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Between all the tedious downloads, sorry gameplay, and weak audio and visuals, KumaWar simply can't compete.
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PC GamerSounds promising, but from the shoddy graphics to the horrid enemy AI, this game fails to be any fun at all. [July 2004, p.68]
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Computer Gaming WorldNo matter how interesting the real-life situation is, the game manages to make it more boring than missions in most budget shooters. [Sept 2004, p.76]
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PC FormatIf you find your trigger finger itching, you'd better buy yourself a WWII or sci-fi shooter to sate your appetite, because Kuma/War manages to get it very wrong. In every single sense. [Dec 2004, p.101]
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Aside from AI being strangely buggy and inconsistent, the enemy placement is simply sadistic. I played the first level on the easiest difficulty and have decided to name it "Quicksave or Die." That is currently my only praise for the game - it runs, and the developers have added a working quicksave feature.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 10
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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DonnieBrascoApr 22, 2004
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AlexisJ.Aug 24, 2004
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TimD.Apr 8, 2004I felt this was a realistic look at modern war and am expecting much from it in the future. I hope to see more than Iraq.