Left Behind: Eternal Forces

 PC
Metascore
38

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 15 out of 20
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  1. WHAM! Gaming
    45
    Left Behind: Eternal Forces oscillates between the boring and the aggravating and is far from ever being a rapturous experience.
  2. GamesRadar+
    40
    Left Behind: Eternal Forces just doesn't play very well. As exciting and even (for at lot of folks, at least) uplifting as some of the content could be, it just doesn't move quickly enough or play smoothly enough to compete with the other, more gameplay focused titles in the admittedly more worldly marketplace.
  3. GameSpy
    40
    As representations of the End Times go, this one's about as scary as a Sunday school play (and not as well written).
  5. G4 TV
    40
    The real problem is the bland graphics, micromanagement, and repetitive gameplay. Good RTS games know that and tend to create missions you can complete in a variety of ways. Not so here.
  6. Game Chronicles
    40
    A waste of time. The gameplay is terrible and I saw better graphics on video games two years ago. I can’t understand all the uproar this game caused because the game in itself is not worth bothering with.
  7. Digital Entertainment News
    38
    Left Behind: Eternal Forces misses on all cylinders. The game needs a serious tune-up on nearly every level.
  8. PC Gamer
    37
    The moral of the story is, if you're looking for a half-decent real-time strategy game, skip Left Behind. [Feb. 2007, p.66]
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  9. PC Gamer UK
    37
    Smug, poorly made, and incredibly frustrating to play, they managed the fearfully but not the wonderfully made. [Apr 2007, p.86]
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  10. GameSpot
    34
    Nobody has enough faith to endure a game with such a hokey story, terrible mission design, serious problems with the interface and graphics, and loads of crippling bugs.
  11. Worth Playing
    30
    Avoid this title like the plague. Not only are you sparing yourself the discomfort of ham-fisted preaching and shoddy game mechanics, you’ll also be doing your part to ensure that this obscene mess of eschatological flotsam and apocryphal jetsam never sees a sequel.
  12. The A.V. Club
    25
    On top of resources that can't act independently and controls that damn you for mistakes that aren't your fault, the game resets most of your progress between missions—giving you no incentive to pray the extra mile.
  13. Gaming Age
    25
    On top of it all, the game crashes so often it seems like a sign. Every load and option change is a risk that results in equal occurrences of the following: a complete crash, stuck on locked screen or more playtime of a terribly boring and frustrating game.
  14. GameZone
    19
    If you play games at all, you'll instantly see this game for the unbalanced, unfair and unattractive mess that it is. [May 2007, p.77]
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  15. Computer Games Magazine
    10
    It's hard to imagine for whom this game was made. It's certainly not for gamers. And it's even more certainly not for nongamers, who are going to be entirely confounded. [Feb. 2007, p.68]
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  16. Game Revolution
    0
    The real problem is that the game is frustratingly hard. The camera is wily, and the tall buildings of New York frequently get in your way.

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#43 Most Shared PC Game of 2006

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User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 14 out of 23
  1. CaptainQwug
    Dec 22, 2006
    1
    Way way way too difficult to even complete the 3rd mission. Difficult to understand objectives and the constant threat of making a minor Way way way too difficult to even complete the 3rd mission. Difficult to understand objectives and the constant threat of making a minor mistake and having to relive the nightmarishly bad level again make this game a poor choice for anyone... However with a little TLC this game could be amazing.… Full Review »
  2. JohnWilliams
    Dec 6, 2006
    1
    When I saw a commercial for this I thought it was a joke. Then I found out it was real and knew that it had to be bad. It looks like whatWhen I saw a commercial for this I thought it was a joke. Then I found out it was real and knew that it had to be bad. It looks like what would happen if all those holy rollers who stand out on street corners every friday would make if they decided to make a video game. It gets a one only because of the humour factor.… Full Review »
  3. GabrielAncap
    Nov 21, 2020
    9
    Very Good.
    It's not the best game in the world, but it's fun.
    Most critics are far-left Cucks.
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