Visuals are great and Sons of War plays very smooth with little slow down on current generation hardware.

Gameplay itself is a huge improvement over its predecessor. The game’s controls work pretty well while under cover, but the default movement controls feel like they’re going to take some time to get used to. Also making a return is the emphasis on participating in missions with a partner. The game’s bite-sized missions and World War II setting make a return, as well as a returning cast of characters. I didn’t have the pleasure of checking out Sons of War in its previous incarnation but I have to say I like what I’ve played so far with the final version.įiring up Sons of War for the first time brought both some familiarity as well as significant changes to the series.

Now, the extra year and a half of development have seen the game go back to a traditional third-person cover shooter with free range of movement. For folks hoping for a significant shift in the series direction, Sons of War may disappoint as it goes back to its traditional roots, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.Īs mentioned earlier, we previewed Sons of War as a cover-based shooter that let you swipe between covers, essentially removing the free-movement portion of the third-person shooter mechanics. Fast forward nearly a year and a half later and Sons of War is significantly different than when last we played it. Announced in June of 2013, we took it for a spin back in E3 2013 and enjoyed the big changes to the series – namely the transition from a traditional shooter to one that was mostly a cover-based on-rails affair. As we mentioned earlier this month when we posted the teaser trailer, Gameloft’s Brother in Arms 3: Sons of War (Free) has been a long time coming.

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