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Customer Reviews

I returned it once and then just gave up.

2008-02-29
This was a gift for my grandson. When I learned that he couldn't install it on his three year old PC, I tried on my 3 GHz PC with 2 GB of RAM and kept getting a CD error. Amazon was great about returning it and the replacement installed, although installing the four CDs took about thirty minutes, but then both my grandson and I got the same message when we tried to run it, that we couldn't use it because the graphics card does not support Pixel Shaders or or Vertex Shaders, which I had to look up. A text file on one CD gave a list of supported graphics cards, and it was the same list as another game I had given him from another company and he had successfully installed. Then I gave up. $80 or more for a graphics card that might or might not work, and all this over a $20 game, was just too much. Maybe Amazon would take it back again, but between running it back and forth between our two houses all of this has already taken three months, and enough is enough. I tried to give it no stars, but the system wouldn't accept that.

Save Your $

2008-02-22
Forget it folks, this is nothing more than a bad game with a lot of hyped up pictures on the box.
I love RTS games and would play them all day if it paid. But if you really enjoy RTS games this is a real disappointment. The best way I can describe it, IRRITATING! No resource management hardly, no base defense, and quite frankly most missions take 2-5 tries even on "EASY" I suppose part of me held this game to a C&C Generals type game but oh well, I played, I cried, I spent more than three dollars.

Simple game

2007-10-06
I played this game for a few weeks for hours every other day. I found it was pretty simple to kill the enemy just by taking the airfield and defending it while gradually building up your forces between each wave of attacks by the enemy. It was fun to fight against 3 AI forces but it was easy just to defend the area you start out in while the other 3 forces took each other out,all the while you build up your tanks and call in strikes on the remaining forces repair trucks and missile trucks. I thought the graphics were pretty good but I'm not sure what the standard for RTS games is because i have only played a few. I didn't have any problems playing it offline but i was never able to actually play it online but i blame that on my internet provider since i have many problems with online games because of them. I would say for $20 this game is worth a try.

Definitely not your average RTS

2007-07-14
I LOVE This game.period. The gameplay is amazing, even if i comes with a pretty steep learning curve. The graphics are phenomenal. The story line is great, and the actual game dynamics and usable items etc are almost endless. GREAT GAME!!!!!!

A bit slow, very crazy, uber fun

2007-03-19
This game was quite a good buy. Aside from stunning graphics, the gameplay is excellent, much more tactically oriented than many other games. And act5ion comes quite thick (escpecially in skirmish mode, where it may actually come a little TOO thick)

I reccoment it for any RTS fan, but if you aren't an RTS fan, maybe you should pass it up.

Nice Concept but Issues with Implementation

2007-01-27
Joint Task Force is a definitive 21st century strategy game. Get your boots dirty as you lead the fight to secure the world's most volatile regions. Bring officially-licensed military technology to bear in real-world combat situations, overflowing with embedded media, refugees, and deadly insurgents. Do you have what it takes to win the war for tomorrow?

Horrible Horrible Game, worst $50 I ever spent!

2006-10-07
I just bought this game hoping for an excellent strategy game with great graphics. Well, is it a great strategy game? I don't know as on my PC (twice the system the game calls for) the game is SO slow as to be unplayable! It runs almost in reverse, that is how slow it is! I have it down to the lowest 'acceptable' resolution for me (1024 x 768) and it is impossible to control anybody or anything. My armies get their butts whupped as I am trying to move around, even SCROLLING is horrible!! I would not waste $5 on this game even in a bargain bin. I don't think this was even play-tested (maybe on $4000 alienware?) but do not waste your money on this. I should have waited but this one looked so good. Oh well, live and learn!

Nice effects, horrible realism

2006-10-07
If you like nice graphics and cool effects - go for it. If you are looking for realism, well don't. Since when does an Abrams need three hits to crack a BMP? And since when does an Abrams tank shoot only as far as city block is long?
If you want the 'real thing' stick to the old 'Close Combat' series.

a must have for RTS game fan

2006-09-28
This is a must have game for RTS fans it has an amazing graphics and compared to other RTS game that you could finish by collecting as much resources and getting gazillion troops and doing a kamikazi attack, on this game those tactics won't cut it. you actually need to think here in where to position your men and vehicles and the JTF community is topnotch no snobs and screaming noob on your face they're helpfull and that goes to the developers aswell (they actually read the forum).

The only reason i gave the game 4 stars is there's a few thing that needs to be ironed out in the game and a few addition options needed but i suppose not every game is perfect.

anyway if you decide to get this game i'll see u online "Multiplayer"
(CMDR Tacoshell)

Slow but very interesting

2006-09-28
I bought this game a few days ago and so far, It's been really interesting. I am a huge fan of C&C games and this one is quite close but a bit more realistic. You actually run out of amo and you need to call in supplies which ads to the "excitment" of the game.

Go for it... It's a good game.

Ramy