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  • Rating:6

    Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

    By EbonDrake | Rating Date: Mar 06, 2007 | PC
  • Rating:6

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    By EbonDrake | Rating Date: Dec 12, 2004 | PS2
  • Rating:5.8

    Final Fantasy XI

    By EbonDrake | Rating Date: Jan 17, 2004 | PC
  • Rating:5.5

    Deus Ex: Invisible War

    By EbonDrake | Rating Date: Dec 31, 2003 | PC
  • Rating:3.1

    The Bard's Tale

    By EbonDrake | Rating Date: Aug 12, 2006 | XBOX
  • Rating:6
    Still not up to MOO/MOO2 standards, but not bad...

    Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar

    By EbonDrake | Review Date: Mar 06, 2007 | PC

    Still not up to MOO/MOO2 standards, but not bad...

    It just galls me when someone calls it the "best turn-based space strategy game ", or declares that "MOO is dead". It may well be the best of current 4X space games, but is still just a shadow of MOO... Read Full Review

    13 of 24 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.6
    The most buggy game I've played in years...

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

    By EbonDrake | Review Date: Nov 14, 2006 | PC

    The most buggy game I've played in years...

    I wonder if most of the 9-10 rated first day reviews actually played the game!?! So far I have: - Frequent, random crashes - Poor, obviously platform-ported control system - Features which just plain don't work (eg... Read Full Review

    2 of 4 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.2
    Checkpoint Saves, Linear Rat-Through-The-Maze Progress, Is this what you want? Not me. Avoid like the plague.

    Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

    By EbonDrake | Review Date: Jul 05, 2005 | PC

    Checkpoint Saves, Linear Rat-Through-The-Maze Progress, Is this what you want? Not me. Avoid like the plague.

    I'm sorry - I got totally suckered in by the positive reviews, or I would never have bought this steaming heap. For starters, it is absolutely the most linear game I have ever played. You have to follow the exact route... Read Full Review

    3 of 5 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:3.1
    Horrid controls. Avoid. Roadkill due to it's console heritage and developer laziness.

    The Bard's Tale

    By EbonDrake | Review Date: Aug 12, 2006 | PC

    Horrid controls. Avoid. Roadkill due to it's console heritage and developer laziness.

    I often wonder why developers offer ports of console games on the PC if they aren't going to address the target market. The console heritage on this is obvious from the start: grainy low-res cut scenes, checkpoint saves... Read Full Review

    3 of 7 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:3.5
    Hopeless, Utter Crap - Save your money!

    The Suffering: Ties That Bind

    By EbonDrake | Review Date: Jul 26, 2006 | PC

    Hopeless, Utter Crap - Save your money!

    There are only a few things I can’t tolerate in games: bad game design, utterly absurd design decisions (see Hitman Blood Money’s save game feature), and game-halting bugs. Sadly, the bugs in this game are so bad that I... Read Full Review

    2 of 5 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.8

    Final Fantasy XI

    By EbonDrake | Review Date: Jan 17, 2004 | PC

    Do you hate soloing? Does the idea of ever playing more than your beginner levels by yourself just utterly turn you off? If so, this may be the game for you. Seriously, I've never played a game that's harder to solo... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.5

    Deus Ex: Invisible War

    By EbonDrake | Review Date: Dec 31, 2003 | PC

    Any sequel suffers the challenge of being compared to its predecessor. That's simply a fact of life that developers must deal with. A wise rule of thumb they would do well to adopt would be to never offer fewer options... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful