Rating:8.5

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

By LordRork | Review Date: Mar 20, 2010 | PC

It's more of what we all like - darkspawn slaying!

Ahh, Dragon Age. So much action, so much silence from your character. Awakening serves up more of the action that made the main game good, with a few improvements (stamina potions for us non-mage types!). If you're ex... Read Full Review

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Rating:8.5

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising

By LordRork | Review Date: Mar 13, 2010 | PC

You want war? You got it...with spikes.

With Chaos Rising we see an "Old Reliable" come back, it's not trying to reinvent the DoWII wheel, just add more of what made the first good with added action and maaaany more explosions. It should excite even the most b... Read Full Review

6 of 6 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7

Supreme Commander 2

By LordRork | Review Date: Mar 06, 2010 | PC

Doesn't quite live up to its predecessor - A lot of small things add up to a big disappointment.

I thought SupCom and TA were both really good games. They tried to be big when everyone else was small - they stood out. Now, SupCom 2 still stands out from all the small scale boys, but is left in the shadow of its p... Read Full Review

2 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Mass Effect 2

By LordRork | Review Date: Jan 29, 2010 | PC

Bit more linear? Yes. Bit more tense? Oh yes.

OK, so ME1 was great. There was a lot of junk (Did anyone actually use snowblind rounds?) and some fiddliness. ME2 does the right thing and strips a whole load of that out - the weapons are clean and simple and do wha... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7

Crysis 3

By LordRork | Review Date: Feb 24, 2013 | PC

I think I would have preferred "Crysis 3: The Movie"

Oh, Crysis, where did it all go wrong? Crysis 3 has led the series up the path trodden by so many FPSs these day - linear, easy and uninspired. Crytek have taken the approach that so many other developers have - ... Read Full Review

2 of 4 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.4

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

By LordRork | Review Date: Jun 10, 2007 | PC

Gets even the hardened cynic into Tomb Raiding.

I played the demo of the original of Tomb Raider way back in the 90's, and got hacked off with it (I was 15, ok ;) ). Fast Forward to now I wanted something good to get me off my diet of RTS games - and I found it. Th... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Max Payne 3

By LordRork | Review Date: Jun 05, 2012 | PC

Stylish, but perilously close to an interactive story instead of a game.

Good things: Fantastic graphics Another excellent and immersive story Excellent AI which will punish you for your mistakes Bad things: Too often control is wrenched from the player It has become something of a co... Read Full Review

2 of 4 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Mass Effect 3

By LordRork | Review Date: Mar 13, 2012 | PC

An excellent game...with a few oddities that don't belong to the series.

ME3 has a lot going for it. They have finally got the right balance of simplicity (ME2) vs weapon modding (ME) that both predecessors lacked in one way or another. The characters are engaging as ever, but with so many... Read Full Review

2 of 4 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Syndicate

By LordRork | Review Date: Feb 25, 2012 | PC

While not a "proper" successor to its heritage, a good game nonetheless.

With so much innovation and genre hybrids over the years with the likes Dawn of War II (part RTS, part RPG) leading the way, a Syndicate reboot could have been a fantastic addition to its original play style. But as ever... Read Full Review

1 of 5 users found the following review helpful