Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

ArmA: Combat Operations

Operation Flashpoint: Red River

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Sacred

Faces of War

Panzer Tactics DS

Excellent WWII strategy - shame there aren't more grown up games for the DS

I find it very difficult to find 'proper, grown-up' games for the DS as so many revolve around genderless, neutral 'sprite' type animations or kids/adolescents with attitude problems and bad hair. Also being a fan of an... Read Full Review

Operation Flashpoint: Red River

Well worth playing; ARMA fanboys please remember to disagree with my review

Good: -Decent campaign length (took me a little over 10 hours on Experienced setting) -Responsive allied AI -Acceptable graphics and sounds -Health system -Customisable load-outs -XP/leveling/upgrades Not so goo... Read Full Review

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Some balance: I remove 3 points because:

1. The SP game is way too short. I finished it in less than a day and as I only play SP, was that really worth £25 / $50? No. Everyone raves about the MP game, that's fine but I don't play MP so that's no good to me. Eit... Read Full Review

ArmA: Armed Assault

Even if you liked Operation Flashpoint you may not like this!

I must admit that despite the terrible control interface I quite liked the original Operation Flashpoint - although it did take some time to get into and I failed to complete the final mission as flying a chopper with mo... Read Full Review

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

The best military action/shooter/RTS game out there bar none - but you need a little patience to get into it.

First some moaning: Company of Heroes? Can't stand it. Very pretty but it's just Dawn of War in WWII, prop your chin in your hand and gaze vacantly at the screen pointing and clicking...yawn...snooze... Faces of War?... Read Full Review

Painkiller

No tactics, no stealth, loads of fun but there is a flaw in the game that spoils it...

As shooters go I do not normally like mindless fantasy shoot-ups and prefer reality based military games such as CoD, MoH, GRAW, etc. - you know the usual ones. In Painkiller there is a fairly daft story (if you can cal... Read Full Review

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Nowhere near as good as GRAW1

I can't say how much I am disappointed with this game. I have played GRAW1 4 times in the past year and I am still not bored with it so I had high hopes with this game although knowing GRAW1 so well I was a bit nervous a... Read Full Review

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

Great fun though poor story and ending

This is quite an underated game but is well worth playing. The visuals are good and the combat system is excellent - much easier to control than Gothic 3, which I also just finished but never really understood past a cli... Read Full Review

Sacred

Fun, accessible, easy to pick up RPG and better than many newer ones (e.g. TQ)

This game is not bad. I have had it installed on my PC for about a year but for whatever reason I only played a few days the first time and have just come back to it now. Last week I had a look at Nevewinter Nights 1 but... Read Full Review

Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII

Probably for die-hard Soldiers fans only!

For me this game was worth getting because: (1) I loved (eventually...) Soldiers: Heroes of WWII (2) I was bitterly disappointed by Company of Heroes (3) I find Faces of War rather annoying So if you loved Soldie... Read Full Review

ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead

Amazing - yet...dull...

I've marked this one with Gamespot's 'Best in series' tag - although that doesn't say much given the previous ARMA outings. For sure though, this has been better polished, there is more going on, it is more accessible an... Read Full Review

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

A well thought out and easy(ish) to control tactical shooter.

Note this is a limited review as I have only played the first mission but if you are thinking of getting the game hopefully this first impression is useful. First up, on my 2.13 Core 2 Duo / 2MB RAM / 7600GT and with th... Read Full Review

Gothic 3

A very nice game and a real shame that the original publisher stopped supporting it

A very nice game and a real shame that the original publisher stopped supporting it as the available patches (Official 1.12 and Community 1.4 (who writes this by the way? Thanks to whoever!)) only just keep it playable. ... Read Full Review

Requital

RPG-Light – and not bad at all!

This game will obviously fade quickly in the shadow of a big budget game like Oblivion but in my opinion it is well worth a look. Personally I found Oblivion tedious with all that walking around just talking to people (G... Read Full Review

Company of Heroes

Sorry to blot the page but I don't actually think it is very good!

Okay, I expect you all to click that my review was Unhelpful but anyway: I followed the previews for CoH for months and got the impression that (as the title implies...) you would get a company of heroes to command, whi... Read Full Review

Faces of War

What have they done?

Soldiers: Heroes of WWII - my favourite RTS action game ever! It took me a while to get into it but now I have played it twice and think it is fantastic. I was therefore thrilled to hear that Faces was developed by the s... Read Full Review

World Class Poker with T.J. Cloutier

Excellent learning tool and means of using up time! A flaw though (see update).

I have not played any of the other poker PC games (or real poker) but have found this to be an excellent game. It has drawn me in more than any FPS, RPG or RTS I have ever played; if you buy it prepare to lose hours and ... Read Full Review

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

Sorry to all the positive reviewers but play GRAW for a proper tactical game as this is closer to mindless run and gun.

Having played GRAW all the way through three times in as many months (and still without getting bored with it) I thought I would try Vegas as another well regarded ‘tactical shooter’ from the same stable. However, this t... Read Full Review

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Brilliant lengthy shooter; a bit buggy but better than HL2

I have just finished this game and completed two of the possible endings. I will play it again one day but not just yet so sold it back on Amazon. It is definitely replayable another day; as it is non-linear there are ma... Read Full Review

Joint Task Force

I've just done a Victor Kiam...

...I liked the demo so much that I bought the company! Well, the game at least - and I can't wait for it to arrive. Without the manual, it did take a bit of patience to get into the game despite having played Panzers ... Read Full Review

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Not a sim, not OFP but good enough for what it is

As noted by another reviewer, if you ditch the OFP label and take it for what it is, it is a reasonable tactical shooter. Not the best (that's still the GRAW games for me at least) but not bad. The good includes large s... Read Full Review