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Star Wars: Empire at War
Finally, Star Wars fans get their grubby mitts on a Star Wars RTS that doesn't plain suck. Or do they?
While great Star Wars games are plentiful on other genres, the RTS has proven rather elusive to nail down. Enter Petroglyph, formed by former Westwood employees who left the company after it was assimilated into EA Pacif... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Saw II: Flesh & Blood
Flesh & Blood does an admirable job capturing the feel of the Saw franchise, but that's about it.
In a hasty effort to cash in on what loyalty remained for the almost dead-and-buried film franchise, Konami managed to bring out a new Saw game in less than a year from the previous release. With such an ominous birth, i... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Freedom Fighters
Start with a great premise. Mix with tight controls and add beautiful graphics. The end result? Freedom Fighters.
Freedom Fighters fills a great void in the Playstation 2's library of games. A great squad-based action game with good controls, intelligent AI, an original premise and all around great production values. The game takes ... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Call of Duty 3
A solid follow up to a great game, that actually manages to best its predecessor in certain areas.
I feel I really shouldn't even need to write about Call of Duty 3's gameplay, since it is so similar to Call of Duty 2. But on closer inspection, it has a few tweaks that make the game worthwhile. Most notable of these i... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Company of Heroes
The RTS genre reinvented!
Let me just get this out of the way straight from the get-go. Company of Heroes will test you to the limit, physically and mentally. This is the most visceral strategy experience of my life. Relic has managed to bring in... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Simply put, one of the best games I've ever played
After chopping orcs and elves for who knows how long, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines was a breath of fresh air. More like a gust in fact. The setting is unique and gripping, and a perfect fit for an RPG. Even thoug... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Saints Row
Volition’s take on the GTA-genre is a surprisingly good one.
Grand Theft Auto. What gamer doesn’t know this franchise? Sure, it divides opinions sharply, some saying it is the second coming of JC and others declaring it to be the Devil incarnate. No matter how you feel though, the... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Nijuu Spy
Double Agent feels a lot like previous iterations in the SC series, which is a mixed blessing.
Most people are familiar with the Splinter Cell -series. It follows the exploits of Sam Fisher, member of the NSA's elite black ops divisions dubbed Third Echelon. Double Agent kicks off with a mission in Iceland, that m... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Runaway: A Road Adventure
It's by no means perfect, but Runaway is a competent offering that evokes the golden age of adventure gaming.
Adventure gaming has been dead and buried for quite a while, or so it may seem to the untrained eye. The truth is, that even though major publishers have shunned the genre ever since LucasArts abruptly aborted many of th... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
With a one-two punch of great DLC at an enticing price, Episodes from Liberty City easily trumps GTA IV itself.
In an effort to reach an even greater audience, Rockstar decided to bundle both pieces of episodic content for GTA IV in to a standalone collection. It makes a lot of sense from a marketing viewpoint, since the vast majo... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
The Ballad of Gay Tony is the game Grand Theft Auto IV should have been.
The second and final piece of DLC is, slightly deceptively I might add, named The Ballad of Gay Tony. Despite its name, the game is brimming with Hollywood machismo, running the gamut from overblown explosions to gratuit... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
The Lost and Damned is a great piece of DLC and a great addition to the GTA mythos.
One of the centerpieces of GTA IV's story were the mysterious diamonds and the many unsuccessful attempts at acquiring them. One such character was Johnny Klebitz of The Lost Motorcycle Club, who players may remember fro... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Grand Theft Auto IV
GTA IV is a monumental achievement in video gaming, but issues big and small keep it from achieving true greatness.
Grand Theft Auto IV begins as Niko Bellic, an illegal immigrant and veteran of the Yugoslav Wars steps off a boat and into Liberty City. What follows is a tale of revenge and salvation, that is sometimes surprisingly dee... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
007: Tomorrow Never Dies (Platinum)
Just like the movie it was based on, this game pretty much sucks.
Black Ops has been tasked with the nearly impossible; follow up Rare's critically acclaimed N64 hit GoldenEye 007 with the PlayStation exclusive 007: Tomorrow Never Dies. Considering GoldenEye was such a huge hit, TND ... Read Full Review
1 of 4 users found the following review helpful
BioShock
Bioshock may not be all that was promised but it's still a very enjoyable game.
Bioshock is interactive art in every sense of the word. From it's breathtaking art deco scenery to it's disturbing, deep story, Bioshock succeeds where countless others have failed. It transcends gaming, crafting an et... Read Full Review
5 of 7 users found the following review helpful
Conan
Conan is as derivative as it gets, but it's also a lot of fun.
As of late, the gaming world has witnessed a renaissance of sorts when it comes to Robert E. Howard's famous barbarian. You've got games popping up left and right, all of them taking advantage of Hyboria's unique setti... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Left 4 Dead
Valve is known for creating genre-defining games of impeccable design and sheer fun. Left 4 Dead is no exception.
If you're anything like me (and judging by the sales of books like World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, you are), you spend a good portion of each and every day wondering what a zombie outbreak might be like, and... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Call of Duty: World at War
It may be a re-skin of CoD4 but that just means the Good War is back and it's better then ever.
You'd be hard-pressed to find a gamer today who hasn't heard of the Call of Duty franchise. After wresting the crown of premier WWII shooter from Medal of Honor, CoD has enjoyed tremendous success, with 9 games in the ... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (Limited Edition)
Hell's Highway is a joyous mix of finely crafted tactical combat and mature, unapologetic storytelling.
Despite crafting Opposing Force, the phenomenal expansion pack for the original Half-Life, Gearbox Software is best known for their equally marvelous Brothers in Arms -series. BiA has always been about tactical, realis... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Despite the unwieldy combat, Uncharted is an easy game to recommend because it does just about everything else so well.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is the latest offering from developer Naughty Dog, famous for their Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter franchises. Don't be fooled however, Uncharted is a whole different bag of tricks, movin... Read Full Review
4 of 5 users found the following review helpful
inFamous
Infamous is a terribly flawed and exceedingly boring game masked under high production values and slick presentation.
Western civilization seems enamored with superheroes. From graphic novels and books to movies and television shows, it seems there's a superhero for every occasion. People with fancy medical degrees in messing with your ... Read Full Review
4 of 22 users found the following review helpful
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Despite some nagging issues, Underworld proves Lara still has some fight left in her.
Lara has been around for quite some time. She first appeared way back in 1996 in the original Tomb Raider, quickly becoming an icon of gaming. The series has seen its fair share of ups and downs since, but 2003's The Ang... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Left 4 Dead 2
While L4D2 improves upon the original in many meaningful ways, it fails to recapture the same magic.
While I was never one of those people who threw their arms in protest when Left 4 Dead 2 was announced, I was nonetheless a bit skeptical as to whether or not a fully fledged sequel, so soon after the original, could be ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
God of War III
While not as strong as its predecessors, God of War III closes out the trilogy in style.
Ever since people heard God of War II was coming out for the PlayStation 2, instead of its more powerful offspring, the PlaySation 3 (which had been out for about 4 months), they were understandably, though misguidedly, ... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
God of War II
God of War II improves upon the already impressive foundation laid by its predecessor.
In my review of the original God of War, I must've used "epic" at least a dozen times to describe the game, and still somehow I feel like I should have used the adjective even more. I simply couldn't stop ranting about t... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
God of War (Greatest Hits)
God of War is a brutal masterpiece and unlike anything you've ever seen before.
Greek mythology is perhaps the most widely known and utilized mythology in the entertainment medium, and for good reason. It features valiant heroes, women of legendary beauty, monsters of unimaginable scale and location... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Driver: Sennyuu! Car Chase Daisakusen (Spike Library #007)
Driver is easily one of the best racing games on the original PlayStation and as cool as the cars it features.
The sixties and the seventies were the Golden Age of the Muscle car. High powered yet simple and relatively cheap, these beasts ran amok the streets, driving fear into the hearts of rice racers and Euro trash alike. So a... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Wolfenstein
Fans of old school shooters will find something to like in Wolfenstein, despite its inadequacies.
For a game popularly viewed as the grandaddy of first-person shooters (Wolfenstein 3D was by no means the first FPS, but it was the first to catapult the genre into the mainstream), Wolfenstein has lived a remarkably qui... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
A fulfilling singleplayer portion and truly awesome multiplayer combine to make Jedi Outcast very strong in the Force.
Ever since the release of Dark Forces in 1994, Star Wars first-person shooter fans have had a game to call their own. In 1997 they got Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Now, 5 years after Dark Forces II, they have a... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
F.E.A.R.
Thrilling and terrifying, this is the best FPS since Half-Life 2.
Monolith has long been regarded as one of the premier developers when it comes to first person shooters. Who could forget classics like Blood, Shogo or the beloved NOLF-series? While most of these games were unfortunatel... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned is not only one of the scariest games of the year, it's also one of the best.
Condemned: Criminal Origins is a refreshing, brutal take on a familiar genre and a game that manages to flourish despite some unfortunate design choices. Most PC gamers remember Monolith best for their excellent sho... Read Full Review
6 of 7 users found the following review helpful
Crash Bandicoot (Platinum)
Sony’s answer to Super Mario is fun and pretty, but ultimately repetitive.
Nintendo has Super Mario. Sega has Sonic the Hedgehog. And Sony? Well, now they have Crash Bandicoot. And don’t kid yourself. No matter how many times Sony and Naughty Dog insisted Crash has nothing in common with Mario,... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
Extraction Point features the same great gameplay and heart-stopping scares you’ve come to love from F.E.A.R.
In 2005, Monolith gave us F.E.A.R., or First Encounter Assault Recon. The silly acronym aside, it was (and remains) one of the best shooters of all time, at least in my mind. In 2006, TimeGate was tasked with developing ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Deadly Creatures
Deadly Creatures is unique and fun but it's also a bit rough around the edges.
Most people don't like snakes and spiders. Hence, it's not often you get to play as these nature's little misunderstood undesirables, at least in such a realistic way. The bugs and reptiles in Deadly Creatures are far re... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Batman: Arkham Asylum
This is the Batman game we've all been waiting for.
If you were to ask around about people's favorite comic book hero, Batman would most likely nab the number one spot, and for good reason. He's an incredibly deep character with realistic motivations, who also happens to ... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2 falls well short of the goals set by the original, but it's still a fun and scary game in its own right.
I've made no secret of the fact that I tremendously enjoyed the original F.E.A.R., which came out way back in 2005. It succesfully combined Japanese horror archetypes with kinetic action and a mature storyline that unfol... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
What it lacks in gameplay, Dreamfall more than makes up for in story, characters and voice acting.
Dreamfall is a sequel of sorts to the hit PC adventure game The Longest Journey. I say a "sequel of sorts" since, even though the stories intertwine and you have recurring characters, it's not really necessary to have pl... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Cloning Clyde
A delightfully quirky puzzler that's a bit overpriced at $10.
Cloning Clyde is a side-scrolling platformer that features a somewhat dim hero named Clyde and his many clones, trying to bust out of a heavily fortified laboratory and gain their freedom by solving various puzzles. G... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
In a time when movie games are known to be quick cash ins, Kong breaks the mold.
I defy anyone in the world to actually come forth and say they've never heard of King Kong. And now that the magnificent 2005 remake by Peter Jackson has come and gone, the hulking gorilla is in a newfound revival frenzy... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
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