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« Previous EntriesBack to the Future: The Game Episode 1
Saturday, February 5th, 2011A short and easy adventure: Films of the 80 are responsible for many fashion and the trilogy of Back to the Future is responsible for a lot. If you cause a bit of nostalgia to see tire marks with fire and a much modified DeLorean, then these titles will make you happy. Instead of recreating [...]
DC Universe Online
Saturday, February 5th, 2011The most iconic superheroes and villains together under one roof If your dream has been to fight crime alongside Superman, or sprinting behind Flash, DC Universe Online is the ideal game for fun online with the most popular cartoons. As is tradition in RPGs, the first step is to create a hero from scratch, picking [...]
Earth & Beyond
Monday, January 10th, 2011Westwood Studios was the pioneer of the real-time strategy genre, and now it’s set on blazing a trail through an unexplored section of another realm — namely, the first big-name space-themed massively multiplayer RPG. It’s a refreshing take on the genre in a number of ways. For one thing, it’s great to finally have a [...]
Earth 2150: Lost Souls
Monday, January 10th, 2011Lost Souls picks up where the first two acclaimed Earth 2150 games left off, with billions of people having already evacuated Earth before its degenerating orbit leads to natural cataclysms of apocalyptic proportions. Three factions now fight to gain access to escape ships or, failing that, to take revenge on those they blame for their [...]
Echelon: Wind Warriors
Monday, January 10th, 2011Russian developer Madia earned a PCG Editors’ Choice award for Echelon when this futuristic flight combat sim shipped three years ago. An equally ambitious sequel has just made it to North American shores, and although it’s not as fresh or original as its parent game, you’ll still eat up the “blow-the-living-crap-out-of-stuff” experience. Set in the [...]
Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon
Monday, January 10th, 2011Six long years passed before Elder Scrolls fans got their sequel to Daggerfall. Thankfully, Morrowind (PCG rating: 90%, July 2002) proved worth the wait, and now the expansions are coming thick and fast. Bloodmoon, the second add-on, takes place in the frigid island of Solstheim, where another dark threat needs thwarting. A cast of all-new [...]
Emergency Fire Response
Sunday, January 9th, 2011Think you’ve got what it takes to be a modern-day hero? Emergency Fire Response — known in Europe as Fire Department or Fire Chief — is a squad-based strategy game that challenges you to control a team of skilled firefighters and their vehicles. Missions range from the somewhat easy (quenching a warehouse fire caused by [...]
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Sunday, January 9th, 2011For anyone who’s played Zeus, Pharaoh, or other city-building simulations from Impressions and Sierra, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom will feel as comfortable as a new pair of shoes. Well-traveled veterans of the genre can delve immediately into yet another ancient culture, with only an occasional need to glance at the manual; the downside [...]
Old Time Baseball
Saturday, January 8th, 2011By Bill Meyer A strange irony plagues most baseball sims. Their developers, for the sake of authenticity, will exert serious sweat gathering players and stats, and create a number-cruncher to track all the hits, errors, wins, and losses. Unfortunately, these same developers also ignore the basic necessities for realistic play on the field. Old Time [...]
Eragon
Saturday, January 8th, 2011Eragon is such a travesty from beginning to end that only a hardcore button mash fetishist could honestly enjoy this game. It’s not like the story will grab you, either: you’re dropped into a world filled with evil that has its sights on taking over a once-peaceful land. I think we’ve heard that scenario a [...]
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