Dec. 18, 2008
A Review By tashi in PC » Action
Left 4 Dead hardly needs an introduction, but I'll give you a short one anyway. It's a zombie survival co-op FPS funfest. It's much faster paced than a typical game of the survival horror genre, but I put it there anyway because your objective is to not be eaten by zombies.Story:You are one of four survivors in a zombie-infested area. Either run aw...
Read More »Dec. 18, 2008
A Review By tashi in PC » Action
American McGee's Alice is an amazing game. I'm sure it was amazing in 2000 when it was released, but it's still awesome in 2008, and I want to tell you why. This game is twisted and disturbing in many ways and very often. Alice is a brilliant horror/3D platformer. I played it over the course of two days and it took approximately eight hours to fini...
Read More »Oct. 27, 2008
A Review By Vulture in PC » Simulation
Short and simple: if you enjoy the other X-games even a little bit, then you will enjoy this incarnation, even if just a little bit. That is because, well it's nearly the same game as the last X3, X3 Reunion. The new stuff is: new weapons, ships, stations, storyline missions, generic missions, user interface, and a new ra...
Read More »Oct. 7, 2008
A Review By Ox in PC » Strategy
Firaxis's latest offering, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (hereinafter "Col2"), is a revamp of the 1994 turn-based strategy classic Sid Meier's Colonization. You command the first small clutch of Europeans to discover the New World in 1492 and must guide them through Indian raids, colonial wars, and a Revolutionary War ...
Read More »Oct. 1, 2008
A Review By jpublic in PC » Puzzle
For those of you who are Steam whores like me, and have the ability (of dubious value) to purchase under-$20 games without even flinching, you tend to discover life is pretty hit or miss with new releases on Steam. But every once in a while you hit a gem. At $10, The Wonderful End of The World, by Dejobaan Games may be one of those ge...
Read More »Sep. 22, 2008
A Review By Ancalagon in PC » Action
Its hard to be objective in a review. A reviewer comes in with a lot of assumptions about a game, and a lot of expectations, and tries to fit the game to those. Its especially a problem with a game that is part of a series, because the reviewer will naturally try to fit the new game to that of the old. So I'm going to state right out tha...
Read More »Aug. 14, 2008
A Review By torrefaction in PC » Role Playing Game
I went into Neverwinter Nights 2 with low expecations. I had heard Mask of the Betrayer was an incredible game, but that NWN2 wasn't that great. To some extent, this is true. NWN2 is not THAT great. But it's still a pretty damn good game. I'm going to get my major issue with it out of the way first. The ca...
Read More »Jun. 10, 2008
A Review By Ancalagon in PC » Driving
So a few months ago I stumbled upon a video for Race Driver: GRID (the "Race Driver" part of the title is omitted in the US). It blew me away - gorgeous graphics, insane speeds, devastating crashes and great physics. And I thought to myself, "No way a racing game this good is coming to PC." But I was wrong, and boy am I g...
Read More »Jun. 9, 2008
A Review By JediSanf in PC » Adventure
They're shouldn't be many gamers out there that are not in some way familiar with Guybrush, Elaine, the Dread Pirate LeChuck, and everyone's favorite talking head Murry but, since our generation is now birthing baby gamers who will never appreciate the wonder of VGA gaming, herein lies a concise history of the Monkey Island Trilogy, the games dep...
Read More »Jun. 6, 2008
A Review By PathMaster in PC » Role Playing Game
We all know the crew, mainly Gabe and Tycho, over at PA, aka Penny Arcade. We love their well written news posts and Op Eds. We love their comics. We love the characters from their comics. PA has recently teamed up with HotHead studios to give us Penny Arcade's first foray into games, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. T...
Read More »May. 19, 2008
A Review By thegrok in PC » Adventure
Jericho is Clive Barker's second foray into the medium of interactive entertainment (the first being undying) and while it's not a masterpiece, this game is definitely worth playing. The games visuals bring to live Clive Barker's world of Splatterpunk. Incredibly beautiful and yet horrifying vistas are rendered by a state of the art engine tha...
Read More »May. 18, 2008
A Review By gamer odd in PC » Action
I guess I had better start this off by saying that I was never into the original Team Fortress game, so I can't really compare the two. What I can do is judge the game for what it is and how it holds up in the current sea of multiplayer shooters. GAMEPLAY The foundation for TF2 is the 9 different characters you can play as. Each characte...
Read More »May. 17, 2008
A Review By hamidious in PC » Strategy
Heroes of Might & Magic 5 was a great successor to the legacy of the Heroes franchise. It was not only a graphical upgrade, but many gameplay elements and balances were introduced. I tried this standalone expansion despite the bad reviews flying around, and I'm glad I did. Tribes of the East (TOTE) is a standalone expansion, which is gr...
Read More »May. 8, 2008
A Review By PathMaster in PC » Strategy
The first part of 2008 saw relatively few PC releases. Luckily, a new developer, Ironclad, teamed up with Stardock to give us Sins of a Solar Empire. Sins is a 4x strategy game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate). Does Sins live up to the grand design? The game allows you to play as three very different factions: ...
Read More »May. 7, 2008
A Review By Hugs in PC » Action
Team Fortress 2 has been out for a couple of months now, and not to say it was getting bland, but this is a very welcome addition to Valves Class-Based first Person Shooter. What benefits most from this update is the Medic Class, who was a little boring in comparisson to other classes, but the new Map, Goldrush and the new&...
Read More »Apr. 28, 2008
A Review By Fighting Hellfish in PC » Driving
Available on Steam, Audiosurf is a music-based title that combines elements of WipeOut, Guitar Hero, Tetris, and Klax, to name a few. The premise of the game is really quite simple: you propel a futuristic vehicle along a twisting and bending track in outer space; colored blocks move towards you, and your goal is to gather them up and score point...
Read More »Apr. 28, 2008
A Review By gamer odd in PC » Action
This was a game that I looked forward to for a LONG time. I am a complete graphics freak. I love pretty graphics. I get killed in games because I'll stop and stare at a particularly nice texture. I died a LOT in Crysis. GRAPHICS Let me just talk about the graphics to start with because that really is the most apparent merit of thi...
Read More »Apr. 7, 2008
A Review By Telefrog in PC » Role Playing Game
Hellgate: London is one of those games that other developers watch with clinical detachment to learn from. It is a tragic lesson in hubris and mismanagement. One can imagine a test question about Hellgate: London in Game Development 101 being worded like this, "How could the critically praised co-developer of Diablo release a highly anticipate...
Read More »Apr. 7, 2008
A Review By Goronmon in PC » Role Playing Game
Lineage 2 is a boring, repetitive grind. The classes are bland, the combat is monotonous, the environments are unimpressive, and the interface is frustrating. Then again, the game is an MMO. Many people would probably claim that is par for the course. Those people would be wrong, but they would still say it anyways. I do accept, however, that...
Read More »Apr. 7, 2008
A Review By Devilturnip in PC » Adventure
When Metal Gear Solid was released in 1998, it was a breath of fresh air. Featuring great graphics, a compelling storyline, and novel game play concepts, the first entry in this storied franchise absolutely captivated me. It was, and remains, one of the few games captivating enough to carry me through multiple play throughs. As Konami recentl...
Read More »Mar. 27, 2008
A Review By The Continental in PC » Action
Because it don't get no betta then this! ...
Read More »Dec. 30, 2007
A Review By darkism in PC » Adventure
Monkey Island is the game that defined my childhood....
Read More »Dec. 31, 1969
A Review By Siraris in PC » Strategy
I frickin' love the Resident Evil series. It's great. But I am a little tired of it, you know? I mean, even with the brilliant looking Resident Evil Code Veronica hyping up the Webwaves, it hasn't fooled me. That game is the same exact RE formula to a Tee. It's great, but it's the same. So... So I want something new. More than just more and bette...
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