PC Reviews

I'm in a Lotus and running tenth at Valencia in a 20% distance race, with 'hard' opponent AI. Tenth is crap - I know this. But it also represents an opportunity to bag my first world championship point. However, due to a killer lack of KERS in my Lotus, I'm flagging and doing everything possible to keep the guy behind me at bay. I move right to block and suddenly a hell of a noise starts up in my right ear. What's happening? My engineer comes on over the radio. A puncture. In one instant, the whole weekend has come undone. This is F1 2011, and I love it.

We’re not shy PC gamers – many of our favorite games, and favorite versions of our favorite games, have been on PC. That said, we also have the ability to connect our PC to our TV, plug an Xbox 360 controller into it, and use said computer as nothing more than a really, really fast Xbox 360 – so it’s safe to say that we have a healthy love for console games, too. And that faux-console setup was exactly what we ended up doing, reluctantly, with Fable III’s PC iteration. The simple fact is that the mouse-and-keyboard controls are clumsy and feel tacked-on (which they undoubtedly were), and the camera and interface aren’t well-suited to close-range, small-screen gaming...

Fallen Earth is essentially Fallout: the MMORPG. But then in some key respects, it’s definitely not. Icarus Studios’ ambitious online roleplayer is a game suffering from an identity crisis.

In terms of setting, the Fallout series is an invaluable touchstone. Fallen Earth shares more than the first four letters of its name with the grand old gentleman of post-apocalyptic RPGs.

Nobody knows who dropped the first bomb, and nobody cares. 200 years have passed since a nuclear war between the U.S. and China reduced the planet to cinders, and humanity has only one concern: survival. The fallout not only destroyed civilisation, but twisted and distorted it.

Fallout: New Vegas begins with a bang, leaving you shot in the head and left for dead in a shallow grave. But luck is on your side that night in the post-apocalyptic New West. You survive, thanks to a mysteriously chivalrous robot and a nearby town doctor. Tracking down the men who tried to kill you is just the beginning of the mystery...

Fantasy Wars is the game you pick last in a three-for-$10 budget deal and end up enjoying more than the game you picked second. Those silly orcs, elves, men, and goblins are at each others throats again. What was the spark this time? We honestly can’t remember.