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Napoleon's Campaigns (Review)

Mar 21, 2008

Anally accurate historical games have given the turn-based strategy genre a bad rep amongst non-hardcore gamers, because they're inaccessible to the majority of humanity.Napoleon's Campaigns is clearly a labour of love, with historically accurate maps recreated to the very last shrub, and a wealth of stats and variables based on historical records beneath the surface. This is hardcore stuff: no frills, no pretty animations, just good old ...

NBA Live 06 (Review)

Jun 22, 2007

LeBron. Iverson. Shaq. T-Mac. Unlike the college game, the superstars of the NBA unquestionably dominate the action. NBA Live 06 replicates this with its new freestyle superstar moves, further cementing Live as an undeniably fun hoops franchise. The freestyle superstar moves enable the league's best players to perform risky but incredible feats that can turn the tide of a game, just as they do in real life. For instance, playmakers like Steve Nash can zip no-look passes to get teammates an ...

NBA Live 07 (Review)

Oct 17, 2006

PC hoop fanatics don't have nearly as much going for them in 2007 as their archrivals on the console side. With no NBA 2K7 (or any other competitor, for that matter) vying for the attention of the mouse-and-keyboard set; this season, it's NBA Live 07 or bubkus. Unfortunately, this go-round EA bounced one off their collective foot, sending this year's Live right out of bounds. A lamentable host of gameplay bugs and annoying quirks has sent the early purchasers of the title into an uproar, ...

Need for Speed Carbon (Review)

Nov 8, 2006

You can be forgiven for cynically thinking "Another year, another Need for Speed." Frankly, that's what we thought when the latest title in the series was announced. After all, the damn good Most Wanted just came out a year ago, so what could Carbon possibly offer so soon afterwards that would get our motors runnin'? It turns out that the answer comes in two parts. First off is the Wingman - not the buddy who'll sit with your hot date's ugly girlfriend at the bar - but a crazy fool who for ...

Need for Speed ProStreet (Review)

Dec 5, 2007

Dec 5, 2007 Were told EA are ahead of the game on this one. Ask anyone driving a bright pink Toyota with plastic bits glued to it and theyll tell you: street racing is so last year. As the street racing scene has grown in popularity, its identity as an illegal, marginalised activity has slipped in favour of big money track days and corporate sponsorship. It has the faint whiff of selling out to it, really. Fittingly, ProStreet is the legitimisation of Need For Speed - retaining all the ...

Neverwinter Nights 2 (Review)

Nov 1, 2006

The original Neverwinter Nights is held aloft as the best translation of the beloved Dungeons and Dragons tabletop role-playing experience of all time. And not necessarily for the core game, either - but for the dungeon-building tools that came alongside the original adventure. In true D&D fashion, would-be Dungeon Masters everywhere used that opportunity to modify the existing content or create all-new "modules" of their own. This continual stream of fresh content has kept Neverwinter alive to ...

Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (Review)

Oct 18, 2007

Oct 18, 2007 Expansion pack Mask of the Betrayer picks up from the moment D&D-loyal RPG NWN2 finished, with the King of Shadows defeated, and your character squished beneath a collapsed building. You're alive, but there's something wrong. You're now at the bottom of a dangerous dungeon, with only a suspicious Red Wizard for company. Fear not if you haven't completed NWN2: you can fire right in with a brand-new level 18 character, which gives you the chance to try out the six new sub-races ...

NFL Head Coach (Review)

Jul 3, 2006

The history of the NFL is peppered with tales of hyperactive head coaches sleeping overnight in their offices, drawing up crazy plays, and building championship clubs from the ashes of decrepit teams. NFL Head Coach from EA Sports allows you to experience this rather unique lifestyle; whether or not the activities that make up the job are more interesting than, say, your current employment situation is another question. Head Coach is a freakishly in-depth sports simulator. The emphasis is on ...

NHL 07 (Review)

Sep 22, 2006

If the 360 version of NHL 07 is the privileged older child, the current-gen version is somewhat of a latchkey kid, stuck trying to fit into oversized hand-me-downs and feasting on cold leftovers. Its all part of an unfortunate but inevitable trend - current-gen games are becoming budget titles. That isnt to say that this is a budget quality game - with NHL 06 as a solid foundation, the current-gen version of NHL 07 is still a great experience, but it didnt get half the attention that its older ...

Night Watch (Review)

Jul 7, 2006

Fans of foreign horror/thriller films have already seen Night Watch. The stunning and stylish adaptation of Sergei Lukyanenko's Russian novel flew through US theaters last year, but attracted enough of a cult that someone decided to adapt the movie's universe into a game. Night Watch centers on the conflict between Light and Dark Others - extraordinary humans who wield sorcery in an unseen war. Both factions are engaged in an uneasy truce - the Light enforce this truce with a shadowy police ...

Ninja Reflex: Steamworks Edition (Review)

May 12, 2008

Let’s play What If. What if Mr. Miyagi hadn’t been grooming the Karate Kid to win a martial arts tournament, but to clean cars really, really well? How about if in The Matrix, Morpheus had taken Neo into the virtual dojo to learn the calming benefits of yoga rather than showing him how to deliver kicks to the face?Soul-sapping dullness? Correct!

Ninja Reflex consists of six minigames that never get round to letting you be a ...

Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy (Review)

Sep 30, 2008

Nostradamus predicted a fair few things in his time. The Great Fire of London, Napoleon’s empire and the rise of the Third Reich. What he probably didn’t predict was that he would be commemorated in a point-and-click adventure for the PC. ...