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Average Overall Score Given: 7.30000 / 10
Total Forum Posts: 3807
Reviews
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown
Overall Score: 7.4 / 10
Advent Rising
Suggestions:
Overall Score: 7.8 / 10
Raze's Hell
Suggestions: Hell for a reason:
No one said hell was going to be easy, and if you like challenges such as Enclave, Halo 2 on legendary, or Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack, then this one is up your alley, and still I would only suggest a rent. However, those games are much more satisfying to beat, and have much higher production values. If you want a neat break from Halo 2, and you and a few friends are willing to pick this one up, the live components can offer some interesting gameplay, and some genuine fun. Otherwise, thereare other third person shooters out there that are well worth your hard earned cash.
Overall Score: 6.6 / 10
Predator: Concrete Jungle
Suggestions: BAlance is the keyword here. SOme of the weapons are actually pretty fun to use. Too bad they dont let you use them. This game is in dire need of extensive testing, and should be recalled for wasting time. If you're the die hard afforementioned Predator fan, then by all means, give this one a rent. If not, i'd stay far away from this one.
Overall Score: 5.0 / 10
Area 51
Suggestions: All the production quality that went in to this title would have been great, had it not been botched by David Duchovny and a story that wants to be so much, but ends up being so little. A good sci fi story isnt anything impossible. C'mon midway, can you flesh out a story(pun intended) with only one plot twist?
Overall Score: 8.0 / 10
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
The unreal engine 2 has been licensed across many games, al of whom look great. So of course it's no surprise that Cliffy B and friends have used their own engine to its greatest potential. This is the best xbox game to use the unreal engine, period. The wonderful palette of colors work to compliment the environments, which I'll get to in a second. The textures are sharp, and this game (unlike UC 1) makes use of bump, and normal mapping well. The reflective mapping on the weapons are nice, and the design very well thought out. Of course, you'll hardly notice the graphics, as you'll be flying past them at blazing speeds with explosions surrounding you, and a guy dressed up as a wolf swinging an energy sword frantically at your face; but I was just stating it for the record.
The environments are something, quite literally, out of this world. The unreal franchise has always been about amazing weaponry and gorgeous environments and this one is no exception. The environments have the usual range (which is a lot) of maps to blow each other apart in, from ice caves, to underwater agendas, and from up high in the sky (outer space even), to under the ground where rocks flow in rivers of lava. All of it can be found in the unreal, and all of it delicious eye candy.
Suggestions: online, the game is a solid gem. One of the best controller internet games ever. My only gripe is offline. The bots, as smart as they may be, still dont compare to humans. Their near perfect aiming, or but lack of any coherent strategy is upsetting. The story can be a lot stronger too. AN immersive story can forgive poor AI or clunky controls, but since UC2 didnt suffer from either, i think a strong singleplayer mode wold have made this one of the best games ever.
Overall Score: 9.0 / 10
