Sniper Elite Nintendo Wii review

There were many similar themes of shooters and online shooting games and the elite sniper is a welcome addition to the games of the second world war. Other WWII games, you play an elite American sniper dressed as a soldier, who was sent in the dangerous conflict blooming between Russians and Germans.

You need to do is defeat Stalin in nuclear research, which will be used by the Germany to produce an atomic bomb. This game is regarded as one of the more realistic shooting games to date, because it takes advantage of the system of precise control of the Nintendo Wii, where each gesture, attack and movement, are perfectly timed.

The game involves training in techniques of sniper elite is specialized and selections in details of weapons. It can be played alone or in couples where the challenges vary in third person, binoculars or sniper modes. It is composed of 28 completed action missions and you can choose among 4 settings of difficulty whether Rookie, Cadet, snipers and Sniper Elite.

Sniper elite Wii takes another method in the rush struggling fighting along the beaches and the fight against the Nazis. Being a sniper who is a professional sniper is simply out of the area devastated by the war with the bad color of uniform, but someone requiring a more qualified position.

This game requires to have great patience, because you are a sniper and not only an ordinary Warrior. If you are a dedicated in this war game shooters, you gain much satisfaction from this long and difficult campaign.

Sniper Elite WWII game happened in the end of the war in the year 1945, focusing on the conflict between the Russia and the Germany to fight for power on Berlin. The NKVD, which is the secret service of the Russia, is currently in the city to the technology of the atomic bomb from the hands of the German army.

Your mission is to put an end to this, because once that the technology of nuclear weapons is taken by the forces of Stalin, which means danger to the world. Because you are a sniper formed the American OSS, you should be the best to stop the operation of the NKVD at all costs while posing as a German soldier.

The single player campaign is long, because should be 28 missions in a variety of different although very similar to war contexts. Missions include killing Government officials, carrying secret documents, free Allied prisoners and kill the bad guys.

This will take approximately 12 hours or more to complete, and after completing all the optional objectives by taking the time to put in place all your shots instead of filming unwisely, the game will be easily take as much time.

When it is played with care, a single level may take more than an hour to complete. Stealth actions are well performed and the game made an excellent job of building the sense of the tension of the snooping around and gathering on the land of the enemy. Tension will blend in with the monotony that wish you that you could move as soon as possible.

Call of Duty Black Ops - Zombies in five

Black Ops Zombies was widely accepted as a brilliant exciting game. Call of Duty: Black Ops or COD BLOPS is extremely fascinating. The history is a covert agent U.S. Alex Mason, acting with various flashbacks. Mason starts with memories of perception of its participation in the Bay of pigs debacle. As prior to the Russian gulag history, their secret bases, war of the Viet Nam are sequenced. Another personality number falls between the two, but the purpose of Mason is murdering a Russian General and the Elimination of his associates.

Zombies

Four players can participate in the black ops zombie against opponents.The game has three cards and one of them is equivalent to the world at war Zombie mode. You enter the last digits of the card called ' five "after completing the Black Ops Zombies." It is an exciting game. Five begins with a meeting taking place between President Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Robert McNamara and Nixon, the Pentagon, when the zombies attack. As you will observe the facts of the story is well thought out. The main concern is to guard against the enemy attack.It is through the execution of shooting the zombies with guns firearms, grenades, machine guns and several other killing weapons available in the arsenal of the Pentagon. The zombies come all inlets available in the game of Pentagon.The Black Ops zombie is that ensure you money for the two; eliminate the zombies and the opening of doors to explode it. To survive the attack, it is strategically safe breaking the window where the zombies are not there and fix a Board so that you can view their incoming money and get. Money plays an important aspect in this game. Cash building is vital.

Barely are rewarded with power-ups. Power-ups help in the game by loading ammunition and file of nukes in strategic positions. At this stage, the tactics should be to save the power of nuke instead of apply them on a couple of zombies. There are some other things that can be preserved for future operations and to gain more points.The complex aspect of the game and the proper way is to keep mobile from the mystery box is the first diversion. The function of mystery wheel is turning and give you a weapon which can be an inefficient weapon piece or could be an effective weapon. Tactically, it is better to stay close and not get carried away by distraction, which is the main idea of zombies. The character should strive to stay alive. The zombies coming from the top of the head are liable to bite and better to be vigilant. Ultimately, you are shooting everywhere in the world and each target, but in the end, you will die. Black Ops zombie game he predestined to your death, but its intent is to show the intuition of survival.

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Submitted the: May 21, 2011

Video game Pilotwings Resort

Pilotwings Resort is an innovative video game for the Nintendo 3DS system. It is a flight simulation game single person who is a member of the franchise from Nintendo Pilotwings and has incredible 3D experience without need for 3D glasses.

People know the Pilotwings 64 will appreciate the return to the game, and completely new players will also be fascinated by the experience. Despite the fact that he seems to be a very simple concept, the game is quiet and interesting and surprisingly addictive.

Generate or import your individual avatar or ITNs and fly high in the sky while finishing challenges and other activities focused on the fun. That you move forward through the game, your Mii acquires and unlocks additional skills and equipment, and you can collect several hundred articles in free flight Mode. You will be able to fly around just and landscapes, or you could try to time or point of service missions.

Choose between three methods of flight, a hang glider, a plan or a rocket belt. Each of these has its own unique controls and quirks as you fly above and investigation on Wuhu island. You travel around, take postcard of beautiful or intriguing places snap shots and send them to friends and family.

Pros

As described by a player, the graphics are fantastic, the sound is good and the quests stimulating and interesting. Similarly, they said that this game has definitely demonstrates the capabilities of 3D Nintendo 3DS with remarkable results. The sense of depth and height is supposed to be great just a portable system.

Simple, simple and easy gameplay and master controls have been a real benefit as described by the majority of players.

Some people said that the missions were fairly simple do fairly quickly, but that they have obtained replay value when you try to complete all the missions with 3 stars. They said that this could actually be very addictive!

Cons.

This and other video games 3D for long periods of time could make you feel dizzy and may even cause-eyestrain, as a player, and to recommend the frequent breaks to counter this. In addition, it is a little difficult to flick your eyes between the 3D from the top screen and the map on the bottom screen.

Someone said that they had completed essentially all of the missions of 2 hours, and that he could be more of them for the cost of the game.

Several authors found that the sound and music are very repetitive after a while.

Sit in the seat of the driver for an incredible 3D with Pilotwings Resort adventure. Take a trip over Wuhu island and simply absorb the views or complete missions and challenges. All that you choose to take advantage of soaring through the sky with your rocket belt, hang gliding, or plan.

NASCAR 2011: The game - review

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The experience of a freshly baked steak and burning rubber can be nothing short of breathtaking. And all that can now be experienced from the comfort your own home with NASCAR 2011 the game. But is this Eutechnyx developed game worth playing?

Modes

The first thing players will notice is the menu. This is honestly one of the best menus ever made. The garage in the background and track access cards while loading put me right into the NASCAR experience. An experience gained from many modes including career, quick race and online play. Now normally I'd say that career mode is where the mileage is at but this time I just can't.

Career mode let's you play as yourself or one of the 43 famous NASCAR sprint series drivers. As you race you gain experience, which can be put in new sponsorships or unlocks additional content, usually an invitational event or a color scheme. The sponsorship is a nice touch. After a couple of decent finishes you'll gain interest from famous sponsors. Put their logo on the car will unlock additional bonuses for predetermined criteria, like leading a race for 10 laps. And while the sponsorship is a great idea it only goes so far because career mode only supports one season, all hard earned respect goes lost after the 36st race, not great.

Racing

Luckily the cream of the crop is determined on track and in that respect NASCAR 2011 the game does very well. Racing with 43 other cars fighting for every inch of the racetrack is an experience unlike any.

During the race the game does a stellar job keeping you posted of the world around you. At the bottom of the screen the HUD gives a clear overview of the surrounding cars. And the tire and fuel indicators are essential for making it to the end of the race. Trust me I've had races where the tires would suddenly fall off a cliff, leading to the inevitable puncture.

This is both a good and a bad thing, because while it adds a nice strategic element to it, the execution lacks subtle cues. Tires tend to drop off quite harshly and any car damage is always brutal. I've experienced a race where the car would pull to the left leaving me counter steering through the entire thing - really exhausting!

Also tactical is the positioning of the front end. These cars drive quite heavily so the entry to a corner makes all the difference between ending in a giant swabble or reaching the finish line scot-free.

When you do make errors or decide go the long route, there's always the possibility to pit. In the pits a small screen pops up giving options for refueling, or changing tires. The only downside to this is that it yanks the player straight out of the immersion and switches to a fly cam until the car returns to the track.

The same can be said about cautions. These flags, which indicate a safety car situation, add a big lottery to any race. In the game they don't come out too often (luckily?) but they do get the job done, although it would've been nice to stay in-car throughout the whole thing.

Reasons they don't come out too often probably have something to do with the AI. They tend to drive very cleanly and don't get tangled in each other's tracks too often. When they approach an obstacle (probably you) they do a solid job in trying to avoid it, despite failing when in larger packs. Don't expect anything like the real thing though. The two-car bullet phenomenon, where one is the pusher, is definitely something you won't see in the game. The same can be said about strategic slipstreaming in packs or slingshots. But for the largest part the AI is satisfying.

Ultimately these elements do compliment the tactical sport that is NASCAR, and overall they've been implemented very nicely and do deliver close racing as is notorious for the sport, well done Eutechnyx!

Driving

So how do these cars drive? To find out I connected a G27 to the PS3 version of the game, and grinded my teeth in. To be honest I was a little anxious at first. Seeing a big oval banking coming up and knowing that the wheel is connected to 3500lbs of aluminum doesn't fair well with me. And after many laps of bravery and content, I can say that it definitely does what it says on the tin.

These V8 muscles are heavy and it feels that way. Changing direction is tough, punishing any rookie entry to the corner. Contrary to what you may think the smaller ovals are what really get to you.

Also important for any tight oval is skillful braking. The balance between high pedal pressure and soft is as big as light and day. Aggressive drivers will definitely find the car dancing under the pressure, leaving you pray to the upcoming attackers.

As I mentioned before damage adds to the excitement of racing. Any contact with the wall and you might find the car pulling to either side. Harder contact will hurt the transmission. The damage is both visually and mechanically pleasing, despite never willing to break the car completely. Even the hardest of impacts will not result in an automatic forfeit of the race, the only dent in the system.

To prevent damages you might want to tweak the car setup a little. Players can choose between a standard setup (auto tuned for the particular race) or become engineers themselves. Aspiring engineers can start out easy using a few sliders to change the downforce, tires and gearbox among other things. I think that most will really appreciate this simplified method of making setups. Go all out though and the game throws any possible tweak into the mix. I can't confirm this but I can imagine it being on par with real world NASCAR! And the best part is that all these efforts do pay off during the race, both in car-wear and stability.

I can't deny that I'm a fan of Eutechnyx when it comes to gameplay and again they don't disappoint. With every aids off it's maybe a bit shy of being a complete sim, but it's challenging and the setup work is perfect. Likewise easy mode does a great job in offering a pick up and play experience to anyone new to the sport.

Online

With the handling aced most will probably picture fantastic online battles, fighting till dusk and pushing the tires to their absolute limit, well don't. Online racing often falls short of the picture we have in our heads, because close racing can only be done with mutual respect. Unfortunately, and I can't blame the devs for this, the oval circuit lends itself perfectly for bump races and ghost riders. I can say that out of all the races I've been on, I finished not a single one with a feeling of satisfaction and content.

On the bright side I haven't experienced much failures in the online system myself, although I've heard complaints from other users. So when you do know a couple of fair buds that are up for a race, go for it! But for most racers, unfortunately, lack of skill/intention worldwide will mark this mode useless.

Presentation

NASCAR the game 2011 is out for the Wii (May 24th), PS3 and the xbox360. The last two versions are identical to each other and is the version that we used for this review.

The current gen is running on its final legs and it shows. The graphics while pushing 43 cars fall short of the best we've seen in the genre. The trackside objects look very flat and do a poor job in conveying the belief that you're part of a bigger world. On the flip side the cars look great and it can be really entertaining at times to read a cars backend infomercial.

Also surprisingly good are the pre-race shows. These include hawks flying into the air and fireworks as the cars pass the pit straight, things you'd expect in real NASCAR racing. But again unfortunately the in-car experience doesn't live up to the immersion.

This isn't particularly helped by the sound. No matter the view you're in the engine always sounds the same. It lacks a rough edge and is too clean overall. Less clean is the sound of the spotter. This director up in the sky helps the driver pick the best lines and keeps him up to date of the swabbles ahead. In the game however he feels the need to repeat, confuse and annoy, within spectacular short timeframes. He especially feels the need to repeat "all clear" when driving on an island for numerous laps. I do feel that further tweaking and a few extra lines would greatly help the spotter implementation.

Conclusions

NASCAR 2011 the game is the first of the series and is shows. On top of that the graphics suffer from having to run 43 cars at all times. Still the racing itself is great and does offer a lot of joy, even when you're not familiar with the sport. The proper implementation of damage, tire wear and fuel compliments this feature.

The biggest problem, in my eyes, is the fact that you may find it unrewarding to race. Online is a hit or miss and the career mode isn't up to speed just yet. And because of that your mileage may vary to the largest extend, making this title a recommend only to the biggest of NASCAR fans or the purest of racers.

The facts of Fun on Halo reach

Halo Reach is the prelude to one of the most loved of all time video games. The game surrounds the tale of the Noble, a group of Spartan team, who must save many lives after defeat and overcome dozens of difficult odds. Humanity is threatened by the Alliance and are only protected by a planet called Reach. Now, with the approach of Covenant land, if the scope cannot be protected, then it is for humans and all will fail. Thus, the goal of the game is to be part of the team of Noble. You will have custom gear and aspects to your personality, you will get to know about the personalities of the other Spartans, and you'll deadly capabilities that will make you a formidable enemy with a very important mission. Also, as you made part of this team, live you and learn their own personal history in a way that will make your Halo experience even richer and more profound.

On the bottom, that this game is the prequel, you'll get live events with the Halo game you're already familiar with possible. You'll see the clash between the Covenant when they are at the height of their military size and you will get to use new and interesting weapons and vehicles, as well as an arsenal of capabilities killer fueling some of the largest battles scale never before seen and lived in the kingdoms of Halo. There will be a few have bright during the game which will make each event more complex and fascinating, but also difficult, if you do this by yourself, or if you are connected with friends or people sharing the experience with you online.

In this game, you will also get to make some progress experience previous payments never seen amazing techniques. For example, the new technology is the largest part of the art, audio, artificial intelligence, and amazing movie theater box office hit special effects that bring a new spin on the video games that make you the impression that you are part of a film, or a part of the action of real life. Also, you'll take advantage of new social settings, for example, you can find like-minded peers of the same spirit that can help you to vote on things, and the types of games so that you can have a more interactive experienceaccordingly.

In fact, this game expands on the new opportunities for interaction, Invasion or Arena modes you can to have a chance to really demonstrate all your abilities in combat and go toe to toe with the players. Or you can go head to head in versus mode and you can also read and allow people to change some settings for even more custom competition and rules of the game. In the world of the Forge, you can create your own maps and tools and share with the community on Xbox LIVE and may vote on your tools and maps and you can even be able to make a contribution to the Halo community for years to comeputting your own personal touch on this game.

MotorStorm Game Review

MotorStorm series is well known for providing loads of challenge and threatening the well-being of DualShock 3 in the world. Since its 2007 arc, legions of players have experienced the thrill of close victories and the agony to be diverted in a wall and the final qualifying position. After a suite of audio PS3 and a spin-off pocket computer, the series returns to the PS3 with MotorStorm: revelation, a title which carries on the tradition of his predecessors, although with new bells and whistles.

Since Pacific Rift of 2008, we saw two riders hugely focused on action and film in the blur and fraction of a second. Their influence is pronounced in the Apocalypse. The scenario casts you to city massive false-San Francisco in the middle of a major disaster. Urban agitation is a fine diversion to the "Burning Man-as-race" and "tropical paradise-as-race" reasons for the first two games PS3 and allows more tension and peril.

MotorStorm games follow a few simple rules: they are ruthless and relentless and promote the wise use of the bursts of speed and aggressiveness to bypass your opponents. In addition, open tracks to ensure that environmental features are also dangerous as competing big platforms. Signature series hook is probably the engine management. As you stimulate your risk of engine overheating, you are always aware of the shunt of rival driver to pass.

Although revelation touts its history and rapidly collapsing environments as its biggest new additions, a new tweak of engine management transforms the series significantly. Pacific Rift introduces cooling, allowing you to drive in the puddles of water and temporarily slow down or remove any heat engine. Apocalypse introduced an airborne cooling. Essentially, when you touch of ramps and antenna big snags, leaving two offshore stimulate and accelerate will cool your engine in the air, which gives you a significant advantage in maintaining your speed when you land. Make no mistake, this is a real game changer. I have tried to return to Pacific Rift to refresh my memory after several hours on the Apocalypse and found almost unplayable without airborne cooling functionality.

The game effectively adapts the standard XP system now in the race online. You win Paris chips in all the races that you participate in, and you can use these chips to bet on your chances of beating the other runners and unlock different perks, such as increased grip strength, engine recharge more quick or faster respawns. It can also be used for the purchase of vehicle upgrades, a slickly feature implemented which will ensure that people continue to participate, even if I want that it allow you to also save XP campaign or time trials. Between its multiplayer, finely calibrated boosting slick tweaks and a history of solo which gradually reached difficulty of trademark of the series, MotorStorm: revelation strengthens the concepts of the series is known for. It takes elements of rights of other racing games while those who emerge from refining. Despite some charges, moments occasional campaign hokey and sporadic frustrations in busy environments, it is a fine suite which is worth to be played.

Dragon Age 2 - a superb RPG

BioWare a developer of video games more respectable in the world seems to be that they are on steroids. They produce a masterpiece after another. This article will talk about the games Dragon Age series. BioWare began with Dragon Age origins RPG series. And then they have released an expansion called DAO - awakening. And now, they have released Dragon Age 2. Origins was such large a RPG. Alarm clock divided players, some much, like certain step so and others hated. Dragon Age 2 just to stir the pot really well with many improvements.

Dragon Age 2 is an incredible role playing the game and many developers and gamers view point of reference in the RPG industry. Unfortunately not all players have the same opinion. There are players who need, ask and demand for more information. They are not easily convinced. These individuals have played many video games and have developed a solid base of experience. They know what they want and they need and what is important in a game for the title of "wow". I am one of them. If I'm going to pay for something, I want it make me scream with enthusiasm. DAO 2 has done this? Not really not, but the game is beautiful and totally worth the money and your time.

Especially across the United States and Europe, many video games magazines gave very positive reviews, but he has not obtained the results of the origins. Some give titles and awards such as: Editor's choice award, best RPG of the Decade, most large game and things like experience. Others said that they had many nights playing this game and they feel no regret in this regard.

On the other hand, there are many magazines and reviewers who were not happier than people in the above paragraph. Some said that the area of setting was much too small, there is no discernable characters, the combat system has been simplified too much and they have created to attract more new players in Dragon Age without complying with the hardcore old players, or at least do something to connect these two parts more smoothly. Others said that, with all the improved Polish bases still need some work. My opinion on this subject is that many old timers is really disappointed with the simplified system, I am not happy with it either.

In conclusion, the game is worth playing? The game is really good? Is Dragon Age 2 a great RPG? It is not the right questions at least for me. Because Dragon Age 2 is a superb role play. If you are a new player you will be more than satisfied. The right question is: is Dragon Age 2 represents this expectation that all the fan of the series? Well, it is a question raised by you.

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Fallout new Vegas - Review

Benefits:

-New large inventory and the choice of the player
-Tons of fun and challenging quests
-Numerous amounts of weapons
-Mode hardcore really tests your skills

Disadvantages:

-Still contains bugs and hiccups framerate that Fallout 3 had
-Feels like a large expansion rather than a stand alone

War, war never changes. Welcome to the new Vegas. The latest addition to Fallout using Fallout 3 the same engine that you introduced. No worries if you have not played Fallout 3, the story is completely new. Several new features have been added to the game to bring more freedom and choice in game. There are three different endings you receive according to your choices throughout the game. There are many new factions who reside in the new Vegas. Ranging from the politically powerful new California Republic (NCR) slave drivers are legion of the Caeser.

You take the role of courier assigned to deliver a package to the new Vegas band. Along the way in which your travel take a turn for the worse. You have many useful and shady characters. Some attacking the site while others need help. You can obtain the reputation with most of the factions again found Vegas. The choice to follow which faction is to you. This adds much more variety and variation in history compared to Fallout 3, and you can revert back and play at each of the campaigns continue the story.

There are several new quests in new Vegas and more often than not, the quests can be more entertaining than the main plot. The story takes off from the beginning and the tutorial is much shorter than Fallout 3. You are thrown into the early quests which also in turn become the tutorial quests.

The number of weapons, the benefits and skills have increased. New weapons, weapons of Fallout 3 and a new system of modification of weapons have been added. There are several amount of new benefits to help you on your quests and also a new skill of survival has been added. The survival skill is particularly useful when you play hardcore mode. Hardcore mode, there are several changes to the gameplay which are for the most complete players. You must keep track of your diet, make sure that you only put on hold, stimpaks heal broken limbs and ammunition is now a burden whose weight is added.

Unfortunately, using the same engine that Fallout 3 back most of the bugs and technical problems which have been in the previous game. Why these issues are still there? Only developers can answer that. The new features are a great addition to Vegas new Fallout, it really looks like a big expansion pack. The graphics are the same, the gameplay is the same, bugs and issues are the same.

With all the new additions, features, and the new storyline, those interested in the first person shooters, third-person shooters and play games of role should definitely take a look at Vegas new Fallout.

Gameplay - 7/10.
Graphics - 7/10.
Sound - 8/10.
Replay - 9/10.

Global - 8/10.

Donkey Kong Country returns review

This will be nostalgic for some of you more mature players, plus a completely new joy for the next generation.This particular video Donkey Kong game was remodeled for the Nintendo Wii System.

Remaining in keeping the scenes original side-scrolling, nevertheless introducing fresh technological know-how to create situations of 3 - d, this specific variant of Donkey Kong Country will certainly one most popular for all of the household.

A new feature for the game, it is that it now has been modified so that two people can play the game at the same time 1 participant like Donkey Kong, while the other players are Diddy Kong. Exploit singularly, yet together to collect the bananas! This allows players of various skill sets to play the game alongside one another. The most difficult areas of the game, Diddy can simply sit on the back of Donkey Kong and is also supported through the scene. New steps so that the barriers are designed which makes it innovative and fun action. When a player travels through the jungle, search for objects hidden and puzzle pieces to achieve bonus points.

Taking technological innovation of the Wii system, you can use the Nunchuk or Wii remote or even a laterally oriented Wii remote. Carrying out different activities using controllers in several ways.

The plot of the story of the video game is that the characters of Donkey Kong Island have been inspired by some wicked Tikis steal any filing of Donkey Kong for bananas. The role of players is to help Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong partner to ensure their return! Players must go to any tropical island swings on convenient vine, seated on the buggies as well as mine striving to remain clear, evade or fight against several opponents in addition to problems along the way.

Pros

Many more mature players mentioned how they loved the adventure of childhood of Donkey Kong, with its scenarios and the heroes, but just how developments in Visual effects and technological innovation have ruined the global game to not, but not only did the pleasure even better.

Other folks mentioned the simplicity of style and the work of the levels control buttons, with more difficult steps that may be challenging while aggravating do not.

There is an automatic reading ability that can conclude a step if you discover that it is very complicated, which may be a something useful when you get stranded on a level and can not continue.

Something very important for new participants will be the Super Guide, if you need, can take you step by step through the scene showing exactly how complete it, and you may then imitate it and try to finish the step yourself.

Cons.

A few grumbles came from experienced players for which is the absence of some of the old classic characters in this version, for example, King K, Enguarde, and fibres and same Kremlings.

Some other people could not appreciate the cooperative aspect of the game. In the first Donkey Kong, you are able to exchange between Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong roles, and many consumers believed that she should have stayed like that. In this variant, 1 drive definition, you are unable to manage Diddy whatsoever.

A nicely revised vintage Donkey Kong Country returns with brand new Visual, features, controls, as well as conspiracy, but still retains lots of favorite elements of the video game. You will be challenged and certainly will they relish in hours of fun that you fight to remain master of the jungle!

Call Of Duty: Black Ops, call you

Set in the era of the cold war and the seventh episode of the popular series of Call of Duty Black Ops Edition is based on the conflicts of shooting in the period of the cold war in history. One of the best aspects of the game is rich realism with which the supply of graphics, narration, scenario game and a sense of efforts in times of war that combine to you put in this period of time, in a memorable way. In remaining faithful to the traditional style of Call of Duty in combat, this game introduced new action player who contributes to make that a more rich experience. There will be new features, too, this co-op battle, versus mode, and the team of multiplayer selections that will increase the amount of fun, and improve the level of interaction opportunities.

This game contains the SR - 71 Blackbird vehicle so you can have a new never before seen with which control type war machine, as well as lethal weapons was never appears also in previous payments, such as explosive tipped crossbows. With all these features, you can have an even more enhanced and action packed experience.

As far as graphics, this game is an excellent Visual demonstration, you will get the experience really a wonderful array of settings and environments play in. For example, you can participate in the urban air or ground combat in Southeast Asia, or you can go snow-covered areas of Soviet territory and fight in the snow or exotic jungle. You will get to experience really Haggard conditions of battle of the war in a dangerous and rugged places.

In addition, you will do this with your new Bank of weapons and vehicles, all inspired by the real era of the cold war. This game blends traditional cod and a new first person character scenes so you can have the experience of cod that you've grown to love, it is what with the varied action which is in constant flux so that you never tire of all things and are constantly excited.

There are many difficult trials, that you must overcome and the death is at every street corner. Often the narration of the story might feel a little scripted, but dubbing is Supreme and graphics will give you the real sensation of the era in a positive way. Also, you will be encouraged to accumulate experience points. This game to a universal domain extends the ability to go online and play with other players, but the possibility of playing on your own or with friends is always there, so if you want to go on your own private battle or if you want to fight the closest people youThere are options for all kinds of interactive game modes.

Also, the game is compatible with 3D features so that you can discover the game by three dimension way, giving you an even more impactful display experience when fighting in some of the exotic places with unique assortment of weapons and aggressive character. You can use for certain compatible systems 3D Vision active shutter glasses.

Warhawk - a review

You may have played lots of war and fighting base of games for consoles of games before, but I assure you that you haven't come across anything as Warhawk yet. The teen rated game is fun, challenging, rewarding and too intense step in a first game perfect for a new PlayStation 3 gamer. Keep reading to find out why Warhawk may be just the game for you.

Gameplay Basics

Warhawk is a third person shooter set in a fictional world. One of the most endearing features of the game is that it is focused on online multiplayer games. For this reason there is no single player offline mode, and all game games are played with other people in 8 to 32 player battles. There are two teams in each match, color coded red, and blue for the Chernovan and Eucadian forces respectively. The members of the team, armed with a sweep of effective weapons of troupe, help each other in combat, remove and destroy the enemy with jeeps, tanks and aircraft. There are several modes of various game including capture the flag, Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch areas. Warhawk is voice chat enabled, players are able to organize and fight the strategies and tactics.

Page layout and intensity

Warhawk games can be played on several different cards, which have all several different sectors. These sectors are of different size and thus are individually better in some game modes, and the number of players. Unlike many popular wargames for game consoles, Warhawk is not dark, ultra-realistic, grainy and full of swearing. Instead, it offers bright, partially destructible surroundings and a light game experience. There are no magazines of ammunition or the chest medicine to reconstitute weapons and health of. Instead, these refills come in light trucks stained.

Difficulty

However, for simplicity, meadows, Warhawk is not a game of baby. To be a member of the team valuable and, more importantly, win game matches, you have a lot of intuition, jurisdiction and timing. As you play, your skills will improve and be reflected by your rank in the game. When you perform more flag or area to capture and kill enemies more you will earn points. These points, combined with some rewards in the game for the prowess, you will promote to highest ranks. Warhawk is also Trophy enabled so that you will be able to show off your accomplishments to your friends from PS network.

The bottom line

Warhawk is a great game for you if you want a high quality, low-intensity, shooting for your PlayStation 3 game. The popularity of the game ensures that the basic multiplayer action will never be missed. More importantly, with its addictive gameplay and fun Warhawk will keep you interested for the coming months.

Resistance: Fall of man for the PS3

Made by Sony, resistance: Fall of Man, is a game based entirely on the spirit and the essence of the war. In this game, you will be a ranger army U.S. bands with the British who are desperately trying to free the world of aggressive invasion of a new exotic species called the chimera. These species can latch on other forms of life with a virus that causes immediately turn them to the chimera, thus, this providing a generous growing army.

: Nathan Hale, you need to help British soldiers defeat the chimera as they sweep across the land with the desire to convert all the species in their own. In the game, chimera seizes Russia and built a wall around the nation, so that the world expects amazed what will a headache behind this wall. The United States are found to help and it will be you and forces us, as well as the British, to ensure that it is spreading not everywhere in the world.

The game is mainly composed of intense game, a few aggressive fighting, and many of murder is required. The chimera come in several sizes and shapes, some are huge and beyond the size of the life of human beings, others are frightening or intimidating and frightening to watch-shaped, but they must each be killed and defeated. You can maintain human arms or arms of Chimeran that beat you, that there are a variety of interesting, exotic and unique weapons that allows to choose for humans and aliens.

Also, as you play, your goal is to accumulate some points of operational jurisdiction. This can be accomplished by the execution of tasks of talent, which, according to the value of their heritage, you will get points that help you more later unlock new equipment in the game. Sometimes, all you have to do is to kill an enemy in a short period of time or find hidden beings or objects in secret areas and then you will get points. However, you never know when you make one, as it is only revealed to you after you have done what it was in effect, a task of skills. Therefore it is not something to really strive to, more than just ensure that you are active and passes an additional effort so that you can earn additional points.

You'll discover this game with realistic and Visual graphics beautiful, brilliant. Although there is always something happening on the screen, either a battle raging, hunting, some life threatening foreigners, or just a scene of fighting wild, explosive with vehicles of the war and a number of other thingsthe screen manages to remain free to appear crowded and you will appreciate the visuals with a measure of balance and peace, whereas it is based on violence and war.

In addition, there is a sense of danger that accompanies the game, as the characters really are very lethal and dangerous and can only be defeated with great care and sometimes only with a joint attack. For an adventurous game of fighting and adventure, this game packs a punch and draws on two counts.

Xbox 360 Kinect Sports Review

Nintendo's Wii may have been the first to make sports and motion controls well, but sports Kinect took this Foundation and expanded considerably. "nintendo wii Sports" was a single hard, while Kinect Sports is a double in the gap.

Sports Kinect extends the amount of sports and the functionality by allowing players to use their legs instead of swinging just their arms wildly. Anyone who played the Wii Sports Games knows that motion sensor can sometimes be fickle and others downright frustrating. The Kinect does a wonderful job of tracking and integrates the movement of the player for most of the sports and games are included.

Graphics are understated and very easy on the eyes, the interface is very simple to use and understand. The game is clearly oriented fun with family, or for groups of friends to pick up and play. Customization is nothing ground breaking, although you can build your statistics of avatars and acquire awards and trophies.

Kinect sport includes: boxing, track, volleyball, football, bowling and table tennis (known as table tennis fans enraged openly the "sport").

Boxing is very fun and was probably the real digital life more transparent transition. My abs and neck were never wrong so cruelly video games. There were a few hiccups followed while trying to stay in the virtual space, but most of the problems were with me my shin on my coffee table banging.

Volleyball was the second best part of the game. If your drive is automatically moved into the sand for you, you still have a good amount of control. Timing and fortifications are very satisfactory.

Table tennis has been exciting and punish even more on my painful abs. Animations are really fun to watch in this game. Beware of the multiplayer, with several flailing arms can be very dangerous.

Bowling, I must say, was a fairly large disappointment. The mode appears not very deep. It is logical that you should run to television, but something just felt a bit dry in this regard. I do not know how the Kinect follows your English and draw etc and it seems that this was not very well thought. I don't like how you can just choose your ball, place your feet and launch the ball however.

Athletics brings back me to the time of the old version of Nintendo game. This game has really gets the blood flowing while you run place and jump over hedges, etc. I was expecting much pleasure from it, but once my body gets used to spend so much, I really see with this game much.

Soccer is the biggest loser of the modes. You are mostly stationary, while most of the work is done. Standing in place and kicked and passage are not idea of most of the people of pleasure.

I did not expect much outside of a few minutes of pleasure with Kinect sports, but really came away impressed. After breakup of motion and marketing the Kinect corny, (I think that this was the common consensus of the players more) I can be forgiven for not having high expectations.

This game is deeper and more satisfying than expected, the good variety and is thankfully free of many problems with Wii games and all the avatars have weapons. I give him four arms straighten four. Kinect sport are you interested?

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Football Manager 2011 iPhone review

The King of management games hit the iPhone in the form of a tent 2011 $9.99 app Football Manager, to provide a rich experience of football managers on the go, but this attempt worthy of mention?

Football manager 2011 supports 11 competitions and 34 divisions, which should meet most of the players. All big leagues include the Barclay, Serie A and the Primera division championship. It is finally possible to relive the intensity of a Barca - Madrid game anywhere you go.

Opportunities

Unlike its PC counterpart, the version of the iPhone is accessible to players of all levels with a simple layout. The style of buttons and drop-down big makes it easy to find all possible options without scratching heads or research of the interwebs increasingly broader guides. It is however also a con because 2011 Football Coach for the mobile market is in no way comparable to the real thing.

This becomes particularly evident in the decisions-pitch for the club management. For example, Scouts can not be purchased and cannot send to Rideau regions, away from the PC version. And financial control is even more race to the bottom, here there is no way to improve the trunk of the club or even read in numbers, instead, the game offers a simple budget and suggests that. On the flip side, unusual events that the game takes into account, in my game a rich owner resumed, granting more than 60 m from transfer fees, an overview of the depth.

To end this part on a positive node, with methods of access easy (although nudes basics), football coach works at the speed of the Flash on an iPhone 3GS or 4. This was very encouraging and dependence to continue, despite the lack of features. I finished 4 seasons with my local club in as a week - a feat never succeeded with the PC version before.

Tactics

Fortunately, the team tactics go deep enough despite the lack of firepower out iDevices now. Players can quickly move between the intentions, passing styles, pressure or not etc. Still more digging deep and a multitude of endless training is available in the comfort of the fingertips, pretty good stuff for a mobile footie!

The matches are shown on the map of trademark of the series with points system used for many years earlier in the Decade. Each point represents a player and the movement and passes are displayed realistic for most of the time - times silly definitively arose time to time. More of a downer, is the fact that the game will only display highlights, race to the low any remaining hopes for a deeper more profound football experience.

Conclusions

Football manager 2011 for iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad is a great pilot for the series. This is simply great to take advantage of FM experience on a mobile device. Gameplay moves quickly and some features provide an overview of the feature-rich big brother provided to managers of PC a few years already. With this Football Manager for the iPhone is a purchase recommended for light Manager experience when on the go.

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Seriously silent: House of blocking Game Review

A dream scary on your sister and a disturbing phone call from her husband, stimulates you in action in severely silent: home of the impasse. Investigate a mysterious Castle and try to find a way to pick your sister to the door of death. Learn more about the similar fates other unfortunate women and a way to avoid this from happening again. Use your hidden object and puzzle solving skills to unlock the mysteries of the castle of Rainheart!

Seriously silent: block House is another set of objects hidden by Vogat, the spirit adventure behind best-selling hidden object games such as the shadows of death and the elixir of immortality. Just as these great games, seriously Silent includes medieval and supernatural themes, themes that people in Vogat excellent to create and to weave a compelling story.

First of all, a warning. Do you like spiders? Most large organizations furry and legs? What bats with dripping fangs and beady eyes? Moths, perhaps? OH, and we hope you as mice and rats too. The game is full of these creepy crawlies, which some fill half of the screen. Things get also more interesting when you have to explore the rooms dark with nothing in your way save for a small flashlight. So if you want to be creeped of your skin by these creatures of the night, this game will be up your alley.

The story begins when you are awakened by a strange nightmare of your sleep. In it, your sister calls for you to save a terrible death. When you receive a call from her husband, dashing Lord Richard Rainheart, telling you that your sister was dead things become even more monstrous. You decide to go to the bottom of this and go to the Castle Rainheart. Once there, you discover that your sister was in fact the fifth Mrs. Rainheart, and the previous four were killed in mysterious circumstances. Your further investigations take you to a murder and mystery in the realm of the supernatural (and creepy crawlies).

Seriously Silent is a dark gothic adventure game where you explore the Castle and its surroundings. During your adventure, you will also explore the dreams and the past lives of the Rainhearts of Ms. various that try to guess what happened to your sister. It is a standard hidden object adventure game where you will encounter various obstacles and puzzles that must be resolved. Exploring the Castle gives you the elements and tools that you can use to overcome these obstacles.

Most of these obstacles can be resolved by simply find the right item. It is to find a torch with peers in a dark corner of a room or find enough fragments key through a locked door. However, there are other puzzles that are more complicated and must be resolved in a minigame separate screen. There is a standard mini-games such as puzzles and pattern matching puzzles. But there are also quite a few unique puzzles with a Gothic/medieval twist, such as the puzzle where you manipulate alchemical reagents in the correct forms so that they can be used to unlock a passage.

And there are scenes of hidden objects that come standard with this kind of game. Here hidden objects are not too difficult to identify, but there are a few unique twists and turns that make it more interesting. In dark scenes, you are only able to see objects illuminated by your flashlight. And there are a few objects in each scene which must be handled until you can collect. For example, if you are supposed to find "a lit candle", you will be need to find a candle and a lighter, using the lighter to light the candle, and then collect the lit candle resulting.

As you can expect a set of Vogat, works of art in seriously silent is beautiful, but in a creepy way, eeky and Gothic. Candle-lit environments are superbly painted, and you can almost smell the pavement covered with foam that you travel through the Castle. There are also a lot of animation in the game, especially for the purpose of narrative such as cut scenes in the game.

Seriously Silent is a good adventure game, and as you can expect a set of Vogat, it does not disappoint. You'll love if you loved Gothic or medieval adventure games like like the shadows of death: Royal blood or Margrave: Curse of the sectioned heart. The base version of the game is not out yet, but you can get the Special Edition of the PC game includes bonus such as additional gameplay equipment, a guide to strategy and other extras.

Rating: 4.0 and 5.0.

You can learn more about seriously silent: home of the impasse and try the game at http://www.hidden-puzzles.com/gravely-silent-deadlock.html

Xbox Live: Trial Indie Game - smoky sky

We go there. I have to play another game of indie Xbox Live just now called sky covering. If you have never heard of sky smouldering thats ok, it left less than a week on Xbox Live indie games market. Developed by Distinction games this old-school top-down features fantasy shooter a dragon as a protagonist with envirements lush and boss battles.

When you start heaven covering your greeted by some options from the main menu. You have "new game", "Continue Game", "Level Select", "Best score", "Orders", "Credits" and "exit Game". The trial allows you to only play a gamemode and thats new game. The controls are fairly simple to understand and their top goal smouldering low sky style gameplay. Left thumbstick is move your main character. B button is to use bombs and right trigger is to fire. You can also change weapons by pressing the A button.

Sky steaming is one of those indie games, in my view that some things on the right and too evil. First, without points of control or shields. Even some old school top-down shooters have shield upgrades. No checkpoints either. If you die, you have to start all the way. It was frustrating after diaphragm and enemy shooting 1 million and in Octopus Rose pattern (which draws black ink to you) to die and start over again all the way. I understand that sky covering wants to be labelled as the old school, but the overall gameplay flow fairly well not to have put in place control points. For some aspects, the game feels kinda cheap in the gameplay Department.

The visuals are quite good. The dragon protagonist does not look good and its animations look pretty robotic. However, the backgrounds seemed wonderful. The level of the sea under the water, I played on the effects of the water of nice features with the work of good texture and bright colours. Enemies varies between starfish and blue and Red orbs. Sound design is not good even by the standards of indie games. The sound effects of fire and enemies thus gets pedantic very quickly.

There are many power-ups covering sky to upgrade your weapons. On the right side of the screen is a bar which shows your game data. This latter shows your overall score (I have 57,074). It also shows the levels of your bombs and other levels of data weapon. Its good to have this side bar still showing while you play so you can keep track of stats without interruption of the game.

Over the years, I played many top-down shooters such as Blazing Lazers, legends Guardian and many others. Covering something lack of sky. It is fair to say that simply missing "it"? The fair game did not appear happy to play. And finally, it is all that really matters. Thank you for reading.

EA Sports active 2: new way to stay fit

With this new game, you can revolutionize the way you work and have fun, that you enjoy a fitness program is customized with you and your details in mind. It is a holistic approach to who wants to really have an impact on your life, in all, your diet, your lifestyle, suggesting advice to improve your overall well-being, therefore it is not only a game, but also a method of improving the lives and improving self-esteem. Routines are in the game who specialize in tone and strengthen your upper body, lower body, several routines of cardio that specialize in being happy heart.

There is also an abundance of challenges test the muscular endurance and agility so you have a whole method to stay fit and in the best shape of your life, all in the comfort and the convenience of your living room. No matter what the weather or how busy your day, you can squeeze in some time fitness with a game that is a good influence on your life, improve your physical and mental well-being.

When you start the game, you can start with a light jog move you and the atmosphere of work, then you can be told to do some biceps for your muscles to be active before do you some cardio boxing helps pump that this heart healthy. The best part, you'll have a virtual personal trainer that will be there you guide to success. Your instructor will be there to motivate and will have knowledge of your details and objectives so that the virtual trainer can lead you to the location that you ask to go. Better yet, your personal trainer will provide constant feedback so that you'll always have someone there you where you need to improve or you giving that inch will be only you motivate to work even more difficult say.

You can join the challenge to day 30, which will provide the daily tailor you training sessions that give you goals every day to succeed, and things that are customized to match your level of fitness. As start you with your work on the scheme, the game will follow your calories and the amount put forward and keep a record of your progress so you can see how far you have come and how far you have left to go. This will give you a written record of your objective and your accomplishments so that you know just what kind of work you do.

Your calories will be also be counted, too, so you won't be able to see some visible effects for all your efforts. And, you can keep all this in the log in the game, too. For an even more interactive experience, you can work with a friend, as a friend of the cooperative modes to help you and you do the work out program together side by side, perhaps take inspiration and motivation to one another.

Review of game CRYSIS 2

The first Crysis won praise for injecting a bit of superheroes in the genus shooter, with the permission of speed - play, power-shield - and stealth-improved nano. He has also created a lot of flak for restricting its base player to PC players including platforms would not melt in the heat of its intensive graphics requirements. Crysis 2, developer Crytek developed a method of cram all its luscious visuals high definition on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, so the console players can finally wrap their controllers around what is one of the most innovative shooters in recent memory.

In a clever gesture to Crytek reset history for new players, Crysis 2 is the parameter on a tropical island on a Manhattan near future (and incredibly rendered). The city is ravaged by a foreign aggression and a virus that has citizens lined alleys and quarantines fortune, coughing up black blood. As the bearer of it have one-of-a-kind known as the nano, you are the only hope of saving the island.

This Nano is also the key to the success of Crysis 2. Nicknamed 2.0, its functions have been adapted for the use of the console: you can now beef in armor or go invisible mode mantle with a quick tap of a button on the shoulder. Activation or powers (or running) drains the energy of the combination and leaves you in vulnerable to attack, to dominate enemy forces requires a constant strategic balance between taking party capabilities of the prosecution and the search for coverage.

While the game allows to promote power over the other via a system upgrade (for example, you can silence your footsteps or reduce damage with deflection ball), I found myself adapting to the circumstances of the moment, with sailing on the side of groups of enemies and then switch to armor that I opened fire on them by behind. Crysis 2 actively encourages this style of game including a number of sections "tactical assessment" in each level. Whenever you reach one of these points, the game prompts you turn on your tactical visor to define the scope of the chipped points, sniper positions, weapons caches and other points of interest prior to loading in battle. These moments really open the potential or improvisation and the strategy in what is otherwise a linear experience.

In all, there is enough variation and personalization in two solo and multiplayer to keep you engaged for a long time after the release of the game. If you are a person with a PC or console gamer machine below end with nostalgia read criticism of the first Crysis, take the plunge with Crysis 2. It is the expectation.

Mass effect 2 DLC Review arrival: Shepard hit

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Let's not beat around the bush here, the Reapers are coming and Mass Effect 3 come, they're going to hit the human race hard. With that said, let's take a quick moment to talk about Arrival, the latest and final installment to Mass Effect 2 DLC.

The Final Chapter

At the behest of good ol' Admiral Hackett (damn that sexy voice), Shepard embarks on a solo mission to save Dr. Kenson, an Alliance deep cover agent, from the of the Batarians homosexuelle. Upon Kenson's liberation from her captors, Shepard learns of the impending Reaper invasion and of the doctor's plans to ram a meteor into a mass relay to hinder the Reaper's progress.

Skeptical of Kenson's plans, Shepard accompanies the good doctor back to her project base, only to learn to his dismay that Kenson and her staff have all been indoctrinated by a Reaper artifact. Shepard, being the absolute bad ass that we all know him to be, battles against anything and everything Kenson and her team manages to throw in his path. The DLC culminates in the destruction of the Alpha relay and an ominous holographic confrontation between Shepard Harbinger himself.

The Falsely Paved Highway To Mass Effect 3

Before we get into the thick of anything else, let's have a bit of a rewind.

Back when Lair of the Shadow Broker was first released, Bioware mentioned that it would be the first piece of DLC that would serve to expand the Mass Effect universe in preparation for the epic conclusion of Shepard's story, Mass Effect 3.

Now, LotBS was awesome and is, hands down, my favourite Bioware DLC to date (across all franchises) despite a number of minor shortcomings. I don't know about you, but I was definitely expecting a good 3 to 4 more DLCs. However, with the onset of Arrival being the final chapter/DLC for Mass Effect 2, it kind of begs the question as to whether Bioware might have the truth a little clay on their plans to bridge the gap between ME2 and ME3.

Going Solo doesn't Impress Me

Arrival attempts to set itself apart from its ME2 DLC compatriots by featuring Shepard as a lone combatant. Essentially, due to the sensitive nature of this assignment, Hackett insists that Shepard works alone. In truth, it isn't all too big a deal, considering how Shepard seemingly excels at any given class, at given time (we received a dose of solo-Shep during the final leg of the Project Overlord DLC).

The CSD itself won't take players more than an hour to complete, which in itself is pretty disappointing. Moreover, Arrival doesn't exactly break any new ground whatsoever. It doesn't boast anything new in the manner of gameplay, interaction, situational challenge, enemy variation or mob distribution. Based on the previews I read prior to playing Arrival, it seemed to me that the whole Very simply put, Arrival struck as me a short story that needed to be told, cheaply packaged into a sorry excuse for 'glad game'.

In truth, the entire CSD felt like one of them OPTIONAL N7 Assignments that players pick up as they go probe-dropping around the galaxy. Was it really worth having such mission packaged and priced as a DLC? I don't think so.

Arrival's positive, For What They're Worth

Materialistically, there's nothing inherently new about Arrival. Shepard receives a mission, Shepard punches it in the face, Shepard flies away victorious (sort of). However, I will credit Arrival for being able to invoke a mood that speaks of claustrophobia, urgency and in some cases, panic, notions that so aptly characterize the impending arrival of the Reapers.

In terms of level design, a couple of things do come to mind. I've noticed that Arrival features content that takes place in either very closed quarters or seemingly open areas that are dimly bed and least with props. Simply put, there is a maze-like quality to Arrival's very level designs, which, as mentioned, effectively invokes a sense of claustrophobia.

Take that sense of claustrophobia and couple it with the very subtle time limit (i.e., finish the job before the asteroid crashes into the relay) that Arrival imposed on its players nearing the end of the DLC's content and you've got a sure-fire formula for a quick and cheap dose of adrenaline (effect might vary). If you make it, Shepard gets to live and fight another day. If you somehow can't get past the damnably lenient time limit (or if you simply choose to fail for the heck of it), you get treated to a little video depicting the Reaper's unbridled wrath.

Now, while I wasn't so much affect by the time limit per is (seriously, the game gives you MORE THAN ENOUGH time to complete final strings of encounters), I will say this, there were a couple of times during the DLC's climax, where I thought, Oh shit, Shepard might just die again, notably during that bit where Kenson lets loose that hand grenade. I attribute this to the overall ambience that the level and content design manages to induce. The synergy is far from perfect, but it gets a pretty strong message across.

On a slightly comedic note, if ever anyone doubted how much of a badass Shepard really is, well, Arrival is the DLC them sorry non-believers. I couldn't help but chuckle at the manner of which Kenson repeatedly browbeats her lackeys into confronting Shepard, only to have them cower in fear over the PA system, citing Shepard's overwhelming prowess and resilience. That definitely served as a wee bit of an ego boost.

Detachment

One thing that bothers me most about Arrival is the sheer detachment it portrays from the rest of the game, storyline and characters. Regardless of when players choose to complete the DLC, we need to take into account the magnitude of Shepard's actions. Effectively, Shepard had a hand in destroying a mass relay and an entire system, along with a good 300,000 or so Batarians. You'd think that someone, ANYONE at all would have something about it.

From where I'm standing, it all seems to point towards one thing, cutting production costs. Pity.

Arrival's Come And Gone

I'm not going to lie, Arrival was pretty damned disappointing.

To be fair, it boasts a decent amount of action for its overall length (though not exactly epic on any scale), has good ambience, is lightly peppered with amusing dialogue and for what it's worth, it's a moderately enjoyable and straightforward 'dungeon-crawl' backed by a decent enough story.

However, there's really isn't much to be had in the way of interaction or choice which, for modern RPG content, creates a pretty stale experience altogether. As I've mentioned earlier as well, the CSD doesn't feel very special for all the hype it received and its billing as ME2's final chapter, passing off as little more than a quick solo mission. Again, to reiterate another point here, Arrival simply struck as me a short piece of Mass Effect lore convienently packaged into a buyable DLC.

I'm sure many gamers and even fans of Mass Effect will agree that Bioware doesn't exactly have that successful a track record with DLCs. To date, across all of Bioware's franchises, I'd have to say that the only DLC worth its weight in money and quality thus far has to be Lair of the Shadow Broker. In other words, Arrival definitely tanked, for me at least.

The Reapers Are Still Coming

Come holiday season 2011, the Reapers will hit Earth with everything a massive fleet of sentient dreadnought class battleships can muster (it'll hurt). Mass Effect 3 stands as one of my most highly anticipated games for 2011. However, given Bioware's recent seemingly weak showing with both Dragon Age 2 and the Arrival DLC, I'm starting to feel a wee bit queasy for what is to come.