okay, last post for a while. I set up a forum on another site, it looks pretty cool, but I need administrators, and suggestions. admin slots are available on a first come first serve basis (oh man I've waited so long to say that) anyway, this is really exciting for me. I expanded it so its not just video games, you can review anything you want. you could review your next door neighbors dog if you wanted to. anyway, hurry up and request what admin position you want, Im going to make 2 admins for each section, so I dont think space will be too limited seeing how many users we have.

thanks camping girl

i mean camping carl

At 6/11/06 08:38 PM, Silent-G wrote: okay, last post for a while. I set up a forum on another site, it looks pretty cool, but I need administrators, and suggestions. admin slots are available on a first come first serve basis (oh man I've waited so long to say that) anyway, this is really exciting for me. I expanded it so its not just video games, you can review anything you want. you could review your next door neighbors dog if you wanted to. anyway, hurry up and request what admin position you want, Im going to make 2 admins for each section, so I dont think space will be too limited seeing how many users we have.

I WANNA BE AN ADMIN!!! W00t! ^____^ And I promise I'm an experienced admin so don't worry.

O, and jervic, if you call me camping girl again I'm going to drop a very large donkey on yo ass :P.

At 6/15/06 12:39 AM, campingcarl wrote: I WANNA BE AN ADMIN!!! W00t! ^____^ And I promise I'm an experienced admin so don't worry.

okay just make an account on runboard.com, and post something on our forum

i am sorry camping carl but wateva u do do not drop a donkey on my arse........ i like my arse

ALL MEMBERS
please go to the forum now, and sign up. I've been waiting for almost a week now, and I only have 1 member, who is one of my friends and is unable to sign in on runboard.com
so yeah, go sign up now.
also, for all the members who sign up first, Im giving them a mod position, so hurry up.

Shit! My internet connection is going to DIE! I've been trying to sign up to the forum. Now I think I've finally got it though. I'm going to post now. And I'm warning you internet connection! 1 more screwup and...
*reveals remote that says "remote that drops donkey on arses"*

hi, i was wondering if i could join the crew. i hope ill make a good addition. its not full, is it?

At 6/29/06 08:55 PM, somebodyyoudontknow wrote: hi, i was wondering if i could join the crew. i hope ill make a good addition. its not full, is it?

not at all, we are in dire need of active members. you can post a review here, or go to our other website and post something in the forum: http://www.freewebs.com/1591317

Half-life 2
PC

Upon purchase of this game which was still running strong at an even forty dollars, the installation of the game, half-life 2 multiplayer, half-life one source(a must play) and counter-strike source were all fairly quick even from the staggering five cds. Having an ATI Radeon 9600, a fairly basic graphics card, I was surprised that the adjustment to 1024X768 was still smooth and graphically stunning.

The graphics in the game are, bar none, the best I have ever seen. There are almost no cutscenes, all “cinematic” features in game, but still eye candy from every realistic wall to believable futuristic gunships. The stark contrast of the atmospheres in the game are incredibly diverse and a slow switch. From urban backdrop to a sewer chase, from an eerie ghost town to the coasts of a California-esque ridgeline, it is all completely believable from every house design to a simple appliance such as a toaster. The alien/mutation beings are all extremely believable and fearful. The “army” is both daunting and omnipresent. The character movements, in every way, are also smooth. It is exactly how a person would shoot a gun, or drop from a wall, or fall off a building after being shot, aside from a few over-acted ragdoll effects. The textures are also pleasing and varied, showing true wood grain to gum-splattered floors. Breaking things in the game is fun at times, with cardboard boxes folding when hit and wood snapping in rugged slashes. The only thing I would have liked to see, truthfully, is fences bending when crushed upon and when walls are shot for the walls to chip and possibly plaster to fly in clouds, but the blood splatter effect makes up for that, although it may not have enough variety for some of the blood-lust sadist videogamers. Oh well, fuck the sickos. The immersion into the world through graphics is perfect, to even the most minute detail.

The story, another amazing aspect of the game, meshes with gameplay perfectly. The game plunges you into an Orwellian-style dystopiatic society where you are the jesus-like savior of the oppressed rebellion group, fighting against the newly proclaimed totalarian of the world, a scientist who came up on top from the unfortunate instances of the last game. I will not give out anything else, as it would destroy the story for you later. This story, although possibly disputed, has to be just a rung below farenheit 451 and two below Orwell’s 1984. The storytelling is also perfect, being that you cannot help but feel empathy for the oppressed peoples’ plight, and anger towards the ignorant destroyer leeching the world.

The gameplay is amazing, absolutely the most fun I have ever had playing a video game. The guns, although sometimes unrealistic, all have a pleasing effect on the environment, although some effects on some terrain is disappointing, which was aforementioned. All the guns seem equally powered, each one with their won good and bad aspects. The only squabbles I had with them, however, was that there were too few. You get the choice between twelve (questionable) completely different weapons, which may be perfect for some, until the realization of deathmatch dawns. The guns then may become tedious, even with the inclusion of their secondary abilities. You may forget this, however, because you are too busy with the greatest weapon in video game history, the gravity gun. The gravity gun gives you the ability to rip out, pick up, hover, shoot, rotate, and smash objects all around you. This gun is a puzzle solver but more importantly a lethal weapon. When throwing things at your opponent, large, heavier thngs with kill them completely whereas smaller, lighter things will damage them. (it would have been nice if throwing something could stun them, but meh). I did not find out the implementations of this gun until I realized how rewarding it feels to rip a sink out of the wall and smash it into the face of an incoming shotgun-wielding assailant, or equally rewarding to zing a grenade at a cluster of opponents who just threw the grenade at you.

In conclusion, this perfectly excuted game is a must-have for anyone in the most casual air of videogames. The stunning acheivment of this mind-bending, heart-racing title is an art form in all aspects. Aside from a few minor squabbles, buy this game once you get the money.

PROS: giant levels, beautiful graphics, perfect story, three other brilliant games included, unique guns, varied places, people, and environment

CONS: too few guns for some, disappointing mods (unlike HL1, check out the specialists!)

(rating? Sure.) 9.5

EDIT!

the ONLY con i forgot was the extremely long load times, which were crippling in the middle of the adrenaline-pumped gamelplay. that definitely earned that -.5 so be warned! if you hate loading that comes abruptly and random, you will be dissapointed with the most enjoyable game published yet.

Hitman: Blood Money
PS2
Seeing the newly released hitman game on store shelves brought a momentary smile to my face remembering the great time I had playing the second in the series, Silent Assassin. The beginning of the game shows an ever-present funeral for an undisclosed dead man. This eerie beginning is ever-present in the menu bar, which, although minor, is pleasant nonetheless. The only shock before playing the game was how much a profile took up on your memory card. Be warned, you may have to give up half of a card at least just to play.

GRAPHICS:

The graphics in the game are fairly average compared to the titles available today. There is nothing outstanding, although nothing too bad. There is not much else to say .The cut scenes between the levels are a bit bad, being cheesy and glitchy at the same time, which is a shame.

STORY:

The story pits you yet again into the life of Agent 47, hitman extraordinaire. Boring “shockers” being that he is a clone and that Diana double-crosses him and later saves him are grotesquely familiar to lame action-film clichés. If you want a great story rife with original ideas and shocking outcomes, buy a movie, preferably For A Few Dollars More, Easy Rider, or Pulp Fiction instead of this bland, overplayed story.

LEVELS:

The level design is very hit-or-miss. At times it is a masterpiece, spectacularly designed with multiple paths, which are all fairly equal and, yet different at the same time and STILL complementing the unique gameplay. Unfortunately at other times it is fairly shoddy and feels like it is funneling you into the same-exact-path and includes completely guessable routes to choose which are not only a pain to find at the exact point in the level, but also requiring multiple retries just to complete the level. One such instance is the blunder of a level where you are in a suburbia colta sac. For some reason, the game’s “helpful” map shows you a treehouse, perfect for sniping you think. Even though you have to sneak behind an old lady and a garbageman to actually get to the treehouse, you find that the only one you can kill is an FBI agent and the target’s wife, who has a piece of jewelry you have to retrieve. As if that was not bad enough, the game marks you down for using any type of bullets, and the patrolling FBI and FBI guards can clearly see when the assassination happens. Why?

GAMEPLAY:

The gameplay is another question. Being a hitman, your job is to kill targets, retrieve special items, and leave the mission without anyone seeing you. Luckily, the game awards you by doing this with upgrades to all of your guns and weapons (not including the ones you pick up around the levels, which are disappointingly scarce). A problem with this though is that to be stealthy and to get the best possible score, you always have to follow a fairly strict path in every level, including not being able to use the certain guns you are trying to upgrade by getting money. Therefore, not only is this system a spiral of nothingness, but I blame the creators for not allowing players to go a different route and still do fairly well in the game. It defeats the concept of multiple ways to beat the game entirely! Another problem is the believability factor. For example, as aforementioned, why the hell would a garbage man care if you sneak into a treehouse with no visible weapons? Also, why is it “just fine” for a patient of a hospital see you standing next to a nurse you just poisoned, but it is not okay for them to spot you go in a certain room at a random time? The problem is that there is no sensibility in the game, which is needed to an assassin of all people.

I now understand that I have been speaking about this game in a low light, but I have to say that, despite all I have said, there is still fun in it. The concept of the game with you infiltrating multiple strongholds of civilians and armed gunmen, take out a target in any fashion you desire, and leave with a smug look on your character’s bald head is enjoyable. Although many shoddy gameplay features can detract from this fact, it is still fun to push a Columbian drug lord off of a cliff, kill his son with an ill- placed hanging barrel, and escape in a plane. Or on the same level you could go through a different infiltration point, choke the drug lord while he is playing the cello, shoot his guards, kill his son with a poison syringe and stuff him into a nearby bin, and waste everyone in your way between you and the getaway plane. It is your choice, and even though you will not be rewarded as much, it does not detract from the fun that you get from it all. All in all, there are at LEAST five or six different ways to finish any one level, but unfortunately only one perfect one, which is a bit of a drag.

END RESULT:

PROS: killer with multiple paths, original notoriety meter, challenging maps

CONS: fair graphics, stupid level guessing, lame story

RATING: 6

Aftercomment: It’s a great game, with fun gameplay and refreshingly good original ideas, but shoots itself in the foot with guessing game after guessing game, shoddy levels, counterintuitive reward features, and an overall hopelessness of being able to complete a level without restarting just to see what you are supposed to do.

Title : The Warriors .

Platforms : PS2 , Xbox .

Genre : Brawler/Action .

Reviewed on : PS2 .

The Warriors is a game based on the 1979 cult film classic carrying the same name . The story is simple , yet good . The Warriors gang has been called to a meeting at Van Cortlandt . Every gang in town has showed up . The leader of the Riffs , Cyrus , has an idea . If all the 60,000 gang members in the town would join forces , and create one big gang , the 20,000 policemen in the city wouldn´t have a chance against them . Unfortunatly however , the leader of the Rogues gang , Luther , shoots Cyrus , and blames the Warriors gang for doing it . The meeting ends up as a chaos , when the policemen appear . The Warriors have to make it back to their turf , Coney island , and try not to get trashed by the other gangs who are on the hunt for them . This is the actual storyline in the movie . However , the game takes place also 68 days before the meeting , and shows how the Warriors became what they are .

There are 9 members in the Warriors gang . Each warrior has an unique skill or ability , wich makes the Warriors a tough gang even if they are in small numbers . The members are Swan , Ajax , Cleone , Cowboy , Cochise , Snowball , Rembrandt , Fox , and Vermin . While Fox is not much of a fighter , he is pretty much good at everything else , like Lockpicking and spraypainting . Ajax on the other hand , is the toughest fighter of the group , but does not posess so good skills in spraypainting . The game is basically a brawler yes , but it is also more , so dont expect it to get repetitive . There are different minigames , such as the ones where you are getting chased by another gang , and have to run away , or then you have to take part in a king of the hill competition . There are even a few sneaking parts in the game . The fighting works simple , X for a strong but slow attack , and the Square button for a Fast attack . There are different comboes to use , wich are taught in the tutorial level . where Rembrandt gets to whack a couple hoboes working as punchingpacks for Booze payment . There are also different commands the player can use , such as "Watch my back" and "Wreck em´ all" . Probably one of the best parts in the game is the 2 player mode . The second player can join to the game anytime by pressing the start button . The fighting is a lot more fun in the 2 player mode , but sometimes the camera can be a bitch . It constantly switches between splitscreen and normal camera , and in some parts the camera is not set in the place where you want . This is not such a big problem however , because the fighting works great . The 1 and 2 players can also have a VS fight in the rumble mode , where you can play such game modes ans 1 on 1 , Capture the "Chick" and Army-ing where both players choose a gang , and have a 9 on 9 gang fight in the area the player chooses . There are also different extras in the game , such as flashbacks , wich tell you for example how Cleon and Vermin formed the gang , or how some members joined it . You can also play the " Armies of the night " minigame , or work out on the punching pack . There is also a lot of interactivity in the fighting missions , since everything lying on the ground can be used as a weapon . This includes Trash-cans , and baseball bats , plus a lot more .

Besides the Warriors , there are of course other gangs in the city of New york , and a lot of them the Warriors get to bad connections with . There are the mime-like clowns , Hi- hats , the not-so well known Orphans , the respected Saracens , the Infamous Baseball Furies , and the biggest gang of them all , the Riffs . That was of course not all of the gangs , because the gangs used in the game number quite big . There are fun parts in the game , such as when you have to destory the Hi-Hats art gallery , or hide stolen items to police cars .

So overall the Warriors is one of the greatest games on PS2 , even tough the graphics are a bit out - dated ( Wich doesnt really matter ) And the camera can be real annoying sometimes .

Good .

- Lots of interactivity and extras .

- Fun minigames and switching missions make sure the game doesnt get repetitive .

Bad .

- Camera .

- Slightly out-dated graphics .

8 / 10 .

A must buy for the fans of the genre , and for the fans of the movie .

World of Warcraft
PC

I have little interest in playing MMORPG games, especially for fifteen dollars a week, so it was a good thing that I could con my brother into buying it. Go well ahead to spending that if you have the money, although I suggest the 60-day game cards, which are hassle-free and can be bought in many stores. The game started up fine, no problems at all. If you are “shocked” by what I say about this game, I am not trying to be controversial, I just want to make a fair review despite the fog of hype and fame. You can private message my account with what you disagree on or email and I will hopefully change your mind in your opinion.

GRAPHICS:
Graphics are, in every aspect of the word, average. It is understandable that such a large expanse of land is difficult to code and continue running, but that is besides the case. When you run around for a few months and find yourself at level thirty, forty, fifty, and etcetera, you will find yourself fighting things that you fought at earlier levels, only bigger and a different color. Woo and yay. The terrain is something you will be looking at a-lot, since you will have to “grind” a lot (killing monster that are at your level or higher than you). Unfortunately, the terrain is similar, bland, and uninteresting. Even supposedly majestic sights such as slowly gliding down a giant waterfall or staring at an evil laboratory in a castle is dull, to say the least due to a continuous usage of the exact same shades, textures, and sedentary objects that you cannot interact with. The weapons and armor can at some times pull off a look of deep menace or power, but it then becomes apparent that the overplayed theme of this exact instance becomes tiresome, to say the least. I do not see why nerds are so infatuated with pounds of armor and giant blades on an average sized person, possibly to personify a feeling of appaling might and power into a human shape, which is a shallow and tired concept of common societical entertainment to say the least.

STORY:
There is a story in World of Warcraft, but it is too damn long to put into the context of linear thought. You are bombarded with tidbits of information of “why this quest is relevant” and “what are you reading” where the simplistic story of warfare between picturesque good versus picturesque bad are in a stereotypical forever-long conflict is always prevalent. In short, the story is that there is no story, and all of the “important names” and geographical knowledge should be shunned outright.

LEVELS:
World Of Warcraft has a feature called Instances, where you step in a myriad of dungeons facing only slightly more powerful versions of creatures/ humans/ robots/ zombies( called undead instead…. Classy…) that you were previously fighting with a party of either people you know or complete strangers. Instances are the main source of powerful items in the game, and not much else. They do tell a story of a sort each, but it can only be explained as a series of events instead of a rational story. Instances are an example of seclusion from the outside world until you get to the end, and not much else. You still fight….things, but cannot reach an end until you have killed all of them, or snuck past them.

Other parts of the game that can be classified as “levels” are the various zones in the game, each with their own elemental theme. Volcano, ocean, valley, forest, you’ve seen it all before. All zones have things that you are able to kill strewn across their expanse, possibly different, possibly similar. They are all within around 3-5 levels between eachother, and get progressively harder the deeper you go. All in all, you will not know you have gone too far until you are dead or the level indicator of the monster turns orange or red. In the end, there is nothing new or original to the old RPG formula.

CHARACTER COMPOSITION:
Your character is filtered into a “unique” individual through a series of classifications being world affiliation, class, and race.
World affiliation: You choose to be located in different regions of the same world, and are separated completely from the other side with the exception of battlegrounds. For as many reasons that they are different are reasons that they are the same.
Class: You have the choice between a certain amount of classes, the main division point between players. You have to play the game to see the different classes, but you are offered multiple shades of the same monotonous gameplay.
Race: The only advantage of race after a certain early level is that you are shorter or taller than your other players, along with a few throwaway skills.

BATTLEGROUNDS:
battlegrounds is a feature where you are able to fight against the opposition of your “side” of character, the two sides being Horde or Alliance. Your goal is to play a fairly messy game of Capture The Flag against each other with others ten levels apart from you. This “perfect formula” goes defunct with the reality that Horde players are almost always better than Alliance players and the addition of “twinks” or players who get to the certain –9 level to become dominant in their player circuit, never level, and buy every expensive item in the game (mostly purchased on ebay. Woo, ebay.) are common in BG. This gives the common, casual player no leeway in BG, making it inaccessible. It is not like battlegrounds is such a raving success either. It usually has players delve into boring button-mashing, even more boring button sequences, and for rogues, continuously sneaking into the enemy base backdoor, grabbing their flag, and hoping on pure luck that no one will eventually see you.
Other different games include an emulation of the Battlefield games being that you control pieces of land and the other team has to recapture it. This usually falls into weaker players try to find bases not inhabited with enemies by luck and the stronger players waiting for the weaker players.
I did not get past arathi basin to the last battleground type with one class due to extreme boredom, so if anyone could tell me if it is better that would be great.

COMBAT SYSTEM:
The combat system is different for every class but all break down into one theme: to beat opponents higher than you, you will develop a pattern of combat, using only a certain amount of moves and a certain amount of button-pressing to kill a monster. This is, however, until you get another basically similar move that you just had and integrate that into your button-mashing. Good luck!

PROFESSIONS: Professions are abilities which you can manufacture certain items from raw materials you tediously farm for on the WoW landscape. You can only have two main professions at a time, which is in a false light though since one is a gathering profession. It takes months (or weeks for the rich) to be good in any profession at all, and you will receive from it nothing but slightly better items and possibly some reverence in your guild. The only exception of this is the engineering profession, which churns out quirky items that, although maybe not the most useful, are in the long run the most enjoyable. This is overshadowed by the fact that engineering is by far the most useless and expensive professions on the game, and only caters to other engineers.
END RESULT:

PROS: huge fan base, great if you’re into monotonous RPGs

CONS: sub-par graphics, pathetically boring gameplay, uninteresting fan base, sloppy, uneven battlegrounds mode, tired themes

END SCORE: 5

Aftercomment: Hype is bullshit. If you would like to drone away your time to monotony in a videogame, be my guest. Hopefully the design team will actually put in some fun features made for the customer and make it worth the hirty-forty dollars for the game, the fifteen dollars a month, and all the hype the game gets.

I didn’t think so either

My e-mail address is codyf27@aol.com. Feel free to ask or state anything you like, just make it intelligible enough to where I can understand you. If you would like to request video game reviews, I would be more than happy to help if I can, or you can ask the whole VGRC if you would like.

i'll join i like most Horror , Action ,sports and the like so i kinda fit the frame i am playing Guitar Hero right now ^_^

Ok, you don't know what your talking about. It's not right to give Warcraft a 5/10. That game is crazy cool your just made because you probably got owned by lvl 2 paladins at lvl 10.

Somebodyyoudontknow , i think you review is a bit Side-taking considering that over 6 million people play WoW .

I think your opinion is a bit miseading. that is saying the majority is intelligent.

deuteronomy, i have a level 41 rogue, a lvl 29 mage, a lvl 24 druid, a lvl 19 warrior, and a lvl 18 shaman. I've played this game, i've tried to enjoy this game all that i could, and if you actually read the reasons why i said what i said, you may understand why your useless addiction is unfulfilling and senselessly boring.

this is pathetic. this club was a good idea, and it's going to die? four god's sake, SOMEBODY besides me and shinobi make a review. id make more, but ive run out of video game money

I am writing a review again , bored .

Title : Grand theft auto : Liberty city stories .

Platforms : PSP , and PS2 .

Genre : Action .

Reviewed on : PS2 .

Grand theft auto : Liberty city stories was originally made for the PSP handheld console . Now it has been ported to the PS2 platform , and there really arent any differences between these games . Liberty city stories is identical to the PSP version , but still worth buying . Now , when you look at the graphics , they look a bit out-dated compared to other games on the PS2 . However , Liberty city stories only costs about half of the normal PS2 game , so there´s only one of the reasons why it is worth buying . The voice acting is professional , and there are a lot of missions to play . If this is no enough for you , you can try and play until you get all 100 % of the game finished . There are however a bit problems in this game . The fact that the cops will interrupt you in middle of a mission is really annoying . You shoot someone in a mission , and you got the cops after you . You have to chase them off before you can return to the mission , and continue . This is a really annoying feature . However , there are not many major problems , only the fact that it seems like a game made on 2002 compared to the other new PS2 games . The price is also low , so it is not a thing to worry about . The graphics are not very good , but it doesnt matter . The controls have nothing wrong with them , and the camera points to where it should . The weapon selection is also big , from baseball bats to bazookas . Atleast for GTA fans , this game is worth buying .

Good .

- Low price .

- Good voiceacting .

Bad .

- Annoying cops .

- Outdated .

- The 2 player mode has been left off .

79 / 100 .

A worth buying game for grand theft auto fans .

Hey guys! Sorry it's been a while since my last review. I'm going to try and fit time in to write one, but I'm not sure what to review. I'll post some of my games later so maybe you guys can help me decide. And about the WoW thing, I'm not taking sides on it because I haven't played it. I have played pretty much ALL of Blizzards other games, but not WoW yet. If I get enough money, then it's a possibility.

holy shit, a bunch of reviews, wtf is happening. dont go here. go to our official forums!
Can no one read my posts wtf! Im pissed and excited at the same time.
go to the FORUM NOW!!!!!

k, seeing as how you think Im not writing reviews, I shall prove you wrong.

Unreal Championship 2
Midway
genre: first/third person shooter
Xbox

The Unreal series has always been very popular with the fps audience, and Unreal Championship 2 is no different. right when you start playing the game you can really see that its an Unreal game. Some major changes from the computer version, is that you can use melee weapons, which is really fun when you get really close to your opponent, you also have the choice of having it in third or first person when using projectile weapons, you also get special moves called adrenalin moves, and each character has specific moves, and the final change is that you only get two weapons aside from your default gun and melee weapon.

The graphics in UC2 are pretty good as well. During gameplay there are beautiful levels, and things like glare from the sun, metal scenery, bullet and melee weapon trails, blood and body parts look very good. The cutscenes also look really good, although there are only a few of them, and only seen during the story mode.

The story mode in UC2 is fun. In the main story, you follow a character called Anubis, who has a history that you learn about with Selkat. The story is about a new Championship sponsored by a robotics company called Liandri. The two finalists face off in a deathmatch, where the loser dies, and the winner becomes emperor or emperoress. You can also play as other main characters through the same kind of story, but without cutscenes.

Gameplay in UC2 is entertaining and fun to play with your friends or family. The new additions like third person, adrenalin moves, and melee weapons really speed up the action. when in third person, you get to see awesome acrobatic moves performed when you double jump and swing your weapon around. Its also really fun to play deathmatch, capture the flag, and other game types with your friends.

The only downside to Unreal Championship 2 is some of the tedious things you have to do to unlock extra characters, and sometimes single player can get boring and repetative.

Pros:
+nice looking graphics
+interesting storyline
+fun multiplayer and online modes

Cons:
-single player can get boring
-unlocking extra characters can be tedious

Score:
8.5/10
bottom line: if you like shooters, your definatley going to like UC2

well, technically not a review, but a preview.

Cars
genre: racing

So the other day I got my playstation magazine and played the featured game on the cover of the DVD, cars. its based on the new pixar movie that just came out, which is pretty much a recipe for failure already. let me tell you, the demo pretty much is just that. the turning physics are really wierd, you can pretty much turn on a dime wich is really wierd to get used to, they also tried to put in a drifting thing like in all the new racing games, it worked okay, but its way too easy to do.

I can really tell this game was designed for kids, because the difficulty is way too easy, even if you start off 2 or 3 seconds late from the starting place, you can still get pretty close to lapping the person in last place.

The graphics are okay for what is supposed to be a kids game, everything looks fine except for the cars, which look how they do in the movie, which happens to be kind of silly. The graphics for the scenes are good, but if you take out the cars, you might think this is a cool realistic racing game, then you see the actual cars, and you know its a kids game.

Pros:
+good racing game for kids
+nice looking scenery

Cons:
-not a game for more hardcore gamers
-the cars look silly
-way too easy for an experienced gamer

score:
4/10
bottom line: this game might be okay if they add in a lot more than what they showed in the demo, right now it mostly just looks like a kids game.

aright, two reviews nobody cares about are being typed now. what'll they be? who cares? why am I writing them? my own self satisfaction, and that the rest of you are too damn NICE.

Farcry
PC

Farcry is a pretty old gem that has sucked acclaim from the cracks of video game media and is still strong at an easy twenty dollars. If you love action movies, you will love this game. If you love a well-crafted FPS, you will love this game. If you love a mix of linear and non-linear levels, you will love this game.

GRAPHICS:

The graphics are great being that it is such an old game. The whole scene may not look good up close, being that bottles and radios and fish are poor-looking, but the sight of the fauna and wildlife are highly believable and exhilarating in some parts, as well as the enemies and weapons.

STORY:

The story is absolutely awful. Unless you take time to watch B-Movie action movie after B-Movie action movie, you should never enjoy this complete waste of cinematic time. That, however, does not detract from the awesome gameplay.

LEVELS:

The level design is amazing, and various. Some levels have you travel an island chain via boat. Others send you to infiltrate a science compound. Yet others have you run weaponless through marshes and swamps infested with rabid mutants. It is all well made.

GAMEPLAY:
The FPS does what every other FPS on the market does, only much better. The guns all have a different feel to them, with the exception of the three rifle types. The different types of enemies also feel different, unlike many other games of its type. There is a distinct difference between a guard and a SWAT-type member. The way you end a level is all how you choose it. For example, you are on a little rubber boat. You see a beach, with a small peninsula. There are a few guards near you on the tip of the peninsula, and more in a hut on the middle. There is a stretch of jungle on the beach, and then guards on the sandy part. Far up, there is another peninsula, but the other side is only reachable by boat. You are given a machete and a pistol. Out of the hundreds of different scenarios you could pull off here, which one will you pick? This is as various as all of the other levels, and you will find yourself calculating and grinding your mind to think of a strategy for simple parts of the game that you’ve lost before. Some levels give you hang gliders, boats, trucks, cars, rocket launchers, sniper rifles and flashbang grenades all in the same scenario. My only wish is that I could implement all of these into the same strategy, but that would be impossible, and waaay too time-consuming.

RESULT:
PROS: Ridiculously good level designs, pretty good graphics, fun fighting, challenging on even normal mode

CONS: pathetically bad story, too many rifles, really average multiplayer, no good mods

SCORE: 8

END COMMENT: What’s to say? It’s FPS the right way, sans the good story.

This is a nice crew to join. And I'll leave a review as well of a very good game I just played.

Game:Dead Rising
System:Xbox 360
Developer/Publisher:Capcom/Capcom
ESRB:M
PEGI:18+
Learning curve:20-40 min.
Completion time:12-14 hours
Difficulty:Hard

Summary: In Capcom's latest survival horror game, Dead Rising, You play as Frank West, a photojournalist who happens to get trapped in a mall in Willamette, Colorado for 72 hours (September 19-22, 2006 [Hey, he's there right now!]). And to sweeten the pot, the mall is infested with zombies. Frank must kill loads of zombies, save helpless survivors, kill raging psychopaths gone mad by the infestation, and find out why the zombies are even here in this small town. And don't forget your job, to take pictures of anything horrible, dramatic, heroic, or even erotic that could win you lots of medals when, and if, you return.

Graphics:Dead Rising is kinda one-sided to owners with HDTVs. On a normal TV, there are bars on the top an bottom of the screen, the font is a bitch to read, and the graphics look like something out of a low-budget PS1 title. However, on that nice 64" plasma, the game looks beautiful, like you were suddenly placed in the game itself. On both TV sets, the amount of zombies that can be on screen at a time is amazing, I managed to get five hundred zombies on screen without a drop in framerate or anything. It gets me thinking that Capcom was paid by some faceless corporation to make the game this way to get people to buy more HDTVs. Not in a thousand years with the money I have. 6/10

Gameplay:I'm just going to say it: Dead Rising is hard. The save system shows absolutely no mercy, and if you save with one block of life left, no weapons on you, and you are completely surrounded by Capcom's cash cows, you might as well forget about completing the game. But one of the types of games I really like are those with multiple endings, and DR happens to be one of those games. It also is one where you can truly lose the game. If you don't find all the explosives in time on a late mission, the whole mall explodes and the game ends. That is frustrating and brutal, but definitely gets the heart going, and most gamers need the cardiovascular workout. 8/10

Audio: Not much to get excited about, just like NG's Audio Portal. Just a few tunes you would usually hear in a mall, and one or two alt rock and rap songs thrown in for the fun of it, this does not deserve something in-deph. 6/10

Controls: Very nice use of the 360's bumpers for switching weapons. The rest of the controls are very easy to memorize and use. The shooting aim is not exactly Halo 2 quality, and sometimes that perfectly executed karate kick misses by an inch because you accidentally bumped the analog stick. 8/10

Level design: This is where the game goes above and beyond. Unless you are able to bear through Mall Tycoon, this is the only game where you can explore a whole mall and kick ass in it. There is so much to explore and collect, it's not funny. You can use just about anything as a weapon, and level interaction goes as far as having Frank dressing up in a small shirt and denim short-shorts he found in a kid's store. 9/10

Learning curve, completion time, and difficulty:Remember the Four Big Words: Dead Rising is hard. Use that to figure out that cramming a whole game in your flight from L.A. to Tokyo isn't really possible. Unless you are God. 4/10

Replay value:You will love and play this game until your dying day. If you end up in heaven, you will be playing with the angels. If you end up in Hell, you will be playing this while roasting on an open fire. If you end up reincarnated as a cow, you will be playing the game on your owner's Xbox as well. If your owner does not have an Xbox, there is always suicide. 9/10

Overall:Remember the Four Big Words, and if you are looking for a challenge you can master, this game is just for you. If you are looking for some quick Gamerscore, go out and rent NCAA Football 2006, or Condemned:Criminal Origins. If you are a casual gamer, just remember to think before you save.

Final score:8/10