They're pretty old games to be reviewing...

Anyway, how many different threads does video gaming warrant?

I wonder if there are any restrictions because this can turn into a flame war quickly, faster after I post my review of Final Fantasy 7 vs Fallout 2...

[Black Knight]Yes,Review[/Black Knight]

 

Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
 Do a review!!
[Knights of Ni]  A REVIEW, A REVIEW!! [/Knithts]

Well you asked for a review in the Best moments 2 threas so here goes.

Well the gameplay hasn't changed a lot. It's still the same basic stuff. The controls are identical to GTA 3 as well. There's one new command. L3 makes you crouch. The game looks
great, with lots of detail on everything.
    So what's new? Well there are motorcycles in it. You can even stand up while riding on them, and do wheelies. If you're hot satisfied with your hideout, then you can buy other properties. You can shoot people inside their cars as well.
    Some missions require you to get a new outfit. A murder at a golf course needs you to change into hideous golf clothes.
    The main change is how everything is so much bigger. There are 5 islands,  more hours of radio, about 100 cars and about 40-50 weapons.
    The game lets you be much more sadistic than before. A mission needed you to kill a pizza delivert boy on a bike.

Step 1: Chase him in a car.
Step 2: Ram him off.
Step 3: Pin his body with the car.
Step 4: Shoot the tyres on his bike.
Step 5: Let him get back on his bike. Let him go.
Step 6:  Count to 60.
Step 7: Finish him off.

I conclusion, if you liked GTA 3, then you have to get this game. If you didn't like GTA 3 (freak!) then avoid this.

Happy noe Fazey?

 

Originally posted by Guy:
Happy now Fazey?

*stops eating cookies*

Buh?
OH RIGHT!!
As long as there's definately a PC version WITH that sweeet MP3 feature, I'll be as happy as Hugh Hefner on receiving the news he's to be reincarnated as himself!

i wont review diablo2 since its too old now, theres plenty of good reviews of it already.

ill throw in one however regarding the relativly new...

MS Age of Mythology

Basically, when you you hear "Microsoft Age of.." you immediately begin to think of MS's previous successful titles called Age of Empires 1 and 2. The engine of Age of Empires has since its introduction been used in other games as well such as "star wars: galactic battlegrounds" but only with minor improvements and modifications. In Age of Mythology however, its characteristics still remain, but this time the improvements are many. For example, the grid has been more or less removed, allowing buildings to be places with pinpoint accuracy and walls to stretch in any angle, not just vertical/horizontal/diagonal like before. Another significat change is of course increased graphics quality, although this is more or less taken as a granted these days.
The interface from Age of Empires however, remain mostly the same, so players from that game will instantly recognize him-/herself.

Whats new?

Age of Mythology featuers not a whole slew of different civilizations with only minute differences, but only 3: Greek, Egyptian and Norse. Each of these civilizations units and buildings naturally has similar counterparts with each other, but the distinctiveness in civs does not lie in normal units here. it lies with the mythical creature units that can be summoned at each civilizations temple which are indeed mythical creatures of history such as the Greek Minotaur and Medusa. Each civilization also has other differences such as the Egyptian ability to make healing priests (unlike the greek which can only heal the injured by choosing the correct minor diety in a "tech upgrade", discussed later). To produce the mythical creatures, each civ much generate a new resource called "favor". This is simply enough a measurement on how much youe particular diety wants to help you, and each civ produces favor in a different way. The Greek prays in Temples, The Egyptians construct Great monuments and the Norse Fight enemies for favor. With the addition of this new "resource", stone has been scrapped. Only gold, wood and food remain, each produced exactly like before. Food production has been simplified yet again however, Farms now never have to be rebuilt as well as fishing spots now never runs out of fish (although you cannot build extra fish pens like before). The process of "trading" for gold has changed a bit. Now you target one of your village centers with your caravan, and it will return with gold to the market. There is no longer any need for allies to "trade" for gold.
Another new thing is that you can only produce 10 houses at max, and new town centers can only be placed on certain spots called "settlements" which each map contains a finite nuber of. Fortunately each town center increases the population limit with the effect of two houses and there is only the limit on how many settlement spots as to how many town centers you can build, so controlling these sites is key to get an advantage in army size over your enemy.

The way to advance in the "ages" has changed as well. Now you pick a major god as an initial diety to worship and then you may choose from any two minor gods for each "age advance" in the town center. Each god comes with their own set of perks and researchable items for your civ as well as their own unique myth unit. Choose any god that suits your current strategy as the game progresses to customize your civilization in-game.

Graphics: 9
nothing short of excellent. The engine has been tweaked to its fullest and it shows. The terrain looks awesome and the seas look truly alive. The intro movie however could use a mechanical overhaul since it lagged on my comp (a 1,4 mhz, 256 mb ram). Never before has a movie lagged on this machine. It doesnt lag in-game at all however so i will only substract 1 from the otherwise perfect 10.

Audio: 8
Good, no big complaits. I did notice however a minor glitch in the voiceover playback in cinematic scenes that caused the sound to jump at the end of each sentance, but this may be a local error. Perhaps reducing hardware sound acceleration will do the trick? (still, that shouldnt have to be needed)

Gameplay: 8

The interface is simple, and very much alike the one used in Age of Empires 2 so players of that game should get into the game very easily. Well into the game, the in game campaign progresses very well with a good plot and believeable events. All around, good.

Value: 8

This game introduces a slew of new features from its predecessor AOE2, and is definitely worth getting for anyone that liked AOE2. If you did not like it, then i doubt you would get much out of AOM since it basically is a Age of Empires III at heart   


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No.I have heard bad things about that game.I'm considering getting 'Battlefield 1945'.

*Has a Hissyfit*

Damnation,Where the hell is that copy of Commando's 2 I ordered back in May.When I get it I promise to review it.

There was a error spelling my last name.They spelt it Quantock.Bastards are to lazy to find the a.

Also Commdando's 2 has a cool Multiplayer where you can pick half a time and with help of your mate kill and decive those Nazi's.

Teral, if you like Diablo, try Divine Divinity. Kinda lot of kills. But, not like in Diablo, there are real quests to do.

Thanks for the link Ricky.    I used to have Scorch, but lost it several years ago.

Yeah aslate, I had that problem too.

I suspected some of you might wanted to download it  I lost it myself a while back, and didn't remember to look around for it on the web until today

That game didn't work for me either, something wrong with DOS or something (I have WinME).

Anyone ever play SkiFree?

Hm, Skifree.. Is that the game where you get eaten by a yeti after you finish your slalom?

Is it good...?

WOOHOO!!
Go me, go me!

Why do the brown trees go on fire when you trip over them?

You can only outrun him for a while if you use the ski jumps, but he's a fast bugger.

Press F and it gives you a turbo boost!
I think there's other cheats for it too, use google.

In the mean time...
I had SkiFree on the old 486. Class game! 
Those f*cking snowboarders always come and trip me up though. Bastards, I always wished I could take them out...

What...?..you dare give Civ III 7 out of 10.Its Audio has all sorts of music from differant cultures.And you can improve some of that stuff by downloading a Mod or two.

EDIT:*Drags the rouge E to a quick visit to the top of the Empire State building*