Back your challenges with wagers before any shot or round. Bigger odds are given to special accomplishments, so reap the largest rewards for nailing the toughest shots. New Gamebreaker Meter: Build confidence to trigger Gamebreaker situations, and boost your power and accuracy by making great shots and posting low scores.
In The Sims 2 University, the first expansion pack for the highly-acclaimed The Sims 2 PC game, players for the first time will play through the new "young adult" life stage as their Sims head off to college and join the campus crowd.
Whether they live in the dorms or rush a fraternity or sorority that's just the beginning Sims can choose from one of 11 majors and by keeping their grades on track, they?
Players will enjoy all-new college based wants and fears that are tied to their Sims? Pranks, parties and college social interactions add to the excitement while your Sims explore campus locations such as college lounges, pool halls, gyms and coffee houses. As in real life, if your Sims start running low on funds, they can earn Simoleans by picking up a part time job, like tutoring, or engaging in riskier affairs like printing money as a member of the "secret society.
Its game play, however, has been expanded and modified to appeal to casual gamers and through several years of testing, Toontown has developed a core fan base among the gaming community. A non-violent game alternative, Toontown Online is a fun filled, ever changing online Toon world where players become Toons and join together to save the world from the evil Cogs. Toontown is under siege from an evil band of business robots called the Cogs. An unsuspecting Scrooge McDuck accidentally unleashed the money-hungry robots on the Town and they are attempting to turn the colorful world of Toontown into a black and white metropolis of skyscrapers and businesses.
The player's job, as a Toon, is to help stop the Cogs and rescue the town. It's been a generation since you vanquished the evil that plagued the Land of Ehb, and now a new menace has awakened. In Dungeon Siege II, you will be called on to again wield sword and spell to save the world from a growing abomination many years in the making. A thousand years ago, the crusaders of Azunai crossed swords with the legions of Zaramoth in the final battle of a century-long rebellion.
As the tyrannical god Zaramoth struck the final blow through Azunai's trembling shield, the earth shook. In that moment, the forces of magic were unchained, and both armies were consumed in a brilliant cataclysm that stretched for leagues across the Plain of Tears.
Only a scarred wasteland remained as final testament to the First Age of Man. And for a millennium, magic has continued to spread to the farthest corners of the world, freely flowing to any who would command it. But the tide of magic has begun to wane, heeding instead the call of an ancient legacy.
From the Plain of Tears a new heir beckons, and with each day his strength grows. Consuming those who submit, eradicating those who resist. With none to oppose his ascendance, the circle will be complete, and an ancient age will begin anew. What fate will befall the Second Age of Man? The time for judgment is nigh.
The greatest part of the axis campaign in Phase Two takes place in Africa. And the missions are with the Allies residing in Italy. Whoever finishes both campaigns gets to enjoy a bonus campaign in Yugoslavia.
The story is more important to us in comparison to its predecessor. That's why we commissioned a world-famous author. We've built over 20 new units. An important feature is the various types of new buildings. It's possible in Phase Two to destroy parts of certain structures. For example, you can destroy only the watch towers of a palace. Gameplay enhancements include more than double the superpowers and customization capabilities, the debut of several new playable characters, over diverse types of enemies, and a breathtaking range of exotic and real-world environments—from the Madri Temple to Egypt.
Travel to the outskirts where the Old Wood meets the Dungeon Gate in the fabled forest town of Grove. Beyond this mystic gate,you'll acquire power with unique weaponry and magic spells. Battle creatures that lurk within the dungeon's corridors. Venture beyond the gate to steal glimpses of glory and fortune. Live to the next century, or look death in its fiery eyes and seek solace in the after-life. The time has come to take the dare. Rise and test your worth! Eberron, which has been recently released by Wizards of the Coast, details a land composed of a dark underworld ruled by monsters and demons, and a surface world home to the civilizations of humans, dwarves, halflings, gnomes and more.
Surrounding the world is the Ring of Siberys, a multi-colored belt of crystal shards and a source of tremendous magical power. These "dragonshards" occasionally fall to earth and are the cornerstone of all magic on Eberron. The "Dragonshard" takes place at time when the world of Eberron is in chaos. Three forces are vying for control of a massive dragonshard, known as the Heart of Siberys.
The ancient artifact has come to rest in a mystical part of Eberron known as Xen'drik, once home to ancient and powerful civilizations; it is now a place of mystery and monsters. Shielded by a circle of high mountains and blanketed by never-ending tempests and blizzards, this region has been shunned for millennia. Players choose a role and tackle goal-oriented missions based on historical operations.
Day of Defeat: Source takes the classic gameplay of the original Day of Defeat and improves the experience with Source, the advanced engine technology Valve created for "Half-Life 2.
New features include: Completely updated maps to take full advantage of the Source engine replaces, integrated physics simulation for ragdolls and physically simulated objects, higher resolution textures throughout, bump mapping, specular lighting, and other graphic effects, all powered by advanced Source engine technology, completely redesigned user interface, all new voice, weapon, and ambient sounds.
User Score: 9. She and her mother had been counting on the generosity of their kindly but strange neighbor, Josiah Crowley, to leave them part of his estate to support the inn they own.
A contested will, a suffering girl, suspicious psychics — can Nancy solve the mystery before time runs out? Picking up immediately where the original Myst ended, players are presented the privilege, challenge and responsibility of restoring the lost empire of the D'ni -- an ancient civilization of people who thrived for thousands of years but later met with a great catastrophe.
Like each previous Myst title, Myst V: End of Ages advances the graphical beauty and detail of its worlds with a fully immersive 3D environment. Cyan carefully crafted and combined elements of adventure, puzzles, storyline and gameplay innovation creating a worthy ending to the series.
Prepare to serve up worldwide conquest on an epic scale once again with Empire Earth 2. Become the greatest conqueror of all time by creating, building and forging the grandest of all empires as you progress through 15 epochs that span more than 10, years of history.
Introducing new units, powers and leaders through 3 expansive campaigns, Empire Earth 2 will once again set the standard for real-time strategy games with the latest technology and features that expand both the single-player and multiplayer experience. Relive more than 10, years of history as you lead one of 14 different civilizations spanning 3 distinct campaigns that feature all-new units, powers and leaders under your control.
Challenge an all-new reactive and dynamic artificial intelligence system that will adapt to your every move and test the limits of your strategic warfare knowledge. Adapt to ever-changing weather conditions and constantly revolving seasons that will impact your civilization's growth and necessitate new tactical initiatives. Engage your opponents over a LAN or the Internet within nine types of games featuring improved tournament support, multiplayer co-operative scenarios and all-new features including a new reward system for demonstrating superior military, economic, and empire-expanding strategies and a tactical planning map to coordinate efforts with your team.
With RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! Players are also able to create aquatic spectaculars with performing dolphins, killer whale shows and customizable aquariums as well as to design dazzling laser light water shows and synch them to music with the H20 MixMaster.
A new Swimming Pool Designer and Waterfall Designer let players add hundreds of new park enhancements to create the ultimate summer fun experience as well as other new features that extend and enhance the original game. The first expansion is set within an Arabian Nights theme. It builds upon familiar EverQuest lore, and takes place within the desert of Ro and its city, Maj'Dul. Arena Champions: Take the form of exotic creatures or fight as yourself in battles for glory against other creatures or players.
New movement: Search for treasure and find adventure in new areas by climbing up and down cliffs and walls.
Voice-over emotes: Express yourself in a battle or expand your social circle with new voice emotes. Guild vaults: Share the loot of a hard won battle with the rest of your guild members. Level range increase: Now play up to level 60 as both an Adventurer and Artisan!
New land: Discover over a dozen new zones and epic encounters. New creatures: Test your combat skills in battles with over 30 new fearsome creatures. Star Wars Battlefront II improves upon the original game's single-player experience with open-ended, mission-based objectives inspired from all six Star Wars films. The compelling storyline spans more than 12 new locations, many from Episode III, including volcanic Mustafar and the space battle above Coruscant. In addition, at certain key moments within the battles, players can feel the Force as a Jedi.
For the first time ever, Star Wars Battlefront II players can engage in space combat and, during the same battle, board enemy ships to attack from within. Starting on foot inside a capital ship, players can enter the spacecraft of their choice and travel into space to dogfight with the rival faction. Or, they can simply stay inside their own capital ship and defend it from attacks and enemy fire.
The choice is theirs. Players can locate their buddies and track their stats as they battle alongside more players than ever up to 24 on PS2, 32 on Xbox, 64 on Windows. Following the events of "Doom 3" and featuring new locations, characters and weapons, including the return of the double-barreled shotgun, DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil expands the terrifying action that fans have been raving about.
The expansion pack continues right where the original left off - with a terrifying atmosphere and a new story which delivers you deeper into the heart of the UAC to uncover new secrets and technology used to destroy the demon force that's Hell-bent on destroying you.
The expansion continues the frightening and gripping single player experience of the blockbuster original. The title also features even more multiplayer action with support for up to eight players in all new maps. The expansion requires the full retail version of Doom 3. FIFA Soccer 06 brings the total football experience to your fingertips. It delivers a combination of attacking gameplay, complete customization, pure authenticity and the deepest manager mode ever. Intuitive gameplay enables you to command every move of your player with pinpoint accuracy.
Passing, shooting and tackling is now more responsive than ever and enables you to trap, shield and dribble like a world-class football player. Experience 90 minutes of heart pumping football, feel the Team Chemistry of your side and the sense of momentum shift as you battle for supremacy on the pitch. As the Midfield General you'll control the overarching strategy of the game, dictating the pace and performance of your players as you execute strategic decisions on the fly using the tactical play button configurations.
With enhancements to the passing game, defensive improvements, and expanded online options, Madden NFL 06 takes you onto the field and into the locker room like never before. The new "QB Vision Control" lets you scan the field, look off defenders, and make perfect throws withing your quarterbacks unique field of vision. Lead the receiver to an open area, throw it behind him so he can come back to it or throw a jump ball and let him go get it.
Enter the dark military side of the Star Wars universe as a squad leader of a Republic Special Operations unit. You are a Republic Commando. You must infiltrate deep behind enemy lines and lead your elite team on precision operations — lurking in the shadows, striking at will Explore the military side of the Star Wars universe like never before.
Innovative squad combat utilizing intuitive and accessible "smart squad" command system featuring squad markers and stances. Multi-player capabilities including deathmatch, team deathmatch and capture the flag. The replay mode allows you to see all your opponents' hole cards as well as each person's probability to make his or her hand. The most comprehensive poker strategy tutorial ever created doesn't just teach you how to play Texas Hold'em, you'll learn what to play, when, where and why.
Gary Grigsby's World At War gives you the chance to really run a world war. History is yours to write and things may turn out differently. With you at the controls, leading the fates of nations and alliances. Take command in this dynamic turn-based game and test strategies that long-past generals and world leaders could only dream of.
Now anything is possible in this new strategic offering from Matrix Games and 2 by 3 Games. User Score: 5. Immerse yourself in Nexus - The Jupiter Incident, a real-time mission-based tactical space game "what we call a TFS: a Tactical Fleet Simulator" featuring spectacular real time battles and breathtaking motion picture quality. Focus on tactics and action as you control up to a dozen battleships encountering aliens, unknown solar systems and astrophysical phenomena in your struggle to save Earth.
At the dawn of the 22nd century the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system is being monopolized by several huge and ambitious megacorporations. Although extremely delicate and vulnerable, a balance is maintained by these companies. It has now been 60 years since the terrible catastrophe that befell Noah's Ark, the first colony ship of mankind.
At the very edge of the solar system the companies make a discovery which will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident". You are Marcus Cromwell, a young but already famous captain. With your legendary spaceship Stiletto you find yourself in the middle of the conflict.
MotoGP 3 delivers the most significant upgrade to the MotoGP franchise yet, establishing an all-new game-play mode and expanding on the highly acclaimed GP circuit racing.
The addition of Extreme Mode brings street racing to the title, allowing players to race on city streets around the world or as a rider on the MotoGP circuit. MotoGP 3 features 16 new tracks in Extreme Mode along with 16 new bikes. The races in Extreme Mode will span urban streets in Japan to the country roads of France, set at different times in varying weather conditions. With NHL 06 players can score like a superstar, express themselves through their shooting style with the new EA SPORTS Skill Stick and light the lamp with highlight reel moves such as spinoramas, toe drags, bat-ins, and between-the-legs shots.
Classic deke control adds to the arsenal of moves allowing maneuvers around defensemen before snapping off dangerous shots that can ripple the twine and knock the water bottle off the net. A unique Knights-management system will offer you brand new possibilities to enhance your personal strategy.
Never lose sight of your goal - to rule all of Europe. Utilizing the next generation of the Invictus Engine which incorporates its new real-time physics module, Cross Racing Championship CRC will allow the player to experience the thrills of high-speed on and off road racing across vast open terrains. The player can contest over 60 races across six distinct environments, ranging from icy mountainous regions and lush countryside to parched desert areas and beaches.
CRC will appeal to Rally fans and road-racing fans with its crossover approach to vehicles and race circuits. CRC features multiplayer action and extensive set-up options which are an integral part of the game, along with realistic real-time damage and stunning graphical effects including High Dynamic Range imaging, bump mapping, dynamic environmental reflections and motion blur and dynamic and automatic image contrast balancing.
The vehicles are fully user-customisable, both in their appearance and performance, using an intuitive and powerful interface. The game also features TV replay options and realistic sound effects.
Additionally, persistent character growth allows players to continue to rise through the ranks. Battlefield 2 Special Forces takes the intensity and quality of Battlefield 2 behind the scenes of news headlines, showcasing the most elite and deadly forces in the modern military world. Using accurate Special Forces weapons, gadgets, and vehicles, these covert armies battle to control key military and strategic locations. Embark on an epic adventure created in collaboration with Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson and based on the Universal Pictures' film.
Survive as Jack in a world crawling with predators and live the legend as Kong. Use weapons, traps, and your team wisely to survive in first-person as Jack. Break jaws, slam enemies, and throw massive objects in Kong's colossal third-person battles.
With the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US military mobilized. To keep the action moving and story as fun as the original, Stormregion and CDV are making sure to polish the production values and will even be producing voice work in an LA sound studio, which could even include some well-known voice talent for one of the game's main heroes.
Creative gamers will get to try their hand at high production as well when they finally get their chance at an editor complete with the ability to create cutscenes, scripted events, and everything else you would expect. Hopefully we'll begin to see more details and some first screens very soon. It was a fun time when everybody hated everybody and guns were fun new toys that were all the rage. The original Cossacks needed a lot of help. But then, it looks like GSC is giving it the help that it needed.
The sequel is going bigger, badder, and more Gigantic armies, around 64, units on screen at once, will fill out the fields of Napoleonic Europe as the mighty mouse sweeps across the lad poking and pounding everything in sight in order to unite all of Europe under his limited viewpoint.
Cossacks II will bring more than unit types across six European nations. It'll be up to the player to expand their borders using any kind of tactics they can muster. Economy, diplomacy, and bloody war all count when trying to take over the world. Since we know everybody prefers to grind their opponents into submission in these types of games we can also tell you that there is a new and realistic troop morale system that will have to be mastered in order to really understand the warfare of the period.
The new enhanced 3D engine will do all it can to render these large scale battles and bring as much realism as it can to PCs this April. That game was the goods and we've been waiting to see the true return of that developer since then. Rumor has it this world was made from three different dragons. One was eaten by another and became the heart of the world while the one that did the eating became the crust. The third shattered and became the ring of magical shards that fall to the world and are used for powering magical machines and appliances.
Others have tried it in the past, but Liquid seems to be on the right track with an interesting resourcing system, a very cool way of implementing unit hierarchy, and some awesome new tricks to make battle more interesting. For instance, focus fire on captain units is impossible until all of his soldier troops are dead. Another great example is the more complex AI driving multi-headed enemies.
Each head can seperately track targets and therefore attack multiple targets at the same time. There's a lot going into this game and we're pretty excited about it. Keep your eyes open as there should be more info coming down the pipes. When these folks came in to show off the title, they were boasting hundreds of hours of entertainment for those faithful.
The story continues as Earth lies in ruins and the three human factions continue to fight for control over the remaining useable planets and satelites in the solar system. All the while they're fighting to gain the knowledge of the next Earth-like planet Earth uses a new engine that looks amazing.
It takes a whack at all of the latest DirectX tricks and comes out on top. The wonderful attention to detail in the art only helps to provide very distinct looks across the three human factions. The distinction between the factions doesn't stop with the visuals. Each can be played in very different ways. This release reinvigorates the RTS genre with all the gameplay and UI aspects that one can come to expect from a modern game.
Players choose from two distinct factions and wage war over large swaths of ground to control the map.
Ashes of the Singularity is real-time strategy on a grand scale, with large-scale battles taking place across enormous tracts of land.
Players build gigantic bases and control hundreds of units and send them to war against each other. Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is the prequel that takes place in the events leading up to Homeworld. In this prequel to the interstellar series of space strategy games, you take on the role of the scientist leading an expedition into the harsh and unforgiving deserts of Kharak to recover an ancient artifact that will come to be the salvation of your people.
In the game, players fight for survival on a planetary oasis by commanding one of three factions: the defense-oriented Humans, the versatile Beta, or the all consuming Goo. The game caters to a myriad of play styles, including the ability to turtle, by offering players the ability to construct impenetrable walls, dominate from strategic outposts—or become the Goo and overrun your enemies.
Set during the Dark Ages against a background of famine, disease, and war, a new power of steppe warriors rises in the East that threatens to overrun the fallen kingdoms of the classical world. The warrior king approaches, and he has his sights set on conquering Rome. Planetary Annihilation can be best described as the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation. Within the game, players can colonize solar systems, lay waste to entire planets, and crush their foes in epic battles with multiple players and thousands of units in the field.
The game is made even bigger with the release of the Titans expansion pack. It features a huge single-player campaign, cooperative play and a host of standalone expansions allowing players to go head to head in cooperative online mode. Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis is the game that started it all.
As the patron of your house, you commanded armies to march across the face of Arrakis to conquer the flow of spice—for he who controls the spice, controls the universe.
Warzone was set in the aftermath of a technological apocalypse that left humanity in tatters. You play one of the remaining human factions who attempts to reunite the survivors and bring peace to the wasteland, and discover the cause of the apocalypse.
Although it played very much like every other RTS on the market at the time, it contained a persistent single-player campaign that allowed you to salvage the technology of enemy units to incorporate into your own armies and use as an edge against enemies.
The definitive edition of the game is exactly as it sounds. Impressive for a game that launched over 20 years ago. Rather than commanding huge swathes of infantry and gradually building a force to overwhelm the enemy, you start with nought but a central squad of valiant Space Marines to gun, slash, and melt your way through hordes of alien adversaries.
And those few Space Marines are all you need. Weapons, armour, abilities, and more can be discovered, upgraded and specialised across a non-linear campaign that explores the depths of slimy wastelands and the decaying core of industrial cities, and formidable squad customisation mechanics allows you to consistently switch up your methods of play.
Make strong use of cover and bottlenecks to rain hellfire upon the hordes of Orks and Eldar beelining your units, and plan defensive positions, while drawing upon potent special abilities to lay waste on the field.
Above all, Dawn of War 2 is perhaps the best digital recreation of the Warhammer 40K tabletop game. Its emphasis on unit customisation and squad management better simulates the tabletop mechanics than any base-building would, and relentless violence and gore adequately recreate the exaggerated, exultant action of the Warhammer universe. Charting a hypothetical Soviet invasion of the US, Red Alert 2 hands you control of both nations to defend the superpowers with cartoonish ideological fervour and missile-armed zeppelins.
Every nation, every character, and every unit presented across the campaign is an obtuse caricature of its real-life counterpart. What starts as a slightly drab, sincere take on heated Cold War tensions, quickly develops into a silly pastiche of overzealous superpower struggles. All of these theatrics are made even better by FMV cutscenes pre-recorded videos of real-life, non-CGI, full-flesh actors played between missions.
The crazed Soviet scientist Yuri and the hot-headed American commando Tanya are loving imitations of the best and worst 80s B-movie characters. And the gameplay is a joy to behold. Skirmishing across carefully-constructed maps to fulfil varied objectives, regularly unlocking new units, and facing additional enemy threats at a consistent pace keeps things fresh.
In a refreshing shake-up, Shadow Tactics brings real-time strategy to the deadly stealth of Feudal Japan. Small in scale but grand in ambition, Shadow Tactics sumptuously marries stealth with strategy, as you leverage the disparate abilities and skills of your team to knock out guards and run around sentries.
But be careful not to draw too much attention. Paced stealth is the key here, encouraging well-thought battleplans rather than rushed violence. The game verges on a stealth puzzler at times, challenging you to most elegantly and swiftly overcome linear challenges and choose from the wealth of possible solutions available.
Distract enemies and sneak past camouflaged, pick off opponents from a distance using expert marksmanship, or go in for the killing strike, carefully lining up your targets to dance between, in the illustrious rhythm of death.
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