Far Cry 2 was one of the most expected games this holiday season, promising to bring back the same great shooter experience as well as the fabulous graphics and highly detailed world of the first title. Ubisoft heavily marketed this game and said that ...

Solid Gameplay, Engaging story, Innovative concept

A bit repetitive

The story is very different from that of the first game, as you aren't just some ex-marine who gets stranded on a tropical island where a crazy scientist made a lot of experiments on various animals. One of the main features of the game is the fact ...

The horror survival game genre is a pretty interesting one, with the likes of Resident Evil or Doom becoming the benchmark that other titles need to match. That being said, it's pretty hard for a new game to bring innovation, especially in the very ...

Unique combat, Engaging story, Horror atmosphere

No multiplayer

Part of the game developer's new "quality over quantity" design philosophy, Dead Space, the creation of the EA Redwood Shores studio, manages to get the most out of a pretty dull setting and scenario. If you want to experience the complete package ...

Engaging, One more turn syndrome, Varied

Kudos 2 is an indie effort, created by Positech Games and distributed digitally. It's small, it has no DRM and sports a great extended demo which pretty much shows what the game can offer an interested gamer. You can play it for six hours at a time or ...

It's a very tough market for World War II-based shooters nowadays. The huge number of games that have their action placed in the historical conflict saturated users, who have now come to reject anything remotely based on the legendary war. That is why ...

Very interesting story, Historically accurate

Very repetitive, Bad Squad AI

But every once in a while, a WWII-based shooter comes along and offers quite an interesting experience that puts critics and analysts to silence. Some of the more appreciated WWII franchises, like Call of Duty, Medal of Honor or Brothers in Arms, have ...

Nostalgia factor, Replay value, Varied strategies

At times, feels like a mod

All the above can happen in just a turn of Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization. Sure, you need a bit of imagination to turn the movements of the characters on the screen into such detailed narrative, but it's really all there. The game manages ...

Interesting gameplay, Enjoyable lead character, Lots of drivable vehicles

Clichĩ gameplay

a parallel side story to the first game. Based on a very tweaked and optimized version of the CryEngine 2, it delivers the same stunning beauty from the first game without the absurdly high system requirements. It offers a pretty entertaining gaming ...

Cool destructible environments, Interesting squad interaction, Diverse gameplay

Respawn mechanics might turn some people away

The first Battlefield games, as developed by DICE, were pretty much multiplayer affairs, very well suited for matches which employed well rehearsed team tactics. After Battlefield 2142 was launched, DICE quietly began working on Battlefield: Bad ...