At first, I was really enjoying this First Person Sci-fi shooter but as time goes by… every level and difficulty is getting kind of crazy. The enemy AI is getting pretty annoying especially on that part where you faces tons of flying bugs. it’s quite impossible to get myself out of that level… so hard, i want to crash that DVD game to bits. but don’t get me wrong, there are some good sides to this game.

Turok uses the Unreal 2.5 engine so expect an eye candy graphics here. Weapons are cool and the story will suck you in. but the gameplay and annoying difficulty might turn off some FPS fanatics out there.

Turok is worth the price for a sale bin ( around $6 up ), but buying this game in full retail will be such a waste for your wallet.

Graphics:
I’m really not impressed on how Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway rendered. Graphics are quite outdated compared to Call of Duty World at War. Cut-scenes are dull plus the facial structures are quite funny.

Sounds and Gore Factor:
Sounds are great, Gunshots and Explosions are mixed very well. Blood splatter and Camera Actions works very well, you can see blood squirting out of your enemy’s head mixed with Slow Motion Effects.
Overall Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway is a decent game, but not good enough to compete with Call of Duty.

The story is focused on Altair, the legendary and top assassin in the Creed. Your mission is to eliminate corrupt officials and help the helpless… cheesy but it feels very rewarding to finish each missions, including side missions too.

Graphics is outstanding, well detailed environment and characters. 3D rendering and textures looks incredible especially in 1080p High Definition TV sets.

Gameplay – Assassin’s Creed is an Open-World action game, you can kill anyone you like, throw knives, torture people, ride horses, etc… You can run over walls, run on top of buildings and jump from high towers. Assassin’s creed is very fun to play especially with those tons of achievement points.

Overall, Assassin’s Creed is a very well refined game, there are some glitches but nothing annoying.

Splinter Cell Conviction

I got excited about the new Splinter Cell game exclusive for Xbox 360 and the PC. I downloaded Splinter Cell: Conviction Demo a few days ago and my first impression was DAMN!! This is what an Espionage game should be. Splinter Cell: Conviction captures what is really like to be a Stealth One-Man-Army agent. Controls are easy to execute especially that Killshot/Headshot move.

Splinter Cell Conviction screenshot

Graphics are superb thanks to Unreal Engine. Music, Sounds and even the dialogues were presented flawlessly. Keep in mind that this is just my review for the Demo game, let’s wait and keep our fingers crossed until the full game comes out. I would expect no less from the team from Tom Clancy games, Ubisoft and of course our very own hero SAM FISHER.

Try Splinter Cell: Conviction today and see what i’m babbling about. Just make sure you are an Xbox Live Gold Member

Let see if Sam Fisher can Bring Down Solid Snake

FarCry 2

Have you ever played Crytek’s Original Far Cry? those sci-fi stuff and all? Well Far Cry 1 has definitely nothing to do with Far Cry 2. Let’s talk about the specs and engines first.

Far Cry 1 uses the gut-wrecking Crytek Engine, the era of Pentium 4 was totally abused by Crytek Engine but in return, Far Cry players experienced Eye-popping visuals that looks incredible until now even with the next-gen Graphic Engine Technologies.

Snipy Snipy!!

Years have passed and Far Cry 2 was born, this time it uses the all new DUNIA Engine. A state-of-the-art graphics engine where all physics can be seen and interactively play with it. You can destroy almost everything and create incredible Forest Fires, well actually Fire Art is the main attraction of DUNIA Engine. With all that great features, DUNIA does not eat up much resources as much Crytek Engine 2, you can run Far Cry 2 in a medium-high spec machine and the Xbox360 is by far the crispiest version of all.

The Story:

Like i said Far Cry 2 has nothing to do with the first Far Cry. While Far Cry 1 focuses on aliens and other Sci-fi Stuff, Far Cry 2 focuses on a realistic story. The storyline revolves around africa, politics, rebels and the Jackal (the main antagonist in the game, well sort of…)

You can play with more guns such as MP5, Carbines, RPG’s, Makarovs, ETC…. if you love guns, Far Cry 2 is your game. It’s an inceredible open-world First Person Shooter, play it in anyway you want, kill the enemies at night for stealth tactics or kill them upfront on daylight for maximum fire power.

The Bad Side: the in-game map is around 50sq km. it’s very tedious to drive around to do some missions.

Tom Clancy's Endwar

A perfect reason to talk to yourself!

The Evolution of Real-Time Strategy!

As Video Game progresses, so as the style of playing it. Real-Time Strategies before were simple Click, Build and Destroy. Then it progressed from that to Unit upgrades and so on.
Then Ubisoft created another evolution of RTS gaming, Tom Clancy’s Endwar. A new type of approach in Strategy. You are required to used Microphones/Headsets to complete your mission. There is no click and build in Endwar just plain Resource points and Controllable units such as Attack Helicopters, Missile Artillery, Tanks and Different types of soldiers at your disposal. You have to command your units thru a Voice Command system. Like in real life military tactics, you tell your men what to do and who to kill via Voice Command. You can perfect your english diction in Endwar because you have to properly say the commands to each unit like “Unit 1, Attack Hostile 3″ and then if said properly, Unit 1 will follow it accurately, kinda makes a player powerful you know.
The gameplay itself is just a Paper-Rock-Scissors system, each unit has a vital weakness, kinda boring actually but it doesn’t kill off the game easily. Graphics are good but not great, Visual art is quite dull if compared to such games as Command & Conquer Tiberium Wars and World in Conflict. Blanded colors can turn you off.

Story? What story? There’s a Story?
uhh, The book was good, intense story and all but are you sure the game has a story? The game story is quite messed up to be honest. It has the same characters from the book but the story isn’t anywhere near it. Believe me if you’re into story telling, Endwar will suck at it big time.