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Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Adventure, Real Time Strategy
ERSB Rating: E
Our rating: 5.5 of 10
Description: Upon returning from crashing on the Pikmin planet, you find that the company you work for has gone bankrupt. Olimar’s boss sends him along with Louie, another employee, back to the Pikmin planet to find treasures and earn 10,000 Pokos (their currency) to save the company. Pikmin 2 also introduces two new kinds of Pikmin, the purple Pikmin which are ten times stronger than regular Pikmin, but are slower, and white Pikmin, which aren’t as strong, but are resistant to poison and really fast.
Pros: Two new kinds of Pikmin, another control person to help manage, less restrictive feel to game play.
Cons: Can only have 100 Pikmin between Olimar and Louie, takes a while before you can get a map, messages between days get annoying.
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Adventure, Real Time Strategy
ESRB Rating: E
Our rating: 4.5 of 10
Description: Play as Captain Olimar, a space craft pilot, on vacation when your ship is struck by an asteroid. You crash land on a mysterious, uncharted planet where you discover Pikmin and realize their potential. During your limited time (30 days of life support) you must recover at least 25 of the 30 parts scattered over the Pikmin world.
Pros: Good graphics for it’s time, easy to learn, ability to multi-task makes for less micro management.
Cons: Can only have 100 Pikmin with you at once which makes the more difficult bosses hard to beat, short days means that it’s hard to run around and do everything, hard to select a complete group of the same color.
Publisher: EA Games
Genre: RTS
ESRB: T
Our rating: 8.5 of 10
Decription: Become th USA, China or the Terrorists to build your army and fight to win it all
Pros: Great Graphics, Realistic warfare, Every army has it’s own units
Cons: unlimited supplies, some units are too strong, Super weapons too easy to get
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: sport
ESRB: E
Our rating: 7.5 of 10
Description: Choose a nintendo character and play tennis
Pros: Good graphics, Easy to learn, Lots of courts to play on and lot of characters to use
Cons: No special powers, Characters get favored, No specialty rackets
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Fighting
ESRB: E
Our rating: 8 of 10
Decription: Choosse a chracters from other Nintendo heroes
Pros: Easy to learn, Good graphics for it’s time, Unlockable Worlds and characters
Cons: Characters get favored, slow falling, Hard to recover whne characters are camping
Publisher: Vavle Software
Genre: FPS
ESRB: T
Our Rating: 7.5 of 10
Decription: destroy the infestation of aliens
Pros: Great weapon choice, Great story line, enemys are cool they range from the army to giant alien fish to huge flamethrwoing handed giant aliens
Cons: Out of date game, lots of the same guys attacking you from the same type of areas, too long
Publisher: Lucas Arts
Genre: TPS
ESRB: T
Our Rating 6.5 of 10
Decription: Complete all misions to defeat the Sith
Pros: Good story line, Good weapons, Cool opponents
Cons: Graphices out of date, Movement slow, Very Repetitive
Publisher: THQ
Genre: Sport
ESRB: T
Our RAting 9 of 10
Decription: Choose a chracter and wrestle your way too the main event
Pros: Real life wrestlers and moves, great story mode, Difficulty is good
Cons: Computer gets favored, Hard to maintain a reputaion, too long to unlock everything
Publisher: Bunfie
Genre: FPS
ESRB: T
Our Rating 10 of 10
Desrciption: shoot to kill all
Pros: Improved weapons, Specialized weapons, Allowed to play as govermanet or marine
Cons: Same type of story line as halo
Publisher: Bungie
Genre: FPS
ESRB: T
Our Rating: 8 of 10
Decrption: Kill all aliens
Pros: Well developed story line, Great weapon choice, Futuristic weapon characteristics
Cons: Weapons too flashy for war zone, Not big enough weapon selection, have to pay to play online
Publisher: Activision
Genre: FPS
ESRB: T
Our Rating: 6 of 10
Decription: Get a weapon and kill all them aliens before they kill you
Pros: Good graphics, Scary, Well rounded weapon choice
Cons: Confusinf layout, Flash does more damage than a gun, Scary
Publisher: Harmonix and RED Octane
Genre: Music
ESRB: E
Our Rating: 8.5 of 10
Decription: Play your heart and soul out
Pros: Great song list, Alot of popular songs, Great multi player
Cons: Very repetitive, get really annoying after awhile
Publisher: Blizzard ENT.
Genre: RTS
ESRB: T
Our Ratinmg : 7 of 10
Decription: The same as starcraft
Pros: New units from original, improved online play, further campain
Cons: old for the series, only control 12 units at one time, Takes too long to get upgraded
Publisher: Bilzzard ENT.
Genre: RTS
ESRB: T
Our Rating: 7 of 10
Decription: Build your army to win the war
Pros: easy to learn, good selection of units, accurate of future combat
Cons: 200 population limit rewquires alot of supply buildings, Alot of micro managment, No healing units
Publisher: Namco
Genre: Fighting
ESRB: T
Our Rating: 7 of 10
Decription: Choose a chracter fight till you win it all
Pros: Custimizable characters and weapons, pratical infinite move list
Cons: Repetitive and soem combos are hard to understand
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Sport
ESRB: E
Our Rating: 8 of 10
Decription: Dig up the ball set up the attack and bam smash the ball down the opponents thraot just like in real beach volleyball.
Pros: Perfect pass everytime, Has all kind of attacks, Reffing fair
Cons: Computer never makes a mistake, very basic graphics, Computer is too lucky
Publisher: Fish Tank Interactive
Genre: Tycoon
ESRB: E
Our Rating: 7 of 10
Description: Take a small car company build it up to a major car supplier by upgrading makes and models buying factories, dealerships, or garages
Pros: Missions or open play, Hundreds of vehicle combinations, Lots of customization
Cons Can’t buy buildings from competitors, Limited stock market, Property buying is very limited
Publisher: Firefly Studio
Genre: RTS
ESRB: E
Our Rating: 7 of 10
Decription: Hold yur ground and fight your way to win it all.
Pros: Easy to learn, Limitless army population, pup is amazing
Cons: outdated graphics, Resource gathering is slow, bugs are not fixed
Publisher: EA Games
Genre: FPS
ESRB: T
Our rating: 8.0 of 10
Description: Grab yur weapon and shoot the enemy till victory is yours
Pros: Huge map selection, Huge maps, Fully interactive Vehicles
Cons:Unrealistic weapon damage, inaccurate weapon selection, all classes gain a parachute
Publisher: EA Games
Genre: First person Shooter
ESRB: T
Our Rating: 8.0 of 10
Decription: GRab your gun and shoot anyone that stands in your way of victory
Pros: Fast action gameplay, No manditory tutorials, wide range battlefields
Cons: Outdated Graphics, Movement sluggish, Not enough weapons
Publisher: Terminal Realty
Genre: Racing Sport
ESRB: E
Our Rating: 5.0 of 10
Decription: Pick a truck and race for money to upgrade your truck buty a new won and win the champions race.
Pros: Variety of trucks, Diffrent kinds of race tracks, Realistic upgrades
Conc: Unrealistic accidents, No noss, Exspesive upgrades
Publisher: THQ
Genre: Sport
ESRB: T
Our Rating: 7.0 of 10
Decription: Pick a wrestler and fight your way to the main event at wrestlemania
Pros: Unlockable characters, Realife Wrestler Names and moves
Cons: Unrealistic graphic transition, Not able to og tho other areas of the arena,And the chairman gives u a kick in the pants all the time
Publisher: Lucas Arts, Totally Games
Genre: Combat Flight Simulator
ESRB Rating: Teen
Our rating: 5.2 of 10
Description: Fly, flip and roll your way over the skies of Normandy to the islands of the Pacific in your mission to defeat the Axis as part of the Battlehawks squadron.
Pros: Large selection of aircraft, easy to learn, bonus missions give great rewards such as new upgrades and aircraft.
Cons: Unrealistic storyline, unrealistic aircraft reactions, unrealistic weapons damage to aircraft.
Publisher: Valve Software
Genre: First Person Shooter
ESRB Rating: Teen
Our rating: 8.9 of 10
Description: Day of Defeat: Source puts you in the middle of the late war struggle between the U.S Army and the Wehrmacht. Players wage war over dozens of stock maps and can create their own for even more intense combat senarios.
Pros: Pre-set kits means no long buying process, respawn doesn’t take ages, weapons are realistic.
Cons: Limited number of grenades means you run out fast, limits classes to certain positions based on weapon specializations, can always be snuck up on.
Publisher: Avalanche Software
Genre: Third Person Shooter
ESRB Rating: Teen
Description: Play as a gangster trying to shake his gang for family life while his old friend tries to kill him.
Pros: Good use of shaders.
Cons: Horrible character skins and voices, unrealistic weapons damage.
Publisher: Microsoft Games
Genre: Real Time Strategy
ESRB: Everyone
Description: Advance through time as your favourite civilization from the… dark Dark Ages to the amazing Imperial Ages.
Pros: All armies are of similar strengths, different ages have special improvements, land and naval units.
Cons: No army specializes in anything, very low population limit, slow to advance.
Publisher: EA Sports
Genre: Sports
ESRB: Teen
Description: Football without rules or boundaries. Make your dream team and take them to the top or just play a quick game as your favourite team. It is all up to you.
Pros: Intense and fast game play, fun gamebreaker ability, less like NFL and more like street ball.
Cons: Repetitive, simple game play can get tiring, lack of plays to choose from.
Publisher: EA Games
Genre: First Person Shooter
ESRB: Teen
Our rating: 7.8 of 10
Description: A SpecOPs agent is about to be court marshaled for disobeying orders. Directly disobeying his superiors orders; however, brings him across a secretive black market.
Pros: Great graphics and shader support (2.1), realistic warfare, crazily destructive environments, plenty of explosions.
Cons: Controls take a while to get used to, joystick sensitivity is low at default and can be hard to find a suitable setting, lack of weapons, enemies can be a pain to kill.
Publisher: EA Games
Genre: First Person Shooter
ERSB Rating: Teen
Our rating: 7.6 of 10
Description: Medal of Honor: Frontline sends the player into the heat of battle from the beaches of Normandy to the top secret research facilities deep in the heart of Germany.
Pros: Large selection of Allied and Axis weaponry, weapon damage accurate, NPCs have realistic line of sight.
Cons: Crosshair doesn’t show recoil effect, guns all sound similar, graphics are outdated for a newer game.
Publisher: Lucas Arts/Pandemic
Genre: First or Third Person Shooter
ERSB Rating: Teen
Our rating: 8.0 of 10
Description: Starwars Battlefront brings the thrill of Starwars into your television as you fight the Empire or Rebels in a galactic struggle.
Pros: Large selection of maps from all of the movies, interactive and usable vehicles, adequate selection of weapons assigned to different classes.
Cons: Hard to see HUD in splitscreen multiplayer, odd camera angles in third person, fuzzy looking lighting effects.
Publisher: Firaxis Games, 2K Games
Genre: Turn Based Strategy
ERSB Rating: E 10+
Our rating: 8.0 of 10
Description: Civilizations 4 is one of the few games that makes everyone stop and look at what can be created given enough time. In Civilizations 4, the player controls a single upstart civilization and guides it though the different stages of history – from the stone age to the modern era. While playing, the player has to interact not only with the landscape but also with other civilizations. Trade and border sharing is an important part of the whole game from start to finish.
Pros: In depth game play, huge selection of units, accurate damage based on unit types (e.g. a swordsman has no chance against a tank.)
Cons: Hard for non-gaming computers to run, less interesting over a period of time, some units are missing from other Civ series games
Publisher: EA Games
Genre: Sport
ESRB Rating: E
Our Rating: 9.5 of 10
Description: Pick a starter car and race till u win it all by up[grading your car and buying new ones.
Pros: Realistic upgrades, Awsome customization abilities for your car, Great variety of cars
Cons: Very Repetitive, Some races are just too long, Unrealistic for certain makes of cars
Publisher: EA Sports
Genre: Sport
ESRB Rating: E
Our Rating: 8.0 of 10
Descricption: NHL 2004 is like any other hockey game players get the puck and score goals to fight there way to victory. Theres alot of repetition and stars hogging the puck, goons fighting and all players getting penalties.
Pros:The best part of this games is the online feature. Many different ways to play online either has the whole team your self, a player per position, create your team and go all the way as GM for 20 years.
Cons:Very one sided when penalties are handed out and certain players get picked on
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Genre: MMORPG
ESRB Rating: T
Our rating: 7.5 of 10
Description: World of Warcraft is one of those few MMOs that comes around and is here to stay. For a monthly fee, players can experience a world full of danger and endless mystery…until you get bored of it that is. The game has a feel of repetition after about 2 hours of playing effectively and the monster skins are very similar throughout the whole world regardless of name or level. Though it has its faults, World or Warcraft has an appeal that many people enjoy… the fact that there are 8 million people paying to play seems to re-enforce that statement.
Pros: Large online world with lots of player interaction, Auction House makes inter-player trading easy, thousands of different items allows for many different use combinations.
Cons: Resource gathering is difficult when many people are doing the same thing, the game gets repetitive at higher levels, sometimes hard to find good groups when doing dungeons at lower levels.
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