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Sacrifice
Review (PC) |
November
17, 2000 |
Surreal
scenery, bizarre creatures and cool spells all add up to big fun in
the unique and funny Sacrifice.
You'll need serious horsepower to run it, but the payoff is worth
it. Big, beautiful, and outstanding multiplayer as well--get the
goods here. |
RealMYST
Review (PC) |
Do
you remember where you were the first time you heard of Myst? The
10 million unit classic from the brothers Miller gets a shiny 3D
engine and a new Age to boot in this re-release from Cyan. The
textures are to die for; read on to get the full story of RealMYST. |
Weekly
Gaming News |
Tomb
Raider Chronicles released, Sony's Superbowl party, a Savage gaming
engine, Konami's PS2 two-fer, patching for C&C Red
Alert 2 and more in this
weeks gaming news. |
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Combat
Flight Simulator 2 Review (PC) |
November 16, 2000 |
In a year
notable for its lack of flight sims, Microsoft's already released two big ones--the
fun-but-unrealistic Crimson Skies and now Combat Flight Simulator 2, a hardcore sim that
allows you to refight the epic battles of WWI in the Pacific. |
Big Mountain 2000 Review (N64) |
The
two-plankers and the knuckle draggers have historically divided the mountain. No skiers
allowed in the pipe, and no boarders on the
slalom course. Southpeak is doing what they can to ameliorate this division, starting with
a fairly middle-of-the-road title for the N64, Big
Mountain 2000, in which you can don the skis or the board. It's not much new if you're
a snowboarding game afficianado, but it might tickle your skier buddies. Check it out. |
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Lorne
Lanning Speaks! All Hail Oddworld! |
November 15, 2000 |
As you all
know, or should know by now, Munch's Oddysee
has been pulled from PS2 and will be released exclusively on the XBox. You can read that release here. To address the
situation, Lorne Lanning gave an online chat about the future of the Oddworld hosted
by Planet Xbox. You can get
the full transcript on Planet Xbox. Also, check out this new movie the Inhabitants
kicked us down (must see!), and revisit our interview with Lorne Lanning. |
Links LS 2001 Review (PC) |
A perennial favorite at
GamesFirst!, the Links franchise has never failed to please (at least not in its
un-extreme interations), and we had high hopes for Links
LS 2001. With a new graphics rendering engine, more pros, new courses and a
fancy new course editor, there was a lot to look forward to. Read here to see if it's a hole-in-one or if
it just teed us off. |
RPG Maker Review (PSX) |
If you can
dream it, you can play it. Build it and they will play. Those are the two cheesiest ways I
can sum up RPG Maker, a game that just
begs for high cheese factors. Write, draw, and create every little aspect of your very own
RPG. My idea: Review Editor must beat down the slackful writer and must suck up to the
finicky PR firm, fighting slimy hakorz and fending off mean emails, lest his website fall
under the crush of "Market Tendencies," the plague taking out every other
content-oriented site. Scary, huh? Read
all about it here. |
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Zeus:
Master of Olympus Review (PC) |
November 14, 2000 |
Sim
City 3K? Ha. Anyone can build a city if they've got some plumbing and a SWAT team. For a
real challenge, try Zeus: Master of Olympus. The
gods themselves have got it in for you in this, the latest and best of Impression's city
builder series. |
Hologram Time Traveller Review (PSX2, DVD) |
Digital Leisure brings us another blast from the
past. Do you remember that phenomenal Sega arcade game, Hologram Time Traveller? It played
like Dragon's Lair, but it looked like tiny people acting out a bizarre play in
the middle of the arcade. It blew my little mind. This time around it's available for play
on DVD-ROM, most standard DVD players, and the PS2. How is it? Well, check out the review
here.
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Time
Splitters Review (PS2) |
November 13, 2000 |
Fans of
Perfect Dark and Goldeneye may be a little more content with Eidos' entry into the FPS
battlefield on PS2. Time
Splitters lacks the gore of Quake or UT, and the single-player mode of PD or
Goldeneye, but manages to be a whole crapload of fun anyway. With killer graphics, lots of
weapons (including proximity mines!), and a map editor, this one won't get old any time
soon. Check out the review here. |
Blair Witch Vol. 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock Review (PC) |
Gathering of Developers
fleshes out the Blair Witch mythos with Blair Witch
Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock. Our man Van says that while it looks and sounds
good, there are also some terrible, terrible, things happening in the woods outside
Burkittsville, Maryland. Do you dare lay down your $30? Read
on. |
Contests, Releases, and Naughty Fighting Games |
It's another week here, and we're glad to
kick it off with some good news. We've announced our first batch of contest winners on the
Contests Page, so check it out. We've also put a copy
of Close Combat: Invasion Normandy for the PC up for
grabs. And to address some implied concerns: Yes, you do have to get all the answers right
in order to win. Just check out the review -- all the facts are in there. It's a big week,
what with Shenmue
already making our thumbs cramp and FFIX due
out tomorrow. And to make things a little prettier on the front page this week, Tecmo sent
us this ad they recently ran in Maxim. Get
a bigger version here. |
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