Many MMORPGs offer players the option to specialize their characters in various professions and Neverwinter is no stranger to this unwritten rule. However, it does come with something new, as each character can make use of all professions in the game. Each player can start a profession by hiring workers wh... [read more >>] I have already written an extensive preview of Cryptic Studios' Neverwinter MMORPG when it was still in beta, but things have changed since then. After several successful closed beta weekends over the course of a few months, Neverwinter has been soft-launched, thus it is now open for everyone to play.... [read more >>] I admit I only found about 60 of the voice recordings spread throughout the world of Columbia and that I only watched a little over a dozen of the kinescopes that Irrational Games had loaded with short films dealing with the history of the game world. I even managed to be one of those gamers who failed to ... [read more >>] Developers People Can Fly and Epic Games must be sure that all those who are playing Judgment are true fans of the franchise because the teams fail to offer any clear context for the adventure that players embark on whey they pick up the most recent Gears of War.
The opening cinematic sequence is impressiv... [read more >>] The biggest complaints against SimCity that Maxis does not seem to be addressing anytime soon are that the cities are too small to allow for meaningful development and that the mechanics are too obscure and deliver an illusion of simulation.So I took an older city builder with a slew of new updates out for ... [read more >>] I have managed to reach 50,000 residents in one SimCity parcel, something that seemed to be pretty much impossible when I first placed down my first zone and road a few days ago.
I was sure that the new Maxis game was too small for my expectations and that I would be forced to either enter a public region ... [read more >>] Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is a spectacle when it comes to single player, more like a television mini-series than a traditional real-time strategy series, although one that looks way better than what the likes of the Syfy channel could do with the same theme.
I haven’t finished the game yet, but... [read more >>] Other than the problems with the game servers, the biggest issue with SimCity is the limited space that each settlement offers, which introduces a sense of claustrophobia that many fans believe has no place in this series. I had played SimCity for about three hours before I was aware that I lacked space an... [read more >>] Looking at raw data has never felt so good in a SimCity game and the development team at Maxis should really try to kickstart academic uses for its game, which would make a great tool for those interested in urban development and organic city evolution.
In previous SimCity titles, I dreaded the moment whe... [read more >>] The new SimCity makes a very nice first impression, especially to a veteran PC player like me, because it allows me to press Escape in order to skip over the logos of publisher Electronic Arts and developer Maxis.
I can do the same in order to get over the cinematic intro and get to the actual game, which ... [read more >>] |