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I’ve not reviewed the first two expansion packs for The Sims 3, but here’s a review for the third, Late Night. Is it a hard-partier, or should you give it an early bed time?
There’s just something entertaining about the premise here: take your sim around a new, big-city neighborhood to party late, hit the bars, and start up a band. If only there was a Sims 2: University-like option to throw them in college, this would be perfect. Let’s tackle each of the primary goals, one at a time.
It’s hard to review online games since they’re always in flux, but we’re going to try anyway. League of Legends is a fairly ambitious riff on the DOTA formula but does it hold up as a full game of it’s own?
League of Legends is based on the highly popular Warcraft 3 mod Defense of the Ancients, itself a unique take on tower defense games. League of Legends and Defense of the Ancients’ gameplay style has spurred a new genre, the multiplayer online battle arena, or MOBA. Some people aren’t fond of the name, but then again many people scoffed at the term ‘massively multiplayer’ once upon a time – and we see how that went.
Dragon Age 2 continues to impress, so here’s my latest preview.
My expedition into the Deep Roads was a blast. I spent so long getting ready for it that I was afraid it would disappoint but it didn’t. The action was frenetic in some of the battles and the story was strong.
I, for one, hated Two Worlds. It was just stale, bland, and so stiff that I was bored every second I played it. However, the features promoted in the sequel were just too much to turn down. The game turned out to be better then I expected, and is now one of my favorite games.
The premise is trite and the ‘escape from capture’ storyline has been done to death. I really wish fantasy game writers would give us some other excuse for having an item-less nobody to start the game with. It’s once you’re past that, however, that the game opens up. Once you’re free of the constant cut scenes and nonstop hand-holding, you find a massive world, just begging for exploration. Said world is gorgeous and just begs for you to see every inch of it.
Since I was a fan of Fallout 3, it was kind of predetermined that I would probably enjoy New Vegas – and enjoy it I did, but is there enough new here to make returning to the post apocalyptic world worth your time? Continue reading
I played the hell out of the original Fable, both on the Xbox and PC. In fact, my originalFable review was the first ever for e-AAGH.net. Fable 2 didn’t strike the same chord, unfortunately. I just couldn’t get into the game in any way, shape or form. Now, having put many, many hours into Fable 3, we’re going to find out which predecessor it veers closer to.
When I reviewed The Guild 2 back in 2007, I talked about playing it in spite of its myriad flaws. The game was fun and unique but had some serious technical issues, such as all human characters turning into cows from the waist down. Three years later, I’m not as easily dissuaded from poking at a game’s faults. That comes into play here because despite the fact that the game can still be fun, Renaissance may be worse off, technically, then The Guild 2.
I never got bit by the Diablo bug. Lord knows, I tried. I played it and it’s sequel, but was never (un?)fortunate enough to get hooked. I obviously recognize their place in gaming lore, but they themselves never grabbed my attention.