The setting is an alternate history of the U.S.A. The actors are costumed vigilantes. Their personal lives and struggles as well as their adventures make up this game. You can play alone or in co-op. The playable characters are Nite Owl and Rorschach. The streets see crime and terror on the loose. Criminals and brutal gangs are everywhere.

Underboss is out of prison and ruling the dark world of crime. Rorschach is a street smart fighter. He disarms enemies and uses their own weapons against them. Nite Owl uses both the ancient martial arts as well as high tech wizardry to defeat his opponents.

The game has six chapters of great action. Dolby Digital and HDTV1080i is supported in the game. In part two the mission is to track a missing girl which brings them face to face with the mysterious Twilight Lady. This is a fun game and in many ways, different.

There are ideational errors in the creation of this game. The good aspects are eclipsed by other ideas…like a group project gone wrong. Although the bionic arm is fun, it can’t carry the game to the level of real enjoyment.

The encounters with enemies are lifeless because of the crummy weapons. You can die quick. Mediocre entertainment at its mediocre best is all I can say for this game. Apart from bare hand/leg maneouvres this game is no fun.

Nathan Spencer is not a highly likeable protagonist. He is a stumbling block of the story instead. There is multiplayer support for up to 10 people. Bionic Commando from Capcom costts $56.99. If you are a die hard fan of the original game go for it. Otherwise there are many other great games out there.

The game begins with you as a newcomer as the new band on the scene. Progressing in the game leads to unlocking of bonus features. The audio quality of the Metallica songs is the best there is. Their latest album Death Magnetic can also be played to.

As you progress from Beginner to Expert you will relish the excitement of playing Metallica. Going on tour, you will play small and large venues. Multiplayer is fun as usual and with friends and family, Guitar Hero Metallica is going to be a great hit. There are interesting Metallica specific powers – Fade to Black fades out your opponents notes and Trapped Under Ice freezes the whammy.

You can also create your own music and upload and share the musci through the GHTunes service. For $59.99 get your own Guitar Hero Metallica for the PS3!

These military companies are basically Liquids private army – you will have to battle them. You also discover that Liquids operations stem from the Middle East. Snake is given a contract on Liquid. You need to meet informants tracking Liquids movements. For this you need to go around a number of streets.

MGS4 is different from the earlier version in the shooting controls. Snake can’t fire from the hip. You can’t kill enemies on the run. However the way enemies go down – like rag dolls is a tad satisfying. There is a stress indicator as well = expressed as a percentage. The close quarters combat is enhanced in this game.

The guns you fight with include rifles, submachine guns, pistols, sniper rifles and the antitank javelin weapon. This game has a lot of extras. Recommended for action fans.

The presentation of this game is brilliant. The new modes and features are flagged in the games menu, making access easy. You get points based on how good you are to the team. The maneouvering involves passing, tackling and scoring goals. The focus is on team performance rather than solo performance.

The L2 button and the analog sticks give you a lot of power. Other than the Be-a-Pro mode there are many other ways to play. You can practice with the kick off mode. With so many tournaments in the offline and online modes of the game, you can take this game up as a long term challenge.

You can control your favorite team in the interactive leagues online. There are so many modes of gameplay in this game that it gives you great value for money. With difficulty levels the game progresses slower than last years version.

Although this new version is better than all the previous versions, Pro Evolution Soccer has more responsiveness in the players. The majority of the game relies on basic moves.

However with great overall presentation, authenticity, a fantastic sountrack and great graphics, this game comes well recommended.

The visuals are attractive and bright. You get to play a mercenary amidst a world wide terrorist organization that is dumb enough to give all its operatives the same neck tattoo. How cliched can you get!

However this game is not lateral at all. It is completely linear. There are many flaws in the game. If you die you need to restart the game from the last checkpoint. This makes the game pretty frustrating.

Bad AI adds to make this game pretty boring. The weapons hardly recoil. Although the good part of the game is that the weapons are pretty effective. The visuals are quite similar to the earlier games. If you want to see separated body parts less often, then you can choose a low violence option in the game.

I liked the music although I did not like the rest of the audio. The voice acting is off mark. Since so many great first person shooters have been released this year, I will not recommend this one. Soldier of Fortune: Payback is for those who want blood, gore and (sigh) frustration.

With some nice additions to last year’s model, hoop fans will find plenty to keep them busy.
One aspect taken from 2K7 is the 6th Man Advantage and it still needs some work. Crowd reaction seems random when one score elicits thunderous applause and the next score does not raise crowd noise at all.
The biggest improvement is the Play Designer function that allows the more knowledgeable and adventurous among us to make our own play sets and defensive alignments. This creates so much more variety that College Hoops 2K8 takes on a complexity not seen before in a sports games.
By supplying a Tutorial mode, the publisher helps you work on some of the fundamental controller moves and helps you focus on skills you might otherwise ignore.
The All-American Challenge comprises fourteen drills that are designed to test you skill level and thereby improve your stats and you players’ games.
College Hoops 2K8 offers decent graphics but the action is not always as smooth as you would like. On the audio end, the music fits well but the commentary timing seems off and rather generic.
The title is a good addition to the dedicated gamer/hoop fan who merely wants to get psyched for the upcoming tournament. Online tournament play is available and promises more competition.

Well, perhaps he hoped that the literary arena would find interest but he would be pleased that the computer age has taken on Conan and done so with panache.

After a short exposition concerning an evil wizard and a combative warrior queen, Conan’s jaunt through dank, musty caves, white-capped mountains, and rubble-strewn cities begins in earnest. As Conan meets squads of enemies, his single sword gets proliferates as he skewers more and more opponents. Weaponry accrues to him as he works his way through a thoroughly convincing world that Howard would readily recognize.

The fighting makes up the strength of this game as Conan’s skills grow and diversify. You will need to change your approach as the enemies learn to parry your moves as you repeat a particular maneuver. The big difference is the level of gore. Conan pulls arrows right out of his body and continues to disembowel and otherwise disfigure the onslaught of warriors sent at him. Very impressive.

You will have some issues with the repetitive audio track, although the music fits the action nicely. The actor, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), voices Conan but sounds a bit too cultured to be a barbarian. Some of the gratuitous flesh will make you wince but overall, Conan is a worthwhile investment, even if the adventure times in on the short side.

However, the game play does not stray far from the standard first person shooter, straight ahead movement, sitting duck targets you can find in many games.

Armed with an impressive panoramic march through time and space, Clive Barker’s Jericho comes equipped with what could be a compelling story about the Firstborn, God’s failed prototype for Man, and the vengeance it seeks for being banished to the Abyss. Jericho is a squad of seven, dispatched to a Middle Eastern city to block the release of the Firstborn into the world, and their back stories, if a bit hackneyed, at least inject a little interest into the game. Each of the seven has distinctive strengths and weaknesses, some paranormal and some physical. All of these qualities can be used to combat enemies who crop up everywhere but who don’t have enough mobility to get out of the way of an elderly bulldozer. The squad can split up into two sections but this doesn’t help in achieving the objective. Just aim and plunk away on your own.

An inordinate amount of time is spent resuscitating your comrades as they inevitably get wasted. If this is supposed to be a point and shoot game, why should you bother to keep bringing your squad members back to action?

Heads, guts, and limbs all splattered over the hallways and walls of the fight locations are enough to satisfy the visceral need for gore but Clive Barker’s Jericho needs more difficult game play to truly be a winner.