Alpha Blaze (Mac)

Advantages: Beautiful | Great story | Good variety
Disadvantages: Slight performance issues | Short

...an underground movement, IRIS, to investigate, which is where you come in. You play photojournalist Jade who lives a relatively uneventful life with her adoptive, half-pig, uncle Pey’J. However that life is shattered when she is sent on a mission set up by the IRIS Network. Soon she finds herself infiltrating the Alpha Section in a hope to uncover what really is going on and what they are hiding putting herself and her friends in danger. BG&E manages to combine some tried and tested gaming styles and import them into the game. It may borrow from other games but it manages to succeed in making them great to play and also make them feel they are part of the game and not just tacked on for variety. Stealth takes up the main bulk of the game, starting off fairly simple and soon posing greater threats for Jade. While going in guns blazing (or... Read review

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Advantages: Hours of fun - no two games the same!
Disadvantages: Not for those who want a quick game

...I love this game! Having previously owned both the original Civilization and Civilization II, it was only natural to progress to Civilization III. With so many gameplay options and ways to win (and lose!), no two games are ever the same. This game also supports multiplayer and play-by-email games. You start the game ready to build your first city, then build up your empire to rule the world - maybe by conquest, diplomacy or culturally, or be the first to land a spaceship on Alpha Centauri. It is a 'turn-based' game, where each turn you have the opertunity to move units, give cities build orders and communicate with other players. You can choose from a number of 'civilizations' to play - each with different attributes. You can also pick difficulty level, and AI opponents. For those familiar with the previous two games, Civilization III... Read review

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Advantages: Great fast gameplay
Disadvantages: 2d

...Street fighter reterns to challenge tekken 3 in Street fighter Alpha 3. All your old favourites are back plus a host of new players including Guy and Cody from final fight. As with the original street fighter alpha 3 is immensly playable, but hasn't really changed much from the original, which isn't really a bad thing, why change it if it aint broke. The biggest new addition are the super moves, build up you power bar and then unleash hot fury onto you opponent. Street fighter Alpha 3 is a good contender for the tekken 3 crown but doesn't quite get there. The game suffers from having only a few good players, Ryu, Ken and Guile, the rest are not up to it.... Read review

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