Advantages: Excellent destructable environments, Fantastic small scale combat Disadvantages: Single Player too Easy
Company of Heroes is a WWII based squad sized battle game with some innovative twists on the normal strategy genre.
The game revolves around the capture of points on the map which give you one of three types of resource (ammo, manpower and fuel). Thes reources can then be used to buy troops and upgrades at your base.
The game follows an escalation theme where you start out with engineers and basic soldiers and end up with powerful tanks.
So far so normal, however the following really make the game stand out from the crowd.
1. The cover system and ability to destroy any scenery on the map with the appropriate weaponry. This is crucial and you willl really see the difference the first time two equally powered groups face off but one has higher ground and is behind a wall.
Using cover is easy as the cursor shows exactly where ...
Advantages: A bit different to the genre's norm, Destructable Terain Disadvantages: Games can take a while to complete, A.I. can get infureating
Company of Heroes the Strategy PC game from THQ the makers of the award winning Dawn of war.
This game being of the Strategy Genre will be familiar to those interested in that particular genre and the game play and set up will be easy to pick up quickly, even more so will those players of Dawn of war as it is very similar in the way that it plays.
Graphics:
The graphics are what you would expect of a game of this age and type and increases with the power of the PC system you own as you increase the settings. There are no noticeably glitches and it runs smoothly.
Game play:
based in the Period of the second world war you take control of a US army and all the associated equipment of the period In the campaign mode you usually start of in one part of the map with a home base or a few troops to capture a near by base. The way ...
Advantages: Graphics, Longevity Disadvantages: Too Easy, Slightly Repetitive
The original Motorstorm is one of the best games I had played for the PS3, so I had no hesitation in buying Pacific Rift. But, I didn't immediately start playing it, I had it for around 3 months before I first played it and from then on I was hooked.
The main change that has been made is the introduction of new types of tracks. Air, Fire, Water and Earth. The Air zone has lots of big jumps and is probably my afvourite. The Fire zone is surrounded in molten lava ad makes the boost heat up a lot quick, with the Water zone doing the opposite - cooling down your booster. And finally the Earth zone which has very few jumps. I didn't think these new "Zones" made much of a difference to the game.
The other main change is that the game has moved away form every track being full of dull grey, brownish colours. As the front cover shows ...
Product Information for "Heroes of the Pacific (PC)" »
Product details
Age
12+
Publisher
Codemasters
Genre
Action/Adventure; Space/Flight Combat Simulator
Release Date
23rd September 2005
EAN
5024866330144; 5050740021549
Operating System
Windows XP
Manufacturer's product description
Beginning with the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour, the epic story unfolds through 26 missions taken from real events of the U.S. Navy's campaign in the Pacific. Battles take place in hotspots such as Midway Island, Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal.Featuring 35 authentic military aircraft, plus more to unlock, prepare to pilot an incredible line-up of US and Japanese planes, including the F4F Hellcat and F6F Wildcat, the SBD Dauntless, the P-40 Warhawk and the F4U Corsair.Players will also be able to switch between the pilot's and gunner's seats and experience first-hand what it's like when it's just you and your plane against a relentless enemy that just won't accept defeat.Heroes of the Pacific features airborne battles with up to an awesome 150 planes in the sky at one time. This is the first time a flight combat game has featured skies so filled with aircraft, AA fire, smoke and pieces of blown-apart airplane. This is war, gentlemen, and it's going to feel like all hell has been let loose in the skies!
