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Monkey Island, back with 5 swashbuckling Tales. Or is it tails?

Advantages: Voice-acting, stays loyal to previous games, music
Disadvantages: Undeveloped supporting characters, new interface, easy puzzles, episodic

...the first game, Secret of Monkey Island, having been recently re-vamped and re-released for the PC, wii and iPhone, now is as good a time as any to discover - or re-live - the Monkey Island saga, with this brand new release from Telltale Games. Nine long years ago, LucasArts - the adventure game giants behind Sam 'n' Max, Grim Fandango, and Monkey Islands 1 through 4 - sounded their own death knell within the realm of point-and-clicks and announced ...
...it easier to accept that Monkey Island - and traditional point-and-clicks - would be no more. It was when new game developer Telltale Games (with many ex-LucasArts members onboard) purchased the rights to Sam 'n' Max, resulting in new adventures with familiar characters, that fans perked up and began to realise that perhaps their nostalgia would not have to remain just that - nostalgia. But no one was prepared for Telltale's announcement on June ...

amsterdamage 07.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Monkey Island: The Launch Of The Screaming Narwhal (PC)

The market leader for a reason

Advantages: Excellent user interface, brilliant 3D match engine, great transfer system, improved interaction
Disadvantages: None

Football Manager 2010 sees the most popular and successful football franchise of recent years return for its most recent offering but following on from a lot of poor feedback for last years version will the team have listened? Football Manager has long been a game that is hugely popular thanks to the amount of depth and detail in the game with the player database simply blowing other games out of the water for the amount of players available and ...
...year picked up the main football managing games with Fifa 10 impressing me greatly, Championship Manager 2010 being simply stunning and an amazing step up on previous versions but following a few years that disappointed me Football Manager has finally put together the game I have been awaiting with everything feeling like it was done to perfection. Positives: - Excellent user interface - Great player depth and volume - Brilliant transfer market ...

tangoman1984 21.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Football Manager 2010 (PC)

Test Drive Unlimited for the PC

Advantages: good graphics, quite realistic,
Disadvantages: need fairly good spec PC to run game

...allow you to visit and test drive each before you purchase. The car designs are very well modelled inside and out. Whilst driving about your able to wind down your windows and listen to different music stations as well as adding your own music to the game. In the multiplayer option you have the ability to chat to other players and add them to your buddy list. The scenery is nice whilst driving and when driving fast you get a blur effect which you ...
...going when you look at the Speedo. The game consists of challenges such as driving a sports car from one location to another to get paid. The money you gain from the challenges can go towards buying a new car or upgrading the current car you have with more power. Other challenges are racing other AI opponents around the map, and depending where you come 1st, 2nd, 3rd you will attain a certain amount of income and a medal from this challenge. In ...

gremenis 17.12.2009 · Read full review
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Managing your way to the top

Advantages: The way the game is trying to involve the player more
Disadvantages: The editor is a huge cheating tool and the 3D pitch can make the game last longer

This review is for Football Manager 2010. Setup I have honestly got to say this game seems to take forever to load up on to the computer and it must be down to the size of the game. You have got here a game which is over 1 GB and it takes an awful lot to load on to the computer so you’re going to spend about 25-30 minutes loading this game up. Now you have the option of loading the entire game up from the disc on to your computer or using ...
...with a warning from the football authorities so you have to be careful. You have to also talk to the press which can be so tough for you to do because they ask similar questions all the time and you have to keep them sweet otherwise they eat you alive at times. You have football rumours all the time not only about the players but about yourself as well so you need to click a response which will not upset people. If you tell the media you are not ...

tink-er-bell 16.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Football Manager 2010 (PC)

There's a reason World of Warcraft is so popular!

Advantages: The website is very extensive, and the game is very versatile
Disadvantages: server Down time, costs, can be time consuming depending on how you play

This game has earned its popularity because of the absolutely fantastic depth of the game. There is a whole story and history behind the game that is flawlessly integrated into the game play. You start of as a level one in a secluded 'starting area' where you complete quests that help you to learn the basics of the game. from there you work your way up with quests and dungeons or 'instances' through the expansions all the way to level 80. This game ...
...(player verses Player and Role Playing) game but there are many servers to play on that are not PVP or RP and several combination of them. You can group up whit other players and help each other work your way to 80, or just play solo. And there are professions you can work on on the way there. Professions means that you make things such as First Aid makes bandages, cooking makes food, alchemy makes various potions and elixirs to help you in the game. ...

DuqGirl12 15.12.2009 · Read full review
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