Remote Remote

Advantages: Good Features. Well Made
Disadvantages: A little expensive

...As mentioned in my review of the Wii Nunchuck I have had my Wii for a few weeks but haven?t had chance to review it so am starting with the peripherals. The Wii uses wireless controllers (it was the first games console to do this) that communicate with the main console via bluetooth. Unfortunately the Wii only comes with a single controller and as the main fun with the Wii comes from playing against friends and family I immediately purchased a second controller for £29.99 (it is hard to find them cheap anywhere on line or the high street). The controller is white plastic (the same as the Wii itself) styled like a small TV remote and is solidly made and feels even more so when the 2 AA batteries are put in. The remote which has a wrist strap (to prevent it flying from your hand and smashing your TV or other fragile items when you...

CarlG 14.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of NINTENDO Wii Remote - game pad

Wii Remote Controller

Advantages: Innovation, Responsiveness
Disadvantages: Price, Ease Of Use

...I purchased the Nintendo Wii after weeks of searching the internet for a shop that hadnt sold out and once i found one available i bought it immediately. The package came with Wii sports and a remote controller and i have to say that i was quite impressed. The controllers work well with the console and in particular with wii sports. The biggest issue that i have with the remote is the battery issue. Whilst the batteries do last a long time when installed, to keep replacing them costs a fortune. I also have had this problem with my xbox 360 wireless controllers and would recommend anybody who was buying the controllers to also consider a quick charge kit to accompany it. The unit is very responsive and works very well, this depends on where you put the sensor that is supplied with the wii so make sure that you read the manual carefully...

simo7uk 01.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of NINTENDO Wii Remote - game pad

Wii Remote

Advantages: Great product, allows for playability
Disadvantages: None

...buttons, for example when you take a stroke on the tennis game, but with others you do need to press the buttons on the Wii remote. On the top of the Wii remote you will find up, down, left and right buttons which will move you character in these directions. There is also an A button which is the main button for most of the commands you make. Underneath the Wii remote is the B button which is shaped like a trigger button and is used quite a lot with target and shooting games. What I love about the remote is that the buttons are really easy to locate for any hand size and easy to press. You always remember where they are and they are well labelled if you do forget. The Wii remote is not very heavy either, in fact it's quite light and so is easy to hold for both kids and adults alike. The Wii remote also has a speaker on it which allows...

Spottydog11 07.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii Remote

Wii Remote

Advantages: Clever technology real life gaming
Disadvantages: starp issue

...Now after seeing the WII in use at my local shopping mall i had to have one, Xmas arrived i opened up my presants and ther eit was my WII very excitedly i got it out the box and proceded to play, It was simply amazing fun but playing on my own was limited. This is where this product comes in the spare wireless remote. Now on first impressions its looks more like u are going to change channels with it that play tennis, gold,bowling to name a few. However this is the simplicity of the wii controller it isn't much more than this. You have 3 menu buttons to navigate u which are home (takes u back to menu) + & - to change menu you have the power on Button You have the directional pad for looking up down left and right. then you have the 4 gaming buttons which have different uses dependant on what game your playing...

Sp00ky54 07.06.2007 · Read review
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Supreme Commander - Groundbreaking

Advantages: Great visuals, groundbreaking scale, and superb gameplay
Disadvantages: High end system required for best performance

...Games like Supreme Commander, it is safe to say, do not come around very often. The enormous hype, anticipation, and mass hysteria that has surrounded this game since its announcement is a testament to its rarity. After a few years of no real improvement and few new benchmarks, real-time strategy needed a game like Supreme Commander. It needed it not just to push the boundaries, but to shove them violently to the wayside in a moment of awesome gaming splendour, mocking the memory of everything that has come before, and setting the standard for years to come. In its size and scale, this game is groundbreaking; in its visual quality and presentation, it is stunning; and in its gameplay it is unrivalled in the genre. For the hardcore fan of real-time strategy and the average gamer alike, Supreme Commander is a must. Innovative, engaging...

smooth_criminal_ 17.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Supreme Commander (PC)

Wing Commander.

Advantages: A good Sci-Fi film.
Disadvantages: None

...Wing Commander = A well thought out and superbly acted movie. It is set in the mid 27th century and the earth is at war with well basically Aliens, (The Felinoid Kilrathi Empire). The Empire launches a surprise attack on earth and it falls to our heroes to defend the earth until reinforcements arrive. They find themselves under fierce attack and are massively outnumbered but they valiantly fight on. The film has plenty of special effects and at time is a bit Star War-y. The battle scenes are quite spectacular and it is suspenseful and the accompanying music is complimentary to the plot scenes. This film was in the same vein as star ship troopers and had that little cheesy aspect but to be honest it was fun to watch. The special effects where quite good, the acting as previously stated good and the whole movie...

MaldivesHoliday 11.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wing Commander (DVD)

Command & Conquer Step Aside!

Advantages: Highly addictive gameplay, hours of value
Disadvantages: No base creation

...If your familiar to game playing the title Command & Conquer will at the least be vaguely familiar to you; you cannot help but compare Field Commander to Command & Conquer. I guess the question to ask is if Field Commander is any better than Command & Conquer? When I decided I wanted a PSP one of the top purchases on my buying schedule was Field Commander, regardless of all the other style games I enjoy my favourite has to be turned based strategy games. The plot is simple, you have to control an army of soldiers and there vehicles on a variety of missions. Unlike Command & Conquer which was a similar style, Field Commander gives you much more playability through a grand total of 76 missions in basic mode alone; but the playability does not end there, you can play others in your vicinity with PSP consoles (and the game) or connect to...

sghawken 29.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Field Commander (PSP)

Supreme Commander

Advantages: Awesome online, graphics awesome
Disadvantages: Poor Single Player Game

...Name of the game: Supreme Commander Platform: PC Genre: Real Time Strategy My Points: 8 Comments.: One of the best RTS games to hit the computer gaming world in years Supreme Commander is the spiritual successor of the smash hit RTS game Total Annihilation; both games are creations of Chris Taylor. This game has it all for hardcore strategy gamers. First things first this game is massive. It?s Epic. You can command up to 500 units the same time. There are 4 types of Units in the game, ground, aerial, naval and experimental. From medium tanks, to heavy "strategic" bombers? ;and frigates to submarines and massive experimental units such as the Cybran Monkeylord - a spider like robot with a devastating beam. You start off with an ACU ? Armoured Command Unit. It?s like a huge robot that you command your forces with. If your ACU...

DevilsLore 31.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Supreme Commander (PC)

Supreme Commander --- or is it???

Advantages: Graphics are out of this world
Disadvantages: Hard to micro manage battles at times. Poor single player mode

...Well having heard so much about this new game Supreme Commander, and how it had pushed the boundaries of modern gaming warfare, I decided it must be worth a purchase and hence why I am writing this review. The game was heralded as the successor to Total Annihilation as king of the real time strategy games, and every review in magazines, from word of mouth, and right here on good old Ciao was positive. The game cost me £29.99 from Game, although it is also available from all good computer game stores, as well as online through all the well known distributors, and if you shop around you can probably get it a little bit cheaper, although I was in a rush to get home and play it. The box is a simple DVD and comes complete on one DVD with a technology and star map provided as well as a pretty detailed manual, which I prefer to these...

pumfster 06.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Supreme Commander (PC)

Supreme Commander - A Game To Buy

Advantages: Graphics, Gameplay, Storyline, Campaigns, Skirmish, Zoom, Technology - What more do I have to say
Disadvantages: NONE

...When Supreme Commander came out it started selling for around £29.99 so I left it a while for the price to come down and managed to get at £15 (bargain). It comes on a single DVD. Ins and Outs of the Game ******************************** Supreme Commander is a futurist based strategy game offering three main campaigns on the campaign mode or offering multiplayer game play over the internet. Each campaign offers six main missions coinciding with the current story line from these different points of view. Each campaign represents a race of man kind which is the United Earth Federation, Cybran and the Aeon. - Game History/Storyline The United Earth Federation is what has been built from the remains of the utopian Earth that used to be before war broke out. The Cybran empire are a race of androids/humans that want to survive been...

burns2007 11.08.2008 · Read review
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