Alien Invasion (Anarchy Online)
Alien Invasion is an expansion pack for the massive multiplayer online role playing game, Anarchy Online. During the last expansion, Shadowlands, players accidentally disturbed an ancient alien race from a far off planet.
Alien Invasion (Anarchy Online) Overview
Alien Invasion is the new expansion for the massively multiplayer online role playing game, Anarchy Online. Players accidentally disturbed an ancient alien race during the last expansion and now must defend Rubi Ka from their invasion. Fans and current players of Anarchy Online will experience new content and enemies to fight as well as new in game areas including a new start zone for new players. While there is new content for old players the new start zones for new players is lacking in direction and leniency which makes this expansion hard to pick up for the first time.
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Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders is a role playing strategy game the combines an exciting fantasy theme with strategy and role playing elements. Grab your sword and spell book and jump into the world of Age of Wonders!
Age of Wonders Overview
Age of wonders is a turn based strategy role playing game that throws players on an exciting fantasy themed quest. Use magic, swordplay, and strategy to fight your way to victory. Level up your characters and gain new abilities that help you in battle and increase your strategic options. Challenging missions will also leave even the most battle hardened strategists at a loss which games this game more interesting and enjoyable. Age of Wonders has a lot to offer fans of the strategy genre, but it’s difficulty may deter more casual gamers.
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Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology is a real time strategy game that throws you into exciting battle between gods and men. Control the powers of Zues and other gods and start your conquest of ancient lands.
Age of Mythology Overview
Age of Mythology is an exciting real time strategy game for the PC that places the player in control of gods and men. Use the powers of Zues and other mythological gods to take control of the ancient world. The gameplay is thrilling and well thought out which makes the possibilities for re-play value endless. Play the long campaign or go online and battle against your friends and fight for control of the ancient world. This game has a lot to offer fans of the real time strategy genre, but leaves something to be desired for other gamers.
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Academy of Magic: Word Spells
Academy of Magic: Word Spells is an active puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a powerful wizard who is trying to master the art of magic.
Academy of Magic: Word Spells Overview
Academy of Magic: Word Spells is an exciting puzzle game which was released in later 2005 for PC. Play as a new student in the Academy of Magic and learn new spells to increase your power by creating words which the provided letters on the game board. The game play is very similar to the hit board game, Scrabble, and is highly accessible for younger gamers and adults alike. Whilst the graphics are very simple, and the voice acting is horrible, this game offers a lot of stimulating game play and has high replay value.
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Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Giants: Citizen Kabuto is an interesting game that blends RPG elements with a third-person shooter. Players are able to control three different characters as they play through the episodic story.
Developer: Planet Moon Studios Publisher: Interplay Release Date: December 6, 2000 Platforms: PC , Mac, Ps2 JustRPG Score: 80% Pros: +Appealing Characters. +Interesting Idea +Multiple playstyles Cons: -Occasional dull mission -Annoying to actually save your game |
Giants: Citizen Kabuto Overview
Players take control of three distinct characters as they attempt to play through the story of Giants: Citizen Kabuto. They can control a high-tech alien who leads a pack of his fellows, using jet packs, camouflage, and laser weapons in an attempt to conquer the indigenous mermaid-like race of the planet. Players are also able to play as the morally-driven princess of said mermaid-like race ,and a giant being who destroys whatever he wants, named Kabuto, as he tries to find meaning to why he exists.
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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is a video game set in the ‘Forgotten Realms’ setting of Dungeons and Dragon fame, with a script by R.A. Salvator.
Developer: Stormfront Studios Publisher: Atari Release Date: September 2004 Platforms: PC, PS2, X-Box JustRPG Score: 78% Pros: +Appealing Characters. +Great Dialogue +Story by R.A. Salvator Cons: -No replay value. -Mediocre voice acting. |
Forgotten realms: Demon Stone Overview
Developed by Stormfront Studios and written by R.A. Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone sounds like an RPG-lovers dream! While there have been plenty of D&D-based video games in the past, Demon Stone is a little different, placing you in command of a party of three heroes on an adventure to rid the land of two evil warlords. Is different good? Well, that’s up to the gamer. However, Demon Stone ends up playing out more like EA’s The Two Towers than it does other D&D games.
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Freedom Force
Freedom Force is an RPG beat-’em-up where players can use premade superheroes that poke fun at the comic super hero genre.
Developer: Irrational Games Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: January 9, 2002 Platforms: PC , Mac JustRPG Score: 85% Pros: +Appealing Characters. +Addictive Cons: -Sort-of Cheesy |
Freedom Force Overview
Freedom Force includes over ten different and unique superheroes for use in battles against powerful and mysterious supervillains in multiplayer or in the 20+ scenario campaign included with the game. You will not find famous superheroes such as Batman, Superman or others within this game. The developer felt that they would run into many difficulties using such licensed superheroes and felt that introducing their own unique ones would allow them to produce a better game.
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Fallout
Fallout is a massively open-ended RPG set in an alternate future where the United States and most of the known world is a dystopian, nuclear wasteland populated by mutants and bands of roving bandits.
Developer: Black Isle Studios Publisher: Interplay Release Date: September 30, 1997 Platforms: PC, Mac JustRPG Score: 90% Pros: +Massive Game World +Great Dialogue +Amazing Story Cons: -Some Quests Are Annoying -Dated Game Engine |
Fallout Overview
In 1997 Interplay released Fallout, the game that kisses those tired old scenarios goodbye. The setting is a post-apocalyptic future. Your clan has been huddling in the comparative safety of a huge underground vault while the outside world is going to hell. After more than a generation of isolation in the vault, however, some of the technology that keeps your clan alive is beginning to fail.So, you set out to find equipment to repair the technology while fighting off mutants and bandits.
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Fallout II
Fallout II is the continuation of the award winning Fallout series. Players once again make their way through a desolate, nuclear wasteland as they try to survive and save themselves and the people they care for.
Developer: Black isle Studios Publisher: Interplay Entertainment Release Date: January 29,1999 Platforms: PC JustRPG Score: 95% Pros: +Appealing Characters. +Great Dialogue +Amazing Story +Good soundtrack Cons: -Graphics are dated now |
Fallout II Overview
Fallout 2 is set in the same world as Fallout 1 – Earth after a nuclear apocalypse. The surface is one huge desert, full of gangs, mutants, and large amounts of radiation. People live in cities that are full of dust and trash, in buildings that are barely standing. Violence, murder and prostitution abound. It’s not a pretty world.
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Fallout III
Fallout III is the third installment of the Fallout series. It has changed many things and given the game a new coat of paint, but it is still the same Fallout under it all.
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios Publisher: Bethesda Softworks ,ZeniMax Media Release Date: October 28, 2008 Platforms: PC , PS3, X-Box 360 JustRPG Score: 90% Pros: +Appealing Characters. +Great Dialogue +Addictive +Amazing Atmosphere Cons: -Feels more like an FPS than an RPG at times |
Fallout III Overview
Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you’ve ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth
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