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Spore Creature Creator (Mac/PC DVD)

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from: Electronic Arts

June 27, 2008
Read the American reviews. This game can only be activated 3 times because of rubbish DRM. Stick it EA.

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World of Warcraft (Mac/PC)

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from: Blizzard Entertainment

November 23, 2004
WoW is undoubtably the greatest game created so far. I have to agree with those who warn of possible addiction. It will take months to get to level 70 (soon to be level 80) and that is where the game really begins. You will then meet people who will really show you what a noob (novice) you are and this is after several months of playing! The game is so time consuming that at the top level you haven't got time to do both PvE (player v the environment) and PvP (player v player) so you have to specialise to become really good in one or the other.

The game reigns supreme but it does have its competitors. Warhammer Online has just been realised and may prove to be as good (doubtful as I find the combat ponderous). The next expansion for WoW is just ... Read More:

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The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (PC CD)

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from: Electronic Arts

June 27, 2008
Perhaps I was wrong to expect more from it, but it seemed like there just weren't enough new items in this pack to justify the cost. Colour options are quite limited, so you can't always get the shape of sofa you like, for example, to match the colours in the rest of the room, and a lot of the things that I've seen at Ikea and would want to have appeared in the game weren't included. I think they picked the most popular Ikea products, and though I find it funny that the sims can now have a bookshelf identical to mine, there's not much variety, and the designs chosen are mostly the simpler, boxy ones, rather than anything more daring. Although it's called 'Home stuff', you basically get items for a few styles of living room, study and bedroom - there's nothing ... Read More:

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The Sims 2: Seasons Expansion Pack (PC DVD)

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from: Electronic Arts

March 02, 2007
If you've bought the other expansion packs, then you're probably going to buy this one anyway, so why bother reading the reviews? :-)

However, if you haven't bought them all and want to cherry-pick the expansions (or you only want one expansion or something), I'd say that this is the one you should get. The "weather" is very well-done and affects your Sims in realistic ways, and of course the weather brings lots of exciting things such as lightning strikes, snowmen, leaf piles and sunburn. You can control the cycle of the seasons for each neighbourhood (and sub-hood thereof), so you can have a perpetually sunny desert neighbourhood, or a snowy wonderland all year round.

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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack (Mac/PC CD)

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from: Blizzard Entertainment

January 16, 2007
McDonalds of the gaming world, only more addictive. Starts off as fun, but its far less cutsey cash cow nature soon reveals itself.

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The Sims 2: FreeTime Expansion Pack (PC DVD)

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from: Electronic Arts

February 29, 2008
I put of buying this game because of the DRM issues these games have after the Seasons Expansion.

I gave in however and bought it and then spent three days backing up my computer incase anything did go wrong. (I highly recommend backing up your system in any case). Do your research into the issues caused by SecuRom and be informed when taking such risks so you can take preventative measures or be ready incase of a system re install.

I love the new features. You have new items that add interest in hobbies, theres a dance bar, violin and you can even fix up your own car, hunt for bugs etc. It makes it easier to be abducted by aliens and to get pregnant with twins assuming your sim has the necessary interest in those aspirations.

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The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff (PC CD)

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from: Electronic Arts

April 18, 2008
Apparently EA weren't satisfied with the millions of dollars they've already made from the Sims series, so they've resorted to very clever marketing to squeeze yet more money out of their customers.

This Stuff Pack, like all the others, contains no new gameplay elements and just adds some objects to the game. This one adds, as you would expect, various furniture to the game, along with some hairstyles and things.

Basically, guys, you're being ripped off. There are hundreds of thousands (probably millions by now) of custom items available on the internet to download for The Sims 2, quite legally and for free. Better still, if you download only your own choices you won't be burdened with useless junk you'll never use padding out your hard drive.
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The Sims 2: Pets Expansion Pack (PC DVD)

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from: Electronic Arts

October 20, 2006
Really good. i love creating what animal i want, and looking after them, the only thing what not so good is that you can't contol the pets, but overal Brilliant game.

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Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms Expansion Pack (PC DVD)

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from: Sega

August 31, 2007
if you were not already blown away be medievel 2 total war you will have to check out the expansion pack KINGDOM

it is so good that each campaign feels like a whole different game... it is worthy to be total war material.
JUST WOW

it also has famous characters in the campaign like scotland had William Wallace ( braveheart-1995 )
and the kingdom of jeruselem has richard the lion heart

Simply great.

i highly think that people should get this.....NOW!!

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Medieval II: Total War (PC DVD)

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from: Sega

November 10, 2006
overall a great game, keeps me playing all night :)
for some reason had problems using dvi connector and had to use vga cable instead and worked perfect.
And just saying it does work on vista no problems.