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World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack (PC/Mac)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Blizzard Entertainment

November 13, 2008
Saw the reviews on here about delivery and was shocked that someone like Amazon cannot deliver on the release date.
Just popped into my local Zavvi (what was Virgin) to enquire and was turned away. Then i tried HMV and as it happens they're still taking pre-orders. I ordered on the spot and was also told that, like a lot of stores, they will be open at midnight in order for people to collect.

Thank you to those who put the reviews about Amazons delivery, and my advice to others would be to try HMV.

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Spore (Mac/PC DVD)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Electronic Arts

September 05, 2008
After pre-ordering this game on the strength of the E3 demo found on YouTube, I was more than a little worried to hear about the issues this game has. I thought I'd give it a go regardless, and frankly I'm very disappointed.
First off, the game is ridiculously short. I reached the space stage in a night. The tidepool phase is like a freeware game off a phone, the creature phase is just about redeemable, tribal and civilisation phases are the most simplistic RTSes ever created (one unit of each type without even working to research better weapons? Are you kidding me?), and the space stage makes you the general dogsbody for other alien races instead of giving you the power to create worlds and speces as you see fit.

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Activision

September 19, 2008
Let me start out with two facts... 1) I'm not an avid gamer, 2) I am an avid Star Wars fan. I bought this game for the PS3 almost immediately and my overall rating is a 4 because I enjoyed myself.

I'm not rating the game on graphics, or sound, or cut-scenes - but mainly on the fact that I found myself quite immersed in learning my Force powers and using them in different ways to kill off Stormstroopers, Gonk Power Droids, smashing windows, chucking bits of debris at Rhodians, throwing Biker Scouts into carbon freeze chambers, fighting Darth Vader, hiding behind walls and flattening Purge Troopers with immense boulders, electrifying AT-STs, releasing Wookies on Senate Guards, waiting until about 6 enemies surround you and hitting Force Repulse, ... Read More:

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Activision

September 19, 2008
i've been a Star Wars fan ever since I can remember. having watched the first movie well over 100 times i guess that makes you a fan.

But on the games side, it's a love / hate relationship. Sometimes Lucasarts comes out with some amazing games like Knights of the Old Republic (1&2) and sometimes things that aren't so good. Force Unleashed (FU) is somewhere between both.

The good:

- Very polished graphics
- superb representation of the worlds
- Great use of force powers
- Pretty good physics engine with regards to how the game plays

The ugly:

- Extremely linear storyline (ie zero thinking. follow the arrow, kill the lvl boss, move on)
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The Sims 2: Apartment Life Expansion Pack (PC DVD)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Electronic Arts

August 29, 2008
From the blurb on EA's site, I wasn't expecting great things from this expansion. It sounded as though you just get a new building type, but there's much more to it than that.
Sure, a large element is the apartments, but even those are better than I anticipated. If you've ever been stuck with a homeless family with low funds, or if your single guy is friendless, apartments provide the perfect solution. If your sim feels lonely, they only have to go and tap on someone's door (at a reasonable hour), and some apartments cost less than 1k a week.
There's also a hint of magic in the air, but I suspect that it takes more than the hour that I played to find that

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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Sony

March 28, 2008
Grand Turismo 5 Prologue is a fantastic game, there is a large range of cars compared to most racing games (about 70 or so) and the best graphics i have ever seen in a racing game. The gameplay is also brilliant, car handling is hugely acurate, not the kind of game where you can constantly push everything to the max and still stick right in the middle of the track, but its certainly not gone too far, if makes you careful as you cruise around tracks, and makes sure you dont rush round ever corner sliding into walls. thers a real sence of acheivement when you finaly gain enough credits to get that new car too, and with the ferrari F2007 and the Citroen GT in there already thats a lot of saving to do.
the game is constantly updated in order to bring you extra content, and ... Read More:

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Guitar Hero: World Tour - Band Bundle with FREE Wireless Bass Guitar Controller (Wii)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Activision

November 14, 2008
Grand Turismo 5 Prologue is a fantastic game, there is a large range of cars compared to most racing games (about 70 or so) and the best graphics i have ever seen in a racing game. The gameplay is also brilliant, car handling is hugely acurate, not the kind of game where you can constantly push everything to the max and still stick right in the middle of the track, but its certainly not gone too far, if makes you careful as you cruise around tracks, and makes sure you dont rush round ever corner sliding into walls. thers a real sence of acheivement when you finaly gain enough credits to get that new car too, and with the ferrari F2007 and the Citroen GT in there already thats a lot of saving to do.
the game is constantly updated in order to bring you extra content, and ... Read More:

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World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card (PC/Mac)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Blizzard Entertainment

October 14, 2005
This product is brilliant. It allows you to play wow without the need for credit cards or debit cards. (which is a good thing as my card does not allow monthly direct debits). But even if you can use your credit/debit card, this is still a more secure and more efficient way of paying your wow fees. And also you know you can trust amazon to provide you with a 1st class service every-time.

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Guitar Hero: World Tour - Band Bundle with FREE Wired Bass Guitar Controller (Xbox 360)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Activision

November 14, 2008
I have played Guitar Hero's 1, 2 and 3 and loved all of them. I was really excited when this was anounced but the fact that the announcement turned out to be clear marketing trick has annoyed me immendsely. At the they strongly implied that this would be priced more fairly for the European market than Rock Band was and then when it is released it costs more on Amazon than Rock Band did - and the rip of compared to the US price is similarly disproportinate! Poor show even if this the best Guitar Hero game yet you guys have lost my respect permanently.

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Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > 12 years and over
from: Sega

March 02, 2007
The story mode is kind of weird but after an hour or two, you get used to it. It is very different to other sonic games as its multiplayer mode can take up to four people and the mini games are much more competitive.