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Saints Row 2 Pre-order Only Pack (Xbox 360)

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from: THQ

October 17, 2008

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Spore Creatures (Nintendo DS)

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from: Electronic Arts

September 05, 2008
First of all, I've played both "Spore" for PC, and "Spore Creatures" for DS. Spore Creatures wins hands down. Without even taking into account the whole DRM thing, this is much more enjoyable.
It plays similar to any RPG - complete goals, retain health, improve yourself through collecting and improving - but has quite a nice story to go with it, your creature's friend has been kidnapped by an alien and you need to find him. The animations are pretty cute, there are buyable cheats through game points, and it's generally good, clean fun. Anyone from the age of 8 should get on with this just fine, although the fighting isn't explained very well to begin with.
The playtime is also fairly long as well, I've spent more time on this than ... Read More:

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (PC DVD)

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from: Koch

September 05, 2008
I really liked "Shadow of Chernobyl". The atmosphere and mood were second to none, but despite patches and mods, it was still broken, buggy and unstable and eventually I reached a point where the broken scripting prevented me from continuing.
I was really hoping that "Clear Sky" would provide the same level of mood and involvement, whilst fixing all the bugs and becoming a playable product.
Wrong.
It's still full of random crashes, broken missions and a multitude of annoyances. The setting (after 3-4 hours playtime) seems to be less characterful than SoC.
I've applied both patches, to no avail. It's also particularly annoying that saved games are not compatible with the patches so you end up doing the very dull and repetitive ... Read More:

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Shaun the Sheep (Nintendo DS)

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from: D3 Publisher

September 26, 2008
The idea/concept is great, the graphic are good, Shaun moves around very easily.

I'm not a great games fan at the best of times and bought this for my son, he's already become very bored with it as the instructions are pretty minimal - find the sheep, but there's no hint or clues and when you've rummaged in every bush - all you ever get is either a pair of old teeth, a horn or tin can - fought the pigs 1,000,000 times the games becomes monotonous, boring and quickly consigned to the bottom of the game pile.

Maybe it's just me, but I wish I'd saved my money!

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Logic 3 Wii ThumbStick Controller (Wii)

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May 30, 2008
This nunchuk is slightly cheaper than the official nintendo nunchuk. It has a rubber grip around the edge of it which makes it easier to hold. I'd recommend saving yourself some money and going for this cheaper but better quality nunchuk!

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My French Coach Level 1: Learn To Speak French (Nintendo DS)

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from: Ubisoft

November 23, 2007
Don't buy this game to learn French, because you won't - get Michel Thomas Foundation Course: French (Michel Thomas Series) or one of Michel Thomas' other fantastic courses to do that. However, if you are bored with your other French courses or want some revision, this game will help and it's a lot of fun. There's a game in which you have to fill in the missing letter from each of a series of French words; one to guess the meaning of a word, given a choice of two; another where you are given a definition and have to spell the word using spaghetti letters that sink if you are too slow; and another where you have to spell given words using letters that fall from the top of the screen and use the letters up before the pile of letters gets too high. You get ... Read More:

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Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii)

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from: Activision

November 16, 2007
Fantastic game and great fun! If you're a Star Wars fan you'll love it! If you're not a Star Wars fan, you'll love the game! This was my first intro to the "Lego" games and I found that I can pick it up and play it for any amount a time - a few minutes or a few hours! It's simple yet there is so much to do and explore! The sounds are brilliant and really immerse you into the Star Wars universe! It's refreshing to find a game that doesn't involve killing/dieing and violence, but uses humourous dictations of these (i.e. lego characters regenerating)! Looking fwd to Indiana Jones, Batman & hopefully many more?! :)

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SBK-08: World Superbike 2008 (PS3)

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from: Blackbean

September 26, 2008
At last, a motorcycle game that looks good, plays well and is very realistic!! I thoroughly recommend it!

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Grand Theft Auto IV (PC)

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from: Rockstar

November 21, 2008
Well... I haven't exactly pre-ordered it YET but I will do, soon. I own this game for my PS3 and I've had great fun with it. The possibilities will be endless in the PC version (not literally) of this game, modding, new features and hopefully the system requirements won't be as demanding as Cryis, even though they're two completely different genres. Only 45 days, 2 hours, 55 minutes and 30 seconds, but hey, who's counting?

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High School Musical 3 DS Lite Combination Kit (Nintendo DS)

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October 24, 2008
Well... I haven't exactly pre-ordered it YET but I will do, soon. I own this game for my PS3 and I've had great fun with it. The possibilities will be endless in the PC version (not literally) of this game, modding, new features and hopefully the system requirements won't be as demanding as Cryis, even though they're two completely different genres. Only 45 days, 2 hours, 55 minutes and 30 seconds, but hey, who's counting?