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Star Wars: Republic Commando (Xbox)

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from: Activision

March 04, 2005
This game is pretty good. The graphics are good, the gameplay is smooth and the weapons are cool. It follows 4 elite clone troopers and follows the storyline vaguely. The HUDs are very cool. The screen is as if you are seeing out of the visors and if you get shot a lot your visor cracks or if you kill an enemy at close range, blood splats against the visor. This then gets cleared by a white line that comes across the screen.This game is pretty good. If i had played on it before at a friends house i would have got it. Get this if you like star wars.

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The Godfather (Xbox)

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from: Electronic Arts

March 24, 2006
The Godfather is a hugely playable game, I have played it through 6 or 7 times and still find new things to do. The game sticks very closely to the plot of the film and must be given credit for that.

The opening scene has you playing as a member of the Corleone family, this is the basic training for the game such as movement and unarmed combat, after completeing this you see a short cutscene and your character is killed. The next scene shows the wedding of Don Corleones daughter. A woman who we learn to be the wife of the dead man enters and begs Don Corleone to save her son who has fallen in with a bad crowd. The Don sends Luca Brasi in time for you to get revenge on the gang members who were beating you up.

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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Xbox)

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from: Take 2 Interactive

December 05, 2003
Max Payne 2 has everything Max Payne 1 had, but it seems watered down a lot. The controls are perfect and have been improved, but all other aspects of the game are a disappointment.

The storyline really sucks. Unnecessarily complicated and yet predictable at the same time. It's totally unengaging, the compelling urge of mysteries to be unraveled from Max Payne 1 is completely gone.

The gameplay is not as bad, but still worse than Max Payne 1. A lot of the time, especially in later levels, you'll be suddenly overrun by enemies and your only resort will be to load a saved game and to anticipate the ambush. This seems to be calculated in, which i find a sign of lazy design. The most blatant of these is a level where a building is ... Read More:

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Mercenaries (Xbox)

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from: Activision

February 18, 2005
Ive played this game through dozens of times, unmissable - like grand theft auto with a good storyline- a must buy for any gamer.

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Project Gotham Racing 2 (Xbox)

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from: Microsoft

November 28, 2003
Potentially a very good driving game, however the physics are sometimes frankly bizzare and the ai is practically non existant, I'd even go as far as to say it has a.s. (artificial stupidity).
Go and but Gran Tourismo instead!

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Need for Speed: Carbon (Xbox)

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from: Electronic Arts

November 10, 2006
This game is to Most Wanted as NFSU2 was to NFSU, only that it is a lot shorter.
The game idea is a fantastic principle, you slowly take over the city by leading your crew in races against other crews to take over their turf. Main problem with this though is that it only takes a couple of races and then the Turf's yours, second problem is that your partner in the race is about as much use as a chocolate fire guard, I can't think of a time where I have found them useful. Plus side to the turf system is that at least the game doesn't feel so linear, which leads to it's other downside, you don't feel that you're really achieving that much, unlike Most Wanted.

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Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (Xbox)

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from: Konami

October 21, 2005
I'm not a serious gamer, I don't really have the TIME to be a serious gamer, not enough time to master every single control technique. I like to be able to pick up the controller and have a decent game of football.

PES 5 is a really fun game, but I get the feeling it could have been so much better. Its great fun to play, looks great and flows along at a good pace. Its also great fun with two players but its a different story against the AI.

Long balls don't work, neither do through balls, the opposition has a sixth sense that tells them exaclty where the ball will go. Its impossible to score from free kicks, nearly all my shots seem to be blocked by the defender and why is it that every tackle results in a free kick to the opposition?

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Burnout: Revenge (Xbox)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > Xbox
from: Electronic Arts

September 23, 2005
Without a doubt one of the best car games i've ever played..

Burnout Revenge is even better than Burout 3: Takedown. There's lots more
races, cars, and challenges. This game is as intense as ever and never
fails to keep you on the edge.

The gameplay here is brilliant, the tweaks to the racing mode with
vertical takedowns, shortcuts, crashbreakers and traffic checks make the
game this much more fun.

The music doesn't seem to have changed much, although i usually have my
own going in the background.

My favourite thing is being able to smash up my car and everybody elses
(basically go mad) without worying about insurance..!!

Fantastic fun..!!

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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Xbox)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > Xbox
from: Electronic Arts

November 26, 2004
Yes, as you probably know, this game has no real relationship to Goldeneye on the N64. It was probably a huge mistake of EA to attach the Goldeneye name to the title, from the start this created an impossible comparison that EA could never really hope to match. This has led to Rogue Agent being cursed by an entire generation of gamers when, in fact, it's a very good game.
It actually has more in common with last year's Perfect Dark Zero and the now standard Halo than Rare's classic Goldeneye. Rogue Agent isn't particularly original but then it doesn't need to be; The level design is competent and entertaining, the enemy AI is excellent and the graphics are nothing amazing but very nice.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (Xbox)

Childrens Toy Shop > Video Games > Xbox
from: Ubisoft

September 09, 2005
I have always loved the rainbow 6 games(Raven Shield for the PC being by far the best and most tactical) and tbh i dont even consider this a true rainbow 6 game.
There are NO tactics involved whatsoever, you can literally walk into a room by yourself without your team (who are utterly useless) and easily shoot everyone with one bullet each! One time i walked into a room with 3 'baddies', and had to reload, i stood in the middle of the room and reloaded whilst none of them hit me, just BAD!!
REALLY [...], the graphics are also terrible and the team all have characters including 2 ladies, all of which provide many cheesy, cringe-worthy lines such as "ok amigo, lets go" which just makes me wanna puke to be honest!!!
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- Cal