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Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Most people already know that the original Counter-Strike mod was all about realistic weaponry, quick action, and most importantly teamwork. Two sides, the counter-terrorists and teh terrorists, would fight against each otehr while trying to complete a certain objective on the map. Planting a bomb, rescuing hostages or protecting a VIP is all part of a day's work in the fast paced world of Counter-Strike.
Diablo 2: Lord of Distruction
Diablo 2 is an expansion set of Diablo, it adds a whole new act in which you are to defeat Baal, the Lord of Destruction. Although you can't do much outside of the quests there still feels like there is a sense of freedom in playing, with the huge maps. The selection of seven characters seems so much more then five, and the millions of ways to complete the game are what make this game great. There are side places throughout the game that give you much needed experience and some good items. The incredible number of monsters make it so you are always guessing about who is going to attack you. The main difference to me from Diablo and Diablo 2 and its expansion was the saving systems. In Diablo, you could save your exact spot, but in Diablo 2, you can't. When you save and quit and go back in, it will put you in town.
Gunbound
One of the main goals of any lazy and/pr cheap computer users is to find some great, free games. In this category, Gunbound blows the competition away. Gunbound is the only game online in which you control a Mobile, which is like a robot tank. You fight with other gamers online to destroy their robot tank and win the match. there are 4 kinds of game modes in Gunbound, each one has its own rules to win the match. Graphically, this game is awfully good-looking. The characters and terrain don't have much shading, but they're still decent. The backgrounds are in 3-D, giving it a nice mix of two separate graphic styles. Explosion and bullets soaring around the level give off bright sparks, which are always good.
Well, the sound effects of the game are okay. The sounds really convey what they're supposed to. But the music is just plain horrible. I can't stand the music.
Need for Speed: Underground
A very promising average racing game. Nice touches here and there, but easy to hate physic rules throw a lot to the ground.
Well, taking in account the Underground mode the game provides it actually has some sort of poor story.
You're a newbie to the underground scene with the fantasy of owning a suited up car and racing in style.
But at the start, it's just a fantasy, you actuallys start with a low-grade vehicle that misses any sort of cool looking features as well as race worthy performance.
Through the "story mode" you unlock all sort of stuff to upgrade your car in visual and performance, as well as unlock new cars to buy.
Priston Tale
It is a very nice RPG. The fun is great and can keep you playing for a long time.
Graphics are excellent in Priston Tale, all the characters are amazingly detailed and can be handled on basic video cards as well. If your video card isn't anything great, it can easily be set to a lower setting, but still will look nice. Only little minor issue is the motion graphics at the character screen. It still won't kill anything because in the game everything will run smoothly. When you highlight on a user also, you see a face shot of him in the corner of your screen. The characters look really nice there.
Organization is the key to a successful party. If you get acquainted with a user well enough you can add him to your lift of friends as well.
Starcraft (Brood war)
Now this is a strategy game with real strategy element. You won't win with just quantity, you have to plan ahead and be ahead of everyone else to win. Truly one of the best games, it deserves the title, 'the best strategy game of all time'. With 3 races to control, with a futuristic theme, you'll surely enjoy the game and you'll never look back at older strategy games. Here are the criteria we used in juding this game.
You get to control any of the 3 races. The intelligent and advanced race, which is the Protoss. The humans who are overcome with greed. And the alien race, which are the Zergs. You create buildings, you create different units each having its own abilities and it's own purpose. There are also upgrades or enhancements for your units that gives them an advantage over the others. Not to mention that each of the 3 races are controlled, built and maintained differently and each has their own advantages and disadvantages. The Protoss have hi-tech weaponry and units, the humans are good in planning and their units are versatile and can overcome any opponent anytime and they have the strongest firepower in the game, the Zergs on the other hand has Quantity. Now, the best part of this game is multiplayer gaming. Each person has his or her own style in using a certain race or a certain unit. Also, each has their own style in attacking or defending. It's also nice to practise with your friends or duke it out on the Internet and gain experience and new ideas about the game. I'd like to point out that you could create a map of your own and do lots of experiments in how your units behave and how the terrain is formed. You can aslo creat fun scenarios like the ones in Starship Troopers. You can create a map with a base of the Terrain and legions of Zerg units that is aimed at eradicating you from existence.
Reviews submitted by Sky, 15 and Feng Fei, 15 both members of the Riverdale Library Youth Advisory Group.
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