What is it? - The fourth game of battlefield's legendary series base on future war environment of 2142.

Game profile - Award winning future war simulation.

The good about it - plenty of mods provided by EA.

The bad about it - little extra-ordinary game experience.

I rate it - 6.5/10



Battlefield series by Electronic Arts is one of the played and beloved games by todays gamers. After great success of Battlefield 2, EA

The basics of Battlefield gameplay is that there are two huge teams running around a huge map in order to try to retain control over 5 specific places (flags). To achieve this objective, each player can choose from a variety of specialist functions, and each team has a number of vehicles at their disposal.

Previous Battlefield games revolved around the Conquest gameplay mode, which in 2142 remains unchanged insofar as I can tell. Although there are a few variations, the general theme is that each team starts with a limited number of times it's players can respawn, and holding more than half of the flags steadily depletes your enemy's number (as does killing them). I immediately disliked it, and still only enjoy a select few maps in this mode.

It takes some time to learn to minimise the highly frustrating deaths that can seem outside your control, "favourites" being spawning in an air transport a second before it plummets into the ground, stepping out a vehicle just as it moves an inch more, being blasted to smithereens while failing miserably to free your tank from some minor foliage, walking into the overpowered yet miniscule sentry guns, or the sudden appearance of "respawning in 10" with no apparent cause even in the console. If you can control the initial desire to scrub your PC of the bastard game and gleefully torture the disk with a lighter and penknife, there is a lot of enjoyment to be had.




























































With the large number of objectives and people to complete them, games can turn into a scrabble of a skirmish, which can leave the player feeling a little aimless. It is quite a contrast when you get a good game going, with the well designed squad system dividing players into small, effective teams - teamplay is heavily rewarded in BF2142, both via results and via the artificial points system. Clans from other games, typically limited to a pool of 8 players at most, scoff at the huge clan armies that exist in Battlefield. Clanning in Battlefield is often more public-server focused however - it rapidly becomes clear that any loose affiliation of players will more regularly be able to find a solid squad to join. A good squad makes the difference from a game that can be quite fun and a game that is a lot of fun.

The slip of paper previously mentioned refers to the monitoring of ingame advertising, a subject which deserves an article in itself. I'm not ecstatic about adverts within games, and it is difficult to imagine them being thematic, given it's supposed to be the year 2142 during an ice age and everybody at war. The adverts haven't been activated yet but there are a significant number of billboards that look likely positioning, my impression is they will detract somewhat from the theme but otherwise not get in the way. Server hosts must have awfully sore backsides by now, they pay for all the hardware, bandwidth and maintenance (not to mention the EA Rank tax) that is utterly crucial to the game and yet who is getting paid from the advertising being displayed to players on their servers? Consumers should be wondering why they are being bombarded with marketing and yet receiving no price discount.

Copyright protection is further evidence of the focus on revenue. CDKeys are required for installation, and online authentication, so it is excessive to require that the DVD be in the drive for online play. How much does all this copyright protection cost anyway?

Battlefield 2142 gameplay is fun and interesting, despite it's flaws. Take any review site that breaks scores down into categories and I'd have to give it a good 7 or 8 out of 10 for each, it deserves it for graphics, sound, gameplay - all the usual categories. It's a multitude of other things that drags it down, has you sighing when you should be grinning. Granted, some of these issues are the fixable kind, but if comments from BF2 players are anything to go by I'm only so optimistic, despite the promise. One can't help wondering if this would have been a really great .

Ths is good buy for now.

Half-life 2

What is it? - Half-Life was one of the most groundbreaking and industry-changing games of all time. This is part 2 of Half-Life.

Game profile - worlds largest gaming community.

The good about it - amazing gameplay both in singleplayer and multiplayer.

The bad about it - a bit costly but it worth.



Half-Life was one of the most groundbreaking and industry-changing games of all time. Countless shooters since have followed the successful title’s lead and build games more involved in and around a storyline as well as adding elements to suck you further into the environment.

As such, Half-Life 2 was one of the most highly anticipated titles ever. Given the problems surrounding its release, the game was even more sought-after than ever. Now it’s finally here and it most certainly doesn’t disappoint. While not nearly as innovative as its predecessor, it builds on the original’s foundation and brings you a truly incredible gameplay experience.

You again play as Gordon Freeman, the physicist turned galactic-warrior in his quest to liberate humanity. This time, the world has been taken over by some alien power called the Combine. A few humans are setup as rulers over what’s left of humanity in order to help maintain rule. A few of Gordon’s old friends and enemies have returned to join the battle, but you won’t have much time to reminisce.

If you’re confused by the bottle-tossing comment, you have obviously not heard a lot about the game. Almost everything in the environment can be manipulated. You can pick things up and throw them or use them at will. Heavier items can be picked up and used with the use of a gravity gun which you pick up at some point throughout the game. In the beginning of the game, before the action begins, you’re sequestered in a place called City 17. There are human guards all around and you’re constantly being spoken to by the “leadership” of the new world via telepromts and screens which are all over the place. It’s a kind of futuristic, camp for human renegades and the atmosphere which it creates and the tone it sets for the rest of the game are spectacular.


























































In the first couple of minutes, there are a couple of moments which really demonstrate how great this game is. First, you are forced through a hallway on the way to City 17. As you’ve been pushed around by lightning stick toting guards, you finally come to a hallway with a door which is guarded by yet another guard. As you approach, the guard whips out his lightning stick, flips a soda pop can off the top of a garbage can and says, “Pick that up.” Awesome. The interaction with the world and the game scripting is incredible. As you pick up the pop can, he tells you to throw it away. Some people may have tossed it in the trash, but the majority of us rebels tossed the can at the guard. He then activates his lighting stick and chases after you. Hillarious. Usually this sets off a can and bottle tossing rampage which continues for several minutes for new users.

A second moment is when you are running through some tunnels after the action kicks in. basically, the entire city is searching for you and you are running like crazy to get away. Helicopters blaze in and hover round and about. If you have surround sound speakers, you will be blown away at this point. The sounds of the helicopters from above echoing through the hallways is amazing. Truly an experience which in and of itself, is worth the price of admission.

These are only a couple of examples of the great gameplay that awaits you in Half-Life 2. The game plays so fluidly and the action is so non-stop that it is a must have for Christmas, if not before.

Battlefield 2

What is it? - Its a third game in battlefield series and it is even more fantastic then others.

Game profile - over 100 awards winner.

The good about it - extreme realistic modern war.

The bad about it - no focus on singleplayer mode.

I rate it - 9/10





Battlefield 2 is actually the third game in the Battlefield series and takes the game to a whole new level. Although the premise of the game is exactly the same as in the previous two titles EA and Digital Illusions have added squad based game-play, modern weaponry and also given the graphics and computer AI a huge boost resulting in the best PC FPS to hit the stores since Halflife2.

Battlefield 2 has only one mode of game-play which sounds like it could be a problem but when you see how good the game-play mode is you will have no complaints. The game-play is a map conquest with two teams starting with 8, 16 or 32 players each and a set amount of spawn tickets. When you die, as long as your team has spawn tickets available, you can re-spawn as many times as you like. When the battle begins, the battlefield has an equal amount of spawn points per team. The aim of the game is to capture the opponents spawn points (represented by flags) and take control of the battlefield. If the battlefield is completely ruled by one team then the opposing team cannot re-spawn. The other eventuality is if one team runs out of tickets. When you join the battle you choose a soldier type like assault, Special Forces, medic, engineer etc and this choice gives you set weapons and facilities which will dictate your role in the battle. You can change your kit mid-battle by picking up the kit of any dead soldier this instantly gives you their weaponry. Medics need to be reviving casualties on the battle field and generally topping up their squads health. Engineers need to do the same but with machines such as tank, cars etc.

Due to the new squad based game-play you can now group together a handy little pack of players who can look out for each other and stop people having to spawn back at base away from the action. Each squad can up its chance of survival by having a good balance of skills to hand. If your squad has a medic or two, an engineer, some infantry and a sniper for cover plus a decent commander then you have a very good chance of being able to advance through the enemies' lines with great effect, especially if your squad sticks together and uses the available communications and vehicles well.

























































Battlefield 2 has all the modes of communication you could ask for. The keyboard and mouse order system works very well but it the voice over IP system that you will want to use. There is nothing like yelling or taking orders from fellow team mates such as “cover me” or “lets wait here” or “go, go, go”! To help your communications the voice system has been designed around the squads. So instead of having everyone talking at once you can only hear commands from your squad.

The control you have over your player in battle and over vehicles and weapons still has a very similar feel to the previous battlefield titles. This can be described as fairly sloppy and unrealistic. This is not where the advancements have been. I am a Counter Strike player which is also an online team based FPS but there is not really any other point of comparison between the two titles. Counter Strike is about precession where Battlefield two is about experiencing the vastness of a raging war.

Battlefield has some of the best audio I have ever heard in a game. This is the most authentic battle opera ever. You can spawn right in the middle of the action with air strikes going off, helicopters being shot out of the sky, bullets whizzing everywhere and cries of the injured all around. Or you can spawn well away from the action where all you can here is the distant rumble of battle, trucks and tanks leaving your base, wind blowing through the trees and even the subtlety a fly buzzing about your head.

If you played either of the previous titles then you will know what to expect. I cannot stress how good the advancements are so the best thing to do is find out for yourself. If you are new to Battlefield but like the sound of what you are hearing then you will not be disappointed. Battlefield is the closest you will get to the experience of war and the fact that you can now develop a clan within the Battlefield world takes the possibilities to an unquantifiable new high.

This is real modern war simulation.

Counter Strike:Source

What is it? - Counter Strike:Source is mod for Half-Life 2. but also available separately from half-Life 2.

Game profile - It is among few most played game on internet.

The good about it - massive online community.

The bad about it - no singleplayer mode playable.

I rate it - 9/10


Originally, the game was a grassroots mod project, forged upon the original Half-Life. From these humble beginnings, it quickly became the most popular online shooter ever. Two of the game's principal designers went on to join the ranks of Half-Life designer Valve and have helped update Counter-Strike to make use of Half-Life 2's famous Source graphics engine.

Counter Strike: Source is, essentially, a visually-stunning port of the original: all the classic maps with the exact same game play. There are a variety of realistic weapons you can buy at the beginning of the round. Weapons fire with the touch of imprecision that reality mandates. And you only have one life, with no re-spawns. After one breezy round when the victorious team has been decided, another round starts up.

The game looks more beautiful than ever, with structures that feel weighty and solid and little visual touches throughout. The flash-bangs look fantastic. First, there's a blurry distortion as the screen melts into two blurred out of focus shots that slowly blend back together. The ringing and blindness! Rag doll physics now govern the death animations, so watch for keen and gruesome deaths. Great stuff.

The online network filter works excellently; finding a good, smooth running game is easier than ever. While HL2's Havoc physics have been integrated into CS:S, the game does not utilize them in the key gameplay. Cover cannot be destroyed. Nor will you be able to chuck boxes and guns at your opponents. You can crouch, but unlike most military games, you can not go prone. Admittedly, with the fast pace of the game, there is little reason for that option besides sniping. Prone would probably be too much of an advantage and alter the game's balance too drastically. Also, some of the newer but mostly inconsequential additions to the game from recent upgrades aren't here, like blast shields.

It's hard to argue against free. Counter Strike: Source is included with both retail boxes of Half-Life 2 and any version of the Steam-purchased Halflife 2. If I had to pay for this as a separate product, I'd be miffed. Perhaps later, there will be a complete reinvention and overhaul; but as a free upgrade for one of the greatest online games ever created, it's definitely worthwhile.

A fantastic game for you.

Call of Duty 2

What is it? - after the great success of Call of Duty, Activision introduced the this great game base on same WWII Story with more exiting features.

Game profile - the next part of call of duty which won over 80 game of the year awards.

The good about it - this great game reminds you the taste of world war 2.

The bad about it - multiplayer is so much same to earlier version of the game (call of duty).

I rate it - 8.6/10

WWII games have been saturating the market lately so standing out is becoming increasingly difficult. I mean, how many times can storm the beaches at Normandy or hold the line at Stalingrad? Well, at least one more time as Call of Duty 2 captures that realistic edge that brought success to its predecessor. Although it doesn’t have the edge that Brothers in Arms had with the raw language and more graphic war scenes, but you will get a strong sense of how it must have been.

To give a quick overview, Call of Duty 2 is broken up into three different battles, Normandy where you storm the beach as Americans, Stalingrad where the Russians hold their city, and North Africa where the British fight across the desert. Where many other WWII games often miss the mark is capturing the accuracy of these battles. Often you can end up firing at men who just stand and shoot or walk at you firing. Having a reasonably intelligent enemy makes a huge difference especially in a FPS and you’ve definitely got that here. They’ll hide behind cover and fire when appropriate, swarm when they have the advantage, and throw grenades to flush you out and push you back.

Keep in mind however that this is still your basic FPS game. Don’t expect must different in gameplay then the original but I wouldn’t expect many to take issue with it. It still works well and the control system is effective. Probably my one big complaint is the lack of a health indication. Basically you can tell when you getting hit and when you near death but not much else. Part of this may be due to the way you are healed which happens quickly and automatically. So you’re in a fight for instance, take a few hits and move on. Probably by the time you run into the next enemy, you’ll be mostly healed, especially if you catch you breath for a few seconds. That may sound like the game is too easy and in some ways it can be, but have to fear, you’ll find yourself restarting from the last checkpoint many times.



























































As you can imagine, since Call of Duty 2 is coming out on the Xbox 360 as well, the graphics are impressive. Although you won’t witness them in their glory without a high end video card, there aren’t any corners cut here. Detailed textures, weather effects, realistic explosions all put together a solid performance. The only issue I had was some slow down issues when too much was going on. In addition, the audio was spot-on with realistic war effects from gun fire to soldier chatter.

You will have plenty of options to set according to your hardware.

F.E.A.R.

What is it - The game that will let down to the ground if you are not rock strong hearted.

Game profile - this game pull consoles more behind then PC.

The good about it - great singleplayer and multiplayer.

The bad about it - need much GPU potential to run properly.

I rate it - 9/10




This game has lot of things to show off. A lot of the appeal is down to the game’s much-hyped ‘bullet time’ feature. F.E.A.R. regularly hits you with unbeatable odds, and the only way to survive is to take control of time. You hit the key, the screen blurs, colours lighten and suddenly you’re in the middle of the most beautifully choreographed action scene in PC gaming history. A leap into the fray, turn, fire. Watch the bullets streak past and the spent cartridges fly out. Hit the ground, pivot, shoot again. Perfect headshot. Another faceless trooper tumbles to the ground. A shot flies out from the rear. Spin, aim, fire another burst. With a whoosh, time settles back to normal speed, and you’re (hopefully) surrounded by corpses. It’s a genuinely brilliant trick.

And F.E.A.R. uses it again and again and again. You can do sections of the game without ever touching the slowmo key, but on a decent difficulty level the game practically grabs you by the collar and demands you to. It’s not just the numbers of your enemy, it’s their intelligence. These guys will make use of cover, race to outflank you, band together to surround you, and find alternate routes in order to surprise you. They won’t go down easy, and they’re happy to riddle you with suppressive file. Outside of online games, I’ve never found opponents who make combat such an exhilarating, challenging experience. The ordinary troops – a bunch of armoured clones – are bad enough, but once the game starts throwing in the heavy troops and ultra-fast, camouflaged cyber-ninjas, it takes nerves of steel not to run home crying to mummy.

First, let’s talk about the environments. Aren’t we all getting tired of the same industrial complexes, the same walkways, the same service tunnels, ventilator shafts, crates and ladders. Well, F.E.A.R. wheels out all the familiar clichés in its first third, then hits you with another series of office block clichés in its second. It’s realistic. It looks beautiful, but there is nothing here to take your breath away – nothing that you haven’t seen before.

Also, while the levels are well designed and the scary bits provide their share of standout moments, this isn’t a game full of stunning set pieces. Don’t get me wrong – it’s packed to the gills with great gunfights, but after a while they all start merging into one. And as for the enemies….simply put, there aren’t enough of them, and once you’ve taken down the umpteenth squad of clones, you begin to get tired and wish for something else. The ninjas and the heavy dudes are great, but we really needed a little more variety.

Fear, thrill, blood and potential these are most suitable words for this game.

Unreal Tournament 2004

What is it - The hardcore first person shooter for hardcore gamers.

Game profile - no other game have this much to offer.

The good about it - massive muliplayer community.

The bad about it - little expensive then competitors.

I rate it - 9.4/10

The beauty of Onslaught is that, because you can usually only attack two or three power nodes at any given moment, the action becomes very focused on a few locations. An in-screen map shows which nodes you control and which are under attack, and it's possible to teleport between any two nodes that you own, so it's usually pretty easy to locate the action and get there within seconds. This is a nice improvement over games like Battlefield 1942 and PlanetSide, where you could often spend a lot of time trying to reach the fight... instead of actually partaking in it.

To that end, Onslaught also introduces a new set of vehicles to the Unreal franchise: the Manta hovercraft, the Raptor fighter, the Hellbender jeep, the Goliath tank, the Scorpion buggy, and the Leviathan, errr, super-tank. The implementation of the vehicles is near-perfect -- they're easy to control, and loaded with options. You can switch between first- and third-person views or jump between different seats in each vehicle with the touch of a button, and the camera is fully controlled with the mouse, so you can swing around and zoom in and out for any view of the action you could possibly want.

Oftentimes, the tide of battle will swing in one side's favor, but in the ensuing tug-of-war, things can drag out to the time limit. This sends the game to sudden death, with both cores draining based on the number of nodes each team controls. Other maps lend themselves to more volatile battles, with the cores being connected and attacked in parallel. In every case, it's easy to understand which team is leading and what you have to do to win. Unlike the abstract system of a game like Battlefield 1942, onslaught's scoring system is concrete, and a glance at the power core health meters and the minimap reveals how a match's momentum is swinging.





























































Unreal Tournament 2004 will remind you how satisfying explosive, extremely fast action gaming can be. The smooth engine and core gameplay inherited from UT 2003 make a great foundation, and the onslaught and assault modes take the whole package up another notch. And, to help you come to grips with a multiplayer world increasingly focused on teamplay, the voice chat features can make any team game better by facilitating real tactical coordination. Then, just when (or if) you start to tire of all the official maps (and combinations of maps with the library of preset mutators), there are community tools to make creating and installing custom content as straightforward as possible. No other multiplayer-focused action game has this much to offer.

I would chose this game for me ofcourse.

Far Cry

What is it - the jungle game with full jungle environment and hard battle without any teammates.

Game profile - The only and only game of this class that had dominated the market.

The good about it - if you haven't visited a jungle before. It can give you a little taste.

The bad about it - sound of guns aren't realistic.

I rate it - 8.6/10


The only question that comes to mind after playing UbiSoft's latest FPS is where can we go from here? Far Cry is, in everyway, the best first-person shooter I've ever played. From the sublime, deeply textured and truly immersive graphics to meaningful audio and the type of artificial intelligence that makes you question whether you really are playing against a computer - Far Cry heralds a new age of FPS with a game that is nearly perfect in everyway.

Crytek has improved the shooter genre in just about every way possible. In Far Cry you play as Jack Carver a tour guide with a military background who loses his charge, a photographer hottie who he spends the rest of the game trying to rescue. The plot, while seemingly shallow to start with, evolves into something much deeper, offering up a complex story line and some startling revelations.

The first thing I noticed about Far Cry when I started playing it was the smooth frame rate and over the top textures. The graphics are truly the best I've seen to date, and Crytek didn't accomplish this feat by setting the game in a stark environment. On the contrary, the whole game takes place on a lush tropical island that features such startling beautiful graphics as a shimmering lagoon you can swim in, a jungle choked with vegetation that you can push threw and plenty of buildings and baddies to interact with. These detailed textures are blended with a lighting effect that has got to be the best to date - allowing sunlight to shoot through palm fronds and casting shadows from approaching bad guys. One of the most startling aspects of the game's graphics is that Crytek's engine supports a view distance of 2 kilometers. That means you can be crouching on some island hill top with a sniper rifle and pop a bad guy two kilometers away with the help of a zoomed in scope. The effect is overwhelming.

The sounds are just as impressive and are used equally well to both place you on the island and help you survive getting off of it. Insects buzz in your ears, gunshots echo around you and enemy mercenaries quietly discuss plot points and game details that could spell the difference between life and death.














































The game also uses an advanced physics engine that makes most of what you see fully interactive. In other words, when you bump into a table not only does it move, but the cans and cups on top of it fall over and roll to the ground. I kid you not. At one point I was able to push wooden crates into the water and watch them bob, then I killed a guy and knocked him into the water. Not only did he bob lazily in the lagoon, but a cloud of blood slowly spread out from his body. The only draw back in the engine is that not all things are as destructible as you'd expect, but I guess there has to be a limit somewhere.

The game's artificial intelligence is also very impressive, with bad guys independently reacting to you and behaving, well, the way you behave. More than once I found myself in a prolonged gun battle with a single guy as we took turns running from cover to cover firing. They not only act like they want to kill you, but like they don't want to die in the process.

The multiplayer modes, while limited, are also fairly impressive. You can play team death match, free-for-all or assault on a small selection of maps. The physics engine isn't as full blown as in the single player mode, but the maps are equally lush and just enormous. In one map I found my way to the top of what I thought was an un-climbable mountain and spent the rest of the game picking off my fellow players with a sniper rifle - fun times.

Conclusion

Final words are 'buy this game'.

Wolfenstein Return to Castle

What is it? - the great fps game that combine horror and military action in a way that never had been before.

Game profile - It boosted the craze of PC gaming over consoles.

The good about it - both multiplayer and singleplayer is greatly developed. It means you get two in one pack.

The bad about it - terribly horror full, not for those who are little unfit.

I rate it - 9.2/10

Wolfenstein has played many role in gaming. Wolfenstein 3D is what put ID soft on the map. Wolfenstein 3D is what made PC gaming cool, what made action games on aPC better than those on a console. From Wolfenstein, we got Doom and Doom made networks cool. From Doom we got Quake, and Quake made Internet gaming cool and helped popularize the net in general. The Internet, as we all know, ignited and was the core of the longest sustained economic boom that America (and by default most of the western world) has experienced. Thus, Wolfenstein 3D is responsible for your current cushy job and the general level of prosperity we’re currently experiencing. That may be a “bit” of a stretch, but the connection is certainly there, somewhere.

Wolfenstein 3D took place during World War II, where you played one BJ Blazkowitz, a soldier on a mission to escape from the infamous…you got it, Castle Wolfenstein, occupied by the Third Reich . Apparently, anything and everything of value, including the Fuhrer himself, was located in said castle. Blazkowitz went through, taking down guard dogs (giant rats in the Nintendo-fied SNES version) , soldiers who cried “mein leben” (my life) in the most comic fashion and monstrous humans who ate hundreds of pounds of lead unleashed from BJ’s chaingun. Yes, poor old BJ had no rocket launcher, no shaft and no railgun. In a fit of pity, iD took the valued Wolfenstein license and allowed Gray Matter interactive and Nerver software to give the series a facelift.

Gameplay

Sometimes, no matter how perfect the recipe and good the ingredients, it takes only one mistake to ruin the cake. Take Wolfenstein’s AI, for example. Nazi soldiers are smart – if they hear gunfire while in a peaceful area, they’ll sound the alarm. They know how to use grenades and how to kick them back at the player if he throws one. They retreat, reinforce and use cover quite well.

It’s just a shame that every Nazi can shoot a black flea off a black, hairy dog at 500 paces. Amazing how they lost the war, really, with such fine aim. If we didn’t know better, we’d suspect that these soldiers got their aiming code straight from the bots in Quake III Arena. Take this example – halfway across a huge map, a panzerschreck wielding soldier walks in on a fight where you happen to be sniping at some poor saps. The distance is easily approaching a quarter of a mile, and the panzerschreck has never been known for its accuracy. Said Nazi slings his rocket launcher over his shoulder, squints an eye… and hits you dead-on. But that is surely a fluke, a bug with the panzerschreck aim?

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Maybe I’m losing my edge, but I find nowadays that the singleplayer game is quite important to me – more so than multiplayer. A merely average result, like the one in Return to Castle Wolfenstein, was disappointing after all the hype and promises. Even with the fancy graphics, the singleplayer could not score above a 75% - just slightly above the average game out there. If you’re looking for an interesting solo challenge, try Aliens vs. Predator 2.

With so many multiplayer options out there for gamers – the Tribes games, Counter-Strike, TFC, Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena – being a standout multiplayer game is tough and unrewarding. Even though RTCW has the best multiplayer we’ve reviewed since Tribes 2 (and definitely better if you prefer a real-world feel to your game), the plethora of other multiplayer options drowns out some of Wolfenstein’s thunder. Perhaps that is why though I feel compelled to score the online aspect of Wolfenstein in the low 90s, it adds only a mere 10 points to the 75% score the singleplayer game would get. Make no bones about it, however – Wolf is very likely to be the next big multiplayer hit. If that is your cup of tea, laying down the greenbacks for this game is a wise decision.

Battlefield 1942

What is it? - First Person Shooter Set in World War Two, that includes missions in 4 actual theaters of the War.

Game profile - one of the top sold games from Electronic Arts.

The good About it - Great team play with great guns on great maps.

The bad about it - no focus on singleplayer mode.

I rate it - 8.9/10


Battlefield 1942 is one of those games. While the publicity is pretty much over and people have already been fragging others for months, it just does NOT get old. What makes this game so addictive? Multiple vehicles? Tons of players? Nice multiplayer goals? Realistic maps? Combine all those into one game, albeit with one of the most horrid single player scenarios in history, and you have Battlefield 1942.

Taking place of course in the World War 2 arena, players from all over the world can log in and essentially fight a real life war. The difference between this and most shooters however, is the amazing selection of weaponry. Now, all you Rambo nuts, don't worry - you can still go around and pluck people off with machine guns, knives, pistols, grenades and sniper rifles. But in addition, you can man planes, flying them while bombing and strafing, put a 3 man crew on a B-17 bomber, man island shore battery gun turrets, drive tanks, jeeps, trucks, rocket vehicles, and if you think that is more than enough, you can also man submarines, helm destroyers, carriers and battleships, as well as man AA guns and artillery cannons. Had enough? Need more selection? About the only thing that comes close to this would be to hop in a Delorean and bribe Emmit Brown $50.00 for a ride back to 1942.

What the game amounts to, is a virtual battlefield of base taking, and cutting off supply lines. There is more strategy involved in BF1942 than most multiplayer games to date. For example, to earn your spawn point, you have to physically capture the base itself before you are allowed to spawn reinforcements in that area. Each map usually has about 3-7 bases in which you have objectives not only to capture those bases for reinforcements, but also to win the scenario. Points are earned on the basis of killing players, and capturing those supply points. The more you kill, the more you capture, the more bragging rights you get at the end of a mission, where it displays the top 3 players in that scenario. However, with all those weapons and vehicles, come unique and hilarious ways to kill others. For example, watching an engineer place in explosive on a bridge, and detonating it at the same time a player drives over that area with a jeep. The explosion, watching a jeep fly 50 feet into the air one way, with the player going the other, is a sight to see. But that's only one example. Players are making their own home movies of hilarious comedy as we speak, one including the best stunts of BF 1942 where I actually saw a B-17 land on a bridge. One even includes a rap song with Eminem. HA.

Gameplay
The gameplay and netcode of 1942 stumbled at first. At times, I would just drop for no reason, and quite a few others are still having some problems even after two multiplayer patches. What causes this is more client side than anything, but if you see some people moaning about it, you can rest assured they probably just have some client side system bugs to work out. So what makes this game the talk of the town besides the cool weapons? The fragging of your friends? Of your enemies? Of your loved ones?

When I first plugged this in, I was hoping for at least a couple single player scripted missions. Mind you, I just got done playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for the 8th time. But they could have least threw a couple things in there that would have made this game appeal more to the single player. Mind you, this game rocks your house in Multiplayer. But there is something that I love about being able to plug in a game and follow a decent storyline. One of these days, we are going to see the versatility of Battlefield 1942, and the single player campaign of Medal of Honor, mixed into the same game. Hopefully, the World War II theme will not be wore out by then. God knows, I do not think I can ever get sick of it.

You can imagine the game play with some screenshot below:

Until that day comes, if you are looking for some hilarious action in the World War II genre, look no further. This game will keep you hooked and addicted like no one's business. The versatility and fun of just controlling all those weapons and vehicles alone, is worth the price of admission. And while the single player campaign, if you could even call it that, has you fighting AI bots doing the same thing you would be doing in multiplayer, the latter more than makes up for the fun. It's a great investment as far as a dollar to play value. As far as system specs, this game ran flawless with high details on an Athlon 1.4, 512 Megs PC2100 DDR, And a standard Geforce 3. Those types of computer systems are cheap these days.

If you have anything less, you can always turn off a few options. In the meantime, anything more, and you will be able to get away with cranking ansiotrophic filtering and AA, and notice the games beauty. Oh, and do not worry, for all the hardcore BF 1942 lovers, there is already an expansion in the works. Featuring new maps, vehicles, and even more enhancements to make the game more exciting.

Call of Duty

What is it? - its a great simulation of world war 2 that has been one of the most popular game in the world.

Game Profile - more then 80 game of the year award winner.

The good about it - Great simulation of WW2 that can bring tear in your eyes.

The bad about it - game ends very quickly in single player.

I rate it - 9.5/10


Call of Duty puts you in the midst of the biggest and baddest battles of WWII. The United States, Great Britain, and Russia are your friends, and Nazi Germany is the enemy. It is your job to infiltrate, destroy, and then escape the clutches of the enemy in missions stretching all over Europe. Sound like fun yet?

In the single player game you are a member of the United States, Great Britain, and Russian military all with their own set of missions critical to the success of the Allied Forces. The missions range from rescuing a captured captain, shooting down planes at an enemy airfield, and even riding in the back of an escaping military truck while the bad guys hunt you down.

You have a large arsenal of machine guns, grenades, rifles, and other arms from the time period. Each weapon is correctly associated with the nation you are currently representing. One of the greatest things about the weapons is the ability to grab just about everything you can see in the battlefield. Are you a little low on ammo? Smoke that footsoldier in your way with the last few rounds and grab his MP40 sub-machine gun. You are instantly back in the action using all the weapons and ammo at your disposal.

This is no run and gun frag fest. In keeping with the theme, the enemy is no slouch either. They move in teams, will use whatever cover they can find to defend their positions or make advances on your side, and will react to events like shots whizzing by their heads, or a grenade landing beside them. Throw a grenade into a room and the enemy will panic and scatter, right into your machine gun fire. One of the best aspects of the single player game is the mix of individual action and team play. You must rely on your teammates to provide covering fire or take an objective for you while you provide the suppressing fire, but there are times when it is up to you to save the day. While this may not be historically accurate, this is still a video game, and a little heroism always makes for a good time! Running and walking have been replaced with various stances: standing, crouching and prone (belly-down) positions, each with a trade off between speed and shot accuracy. Hint: don't get caught by enemy machine gun fire in the prone position without cover, or you are hotdog filler. One thing I did notice about the movement that is a bit bothersome is that it is easy to get 'snagged' on various objects in the environment, rather than slipping around or over it. Another minor issue is that teammates will not move unless you target them and press your primary fire. It's uncommon but not impossible to get stuck behind or in front of a teammate headed in the other direction and get cut down by and enemy, as happened to me in one of the British missions.

Call of Duty is definitely a Game-of-the-Year contender for the PC. Its cinematic qualities will have you sweating in your seat, and the multiplayer aspects will have you logging on long after you've completed the single player mode. Future add-ons will include new mods, maps, and weapons to keep the replayablily consistently high. I recommend this game to all FPS fans. Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision (who recently purchased Infinity Ward), Call of Duty is out now.

Now see some in-game images to see how play like.
















This is when you start your game alone and follow up your teammates. Here your first real mission will be started and you will be attacking german militant and war machines to capture this place as our military base.
















They are german forces having some attack on your US forces your mission is to crush them and go ahead for your next mission.
















Now, in above screenshot, after completing about 70% of the game you are arriving to berlin as russian forces. As the team of Hitler, german forces are firing millions of bullets with mg-42 on your russian team and you have to manage to climb up the slave to head to berlin.















Finally, You will capture the german flag from the Headquater of Adolf Hitler and the game will end and credits will began.

Once more I would like to that this game is greatest world war 2 simulation of them all.