Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)Let me start by saying that most of the time I am one of the suckers that usually buys limited editions of the games I really want (Halo 3, DJ Hero, Rockband Beatles, GOW2 with Lancer toy, etc.), however most of the time the limited editions are let downs and the trinkets just end up going to storage.Not this time, this has to be one of the best packages I have every purchased!

First the Game:This is a fun game with great single player and multi player modes.I always enjoy the multi player more then the single player and this game does not let me down.You will need a good internet connection to really enjoy the multi player, so make sure you have it otherwise you will get frustrated.Their are plenty of maps and games to enjoy for months to come and I am sure new maps will be available by the time you get sick of the current maps.The new weapons are really cool and adds to the wow factor.

Second the NVG toy:Yes this is a toy, but a very cool toy.Do I need NVG's, NO; however does anyone really need them besides the military.They are fun to play with, they feel really solid and not as cheap as the lancer that came with the GOW2 package.They work well in total darkness and look great on the display head that comes with the package.

You will not be disappointed with this package and not get buyers remorse!Enjoy!

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Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person tactical shooter and the sixth entry in the popular Call of Duty series. True to its name and following the lead of its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, it places players in modern combat settings, as opposed to the WWII environments of the earlier Call of Duty games. This modern approach brings with it new weapons, action and options. Coupled with a variety of gameplay modes including single player, multiplayer and the co-op Special Ops Mode, it is destined to be one of the most popular games of 2009 and a worthy addition to the Call of Duty series.

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Rumble Roses Review

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Ofcourse there is a stigma that this game is for perverts (the half naked anime girls help create that stigma), but it's actually a really good game. I found the wrestling to be brutal&funny, and I found the story mode to be hilarious & Corny & Creative.

For wrestling fans, I found Rumble Roses to have the best submission system for any wrestling game I have seen to date. I also like the heel/face system of the game. The heel/face system of the game lets you choose whether your wrestler will be good or evil. The good and evil characters have different moves, story modes, and ring entrances (which adds more fun to the game).

Being an old Nintendo gamer from the 80's, this game reminds me how far video games have progressed. In my day your had to imagine what your 8 bit charaters looked like. Now, not only can you cleary see your characters face, but you also see facial expressions and a moving mouth. Graphics=5
Commentary and Music=4
Fun Factor=4.5
Replay value=4
Controls=4

Total=4.3 STARS

Not sure why this game is rated M. It's pretty tame compared to games like Grand Theft Auto and Blood Rayne. The outfits are pretty revealing, but I don't think this game deserves an M.

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Developed jointly by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and wrestling game developer Yuke's, Rumble Roses is a powerhouse combination with intense wresting action, sexy female models, audacious poses and bold moves - all delivered with state-of-the-art graphics. Rumble Roses also features an advanced combat system that allows players to develop unique styles for their wrestlers. Players are able to change the personalities of their wrestlers through their actions in the ring, which then translates into changes in costume, attitude, and wrestling style options. Insults and taunts prove a lot more important here than in your typical wrestling title too, and many of the maneuvers are said to leave opponents in, what we will call, "compromising positions".

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Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Jewel Case) Review

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(More customer reviews)I saw a copy of this on my local BestBy store for $10.Seeing that I got a pre-paid gift card on me, I decided to buy this and play it for awhile.This is an "Encore" published version, so it doesn't have all the paper manuals of the original UbiSoft version.The manuals are in the PDF format and is inside the disc.Version number of the game is 1.03 I believe, but the latest is 1.06 on the web.I have never played the original version, but I can say that this is a very polished game, with smooth gameplay and nice graphics.It crashed 2 times so far when loading, so that's not too bad.My system is more than adequate for this game and produces nice framerates (it's currently running on wide-screen @ 1680x1050,16:10, max resolution).I didn't try out the multi-player system yet, as I'm not quite seasoned enough.

For those of you who thinks this is a typical Unreal/Doom type FPS, think again.This is a more realistic tactical FPS that requires squad-mates and cover system to survive.I actually like this better, as it's a lot like Mass-Effect and Gears of War.I end of using my right-mouse button (cover) more than the left-mouse button (fire weapon).The big thing I don't like is that the weapons are pretty much the same, as there are some really redundant guns.I would prefer a system where the guns are more unique and hence, more special.For the price I paid, I've been spending hours trying to perfect my play.This is definitely worth a price (I last saw the original UbiSoft version selling for $7)!

System: Intel E8200 (3.0GHz)/2GB RAM/ATI 4380/Windows XP.

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The sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue Las Vegasfrom an escalating terrorist siege. You can play as Bishop, a new member of the Rainbow squad who is soaring through the ranks. Or you can customize your character with experience points earned in both single-player and multiplayer. Choose between a male or female character in the singleplayer mode.

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Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights Review

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(More customer reviews)Okay, I just picked this up a couple of weeks ago for a remarkably cheap price (it's been out for awhile) and I had pretty meager expectations going in since it came and went without much hoopla. The case wasn't helped with the dumb "Hot Import Nights" subtitle which really brought thoughts of mediocrity to my head.

However, this game is amazing fun! While limited in scope and a tad repetitive, I never got bored with it. The cars handle well and you actually have to use different cars for different events, unlike most other arcade racers where a supercar will dominate all courses without much effort.

It took me about 40 hours to complete the game to 100% completion.

There is *NO* storyline to the game. No cheesy cutscenes a la Need For Speed or Midnight Club. No bosses or bad guys. Nothing. The people you race in the rookie league are the same people you're racing in the elite league. The game is focused solely on racing and drifting.

What I like:
1) The courses are well designed and easy to drive. I didn't find a single "invisible wall" which is prevalent in many racing games, where you hit some unseen obstacle on the side of the track and go bouncing off-course.

2) The difficulty level is perfect, for me at least. Most races can be beaten within 1-5 tries so you're not banging your head for hours trying to get past something.

3) Great selection of cars, from regular Japanese tuner cars to classic muscle cars to boutique supercars like the Zonda F and the Koenigsegg CCX.. even an Ascari!

4) Soundtrack is good, if you like electronic/dub.

5) Sense of speed is great, graphics are about on par with other 360 racers.

6) Drift courses are a hell of a lot of fun. Some of the drift totals seem impossible when you first get started (like 4M points in a single drift for example) but once you get into the groove you can knock it out and feel in the zone.

What I don't like:
1) There's no conclusion to the game. I'm serious. You beat the elite level and a screen says "congratulations you are now elite" and puts you back into the regular race selection screen. That's it. No credits rolling, nothing new unlocked, no new cars, nada. Just an achievement.

2) The game LOCKS UP on a somewhat often basis. In one of the drift events if I go over a 5M single drift it will hard lock, ie, I have to actually power down the 360 to get out of it. This is a pretty serious problem and there's no expectation that it will be fixed since I believe the Juice team is out of work these days. This doesn't impact the actual completion of the game but it does keep you from accomplishing some achievements, like the 20M and 50M drifts, which are probably beyond my skill level anyways. But there's a certain anger that's felt when you get a 12M point drift and it locks up before the autosave kicks in.

All in I'd give it a 7/10 and recommend it to anyone who's played all the other big name racers and is looking for something simple.

For reference I'd give these scores to these similar games:
Need For Speed Undercover: 6.5/10
Midnight Club Los Angeles: 7.5/10
Test Drive Unlimited: 9/10
Burnout Paradise: 7/10
Need For Speed Most Wanted: 8/10
Need For Speed Carbon: 7/10

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Get into the drift with Juiced 2: HIN the only place where superstar DJs smokin' hot models and totally tuned cars come into close contact. Juice up your ride with complete customization and boost your NOS power as you draft drift slide spook and fight for your rightful place on the racing line. Fast-paced adrenaline-fuelled pick-up-and-play action lets you enjoy the pure rush of powersliding your way around the globe. Wow the crowd keep tabs on your opponents and take the crown as the rightful king of drift! Lap up the atmosphere of the real tuning scene complete with lights DJs music and of course girls.Get your car sideways for as long as possible to rack up the big scores controlling a car has never been more rewarding.Earn your boost: Powerslide through the corners to get a nitrous refill.Enjoy almost limitless graphics options: Decals paint layers sticker layers and interiors.Are you cool or wild? Develop your unique Driver DNA and let your friends download it. Download your friend s DNA and have them join your crew.Play for Pinks: Stake your prize ride on a race or a drift competition to win your opponent s pride and joy.Hire fire and manage your own crew.Spook your opponents and force them to crash.Take on real-life crews and star drivers from the tuning scene.Race and collect the hottest rides Imports Exotics European Old Muscle and New Muscle all feature with hundreds of real tuning parts and tens of thousands of combinations.Take the party to the World s most famous landmarks race around Big Ben San Francisco Tokyo the Sydney Opera House and Rome s Coliseum. Format: XBOX 360 Genre:ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating:T UPC:752919550205 Manufacturer No:55020

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Medal of Honor Airborne Review

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(More customer reviews)I know a lot of gamers are getting tired of the same old and oft-repeated WW2 shooters.But the criticisms I've heard about this game hardly seem justified.The graphics are crisp with good frame rates and smooth play. The AI soldiers seem to react in a far more efficient and realistic manner.Also there are some great new wrinkles.

Two new features I love are the character and weapon development.The idea of incorporating character skill development into a WW2 shooter is fantastic, and while things like weapon upgrades aren't--of course--very realistic, they add an enjoyable new dimension to the gameplay.Also, parachuting into combat is really cool.

So far, I've found the control layout to be smooth and efficient--not always a given with this series.Another plus is the far less linear nature of the missions and combat.Instead of simply moving from point A to B and so on, you're generally just given a set of mission objectives and then left to work them out on your own--with far more opportunity for using terrain and flanking options to achieve success.

All in all, a very satisfying purchase and the first true next-gen WW2 shooter.

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WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 Review

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(More customer reviews)UPDATED on 11/5/2010 after much more time with the game.

While this is a much better game than 2010, it is once again a glaring hole of issues that Yukes and THQ never disappoint on. You will have the regular amount of kids and adults who turn a blind eye to these things, claiming the game is perfect, but you will be SORELY DISAPPOINTED if you listen to these people. I have spent quite a lot of time with the game so far, and while it is a decent title from Yukes for the first time in 4 or 5 years, it just doesn't get up to par with what they promised (shocking I know.)

THE PROS
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-The new physics system is decent, but it will give you problems like anything else. The tables break on cue and work well, but some weapons like chairs, fall apart with one grapple attack. The major issue with the physics system isn't it's set-up how ever, just that in typical Yukes' fashion, they're too lazy to reanimate 6 or 7 year old moves, so getting someone put through a table is only doable with moves they fixed or are brand-new, which is about maybe 10% of them if that. Other than that, you have to REALLY get things lined up for it to work.

-Much larger and fuller roster gives you a ton of selection once you have everyone unlocked, and when (if) they release the DLC you will get another 8 or 10.

-A new ability allows you to counter certain attacks into pinfalls, which can be reversed into pinfalls as well. A friend of mine and I did about 6 reversals and it looked seamless each time.

-Match Creator gives you a LOT more options on what to do during a match, and you can even create your own match, though it's VERY limited.

THE CONS
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While I can go on and on about little aspects in the game... the list of cons are what will make it or break it for a lot of people with this game. Yes... playing with friends is really fun, because two human controlled players can have an awesome time and not get bored. In a 60 minute Iron Man Match, the time flew by like it was just a few minutes.

-Real life active Titles ONLY can be defended in Universe Mode. This causes a lot less replayability in my mind. You MUST have Universe Mode turned on, and only #1 Contenders can challenge for Titles... ONLY at PPV's. Basically, if you want someone to have a belt, you need to go into the create mode and assign it to them, unless you want to spend 2-3 hours working for it. This kills a major aspect of the game lasting as far as I'm concerned.

-Glaring mis-spells. So far in two RTWM's I have seen three clear spelling mistakes in the captions, and by default, the game has Taker and Kane labeled the "Brother of Destruction." To me at least, these is just really unprofessional by Yukes for allowing crap like that to go through.

-Most wrestlers by default all have the same regular moves. Almost all wrestlers have the following; Running DDT, running STO, shoulder block, clothesline, grapple DDT... the list goes on. It looks like they spent the better part of 2 hours assigning the entire roster their moves. Most of us will spend hours and hours reassigning all the workers, as half of them are missing certain moves they use all the time, which are in the game. Inexcusable for me!

-Backstage in RTWM. Boring... boring... boring! The area is sizable enough to where every character in the game could be hanging around, but usually only 3-5 are around at a time, and interaction is so limited, you wonder why they bothered! You can talk to a wrestler, which will almost always result in them insulting you. Then you can shove them 3 times to start a brawl. This is about 80% of what backstage interaction is all about.

-Too easy to reverse everything. Even with the meter turned all the way down and the difficulty cranked, it's too easy to reverse everything the computer does. Once you get the timing down, you really cannot lose.

-Matches are WAY too quick. On average, Easy to Hard difficulty your matches will last about 45 seconds if you're really pushing for the victory in 1 on 1 matches.

-Over 100 Universe cutscenes? I've only seen the same 4 repeat over and over and over again! Someone buys a ticket and sits in the front row... someone goes to the announce table and you never hear from them, and there is also the attack on the ramp, and the sneak attack through the crowd. After boasting 100 scenes, I'm really hard-pressed to find out where the others come in!

-Universe Mode gets boring VERY fast. It is nearly impossible to work your way up to a WWE or World Title bout unless you win the Rumble or MITB, because the system tries to keep you at Intercontinental or United States Title level at all times. Heck, I can't even get my CAW into a MITB match, and he's never lost a bout in 3 years game time! Even after a year's time from winning the World Title, I took it off him to see where he would rank, and is still nowhere near any contention to the World Title... JUST the US Title.

-For a mode that claims to be fully customizable, you are so limited with Universe Mode, it's almost absurd. If you edit a scheduled match for one of your own, it doesn't count towards the rankings. If you touch ANYTHING in Match Creator for a Title match, it will change it to a regular bout. You can't even add a manager!

-CAWs is much more limited this year. It seems as though hundreds of pieces of items and designs were removed. I can no longer make myself like I could in other games, because what I used for my attire is no longer there in any sense.

-Want to put a custom tool design on your CAW? Download one or make one and knock yourself out... but then you can't use that CAW online "just in case" it's offensive. I put the Nexus logo on my CAW, now I can't use him online. BULL!

-When you do win a Championship, Michael Cole will always proclaim; "If this happens on Sunday, we will have a new Champion!"

-Online STILL HAS MAJOR LAG! I tried fighting a guy online last night, and I couldn't do anything. Apparently he has been playing with the lag for years, because he was spamming moves left and right, and used a ridiculous multi-tiered finisher that took almost 30 seconds to complete, and he used it almost 10 times before I couldn't kick out anymore. When you try to do something in an online match, there is a half second delay... EVERY TIME. Worthless!

-The Legends suck. Same old... same old. We've seen all these guys before multiple times. If you can't put anyone different in, Yukes, STOP PUTTING IN LEGENDS! You would think these guys are currently in the WWE since half of them have been in almost every single release since 1999.

-MITB is almost impossible to win past Easy setting. With the physics system, the ladder is always constantly being knocked down when you try to climb it. Any time someone does a move while you're climbing, the ladder goes down immediately, even it's barely touched.

-The RTWM's are terrible, aside from Christian's. Rey loses his memory, Undertaker's is filled with cosmic garbage set for a bad 1980's movie... INCLUDING a Bill & Ted Time Machine Phonebooth! Cena's is about his staler than heck feud with Orton, and I haven't even touched Jericho's because I'm sick of trying to play them.
All in all, while this game could be very fun for you, pick wisely. If you haven't liked previous Smackdown games, RENT IF FIRST because you may be very upset at spending $60 on a game when once again, Yukes promises and delivers on very little. The game will give me longevity because I play it a lot with friends, but as a single player game, you will get sick of it VERY quickly. I urge anyone who is thinking about buying it, PLEASE save your money and play it a friend's who has it, or rent it first. If you buy this game brand new thinking it's going to be a complete over-haul, and worked on greatly to be a better game, you will get a hard kick in the face by reality.

As I said, it's great fun with human players in the same room. My friend and I just recently spent 2 hours battling each other in a 6 Man Elimination Tag and it was just great fun.

But on your own... the game is just the same old repeating nonsense.

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Step back into the squared circle with WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011. Havingsold more than 50 million units worldwide, the renowned WWE simulationexperience and annual centerpiece in THQ's expanding WWE video gameportfolio returns to define the ultimate WWE moments and give playerseven greater creative and decision-making freedom throughout theirstoried journeys within WWE. Features include: the return of favoritegame modes, as well as new additions, a new physics system and extensivecustomization options.

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