Guild Wars Nightfall Review

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(More customer reviews)Nightfall takes place in the land of Elonia, the starting area of which is a large island. The story follows a group of people that are concerned with their leader's involvement with demons and what that alliance could mean for their land.

In Guild Wars, players have can use eight skills from a pool of several hundred possible skills. Skills can only be changed in towns, where other players meet and accept quests. Each character has a primary and secondary occupation or class. Each class has a set of skills. With the ability to pick skills from two classes, Guild Wars offers an endless array of skills to each player.

Nightfall adds the ability to control up to three AI Heroes per player, out of a total of 15 heroes. The player is able to customize each hero's skills, skill points, 2 distinct sets of armor, dye that armor and give each hero weapons which can be customized as well.

Also, the player can control which skills can be use by the Hero AI by placing the skill in order, from left to right, and deactivating skills so that those skills can only be used when the players initiates them.

Shortly after Nightfall came out, templates were introduced. Templates allow players to save skills, skill points, armor, and items to a local file that can be reloaded for later use or exchanged with other players.

Another addition was the ability to save skill sets. These sets can also be exchanged with other players by a long ASCI code. Both of these additions, while not specifically part of Nightfall, further enhance game play.

Nightfall uses a pleasant mix of story driven indoor and outdoor missions to tell the background of the lands. The missions range from the basic slay type to more interesting infiltration. One mission, in which the player crashes a party and must perform several amusing activities, was a wonderful surprise, very enjoyable and very fun to replay.

As a whole, Nightfall contains everything that Prophecies has and expands upon it nicely. Nightfall also has a nice mix of indoor and outdoor missions. The only draw back to the outdoor scenery is that they limited it to a savanna grasslands style.

The extras that this boxed set includes are nice for people that are heavy into Guild Wars or curious about what goes into making the game. Most will find those items of little value. Think of DVDs with a huge art section with hundreds of sketches that were used to create the movie. If that amount of detail interests you, then the extras included in this boxed set should as well.

With more player control of the battle through the use of fully customized Heroes, strong story driven missions, beautiful scenery, hundred of skills and several classes, Nightfall is the best part of the Guild Wars world.

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Guild Wars Nightfall is the roleplaying game gamers have been waiting for - an intimate, heroic experience where your decisions shape your personal game experience and your customizable party becomes an extension of your charater.With more than two million copies sold worldwide.Guild Wars is the award-winning epic roleplaying game that revolutionized online gaming with its free gameplay.Guild Wars Nightfall is the next campaign in the award-winning Guild Wars epic that revolutionized online roleplaying and captured the adventurous hearts of millions of players worldwide.Guild Wars Nightfall is a stand-alone game featuring a rich story line, adventurous guests and strategic missions in which the gameplay experience will be determined through various story options and the decisions of the players.You will create and customize your own adventure.

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Digimon World DS Review

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(More customer reviews)Firstly, this isn't really a game called Digimon World 6.This game is Digimon Story, translated into Digimon World DS.Chronologically, in America, it would be Digimon World 5.

To start things off, this is a really fun game.The premise is that you are a human who is brought to the digital world to raise digital monsters, or digimon.Throughout the game you can raise your digimon from Baby to Mega levels, even degenerating to make them more powerful.Furthermore, there is a training area, called a digi farm, where you can put your digimon to grow while you are out battling.

The game is an RPG.You gain levels and stats increase, allowing you to digivolve once certain requirements are met.You can also equip swords, shields, and accessories.

Pluses -

You can own over 200 digimon, and choose to make your favorites as powerful as they can be.

If you are a fan of the show, it's great to see your favorite digimon show up in the wild, be it Gabumon, Angemon, or even Myotismon.

North America is introduced to Digimon Savers, the new series running in Japan.There are many character that appear in the game that are from the series.

Negatives -

The game can be a bit glitchy.Some things may not load right away, and I once experienced the top screen, which holds the digi farm, turn black.This was remedied by entering the digi farm and talking to one of my digimon.

Some of the evolutions of the digimon aren't the same as the television series.Angewomon doesn't evolve into Magnadramon, Impmon doesn't evolve through to Beelzemon...Matadormon doesn't become Grandracmon and so on.It's not a bad thing, just a tad dissappointing to the die hard fans such as I.

All in all, Digimon World DS is a great game.It follows the RPG genre very well, creating an enthralling world for players.One warning though, just because you may be a Pokemon lover doesn't mean you will like this game.The style and speed of gameplay in both games are very different.

You should purchase this game if you are a fan of the Digimon series, the RPG genre, or are just looking for a fun game to put 30 plus hours into.

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Digimon World 6 is the latest and advanced new game that gives you two screens' worth of Digimon adventure! Over 250 unique Digimons will be at the fans command -- build Digi-Farms to raise, evolve and communicate with your Digimons. You will also be able to exchange Digimons, engage in online battles and together create rare kinds of Digimon with your friends via Wi-Fi and local DS wireless connection. This is the evolution of Digimon games.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator World Championship Tournament 2009 Review

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(More customer reviews)Overall I thought the game was pretty good. I used to play actively about 4-5 years ago and figured I'd pick it up to see what's all changed in the over all metagame. I've got to say the structure of the game itself hasn't changed much but all of these new cards make yu-gi-oh a whole new battle field. I was surprised when a duelist whipped out a syncro monster on me since I had never seen it before, but being a quick learner like I am - it took some time (going from graveyard to graveyard reading what this card does and what that card does) to get back into it and become average at the game again.

It's just as the guy said a couple reviews below, the deck you start out with is pretty weak. The opponents you play have pretty much themed decks (be it one deck based off of umi, another deck based off of zombies, etc). I think I'd win 2 or 3 rounds of of 6 duels.

It's fairly easy to rake in DP (Duel-Points) when you first start out, because your winning new bonuses and getting 100 DP alone for that new bonus. The bonuses are obtained after a battle and could be anything from:
-Decking your opponent out
-Max Attack Bonus (Getting A Monsters Attack High by Effect/Equip Cards, Etc)
-Exodia Finish Bonus
-FINAL Finish Bonus
-Etc...

My main advice for obtaining new cards is duel as much as possible and save up your DP, then go purchase all the packs in that specific set. There's 50 packs per set & your spending 150 DP, so you'll need 7500 DP per card pack (box per say). I started doing it this way because one guy had mentioned below that you get a lot of repeats on cards (which is true). If you buy the packs 50 at a time per set (Set being like Beginner Pack #1, Beginner Pack #2 respectively, etc), you'll obtain 90%+ of that specific set and you could move on to buying new sets of cards while getting your deck a lot better. Near the end of the game my deck mainly consisted of throw back cards (1900 4 Star Attackers like Spear Dragon, Archfiend Soldier, Mad Dog of Darkness, etc), these were obtained within the first set of packs offered in the game.

I was surprised when I was reading through the game and saw that there were 3 dueling styles : Normal, Speed Duel & Tag Duel. Being out of the game so long, I thought, "Oh crap - what's a speed duel?". To sum this up to any of the new comers, a speed duel is supposedly done on your motorcycle in the game (Your not operating the bike and dueling at the same time, your just dueling with a different background, seek youtube for example speed duels). Your given these things called speed counters, which are basically obtained each turn (they're incremented by 1). In order to use magic cards (spell cards, which they call "Speed Spell Cards"), they cost a specific amount of Speed Counters. I thought this was pretty interesting because each player wasn't able to use good spell cards until around the 8th or 10th turn, which if you had a deck of decent trap cards, could put you ahead of your opponent. Overall thought what I liked about Speed Duels were that it didn't have a limit on what speed spells could be use. For example Raigeki is banned from standard play, but in a Speed Duel you could use it at the cost of 12 Speed Counters - you can also have 3 Raigeki's in your deck - this is however the same with your opponent. What I found lame about Speed Duels were that you had a whole new different deck, along with a whole new different pack set for specific speed spells.

Initially, you have your stand alone spell cards such as heavy storm. The normal heavy storm card isn't allowed in a speed duel, if you want to use it you'll need the card "Speed Spell - Heavy Storm", which has to be obtained by purchasing the booster pack of Speed Spells. I didn't like the fact that your speed deck had to be a whole new different deck, this made memake use of the read recipe, delete recipe feature offered in this game, so whenever I was normal dueling or speed dueling, I could just use the same cards from my initial deck, in my speed deck (and then would just have to take out my normal spell cards). Overall though, I found the Speed Duels highly overrated and the decks of the players who you fight in Speed Duels pretty weak. Your actually at an advantage here because it costs to play spell cards, so take advantage of that!

The other two dueling styles are of course your normal and tag duels. My favorite was the tag duel offered in this game. You basically get to team up with a player in the game and go against 2 other players. This was interesting to me because when I played the game physically and we used to tag duel, we'd have our own monster, magic / trap fields and would have to wait til everyone made their first move (around the table), then we could start attacking, etc. In this game, you share the field with your partner so if your opponent starts out first and doesn't set a monster & it's your turn, you can attack directly. Being able to team up with a person from the game let me learn the strategy of that persons deck & have fun at the same time.

I had read a comment about how does the motorcycle have an affect on this game. Its basically for show, you have a motorcycle & have to get away from the police a few times, so they put you on a race track and you have to complete it in a given amount of time to get away successfully. It's pretty stand alone driving. Press A to Accelerate, Press B to slow down, use your D-Pad to navigate. The motorcycle doesn't play a huge part in the game it adds in for extra fun when your tired of dueling and want to race with it or something though. I went through the whole game without even upgrading parts so I wouldn't suggest you event waste your DP on it.

Overall though, I'd give this game an 8.5 out of 10. I appreciated the fact that it brought me back to the times when I used to play & introduced me to new styles of playing (the syncro scene & all). I picked up on alot. The -1.5 on the score I give it was because the overall campaign mode was way too short, lucky they give you a world championship mode where you can continue dueling and upgrading your deck though, so you'll have that to do after you beat the main mode.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009 is the most robust offering in the World Championship franchise to date. Updated and expanded providing more than 2,800 playable 5D's cards in 3D environments. Players can choose to travel through 5D's Story Mode to duel in fun mini games with characters from the all new TV animation, collect cards and compete in multiple battles, including Turbo Duel racing. Also included, the all new World Championship Mode where players can polish their trading card game strategies and tactics in single-player battles or multiplayer duels via Wi-Fi connect.


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Explore the world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series in this exciting World Championship game exclusive to Nintendo DS. With more than 2,800 playable 5D's cards, the game provides immersive trading card action set in thrilling 3D environments. Duel with characters from the TV show and compete in a variety of battle styles to test your luck and see if victory is in the cards for you.

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Play your way to victory using any of more than 2,800 cards from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, including cards from the Crimson Crisis booster pack
See the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! come to life around you in stunning 3D environments
Duel in fun minigames with characters from the TV show, collect cards and compete in battles like Turbo Duel racing in 5D's Story mode
Demonstrate your best trading card strategies in World Championship mode as a single player or against other players via Wi-Fi
Includes three exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards

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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009 is updated and expanded to provide more excitement than ever before in the World Championship franchise. Explore the Yu-Gi-Oh! world in 5D's Story mode as you duel in fun mini games, or hone your trading card strategies in the all-new World Championship mode in which you can play in single-player mode or compete with gamers from around the world via Wi-Fi. An impressive 2,800 playable cards make for thrilling and varied gameplay, and the game includes three exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards for added fun.

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History Channel: Monster Quest Review

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(More customer reviews)A fun game, but didn't take long to beat and I didn't have capabilities to save the previous games. I am not sure if it was related to my computer or not?? We got a new computer with Windows 7 and it sometimes does funky things to the games.

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Based on the Smash Hit Series! Seek and Revealthe Truth.Product InformationNow fans of the smash hit series on HISTORY will have the chance to become aMonsterQuest investigator in a compelling and mysterious adventure in search ofamazing and elusive creatures. In the spirit of CSI and X-Files theMonsterQuest team uses modern investigative techniques to pull back the shroudof myth rumor hearsay and superstition to reveal the facts and truthconcealed within. the MonsterQuest game will place the player in the heartof these probing investigations.Using logic science and a sharp eye the player will endeavor to determine ifthe monsters re real fantasy or a hoax. This is a real MonsterQuest insearch of one thing... the truth.Product FeaturesInvestigate eyewitness reports and legendsLive the adventure and crack five renowned monster casesExamine hundreds of mysterious cluesGo into the field in search of evidenceUncover the truth in challenging lab testsSolve puzzles; quests and mysteriesDetermine hoax of truth. You decide...Windows RequirementsWindows Me XP VistaPentium IV 2 GHz or 100% compatible processor256 MB of RAM100 MB free Hard Drive spaceDirectX 9.0c128 MB DirectX compatible Graphics Card4X CD-ROM driveSound CardMouseKeyboard

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Plants Vs. Zombies Review

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(More customer reviews)You wouldn't guess it from looking out your window, but the plants in your yard lead a very secret, dual existence.I'm not talking about the tomatoes and cucumbers you've got growing on the vine, which both look good and taste good.I'm talking about how they've sworn to defend you and your home from zombies.See, there's a long-standing grudge between plants and zombies.It turns out that zombies aren't much in the gardening department.Rather than discussing fertilizer and crop rotation, the typical zombie conversation is along the lines of,

"Brains?Brains brains... brains.Brains!"

No, zombies not much for repartee, and will usually just eat any plants in the path between them and some warm, gooey brains.Seeing as talking either plants or zombies is a losing venture, Popcap games have created Plants vs. Zombies (PvZ) to give an insight into this fascinating and fun, little discussed world.

The purpose of PvZ is quite simple, use a variety of plants to keep the zombies from getting into your house and eat your brains.You simply collect falling sunlight and sunlight created by sunflowers to purchase other plants with which you can attack wave after wave of zombies.

Easy, right?

The zombies aren't just your every day, dumb zombies.No, they'll attack at night, when you can't count on sunlight to fall from the sky.And if that doesn't work, they'll try your back yard - as I said, these zombies are relentless.On top of that, they've got whatever items they had when they became zombies.Some crafty zombies will pole vault over your defenses.Others will launch basketballs.Some nefarious zombies will attempt to moon-walk their way into your heart, or at least your kitchen so that they can sample your tasty brains.Crafty, like I said.

Whenever you clear a wave of zombies, you are often awarded a new plant for use in your arsenal.On top of that, your stock-pot wearing neighbor Crazy Dave will show up occasionally, with words of wisdom and items to purchase which just might help in the battle.He's a good neighbor, that Crazy Dave.

I highly recommend PvZ - it is an addictive game that will suck away the hours - a full five-moose ranking.Beyond the adventure mode, Popcap have a number of other challenges types of play to keep things interesting.Puzzles, survival mode, and even a zen garden are there when you need a break from wave after wave grey-matter munchers.If I were to have a quibble with the game, it would be the robotic zombie finale?Can Dr. Robotnik be far away?Also, what about an extra-hard adventure mode where there are no last-resort lawnmowers to protect your home, or the zombies have bulked up on ZGH (duh - zombie growth hormone)?

PvZ runs on any mac with 10.4.11, 512 mb ram and a 1.66 ghz Intel Core Duo processor - it looks insanely great on my 24" iMac.The action will suck you in, along with anyone else in the room, who will cheer on your .A free download is available to give you a one-hour taste of the game, and then it's $19.95 to purchase.The soundtrack is catchy, and the music video will have you humming about zombies on your lawn for days.I'll probably have to uninstall it after I finish this review, just so that I can start getting things done again.Who am I kidding - just one more game...

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Stem a zombie attack in this Game of the Year Edition of the zombie-zapping phenomenon! Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with 49 zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop 26 types of zombies dead in their tracks. Obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge, and with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies! New bonus content in this Game of the Year Edition: Create your own zombies with the Zombatar - then watch them in action as you play the game! Also, earn a bevy of in-game achievements.

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