Review by Old Rooster Everlight: Of Magic And Power Developer: The Games Company Publisher: The Adventure Company Released: October, 2008 Available for: Windows XP/Vista (System Specs Below) Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “Grandpa, What Is A ‘Dom-i-na-trix’?” My 3rd grade grandson has great reading skills, including an interest in new words to embellish his rich vocabulary. Unfortunately, one day he happened to be looking over my shoulder at the gorgeous fairy tale setting presented in Everlight …
Review by Old Rooster Murder In The Abbey Developer: Crimson Cow Publisher: The Adventure Company Released: August, 2008 Available for: Windows (System Specs Below) Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up Murder In The Abbey (aka The Abbey in Europe) proves to be a delightful, pleasantly surprising medieval mystery featuring colorful graphics, stiring music and excellent voice acting. Only a few rough edges and some discordancy between cartoonish visuals and serious storyline keep it from our coveted …
Review by Scout The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Developer Bethesda Softworks, LLC Publisher Bethesda Softworks, LLC Released 1996 Available for DOS Verdict: 3/5 Middlin’ “The game is much nastier than Morrowind. You are dumped in a dungeon with snarling monsters everywhere (rats and imps and bears and bats and skeleton warriors and thieves) with no armor or spells and just a sword. Good luck trying to get out. I died about every way possible before …
Movie review by Scout The Statement Directed by Norman Jewison From Sony Picture Classics Released December/12/2003 Available on DVD Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “The best part of the film, by far, is the performance of Michael Caine. His character is an unapologetic racist, a self-serving, violent, manipulative, pathetic, despicable whiny bitch. And you can’t take your eyes off him.”
Review by Scout Fallout 3 Developer Bethesda Game Studios Publisher Bethesda Softworks LLC Released October 28, 2008 Available for Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Verdict: 5/5 Gold Star “Play Fallout 3 and you’ll not only be treated to what might turn out to be one of the best Bethesda games ever to come down the pike but you’ll also experience echoes of Deus Ex, Half Life 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and Bioshock. In the end this game …
Review by Toger Time Hollow Developer Konami Publisher Konami Released September, 2008 Available for Nintendo DS Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “.muunitnoc emit-ecaps eht retla nac ,oot ,uoY* Kirk and Picard did it. Doc Brown did it. So did Doug and Tony from the TV show, Time Tunnel. You know you’ve always wanted to do it; but, beware the Butterfly Effect because as we well know, things will go awry.”
Review by Old Rooster The Colour Of Murder Developer: MDNA Games Publisher: Merscom Released: October 29, 2008 Available for Windows (System Specs Below) Verdict: 5/5 Gold Star! “The fifth Carol Reed mystery continues the unusual, intricate and suspenseful story telling of one of our finest independent adventure game developers. Moreover, this time the Nyqvists have also incorporated one of the best progressive hint systems yet seen. We’re pleased to award a Gold Star to this …
Review by Old Rooster Outcry Developer: Phantomery Studios Publisher: The Adventure Company Released: September, 2008 Available for Windows (System Specifications Below) Verdict : 3/5 Middlin’ “With intriguing visuals and lovely musical score, Outcry will involve you in its mysterious and, ultimately, psychological storyline. Unfortunately, excessive verbiage as well as the insertion of odd and often difficult puzzles for their own sake brings the final score of this short game down to a 60% range.”
Review by Steerpike S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Developer GSC Game World Publisher Deep Silver, Steam Released September 21, 2008 Available for Windows Verdict: 3/5 Middlin’ “In the end, Shadow of Chernobyl stood above its many, many flaws because it was a revolutionary title, a game-changer. Clear Sky, though in many ways a far superior game, does not enjoy the same immunity to its flaws, because it’s supposed to be of the second generation, and the mistakes …
Review by Old Rooster Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches Developer: Arberth Studios Publisher: Got Game Entertainment Released: October, 2008 Available for Windows (System Specs Below) Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “I Am 15 Years Old. Will I See 16?” – Rhiannon’s Diary Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is an unusual, beautifully written game that offers an entertaining, challenging visit to the folklore and legends of Wales. With only a few rough edges, Arberth …
Review by Old Rooster Developer White Birds Productions Publisher Got Game Entertainment Released October 2008 Available for Windows (system specs below) Verdict:3/5 Middlin’ “Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a disappointing adventure game adaptation of the works of Enki Bilal, famed French graphic novelist. Stunningly detailed graphics and atmosphere do not compensate for the obscure, linear storyline cluttered with Rhem-like puzzles. At under 10 hours playing time, this strange game earns only a “masks” rating, …
I downloaded the WiiWare title Strong Bad: Homestar Ruiner on my (what else?) Wii a few weeks ago. I have a high regard for Telltale Games, and they seem to have made a go of this episodic content business (but where’s the next Bone, hmm?), so I was looking forward to this, ‘specially given it’s on the Wii, my current favorite platform du jour (how’s this for a run-on sentence?). Well…
Movie Review by Scout Bug Directed by William Friedkin From Lionsgate Films Released May 2007 Available on DVD Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “…Ashley Judd frakking knocks it out of the park, turning in one of the best acting jobs in her career. She is a revelation, a cavalcade of dysfunction, a celebration of dissipation.”
Review by Steerpike World in Conflict Developer Massive Publisher Activision/Sierra Released September 2007 Available for Windows Verdict: 5/5 Gold Star “But World in Conflict is a masterpiece; unadulterated, absolute … perfect. It is ultrasonic, ultraviolent; melted, battered, folded, then melted and battered again until it possesses an unbelievable rippling strength.”
Grand Theft Auto IV is memorably mediocre, not even representative of the best the open-world genre can achieve, let alone the pinnacle of this medium. It’s boring, repetitive, irritating, difficult to control, and far too puffed up with its own sense of self-worth.