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God-Awful Terrible
This has to be one of the worst FPS's I have ever played in my entire life.It can be summed up as the following;
NEVER EVER BUY THIS GAME
EVER
NEVER EVER
Plentiful bugs, horrible graphics, shoddy coding, and registration that signs you up for spyware all help to make this one of the worst FPS games ever released upon an unsuspecting public.
Want a fast online FPS?Go buy Unreal Tournament or Quake 3 Arena or ANYTHING BUT THIS!

frustrating and invasive
I was looking for a single player first person shooter. What I got was signed up to a lot of online spyware. I did not expect the game to require an online connection to play, and I resented being subjected to a gaming paysite as I loaded the game. Otherwise, the game might have been fun... except that I could not figure out how to save anything.. having to start out from the beginning every time got old fast. I was persuaded to buy the game by all the other glowing reviews; thus my advice... don't waste your time or money!

ROCKIN
Don't bother buying any other fps, this game rocks. Single player mode is a good way to get comfortabe w/ controls, then g
et ready for some awsome, violent, game play on line. it works solid on my xp, no problems w/ connection, & very addictive game play.I'v played UT2&3 I always default back to Gore.

For 56K modems this is your FPS Game
The engine coding and online performance is so slick - I could compete even with a 56K modem. That did it for me. It's the only game I know where I can do well with a slow modem.

The single player game plays like Doom2, only the graphics are much, much better (ofcourse). The multiplayer absolutely rockxs.
If Ut2K3 has the STAM drain feature then I would say it is just as good as GORE! But it doesn't. GORE is in the same class as SoF, just at 1/3 the price.

For 56K modems this is your FPS Game
The engine coding and online performance is so slick - I could compete even with a 56K modem. That did it for me. It's the only game I know where i can do well with a slow modem.

The single player game plays like Doom2, only the graphics are much, much better (ofcourse). The multiplayer absolutely rockxs.
If Ut2K3 has the STAM drain feature then I would say it is just as good as GORE! But it doesn't. ... Read more

Product Description

RalliSport Challenge delivers an action-packed racing experience by combining four different types of Rally competition into one pulse-pounding game: Hill Climb, traditional Rally, RallyCross, and Ice Racing.

This variety of race types allows for gamers to experience traditional rally racing against the clock, as well as fierce, wheel-to-wheel grudge matches against computer opponents or over a network against friends. With 29 licensed cars (and several bonus’ vehicles), 48 tracks, realistic AI opponents, and spectacular crashes with realistic car damage, RalliSport Challenge packs more fun and thrills into every race across a variety of terrain. ... Read more

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In the 31st century, there is no mercy. Join the Inner Sphere's strike team as they prepare for the annihilation of the deadly Smoke Clan Jaguar. You'll have over 30 missions, 18 fully customizable 'Mechs to climb into, and enough firepower to flatten a mountain range. There's also an all-new target acquisition system and more battle environments than ever before. But watch your back--this fight is for survival. ... Read more

Reviews (30)

Great game
The first foremost negative aspect about this game is the fact that it doesn't really have a soundtrack. It's only got two songs on the CD and this is quite a shock and disapointment since, for example, Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries had a full, awesome soundtrack. Nevertheless, the 2 songs seemlesly integrate themselves into the feeling and the repeats aren't that noticeable.

The game has a good plot, good graphics and good action. In multiplayer it's even better, but the system of finding a server could have been easier and more straight-forward. Matching is done via a Microsoft website where you can find games and chatrooms and you also need to have installed Zonematch, a small program similar to MSN Messenger. In my opinion everything should be incorporated into an in-game multiplayer interface, just like the majority of other titles out there.

You, along with other troops are sent on a mission to neutralize enemy forces occupying a planet. As you reach orbit the dropships are shot down by enemy forces. You have to fight your way through, meet up with your other lancemates that were also shot down and find a way to get off the planet alive while at the same time driving to accomplish your mission.

The game puts you in the cockpit of awesome, powerful, 80-ton humanoid warmachines with enough firepower to level a city. The array of mechs and arsenal won't disappoint. Customize your warmachine any way you want and take it to the battlefield.
I especially like the mission commentaries, video feeds and voice acting, they're very well done and really help create the overall atmosphere.

BE ADVISED! The game out of the box may have slight incompatibility issues with Windows XP especially if you have Service Pack 2 installed, so make sure you grab yourself the latest game update patch from the internet! Once patched it runs without any problems.

Good, easy fun
I've loved all of the Mechwarrior games, they are always so easy: stand and pick other Mechs off at extreme long range. Besides graphics changes the two big changes are a nice zooming rectile, to make those long-range shots easier and a "Mobile Field Base" that will fix you up in the middle of a mission. All of this makes the campaign short, just 10 hours or so.

I had one glaring problem, it wouldn't install or run on Windows 2000. Maybe I could have gotten it to run if I had hunted down and hand-installed all the files. It ran without a single hitch on Windows 98SE.

Good game
MechWarrior 3 is a great game. The graphics are a little outdated but it is a few years old. the SFX are great too, they are very true to weapon and are not of poor quality. On my pc (p4 2.0GHz, 512mb ddr333, Geforce mx440, 10,000rpm SCSI HD and Windows XP) it runs without any skipping or latency. The Campaigns are the best of any game I've played but some times I am at a loss as my copy did not come with a manual. This is by far the best mechwarrior game in existence (MW4 not so much because of the fact you do not have much freedom with creating new 'Mechs).

Old Soldier, New Mech
I haven't been following the Battle Tech series very closely, and have lost track of its history. But I am told, and have read that Mech Warrior stems from it.
Believe it or not, I found the Battle Tech series when I was a Private on the rise in the U.S. Army. That was over 20 years ago, and I've heard that BattleTech is over 15 years in history. Go figure! Anyway, about 7 years ago, I read about Mech Warrior and was stunned. Wow! What a toy to have! (GAME for PC) I grabbed a few pictures, and did a little reading. Then I acquired, MechWarrior - Hawks Revenge. I still have it around here somewhere - I think in storage. It was a fun game to play. Who wouldn't like dancing around in a 40 to 100 ton Battle tank with legs? Now Last year, I downloaded MechWarrior 3 (No CD, no disks, nothing! Just a download) and I have been in love ever since. Again - who wouldn't love dancing around in a 40 to 100-ton Mech? The guns, the power, the speed! My God, the speed! I have a pentium 4 running Windows XP. And man, the speed and fluidity of the program is awesome. I'm a graphic artist and I love eye-candy. This game gives me a high that you won't believe. My family gets upset because when I feel like making noise and blowing things up, it's Mechwarrior 3 on the PC! They like to play too (and my family is my girlfriend and my niece - both whom I call "Lady MechWarriors" - They play that well). However, sometimes, the program does drop out on its own. Yet it is not enough to annoy me or cause alarm. I just hit go, and I'm back in the business of shredding mech metal. It is, however, a good idea to shut down any non-essential programs that may be running in the background, in order to keep it from becoming a headache. That is, unless those programs are essential to keep the computer up and running. Usually, I shut down ICQ, and any other programs that may enable a pop up advertising window, or system message window. For a little while, I can live without them. And the PC doesn't mind either. From then on, it is BANG-BANG-BOOM! Good-bye Smoke Jaguar!
So, if you are new to the Mech Warrior Universe, read the books (any that you can find), play the games. Immerse yourself and have fun. If you are an old soldier like me (1st Cavalry, Co. C 2/7th Cav - '80 - '83), then put it on, it will look good on you! I haven't stopped (After a hard days work, it's always a trip into fantasyland and a visit with my fellow Infantrymen from days gone by), and I have completed the game several times. Now my new love is "Mech Assault"....
But that is another love story to be written.

My MW3 playing days are long gone.
This game could have been incredible, a follow up to the Mechwarrior 2 series.It was ok. But that doesn't do it anymore. Now we want the best ever and for FASA to live up to it's record.

Graphics
Good for 1998.Looking back it probably had the best graphics for maybe an hour of two but this is still ok.The environments ever change until the end with the onlt difference in the sky.Guns look ok.The mechs are great looking and explode decent.I loved the mission previews.P>Sound/Music
The music is a repeating eerie war tune which gets on your nerves after a while.The sound is about the same as in other mech games with the machines and weapons.

Controls
MW3 is a decent game until this.The controls are so screwed up it's sick.When I first played this in 1998, it was a steo up from 1996's MW2EP.

Story
The story is this; It's 3060.The Clan wars have been going on for a while.You are going to this planet to finish them off.But most of the people get shot down.So you go around killing everything from stray people to the boss himself.Rocks.

Misc.
The weapons are the same, the mechs are less.The missions are challenging and once you beat the game just put it away.

If you have MW4 and want to buy this, don't.Go start to MW2 unless you're a diehard fan... ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

In a land overrun with monsters and villains, the mighty wizard Asheronhas sent out a call to the bravest warriors and spell casters to return to theland of Dereth via magic portals. You and thousands of other Internet-connectedplayers assume these adventurers in Asheron's Call.

Unlike other massively multiplayer online role-playing games (or MMORPG, if youprefer), Asheron's Call takes a more holistic approach to game design.In the arena of character generation, rather than simply choosing a characterclass such as warrior or wizard, characters are designed based on the spendingof skill points. If you want to play as a wizard that also dabbles in swordplay,Asheron's Call lets you make that decision. And unlike other MMORPGsavailable today, Asheron's Call offers a seamless world that avoids thelengthy halts whenever an entire new area is downloaded to the player's localcomputer. The game achieves this by performing constant smaller downloads behindthe scenes. The only noticeable load times occur when you actually delve into adungeon.

These and other innovations--such as an intriguing combat system that involveschoosing specific hit locations (which vary from opponent to opponent), amulticomponent spell fabrication system, and extensive character appearancepossibilities numbering in the hundreds--make Asheron's Call an enjoyableand new experience for all.

One specific innovation merits special mention--the practice of allegiances. AnyMMOPRG will be a bit confusing to new players upon their arrival, regardless ofwhether they have played games of this genre or not. Usually, with politepersistence, new players can discover what they need to know from the moreexperienced players. Asheron's Call has taken this fact of virtual lifeand incorporated it into the game through allegiances. An established characterwill offer to become a "patron" of another, resulting in a formal relationshipin which the elder gives assistance, and perhaps some equipment, while the"vassal" is obligated to perform certain services. The vassal can in turn becomea patron down the road, thus bringing a full feudal flavor to the game.

Depending on the number of vassals a patron has, he or she can even gain titleand access to equipment he or she could not have had otherwise. This means amultitude of players will look to assist new arrivals, and, as either side canend the allegiance, be responsible to uphold their ends of the bargain.

Oddly, unlike in other MMORPGs, your sword and sorcery alter ego on Dereth mustbe human (though you may select from three different ethnicities). For thosewishing to play elves or ogres, other games of this genre are better suited.Again we see this lack of diversity in character roles. While you can spendcharacter points to increase skills typical for rogues, warriors, priests, orwizards, these are the limit of your choices. Those who wish to assume the roleof other fantasy staples, such as that of a necromancer or bard, need to lookelsewhere.

But for those who prefer in-depth detail over archetypal breadth, or for thosewho don't care and just like the idea of adventuring in a world with thousandsof other online colleagues, Asheron's Call is a call worth answering.--Brus Wasson ... Read more

Reviews (96)

Its a bunch of fun.
This is game is pure fun. Its addictive. Im not writing much because i just got odne writing why not to buy ac2. Not kidding. Look for my other post for alot of info on ac1. Its under ac2 reveiws. Name -- doesn't cut it -- AC1 has alot of landscpae, lvls, ppl, skills, and jsut alot of other things, tkae my word for it, ITS AN AWSOME GAME.

Greatest RPG on the Market
This is the best game I have ever played.It never gets old, because it changes every month.I highly recommend this game.

Asheron's Call, the Greatest MMORPG in Existence
Still alive and well, AC has some life in it.I've played since release and love it more today than I did then.Sure theres a monthly fee, but the game gets new monsters, quests, items, game systems, etc.EVERY month.For many there is no need for another game to play! So that a flat rate there, $ for all your computer gaming for a year!Tis an incredible deal.The above reviews are very old, cheaters have been removed.Wonderful third party applications have been added that enhances the game, allowing one to chat on IRC while in-game, control Winamp while in-game, etc.These fall under the plug-in Platform "Decal", found on Sourceforge. Balance has returned to Asheron's Call, some will always do better at some monsters than others, its the advantages of that class.But thats just it!These days if ya don't like how you've done your char, you can make some adjustments via new quests.The skill system of Asheron's Call is of untold beauty and far out does any other game in existence, especially Ever Quest or Asheron's Call 2. AC is a very social game, allegiances take care of their own and will help many a newbie.However, one can survive very well as a soloer, I am kinda a mixture of both. Theres puzzles, tons of quests, PKing (by choice), Trading (an unimaginably dynamic economy), and so soo much more...

DON'T BUY USED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT WON'T WORK!!!!!!!!!!!! If the previous user used the subscrpition coupon then you wont be able to play it. So if they played it at all, you cannot play it. It's a great game though.

I'm addicted - but getting bored
I've been playing AC for about 20 months.The game was outstanding for the first several months.The landscape plus the challenge of creating an allegiance of other players to complete quests was fun.As the game went on, cheaters and hackers have ruined the game.Turbine almost refuses to discipline or ban them, I guess they're afraid to lose money.The last 6-8 months, I've noticed that very, very, very few people are joining the game.While turbing has worked to provide low level content, it's not being used.The high level content is there mostly for mages.Warriors are pretty much left out of the fun.In fact, just the other day, my level 67 warrior was having kills stolen by a level 42 mage!!!This should just not happen. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

The bestselling role-playing series of all time forges a new age of online gaming again with Ultima Online: Renaissance. Interact with thousands of players simultaneously in this breakthrough Internet fantasy world that is now easier to learn and play than ever. Get online and immerse yourself in the adventure of a lifetime. ... Read more

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Ultima Online:A role players review
I have played Everquest and Earth and beyond as well as a little know game called Avalon ...Online games, yet, the detail to which Ulima Online creates a world is well beyond any other game, on or off line...Example I have a character that is a tailor.He hunts animals and prepares their hides, then sews their hides into boots,shoes and leather armor to sell....That's not all...he collects cotton from plants, wool from shearing sheep, then spins it on a wheel, uses a loom and makes the thread and yarn into cloth...dyes the cloth and sews clothes to wear or sell, everything from hats to pants to kilts and dresses, includeing cloaks.He regularly rides a horse that requires feeding and needs resting on occasion.His weapons need to be repaired by interaction with Blacksmith characters.He lives in a small tower with furniture and everything.Now thats detail!He is a Paladin and lives by the code.The detailed game play of your fantacy is also enhanced by other roleplayers in the game...such things as greeting courtesies take on a whole new meaning with characters rangeing from paladins to necromancers and the latest in player designed characters.Whether you wish to design your own characters or pick from a selection, I think you will findthis game captivateing...I would, however, caution you to limit your game play...this game can be a little addicting.Enjoy!

UO is a great roleplay!
Ultima Online is a very impressive and immersive game. There are many options available in the huge, diverse online world that this game offers. I found that I was easily able to create a character and become a part of the community with little trouble. Some of the occupations are Tailor, Carpenter, Pure Mage, Animal Tamer, Blacksmith, and many more. Plus, there are thousands of real people online all the time that you can talk to. I think Ultima Online is one of the best role play games that the computer world currently has to offer.

Renaissance ruined the game
Ultima Online Renaissance ruined the original games potential to be a very good multiplayer game. Its no longer worth the time or money to play.

One of The greatest games ive ever played
Ive had this game for 5 months now and since then i havent been able to leave my computer. You can be anything you want to be not like diablo 2 which you dont have much freedom. The areas to explore are almost endless. If you buy this game you will get hooked. Trust me.

One of The greatest games ive ever played
Ive had this game for 5 months now and since then i havent been able to leave my computer. You can be anything you want to be not like diablo 2 which you dont have much freedom. The areas to explore are almost endless. If you buy this game you will get hooked. Trust me. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

Revolutionizing the online first-person shooter genre with a seamless indoor/outdoor game engine, Starsiege Tribes backs up its snazzy technology with sophisticated online-only gameplay. Tribes is the perfect game for action fans looking for something more cerebral than Quake but less complicated than Rogue Spear.

Players are able to customize their high-tech warrior to suit individual play styles: snipers will go with light armor, extra battery pack, and a laser rifle; fans of less-subtle tactics will grab heavy armor, a mortar, plasma gun, and shield pack to create a walking tank. This level of customization adds an unusual amount of depth for a game in the first-person shooter genre, and it's fun to mix up gear choices in order to react to battlefield conditions.

And oh, what a beautiful battlefield it is. Players begin the game within their home base, but once free of those crowded halls, a limitless vista greets the eyes. Rolling hills, snow-covered peaks, and eerie moonscapes provide a stunning backdrop to the action as players zoom around with jetpacks. Outposts, towers, and weapon emplacements provide strategic objectives and sniping platforms; hovercraft and personnel carriers allow quick transport and airborne assaults.

Blasting your way across the world of Tribes is fun, but it's not the only gameplay option. Less action-oriented gamers can assume the role of Commander and issue orders to teammates. The Commander is especially useful during matches that require intricate teamwork, such as capture the flag, capture and hold, and defend and destroy. --Mike Fehlauer

Pros:

• Can pick weapons and equipment to suit mood and play style
• Visually impressive game engine
• Jetpacks

• Poor tutorial

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apex of gaming
Tribes is the best game ever made on the face of the earth. This is THAT game. Miss the golden age of gaming? Tribes came out at the same time as Half-Life, and many people overlooked the game that could have brung it about a second time. It's a bit too late now, unfortunately. The community is pretty much gone. Unfortunately, many of the people that play it now are rather childish and 'elitist', which may detract from the experience unless you have a group you can play it with. Approach this game at your own risk. It's the best.

THE BEST GAME ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH
Starsiege Tribes is (by a Hiroshima) the best game on our planet. There is so much, I repeat, SO MUCH to do in the tribes universe. One problem with the game that is a problem but once you play you'll forget: NO single player. The multiplayer is SO good that this game should be called BUBBA and Halo and all those other[...] games should be renamed BUBBA'S[...]. For $10 or less, you cannot beat this. Get it. Absorb it. Die a happy gamer. You will not regret it my friends.

Best Game Ever
Tribes is the best game of all time, of any genre, in any human culture in the history of the Earth.

If Tribes had a downside, it would be that the player, when in the Tribes universe, no longer is affected by the normal rules of Time that we all know and are normally governed by. The side effects of this include Agelessness (and the consequences thereof) and, after prolonged exposure, inability to percieve time correctly when not in the Tribes universe (sped up/slowed down perception of time, as well as, in extreme cases, 'slippage', the inability to maintain a fixed path through the flow of time). Also Tribes simulates a mild euphoria that tends to keep the Tribes player in the Tribes universe indefinitely. If properly supervised, the Tribes player can be brought back out of the Tribes universe at regular intervals, but it must be a slow transition to avoid permanent damage.

Amazing Game
Vehicles. Vast outdoor environments. Focus on teamplay. Online support for at least 32 players. Base equipment and trinkets. Jetpacks offering full freedom of movement. Mixing and matching gear to create your own roles. Never the same game twice. Even today these features make Tribes stand out in a crowd of other FPS games, but several years ago when the original Tribes was released, it was downright revolutionary. Whether you bought the box, downloaded the demo, or "borrowed" it from a buddy, chances are you've tried Tribes. If not, then you've still experienced its influence in any number of other games that have since embraced its successful combination of features

Best of all? Its free on FilePlanet!

Great game, but why pay for it?
You already know that Tribes is a great game from the other reviews, but did you know you can now get it for free?

With the upcoming release of "Tribes: Vengeance", Vivendi Studios has made Starsiege: Tribes available for free to the public, downloadable off of www.fileplanet.com.So don't bother paying tewnty bucks for the jewel case, when you can have the full version of the game within hours for free, instead of within days for upwards of thirty dollars. ... Read more

Features

• Create your own detailed missions using FRED, the fully-featured mission editor
• Three unique species, each with its own strengths, weaknesses, tactics, ships, and fighting characteristics
• For 1 or more players over LAN
• Over 40 jaw-dropping real-time ships with dynamic lighting and stunning effects
• Command intelligent squadmates, redirect up to 12 wingmen, and request reinforcements for unbelievably intense dogfights

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awesome game!
this game is one of the best computer games i've ever seen. the movie clips, especially the opening clip, have pretty good graphics. the plot is that the terrans are in a "war" with the vasudans when the shivans, a species of freaky five legged walking weapons with even better guns and shields, come in and kick both of their a$$es. you get a cornucopia(look it up) of valuable weapons, and there is no dearth(that one too) of available ships. your wingmen are smart, and you can give specific commands to one fighter, one wing, or everyone on your side. if you have an old computer and are worried about lag, i have it on a 1995 gateway computer, windows 98 and it runs great. i highly recommend this game to anyone.

the 12 year GIRL
this game is very strategetic and exciting you dont know whats going to happen. I love this game soooo much I play it almost every week when I dont have to study for any tests.I am addicted to this game that whenever I dont get a medal for each mission i play the mission over until i get a medal.I know that this has lots of violence and fighting against aliens or some odd mechanical robots and right of the back you know this is a boy game but guess what i am a girl and i LOVE this game.i am desperately trying to find freespace 2 in shops.the best game ever!!

Excellent Game That Rivals TIE Fighter and X Wing
If you like Lucas Art's TIE Fighter or X Wing then you'll love this game, it has a very captivating storyline that pulls you into the game.

The game's graphics are not wonderful, but aren't the worst I have seen, but you rarely take time to notice as you are normally involved in some good combat, the hud is customizable to a degree, unlike some other space sims. The weapons are unique but the missles are pretty much left to be used on capital ships only later in the game. As you progress later in the game it becomes an all out fragfest and a series of "protect the" missions that can become rather hard and irritating if you paly them for the first time.

I do tohugh, still recomend this game to anyone, too bad Interplay went out of business so the only way to get it is used.....but its still a good game to have...

The Greatest Space-Combat Game Ever Made
I have played many space-combat style games in my life, but none as good as this.

It's better than X-Wing, better than even the original Wing Commander (and that's saying something). This game features tons of cool missions which actually change objectives mid-mission (and sometimes are intentionally impossible to accomplish), all in the name of wondrous storytelling. The graphics are marvelous, even by today's standards, with perfect glowing particle explosions and neat shield-hit and hyperspace jump effects. The sounds are sweet (full of crunchy explosions and searing laser-fire), and the cut-scenes rank among the best ever seen in a pc game (the beginning and ending cinemas are two of my favorite ever, and who can forget the phrase "We hurled outselves into the void with no fear"?).

What really makes this game shine though is the perfect controls and the awesome computer-controlled A.I. The controls are super-intuitive(featuring the best keyboard layout I've ever seen in a space-combat sim), and allow you to tell your wingmen EXACTLY what you want them to do. This wouldn't be particularly cool, except that your wingmen actually are smart, and will always try to carry out your orders. And the enemy ships aren't exactly idiots either (resulting in that one bogey leading you away from your objectives instead of endless waves mindless enemies like you see so often nowadays). After many years of space combat (and considering the fact that I still keep a copy on my hard drive after all these years), I have come to the conclusion that this is the best space-combat game ever. I like it ever more than it's sequel (which DID feature better graphics but not a better storyline). A definite must-have on ANY PC gamer's list.

one of the best games ever
Freespace is one of the coolest games I have ever played before.
It has very good graphics.In this game you command a fleet of ships.you command them and tell what to do.You will all so gain rank on youre performance in the battle area. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

With Half-Life, 1998's Game of the Year; Team Fortress Classic, the incredibly popular multiplayer-only game; and Opposing Force, the most impressive expansion pack we've ever seen, Half-Life: Adrenaline Pack is a complete collection sure to alter any gamer's body chemistry.

Half-Life quietly debuted in late 1998, and the gaming community was forever changed. Instantly soaring to bestseller status, the groundbreaking title eventually earned over 50 Game of the Year awards. The combination of an intriguing, well-paced plot, smooth graphics, cunning enemy AI (artificial intelligence), brilliant level design, and revolutionary in-game scripted events make Half-Life an unforgettable gaming experience. You play as Gordon Freeman, a mild-mannered scientist assigned to handle hazardous materials in the government-funded Black Mesa Research Facility. Something goes wrong--horribly wrong--with one of the more exotic experiments, and Gordon must try to escape. Along the way, he has to try to rescue his fellow scientists, master the use of conventional and not-so-conventional weapons, avoid or kill bizarre alien monstrosities, and learn the true nature of the research at Black Mesa.

Team Fortress Classic is a multiplayer-only action game that uses the Half-Life game engine and interface. Ease of use and pulse-pounding game play have made TFC one of the most popular action games on the Net. Finding and connecting to games is a quick and painless process; once connected, any gamer will quickly feel at home. Players choose a character class from such World War II movie favorites as Scout, Pyro, Soldier, Engineer, Medic, Spy, Sniper, or Heavy Weapons Guy. The class determines your health, armor, speed, available weapons, and special ability. Special abilities range from the Medic's ability to heal comrades and poison foes to the Spy's ability to assume the guise of any other class.

It's the teamwork that makes TFC so much fun. Each player is a member of a team and must work with the other team members to accomplish the goals, of capturing the flag, base defense, or planning to kill the enemy VIP. An effective team includes a good mix of character classes and a leader of the team's efforts. The person in charge might assign a sniper to cover a large expanse of open ground or tell a team to take out an enemy bunker. The maps included with TFC emphasize team-based play, and the surprisingly productive Half-Life/TFC player community constantly produces new maps and modifications.

Opposing Force returns the player to the Black Mesa facility, but tells the tale from the perspective of Col. Adrian Shephard, one of the soldiers sent to clean up the scientists and their reality-altering mess. Just as in Half-Life, things quickly go badly for Colonel Shephard and his men. Ambushed by aliens, scattered and confused, Adrian must fight his way through the ruins of the facility in an attempt to reach a helicopter extraction point. Gameplay is similar to that of Half-Life: Adrian must collect weapons; get over, around, or through collapsed passages; fight aliens; and contend with the mysterious--and murderous--Black Ops agents.

All three games in Half-Life: Adrenaline Pack could easily stand alone on their own merits; being able to get them all in one package is a real treat. Half-Life will draw you in, Team Fortress Classic will keep you in multiplayer heaven for months, and Opposing Force will remind you just what makes the Half-Life game world so good. --Mike Fehlauer ... Read more

Reviews (21)

Adrenaline Pack
I think that this is probably the best pack out of all of them.Who care about Counter Strike.If you buy a pack that includes CS you are paying extra money for a game that you can download for free on the internet!

Any way.Half Life has a great story.You are Gordon Freeman, a scientist for the Black Mesa research facility.Then.It all goes wrong.Aliens are everywhere. If thats not enough, there are government grunt troopers coming in also.You think they are here to save you.They are not.

Now for Opposing Force.You are the grunt.You have crash landed at the black mesa facility after you chopper was shot down by an unknown .....craft.What the hell is going on?You must find your way past alien life forms so you can get out of this hell hole.At the same time your mission is to find Gordon Freeman.

There are so many mods for this game its unbeleivable.This game is a MUST BUY.If you don't own it, well......I dont know what to say.Multiplayer rocks, single player rocks, everything rocks.

Best Pack in the World!!
These games are great... great graphics, sound, and effects. I started to buy them separately... dumb thing to do this package is less expensive than buying them separately!!!!!!!!!!!!

No wonder it was game of the year!
This will keep you glued to the computer screen.There's just something about this game that keeps your interest.Perhaps it's the feeling that you run threw one, continueous world.The fact that there is actually a storyline that you can fallow threw until the end.The "what will happen next" feeling really keeps you going in this game.Unlike it's other shoot-em-up counterparts (Quake, for instance), this will keep your interest because you aren't playing levels, your playing a world.

You'll never stop playing this game
You wanna know how good this game is? I'll tell you. This game came out in 1998, which is eons ago in the gaming world, and I'm still playing it daily. I play Unreal Tournament and Rogue Spear fairly often, but given the choice, I'd pick this one (and its Team Fortress mod) in a heartbeat over the others. The single-player experience is cinematic, scary, intense and addictive. From the get go, you are immersed in the world of the game and you never want it to end. Although of course the game does end, it's not much of a problem because that's when you can just get online and play Team Fortress with others over the internet. The mod is such addictive fun that you'll have to be dragged kicking and screaming from it for food and sleep. It's THAT good....entertainment that keeps you coming back for such an extended length of time.

This Game Rocks The House Down
When i bought this game I wasn't expecting it to be that great. I bought it cause of a friend who told me it would be good. When I played it it was awesome. The graphics were great. It was blood 'o' rama. (if you like that sort of thing , which i do) When you start out you are a player looking to save the world from villans who came from a test lab experiment. It is great but can be freaky (makes you jump) sometimes (when you play in the dark with headphones on fairly loud. I recommend playing like that.).But over all i gave this 5 stars because of the intense playing and the great graphics!!! ... Read more

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Track and stop the terrorist organization responsible for the theft before they can carry out their thermonuclear holocaust. Dispatch as many terrorists, skinheads and enemy soldiers as necessary to complete your mission.
Failure is not an option. ... Read more

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If you're tired
Gamers, are you tired of games which cost $50, take up 4 gigs on your hard drive and slow down to a slide show even on top end systems? Are you tired of games which take an hour of wandering around and talking to other charactes before the shooting starts? Do you want to have some FUN... bloody, loud, explosive shooter fun, like the kind we had the late 90s with Quake and Doom? Are you tired of stealth and puzzle solving? Well look no further! This game, released in 2000, is a blast, literally. This game is simple,violent and fun. You are John Mullins, a freelance soldier who is given the dirty job of finding 4 nukes stolen from a Siberian base by terrorists. OK that's pretty standard stuff. But SOF delivers action and atmosphere in spades. Right away, you are thrown into a gang war in the NYC subway. I live in NY and the trains aren't so realistic, but this is a game, so what. It's the action which counts. SOF distinguishes itself by the extreme level of violence... shot enemies react depending on where they've been hit. Pop him in the foot, and he'll dance around in paid; hit the head and it explodes like a watermelon. The gameplay is not too cerebral... find the enemies (they're not hard to find) and kill them. You'll have from time to time help from other characters, but most of the time you're on your own. So get you kill on with SOF Platinum... you won't regret it!!!

Major goriness, but fun
As I was installing Soldier of Fortune Platinum, a prompt asked me if I wanted to put some limits on the level of blood and gore in the game.

"Nah," I said. "How bad could it be anyway?"

Boy was I in for a surprise! I've been shooting things in games ever since I was 5, and I'd have to say that Soldier of Fortune would be #1 in blood and gore so far.

Shoot any enemy in any place and they react in the proper way.
A shot in the foot will result in bad guy grabbing his leg (or lack thereof). My favorite thing to do when I'm in an evil mood is to unload a whole clip of SMG bullets into a bad guy's chest and watch him do that crazy dance of his.

The game does have limits, but only in story and level design. But when you're in the mood to just walk in and blast away a few hundred bad guys, simple story and linear levels can be a good thing. Just don't let little kids play SoF or even watch you play it without the parental controls on.

Major goriness, but fun
As I was installing Soldier of Fortune Platinum, a prompt asked me if I wanted to put some limits on the level of blood and gore in the game.

"Nah," I said. "How bad could it be anyway?"

Boy was I in for a surprise! I've been shooting things in games ever since I was 5, and I'd have to say that Soldier of Fortune would be #1 in blood and gore so far.

Shoot any enemy in any place and they react in the proper way.
A shot in the foot will result in bad guy grabbing his leg (or lack thereof). My favorite thing to do when I'm in an evil mood is to unload a whole clip of SMG bullets into a bad guy's chest and watch him do that crazy dance of his.

The game does have limits, but only in story and level design. But when you're in the mood to just walk in and blast away a few hundred bad guys, simple story and linear levels can be a good thing. Just don't let little kids play SoF or even watch you play it without the parental controls on.

GREASTEST GAME OF EM' ALL NEXT TO SOF2
This game is totaly awesome,though i'm said about Hawk but dude you must play this game you will REALLY love it,and play SOF2 the sequal to SOF1.Poor,John Mullins always loses his kick @$$ partners.

P.S.:I bet you nobody will be playing on Soldier of Fortune Multiplayer!
Scincerly SOF1,2 Lover,
POO(Im not tellin you my name)

The first daringly realistic first-person shooter
I wanted Soldier of Fortune long before it was released, but unfortunately I did not have a computer that could handle the game at the time.Once I upgraded to a PC that was ready to rock and roll, I rushed out to buy Soldier of Fortune Platinum edition.Killing virtual people with all manner of destructive instruments is fun, but the ability to shoot people in specific areas of the body and have them react in realistic ways to such hits was a dream come true for this gamer.Those people who go into conniptions over "violence in video games" just don't get it; they seem to think violence didn't exist in the world before video games were invented.Worst of all, they want to control our minds, allow us to see and think about things that they in all their infinite wisdom consider "safe."Our fragile little minds will just melt if we see a little blood on our screens, according to these censorious do-goodies.The purchase of Soldier of Fortune is not just the purchase of a great first-person shooter; it is an assertion of your right to make your own decisions about things in life.

Shoot a guy in the foot, and watch him dance around on one-leg; take out a leg, and watch him squirm on the floor; deliver a slug in the gut and listen to your victim moan in pain and even beg for mercy; if you're really serious about this thing, go for the head shot and watch it explode like a watermelon.That's the main attraction of SOF.I can perfectly understand why some parents would not want to let their youngsters see such gratuitous yet oh so cool violence, and there is a parental control lock that will take the realism out of the game.

Soldier of Fortune is much more than an excuse to revel in gratuitous violence.The game play is excellent, rivaling that of the Quake series and Half-Life.The fact that you must complete specific missions makes it much more cerebral than many a first-person shooter, yet the game is not so difficult that you find yourself getting hopelessly stuck every five minutes.Sure, there could be more variety among enemy actions, and strategy sometimes equates to little more than just blasting away willy-nilly at the bad guys, but Soldier of Fortune really has everything I want in a first-person shooter.The addition of "friendlies" adds a further little challenge to the game; as much fun as it is to blow away innocent, unarmed civilians, too many collateral damage deaths can make your mission a failure.Your weapons and equipment are the types of things a real soldier of fortune would carry, not some crazy science fiction gizmos.Your missions, while fictitious, are taken out of the pages of current world history, giving you the chance to take out vicious terrorists who represent a clear and present danger to basically the whole world.This is as close to becoming a hero as I will ever get (even though being a soldier of fortune is as much about making money as it is about taking out the world's bad guys).

The Platinum Edition includes all of the extra multiplayer features of the Gold Edition along with five brand new multiplayer maps, a video preview of SOF2, and the complete online version of the official Strategy Guide from Brady Games.The game has a little age on it now, but it's still a heck of a lot of fun to play.I would only ask that you make your own decision to play this very realistic game or, if you are a parent, you make the decision as to whether or not your child or teenager should take on these violent missions; don't let "them" tell you what you and yours can handle. ... Read more

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best game you can find
By far, Tachyon is the best computer game I own.It has a well developed plot, excellent graphics, and the best multiplayer capability.

In single player, you can travel to different star systems and travel through tachyon gates to get to different sectors.Go on missions to gain credits and further the plot, then spend the credits on a more powerful ship, better weapons, and useful systems.You can join one of two factions, Bora colonists, or Galspan mining corporation, and fight against your enemies and for what your faction thinks is right.

In multiplayer, you can fight in one of two ways: arena match, in which you go up against as many as 31 other players and try to kill as many of them as often as possible without dying too mudch, or base wars, in which you climb the technology tree on your base to get better weapons and destroy the enemies base.Both have excellent real-time graphics and you experience no lag.

The graphics on this game are stellar, with amazing ship, weapon, planet, starbase, and asteroid portrayals as you zoom around the galaxy.The AI is well developed and ranges from being relatively easy at the beginning, to incredibly hard and challenging near the end.

All in all, this is a great game, and I hope to see you on multiplayer.

Tachyon Review
Tachyon: The Fringe is an action-packed space combat game that takes place in the 26th century.Players take on the role of Jake Logan, a corporate star-pilot who takes high risks for little money.The beginning of the game starts the player in the Sol Region(our home solar system) where you work for a major corporation of starship design known as Advanced Ganymede Technologies.The Sol Region is controlled by The United Sol Government(USG).Peace prevailed in our home solar system until small problems started to emerge and the USG decided to create an enforcement branch known as Star Patrol to protect the citizens of Sol and to prevent known criminals from returning to the Sol Region.Back to the main topic...you fly as Jake Logan deciding what missions you undertake for money.The more money you collect, the more tech upgrades and weapons you can buy to better your ship.As you play on, you discover that you were framed for a crime you didn't commit.You are punished by being exiled from Sol space into the lawless regions of the Fringe.Two factions are at war when you enter the Fringe; a megacorporation known as the Galactic Spanning Corporation, or GalSpan as it is more commonly called; and the Bora colonists, a rogue group of people that left Sol over 400 years ago to avoid the laws set forth by the USG.You choose what side to fight on and also on what missions you wanna fly and pilot up to 11 different ships.I own and have played this game multiple times and everytime, I still get worked-up and amazed at how great this game really is.Out of all the computer games I have played, Tachyon: The Fringe has got to be my most favorite.I gave this game a 4 out of 5 stars because, the game has a good story plot, awesome graphics, and fast framerate but I think there should be a little more to it like more powerful weapons for example or faster ships, or more missions to fly. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

Novalogic's Delta Force 2, the sequel to 1998's Delta Force, places players in the role of an American Special Forces soldier. Spanning more than forty missions of squad-based combat, Delta Force 2 requires players to either work solo or guide a handful of squad members into heavily fortified enemy ground. Most missions involve search-and-destroy objectives and take place on a wide variety of landscapes and locations.

Novalogic's decision to reuse their "Voxel Space" engine from the original Delta Force probably won't please gamers hoping for something akin to the Unreal engine. While the Voxel Space engine renders landscapes and patches of grass beautifully, trying to locate items and enemy soldiers from a distance becomes quite difficult; it's simply hard to distinguish long-range enemy voxels (the pixels that comprise Novalogic's 3-D engine) from standard environmental objects. Furthermore, heed Novalogic's warnings and don't attempt to run Delta Force 2 unless you meet or, better yet, exceed the system requirements.

Despite some performance problems, Delta Force 2 includes both a robust and enjoyable single-player experience as well as plenty of Internet and LAN multiplayer options. More than twenty real-world weapons and equipment are included; missions require the use of everything from the M40A1 sniper rifle and APS underwater assault rifle to light anti-tank weapons and camouflage suits. --Doug Radcliffe ... Read more

Reviews (67)

I think I just wasted some money
I bought this game at a fairly low price, and when I started playing, I was totally amazed - at the incredibly bad graphics.

The game featured a basic HUD with two annoyingly large bars, placed above and below it. That was the first thing I noticed. Next I saw that the terrain was sort of fuzzy, and my gun wasn't all that impressive either.

"OK...," I said to myself. "Why don't I try walking around and see if this gets any better?" So I did. Guess what? No gun sway! Every stinkin FPS game I've every seen had some sort of movement with the gun (Ok, maybe not Wolfenstein 3d, but still!).

So, anyway, I tried firing the gun - barely any recoil at all. I tried a pistol just to see if the hammer would pull back but it did not.

Anywayz terrible graphics = boring game. Enough said

Two different Games in one
The first of these games are the single player campaign missions which while fun ranger from easy to really really easy.The enemy A.I is at its best lackluster and at worse totally moronic.To tell you truth I never bothered much with the single player missions.

The 2nd game which totally kicks butt and gets you your money's worth is the multplayer part.Anyone who is a fan of Red Faction or Halflife will love this game.

On-line it is a total slaughter-fest even though the community has shrank n recent years as people have gone on to either the DF sequals or something else simply to combat the rise in cheating.The other versions of the game did a much better of keeping the cheaters out.

Overall-Still all in all I just love this game

Bad Graphics
Let me start by saying that I'm a loyal Delta Force (DF) player.I've played every one in the series so far.This is the only game in the series that I've regretted purchasing.

DF1 was a software-rendered game.It didn't rely on OpenGL (hardware) and other stuff like that.DF2, on the other hand, is the first OpenGL game in the series.It seems very dark and kind of slow.Maybe it works better on some video cards, but it didn't work that well on my TNT2.

I'd recommend getting Land Warrior (DF3), which also has hardware support, but none of the issue of DF2.Or, get one of the newer ones in the series.As of the time of this writing, Black Hawk Down (DF5) is what I'm currently playing (and the newest in the series).

Stick to Rainbow Six, Soldier of Fortune, If you want good.
Really. This game is not that good. The graphic are choppy, the gameplay gets kind of boring after about thirteen minutes, and its about the same as Rainbow Six or even the original Delta Force. So, don't waste money on this. Spend it on Land Warrior, or Soldier of fortune. Not this.

Could Be Better... Get Black Hawk Down
Delta Force is a mostly a good game. The gameplay is very fun, the sound is realistic, and the graphics are ok. However, if you have a good system, then don't bother. Black Hawk Down is a better game, and it's beautiful. But if you like FPS, have a lousy machine, and don't mind a one shot kill (even if you shoot someone in the scope of their gun), get Delta Force 2. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

The first official expansion pack for Quake 3, Team Arena adds not only firepower but gameplay as well. Harvester, one of the expansion's new play modes, has players venturing into the center of the arena for objects that they must then bring to the opposing team's base (think football with guns). Another new play mode is Obelisk, where players try to destroy the enemy's obelisk. The mission isn't as easy as it sounds; obelisks slowly regenerate when not being attacked.

There's also the kind of stuff you'd expect from an expansion pack. The chain gun and nail gun are both back (you gotta love the classics), as well as a proximity grenade launcher. There are several new capture-the-flag and deathmatch maps, and now teams can design their own skins and logos as well as choose from different character heads. ... Read more

Reviews (17)

Fun but I like Q3arena
I found this a pain in the [rear] to negociate the software in Win2K, both install and play.It can be fun and fast paced, get a Joystick.I also have RocketArena and Quake 3 Arena, ...

Blood & Guts
Well now being a death match player since the days of Doom and Heretic, I do know how to look for an enjoyable game. Though I do miss the whole Mission setting that Quake 3 has lost in comparision to its predecessors as I mentioned in my review of it.

Now to add to the carnage of the original release there is the Team Arena Mission Pack. Packed full of levels to play Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, or the new Obelisk and Harvester modes. The additions to your arsenal are also handy, some of which you may recognize from old encounters.

Overall the game play is good, though I'm a little annoyed you can't seem to use all of the old skins from the original. I'm assuming you have to move them over to a different directory or something. The targeting is fairly smooth, though I don't find it as easy to control as Unreal Tournament. Probably just a preference of mine. I find it's easier to be more accurate in UT then in Q3TA.

So enjoy the vast amount of new levels. Have friends over so you can whoop them. Then again, I actually prefer to team up with friends to whoop somebody else. You never know who'll win the next match. Game On!

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Finally a new type of game
Finally, quake 3 is more than just shoot them up.It is still a shooter don't get me wrong, but this time it is more than that.You have to go skull harvesting, destroy the enemy base, etc.It is a great addon pack.It will make you even more addicted to the game!

team power-ups
One of the really cool things is the Team Power-Ups; Ammo regen, Scout, Doubler, and Guard. All of these enhance your player allowing you to play a different role or use a different strategy eg when you use Guard, your player is stronger and you can tie up two or three opponents before getting killed while your teammates capture the flag or whatever game. Or in games with a lot of people. weapons can be hard to come by, so Ammo Regen is preferred. My biggest problem is getting connected.Half the servers don't work, they default into a Quake 3 game or create an error.So I am frequently downloading new servers trying to find a place to play with more than one or two others.

great is what it is
Quake 3 is a great tactics gam e i love it even though it is not like the mod version cs of half lfe its not as realistic its veryhard i also love the feateare that u can play the comp so if ur not dialed in u can play the computer in differan t modes of hard nesss :-D ... Read more

Features

• Intense first-person shooter that immerses players in an epic sci-fi adventure
• Advanced, real-time dialog system for fluid communications with your ship’s crew and non-player characters
• Incredibly lifelike graphics with skeletal animation; 15 weapons; 24 different enemies
• Special Edition includes latest patches as well as expanded multiplayer (XMP)
• New weapons, vehicles and maps for up to 32 players in class-based team warfare

Reviews (4)

You've played this game before...
Unreal 2: The Awakening is like any other First Person Shooter game. You are the last hope of the world again, and you must take on the enemy (mostly) alone. Only to be rewarded with similar cut scenes of your transport going from - or coming to your space ship. (Although your First Mate, Aida, is somewhat good looking (...))It's an entertaining story at least. And probably worth the (...) asking price for what it is. Just expect to play it for 6 - 10 hours with little replay.

What sets this game a part from other shooters is the one sniper mission where you have to protect a mechanic from a sniper vantage point. Or the two mini-base building mission, where you protect others by building a force field and gun turrets. Else, you just hunt for the switch or find the Artifact, and even this is fairly straight forward. And the weapons are very imaginative. (Later on in the game...)

To sum it up: AI is great. Graphics are great. Sound is great. The story is good. Characters are good. And the missions are average. Length of the game is short. And the difficulty is adjustable from very easy to insane.

Best FPS game and Best Graphics! Better than Halo PC!
This game is Better than Halo for the PC. Halo was very good however this game has EVEN better graphics and design. Plus the aliens do not act like silly dwarfs as in Halo.
The graphics are FREAKIN AWESOME. Doom 3 had BETTER be good to surpass this game! Yes there is a slight, I mean slight cartoonish look to the graphics but it is Very negligible.
Let me tell you.. the women in this game look Flocking hot!
Untill id decides when to release Doom 3 if ever... GET THIS GAME!

Good multi
Look if you want extreme multi action wait forUT2004 if u want rpg goodness u2 is the way to go fun 4 everyone who like fps.

Above Average Single Player with an unprecedented XMP A++
Unreal 2 has the best graphics of any game to date.However graphics are not everything.Unreal 2's story is average, the weapons are unique each with own crosshair, top of the line.

Single Player 7.5/10 (Just not up to par with rest of game, show a lot of potential but only uses some of it.)
Graphics 10/10 (Particle effects are amazing)
Sound 9/10 (Some great music)
Guns 10/10 (6 different grenades sums this up well all worthwhile)
XMP 12/10 (not kidding)

XMP - A class based game that is not like DM, TDM, CTF or anything else.The object is to get artifacts.There are vehicles, turrets, huge levels (32 people)there is an XMP demo out that is worth trying.XMP is the most fun I have had in a while....Check out the preview from Beyond Unreal it is great... plus for the price an amazing game. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

In the bloody aftermath of Z comes Z: Steel Soldiers, named after a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humor. Join forces with Captain Zod in this epic adventure. You will battle against the odds, fight against the authorities, and ultimately race against time in an adrenaline-fueled, last-ditch effort to avert impending disaster and annihilation.

In Z: Steel Soldiers, an uneasy cease-fire exists between the two vast war machines of TransGlobal Industries and the MegaCom Corporation. The final phase of the peace initiative is only hours away when renegade troops, led by Captain Zod, shoot down an enemy cargo ship in the demilitarized zone. What follows is a stunning blend of arcade and strategy elements as the player is dropped into the heat of battle. When you take control of your Steel Soldiers unit, you'd better hit the ground running!

Z: Steel Soldiers features 30 distinct levels spanning six unique worlds, from lush forests to arid deserts; 30 military units comprised of land-, air-, and sea-based transport, most of which are armed to the teeth; and 20 additional multiplayer maps. It all adds up to the ultimate in warfare for up to eight players over the Internet or a LAN. ... Read more

Reviews (8)

Z: Game, Z: Steel Soldiers Z: Best!
Playing Z: Game is like living a fantasy and eating a cake.
First you find yourself in a strange world with an interresting story, then you go for the treat and play. Z: Steel Soldiers is an even stranger world of action, adventure, and enchantment. 500 years later the captivating trance of Z comes back, and hits you with more action-packed & adrenaline rushed theme. Z: Best is one way to describe it.

Good Game,But a little too hard.
This is a great game.I was a little surprised at the price when i saw that the game had such jaw-dropping graphics.Don't be fooled by the price.For those who have played Dark reign 2 you will be familiar with this one.But, as i mentioned above,This game is quite hard as you get to the 5-6 mission and there are no cheats.So you must be good at Rts's if you want to progress in this one.Overall,this is a great game,very fun and very challenging.

Great Game
This is a great game to have if you like this genre. I bought a couple of games recently like this (Command and Conquer types) that let me down. But, this one is well thought out, and has a good (and funny) story. You don't feel like you are just playing on the same field all the time as with some games of the type. Plus, the newer weapons come slowly, so your not playing three quarters of the game with all the weapons you'll ever have. That makes it more interesting to me. With new weapons appearing from time to time you have to learn how to use them, then figure out how best to deploy them.

Revision:
I've had this game for a couple years now.I just installed it again, and it's still fun.The graphics are still great so you won't have to worry about it feeling "dated".GREAT game for this price.Recommend highly.

This game is a little buggy without the patch.Be sure to download and install it before playing.

Could have been good
OK - If any of you played Z, you know it's a great game.I know it's a great game and was eagerly awaiting this newer release, even though I had read that they'd made it into more of a Warcraft style of play (where you can build buildings and stuff) as opposed to a capture only style of play (the buildings are already made and you can capture them, but you can't build anything else) ... believe it or not, the latter style is really cool too - a unique concept that they decided to discard.At any rate, I digress ... here's the skinny from *my* perspective ...

this *could* have been a great game.I was in the process of playing, and was definitely enjoying it, and had reached level 14 or so (out of 30) without too many problems.There came a time when it started crashing every time at the exact same moment.I said, OK, there must be a patch for this, so I got online and started looking around and found patches that claimed to fix 'random crashing'.So, I was on the Z site and tried to download the patches and without fail every time I tried to download one, the page could not be found.Looking elsewhere, I found complaints that this was common (the official site's servers kept crashing) and that many people were unable to find the patches or they flat out didn't work.Guess what?I installed the patches and mine doesn't work either!They tell you to 'be careful' where you install the patches, so I followed the instructions that they gave, and installed them to the root directory, and lo and behold, I can no longer run Direct X.So now, I can't even get to the program at all.This is especially frustrating because I had finally managed to get to a superior position against the damn blue enemy on the level I was on and now have lost it.I even tried reinstalling to no avail.So, my advice to all of you guys is to wait until the Bitmap Brothers get their act together and make some fixes that actually work - investigate this and you'll find loads of complaints.I have no idea how the other people giving reviews here managed to finish, but i read on one of the complaints that this guy had P4 1.2 GHz processor and still couldn't get it to finish.I personally have a P3 500 MHz and decent video and sound card and couldn't finish.I tell you, when I hear people complaining about specs, I usually assume that they're not computer literate or don't have a powerful enough system - well, I'm a programmer and have played games since the Apple II first came out and I have no idea how to get this game to work.It's too bad because I seriously enjoyed it up until the point where I could no longer play.So, this game could have been good, but due to the bugs, it isn't.Hopefully they will provide a fix.In that event, I will come back here and change my rating to a more favorable one.Until then .... buy something good like Deus Ex or System Shock or something.

Fun remake of an old classic
Great game!This is a remake of the old PC game called Z where the objective is to conquer "Territories" by taking over the flags of those territories.Resources are gained by how many territories you have and not by gathering resources like in AOK or Cossacks.This game is much more focused on FUN rather than historical accuracy.While there are lots of different buildings and units in the game, I don't think Steel Soldiers will take over the RTS market like AOK did, but if you want an action packed RTS will beautiful landscapes and huge explosions then this game is definately worth the money and will keep you entertained for a long time. ... Read more

Product Description

Reborn and reawakened in a strange new world, you must now come to terms with your current destiny as you search for clues to solve the riddle to your race's destruction and return the Kohan to its rightful glory. Build your legions and reclaim the world of Khaldun! ... Read more

Reviews (16)

Unique game but too short
I enjoyed the game, but finished it in 20 hours.There's only one decent-sized campaign.If you aren't into multiplayer online games, you may have a hard time getting your money's worth out of this one.It *is* fun, and it is unique.But it's over all too quickly.

Another Review
Ok you may have seen my other review but now that I really have the game it will be a real review! The grapics were stuning and the multiyplayer is hard to get off. With over 40 different heros and 25 missions in sigle player this game is extremly hard to get off of. Even if your not a stragey fan! One of The greatest stratgey games I have ever really seen!

Best strategy game EVER!!!
MY opinion is this game rocks!!!!And guess what I only have a demo of the game. Sounds odd, doesn't it. I thought that the music was good and the grafics were the same. but best of all it is time comsuming. You know those games that you pick up and think it's going to be the best game you have ever played? And then after two hours you beat the game completly. Well not this one. Since I have the demo i only get one mission but i've spent a total of at the least 5 hours on it and that dose not even count the great multiplayer that i beat my brother on (Ha Ha). Over all this game is a 10 out of five (Very great game).

Very enjoyable and Challenging
The graphics are poor but it stops there. Everything else is great. The AI is the best I've played in a while.

Newsflash! Australian Imports Kohan and it Rocks!
...It's one of the finest RTS's I've played. Thankfully free of resource micro-management, allowing you to focus on the extremely interesting tasks of tactics and strategy as you utilize your forces to defeat interesting and difficult computer opposition.

Thoroughly recommended if your a fan of RTS. ... Read more