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• Review titles must be of this format: [CONSOLE] Game Title - Author of Review. Console title can be [NDS], [X360], [PS3], [WII], etc.
• Actual reviews only. No biased/sarcastic reviews. These will be deleted.
• Reviews must be thought-out and substantial. Any reviews consisting of a line such as "This game rules, go buy it" will be classified as spam and deleted.
• Cover art for the game must be provided at the beginning of each review.
• Each review must contain a score of 0-10 on the following areas: Storyline/Presentation, Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, and Replayability.
• Each review must contain an overall score that is the total of the criteria score. This means that the final score will be between 0-50.
• The above criteria also must be discussed in the body paragraphs of the review.

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The reviews have changed accordingly to the rules.

Publisher:     Electronic Arts
Developer:    Black Box, EA Black Box
Published:    September 24, 2007
Category:    Sports, Other, Extreme

2007 has been a year of several skateboarding games since the Tony Hawks series.Most of them failed abruptly as they were duplicate with the same technique and gameplay.The Activision prominent maker of skateboarding games had a severe competition with the arrival of EA's Skate,At times Skate looks like simulation style Tony Hawks but aside the skateboards,the two don't have whole in common.Great thanks to Skate's superb control system, Which adds relevant joy to the players.Skate adds excellent analog controls and triggers,this makes it an awesome system of tricks.Unfortunately,the usage of these controls is done on challenges and goals that extremely annoying.Moreover,the Skate provides with a unstable frame rate.



Presentation - 8.5/10 The Skate story/career mode is straightforward. It starts when you get slammed by a bus and going in for surgery.This makes you change your face and body type.Once,you are ready to go it's time to win.The benefits of winning-be on the cover-page of a magazine, you'll have to finish may photo goals.Some of them are quite easy just like achieving points on certain periods,Doing some specific tricks,some of them are time attacks or beat trick contests.Some of them are also to skate on no-skate zones which are patrolled by security guards,Some require you to do a lot of spins,remaining in the air for 10 secs and so on.The film goals are probably the trickiest ones in the entire game.As you progress to through the game you will come across many places including such indoor locations as the Plan B Warehouse and the X Games Stadium.There is also a community reason . You can use replay editor and capture several masterpieces and share them around the world.These can be viewed through the menu in the game or the game's website,it's nice because you can see the replays even if  you don't own the game.

Graphics - 9/10 On visual aspects,Skate has realistic looks and presents the environment nicely.The skaters look good and the animation is just perfect.The crazy visuals gives it street look.By realizing the supreme use of next-generation consoles Skate presents the graphics in a new style.

Gameplay - 9/10 Skate moves the movement controls to the left analog stick.The right analog stick is for tricks such as flips,Ollie.For doing small tricks such as kickflips is a more complicated part.The triggers are used to perform grabs in the air.Their is a depth in the game of such modified controls but it isn't the best of all.A lot tricks are done in quite similar ways in achieving goals sometimes when you get in contact with one of the tricks you would be performing it again and again which in-turn gets frustrating esp. in Skate competitions, where you have to perform the same tricks as your opponent.Grinding in Skate is easy,just get into the air and land on an edge.During the game the camera is zoomed to your skater which means you will be blocked and unable to see a clear view.Skate is very crucial on timing meaning on how long you crouch.Their is no skater skill boosting,unlocking tricks etc. except the personal skill boost.



Sound - 8/10 As for soundtracks they are a mixture of weird mixes of music that actually don't play throughout the game often.Skaters often carry radios with them and then you faintly start to hear them.But most of the music is little too shabby to hear.Besides the soundtracks the audio effects are tremendous like when you skid the skateboard hard the wheels make noise.The presence ingame audio is really well detailed.

Replayability - 6/10 So,as there are both ups and downs for Skate but still is good choice on your collection with high potentials.Truly a game to try for skateboarding fans.But,in turn I believe the replay of the game is another pack of  annoying and frustrating matters.The game is not at all comfortable for replaying.

Misc.( For extra information ) - Like other sports games, Skate is filled with plenty of sponsored equipment and other product placement.EA and Adidas sponsor for the shoe equipment.These are often introduced and advertised.The offers different advertisements downloads but still the lacks the majority of ads.Resulting you would see the same advertisements over and over again.

Overall Rating - 40.5/50

Full description

Skate delivers the real feel of skating in a fully reactive skateboarding city, utilizing the power of the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles for advanced new control and physics techniques to feel through every kick-flip and land every aerial. The game features professional skaters such as Danny Way and PJ Ladd. Skate's unique control scheme captures the true feel of skating -- with physics-driven animations, gamers will have a unique gaming experience every time they pick up the controller since no two tricks will ever be the same.

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World In Conflict for the PC

Publisher: Sierra
Developer: Massive Entertainment
Published: September 18, 2007
Category: Strategy, Real-Time
Players: 1-16

The game tells us about the World War III that didn't erupt, LUCKILY..
WOW tells us about the imaginary WW III between the USA and the Soviet or the Ivans as in the game.Sierra and Massive Entertainment's created a marvelous scene of WW III.The Soviets attack western Europe and siege is communed , as any story the Americans rush to the west and pushes back the Ivans.

Presentation - 9.5/10 However,the game provides you with deadlocking,destructive,swashbuckling 14-pack of missions with only American campaign.But,you can not play as the Red army on the main story .. but you can on the multiplayer prospective.The campaign blends superb story with twists and weaves,letting you fall into the story.You take a role as junior merge of US defense who makes his part into the story and heads for glory.The story is long and a bit overstretched but WOC really pays up to its expectations of standing high.

Graphics - 10/10 Nice graphics are offered through novel-graphics like in-game cut scenes while some through drawings and also some really nice prerendered scenes but, there aren't much in the game.The environment is soo good that you will not hesitate to destroy anything within your reach.The game is excellent on DX10 than DX9.. this lightens up the atmosphere.If you don't have DX10-NO WORRIES You won't miss anything at gameplay or ability.This a nuclear strike a perfect example of the games graphics.. The mushroom does a lot effect on the environment and is quite helpful around...Everything in game the works superbly even the close up camera ,just hover your mouse and then rotate the wheel of the mouse to zoom in or out.Even,when you throw up nuclear strike the sky turns black.The detailing in the game is specular.



Gameplay - 10/10 The game isn't to hard like some of the other RTS games.You straight forward ask for air-drops,air attacks.. this all provides it with open battleground for a destructive environment..Lot of army premeditated weaknesses and advantages are there like the Tanks are not good against infantry but are good against other tanks.This isn't the game ..when you want to take tons of army to attack the opposition,thats why you get a handful of units to fight with.The resource is also excellent introducing reinforcements points that help in purchasing the units and than deploy them to constant points under you.Now that seems easy to you..Now here comes the hard one WOC provides you with several time limits for comple- ting a particular objective.This sometimes becomes a headache.Besides the reinforcements points you have tactical aid points which are added to your tally whenever you do something to care for.Tactical strike means destroying the enemy hard and easy like several artillery,napalm strike etc,.one of the best thing is the nuclear strike.It creates a deadly sound and explosions of death trigger.Its easy if tactical strike is around,for instance its hard killing a group helicopters then you can call the air-strike to clean up the hood.Everything in game the works superbly even the close up camera ,just hover your mouse and then rotate the wheel of the mouse to zoom in or out.Even,when you throw up nuclear strike the sky turns black.The detailing in the game is specular

Sound - 10/10 Thats because of storytelling which is narrated perfectly by Alec Baldwin.He is backed up with excellent voice acting by the actors in the story which adds a real lively act to the game ..the game offers both emotions and humor at times.The SFX are really astounding like the trigger of a bomb creates superb noise.Also the nuclear attack's sound is really well back upped.



---Multiplayer - As good is the single player mode .. much better is the multiplayer mode.That plays quickly with no smirk waiting for the server.everything works warm and quickly at the multiplayer mode.This works so fast that you are snatched to the current playing game and in other RTS games no need to work on the base and building protection.just use your reinforcements points.Again thanks to the excellent resource system.

Team coordination can be handled through a through voice-IP chatting lets you talk to your team mates.Use anything on the battlefield you have from your mind to your game.

Replayability - 9.5/10 At the end, this is a real game for the RTS fans .. and also for juniors .. so far the best strategy game ever made its a masterpiece from story to the visual effects.everything in the game works to the top.Its a superb piece to your collection.Really the ones who want to play it again will get a more thrilling experience.

Overall Rating - 49/50

Full description

World in Conflict presents a chillingly authentic Cold War scenario where the Berlin Wall never fell. Created by Cold War authority and best-selling author Larry Bond, the story begins in 1989 as the Soviets, fearing certain collapse, boldly advance into Europe. NATO responds in force only to be met on a second front -- a full-fledged invasion of the American homeland.

Players take on the role of field commander, leading the era's most powerful military machines in the campaign to retake America's cities and suburbs. The RTS gameplay features completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles.

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