Game Reviews

Premise of this game: word definitions, but don't let that stuffy premise fool you. A person, elected or declared the balderdash `ref' by a roll of dice reads out a word. Only he/she knows what the `real' definition is. The rest of the participants write down their definitions and hand it over to the ref, who reads out each definition. The participants then vote on which is the correct definition. If you guessed right, you get the maximum points, but every person who thinks your definition is the right one wins you points as well, making this the only game that rewards knowledge as well as creatvity. So, the word is Nipter. What is your guess?

Balderdash is a great game that combines wordsmithing and bluffing. To begin, each player rolls the dice to determine who will be the dasher first. The dasher then draws a card, reads the balderdash word to the players, and spells the word. None of these words are ones used in everyday language. (Examples include fleer, runnel, pontage, etc.) Each player jots down a phony definition that sounds credible (or, if you happen to know the real definition, write it down instead), and gives the slip of paper to the dasher. And then the hilarity begins. The dasher must attempt to read each definition and the real one without showing any emotion ... which is much more difficult than it sounds! Some of the phony definitions are hilarious, and often the real definition is too. After all definitions have been read, the dasher asks each player which definition is the correct one, noting that player's choice on the slip of paper. At the conclusion of the round, the players who chose the correct definition move two spaces on the board. The players who received votes for their phony definitions move one space for every vote. And, if no player guesses the correct definition, the dasher moves forward three spaces on the board. For subsequent rounds, each player takes a turn as the dasher. This game is fun, educational, and incredibly hilarious. Someone will crack up with laughter in every round!

This game can be a lot of fun if you have the right crowd to play with. Balderdash is unique and a great idea because it so simple to play and you can expand on it.

I think the best part of the game is when you invent a new defintion of a word and make it sound so good that you get all of the votes. Where did this idea for a game come from? Some genuis somewhere needs to promote this game more to get it out there.

Again, for simple fun and a quick after dinner game on a calm evening, Balderdash is the game of choice.

This game really is great. My autistic 11-year-old gets
a good mental challenge and feeling of accomplishment out of it,
and I have fun as well. My only negative comment is regarding
travel. We've taken it on many plane trips, and it's great
because it fits in a small area to play as well as store, but
it has a lot of small parts (duh! :-), and they are easy to lose
track of when travelling. So be vigilant, and find all those
train cars when putting it away! :-)

This is a fabulous game for people of all ages. Even little kids can play the easy cards. The harder ones can be very engrossing for adults. My son started playing it when he was 4 years old. I have also given it to somebody as a present for their 40th birthday. I recommend it for anybody who wants a bit of a mental challenge.

This is a great puzzle game. Kids learn problem solving and adults practice their own problem solving; all of this brain work is neatly disquised because they are having fun. I wish that Binary Arts would come out with more card sets for their Railroad game like they have for the Rush Hour game. I want extra puzzles! It would make it more rewarding to own.

Are you a GTA fan??? Need something to tide you over until the next installment of GTA??? Then buy Roadkill to tide you over. At the 19.99 price point you cannot go wrong! I purchased the game for 39.99 and have no regrets.

This is a combination of Mad Max + GTA + Twisted Metal. Although it lacks alot of originality (reason for the 4 star rating) it throws a few surprises in. The game is influenced most by GTA.

GTA INFLUENCES: Radio options are identical to GTA (talk radio is hilarious), Driving physics are identical, Many cars to choose from, SIDE MISSIONS GALORE include Racing, sniping, Rooftop jumping ect.

MAD MAX INFLUENCES: For the most part... its the story... however, instead of a nuclear war... it is a virus that wipes out the government system. Most of the characters and ideas could be taken directly from a Mad Max movie.

TWISTED METAL INFLUENCES: Your vehicle can carry an arsenal of weapons to dispatch of other vehicles. Weapons include a minigun, sniper rifle dumbfire rockets, multiple rockets, guided rocket (very fun), spread gun (think of a shot gun), bolt gun, mines, laser mines, timed mines, emp and more. You get weapons by finding certain crates and blueprints within the map. You get upgrades by destroying vehicles and cashing in their salvage. Its a run and gun game with more of a purpose than Twisted Metal could offer.

SURPRISES: Tornados appear every once in a while and wreak havoc in the city you are in creating an interesting concept in gameplay. The guided missle was huge fun... sit in your car atop a building and fire away. Radio Humor... although this was a big part of the newer GTA games.... the talk radio stations in this game are funnier and more original than the GTA radio. Be warned though... when I say funnier.... I mean really crude humor. If you get offended easily... mute the radio... but if you got offended easily... this game isnt for you anyway. Dragging peds is a great addition. Sometimes I would hit people to see how far I could drag them.

In conclusion... this game doesnt add originality. Its not groundbreaking like GTA, however it could be considered original in the way it combines two games and a movie so well. I can think of no downside to this game. If you are a fan of GTA... it is a must buy... especially at the new price point of 19.99.

I'm a big fan of car combat style games, and this game really hit the spot for me. You won't be able to play Twisted Metal after you try this. The missions are varied, controls are great and talk radio is hysterical. Most missions put you behind the wheel, while others have you manning the machine gun turret. The AI is very good, for example if you hang around too much in one spot, your rival gangs will find you and strat coming down on you pretty hard, so the game forces you to keep moving. The story is your average post-apocalypse B-movie, but that's what these games are all about, right? :)

Just be aware that this game fully takes advantage of its "M" rating: it's extremely violent and language is not for the faint of heart or the young'uns.

I have seen a few blasts go at this one because it is VERY mature, it isn't twisted metal yet it isn't GTA. Who cares? It is the NEXT evolution of car combat, and congrats and bravo to Terminal Reality for raising the bar on car combat. This one is a keeper for sure.

Well, I would say this game is probably the 2nd best game I've played because the graphics were good but the game was easy, to some people it maybe challenging and it takes you a month to do it or you zip right on through it, I would recommend it for anyone.

This is the best system nintendo has ever made!! It has my three favorite games on it (Star Wars Rouge Squadron, Star Wars Episode One Racer, and Top Gear Hiper Bike). I love the controler that so many people hate. The only downcast is that the games should have been compact disks and the expansion pack should come with it. Now on to the game. I have to say thas is my favorite game of all time. It has 24 races and seem to grow harder. It also is the only game that has 1 code that does all the codes. It has prety good grafics with out the expansion pack(I.e. I havn't played it with the expansion pack and it's not that bad). It has 23 pods I think. The courses expand from hot deserts to arctic coldness even in airborn places. The game has no weapons except sabullba's flame jet. It doesn't do much when you use it but sabullba becomes a very formidable enemy on the last lap with it...(Ps. the all cheat code is "rrtangentabacus". Thought it might help if your stuck on a race.)

Star Wars Episode 1 Racer is the best nintendo game I've ever played.OK.First of all don't buy this because of the star wars title.It's a game thats all about racing using the star wars name thats all.But it's a fun challenging game and I would recomend it to anybody.If you don't have it already I'd buy it right here with the game console and controler.Thank you for your time.

Looks like a good game, too bad it's on a console no one owns. I won't keep that purple box around my house just cause of Resident Evil 4. This game should be on PS2 or XBOX, where all the other good games are. This goes back to when Capcom decided to turn the franchise GameCube exclusive. It was a selfish move by both Nintendo and Capcom and in the end it was the gamers and the game sales that paid the price.

I managed to see some footage of the game being played at this years E3 and here is what I got.
Resident Evil 4 is based 6 years after the massive nuclear strike which blasted all the zombies off the face of Racoon City. Leon Kennedy managed to get away unscathed but it isn't over for him. After getting special training from a secret agency, he's kitted off and sent to rescue the President's daughter Ashley.

The first thing you notice is that the whole game is in proper 3d. No more frames people, now it's a little like Zelda. Second thing you notice is the fact that there are barmy villagers armed with chainsaws and axes who are intent on killing Leon for whatever reason. Why they want to is still a mystery but it is terrifying. The graphics are great and so are the ways in which the villagers react. Shoot them in the leg and they will stumble where as if you shoot them in the head then... eeeeeeewwww!

There is also the introduction of some monks armed with scythe blades. Whoever these guys are, they have some hold over the villagers and a few of them look a little like zombies... could it be that the Zombies might make a return. Who knows.

Ashley will also be a playable character as she will be needed to solve different puzzles. She has a seperate health bar which if it falls to 0, then she dies and the games over. However, she also seems to be coughing blood a few times. Could she be effected by a virus. Hopefully she won't go all mad on us and try to rip our head off because if she does then Leon would have to kill her and that would be awful. (Plus the president would be a little miffed.)

All signs point towards a successfull game as Resident Evil 4 shapes up. With extra gore, extra visuals and extra fear, Resident Evil 4 looks good. It looks very good...

When you look at games you look at not only graphics but gameplay. Well Capcom the producers of the hit survival series Resident Evil are making there next installment in the series. Promised by the head of Capcom themselves to be the best, longest,most horrifying graphical game you will ever play. The Gamecube is a very small system but with great features and lots of unknown power wich is used to the limit with Resident Evil 4. The graphics stated by Nintendo,Sony,Microsoft and Capcom saying they have never seen something so beautiful and realistic and that they even admit the PS2 and Xbox couldn't handle this. When major companies say that you know this game is going to own all. Now besides the graphics what about the story, controls, and features the game has. Well you are Leon S. Kenedy from Resident Evil 2 back to have some more fun with zombies now called villagers. At E3 when we got a chance to play RE4 we learned the T-Virus and Umbrella are gone but they still tie in with RE4's plot someway later on in the game. The new type of zombie called villagers are far more freaky when playing the game and still have traits of zombies like unbelievable strength, unhuman and very sick. Later on in the game they get more slow and diseased looking. Whenever the church bell rings attacking you or not they drop everything and slowly walk towards the church. There are several locations in the game and we got to play two diffrent areas the insane town and the dark castle wich had all new kinda of monsters and villagers Capcom soon will release information on. Theres alot more areas then just the town, and castle but nothing we have seen yet. The controls were a issue in the old Resident Evil games for some people thats why Capcom changed the controls but didn't. What I mean is alot of people liked the old controls so Capcom kept them and redid the camera angles so that it always is behind you so no more pushing forward to go back and back to go forward. Sound is so amazing in this game that you think you were in the village or castle wherever you are it doesn't matter the sound will be right with you. Now for some features. No more aiming just straight, up, or down aim wherever you want with the new aiming system allowing you to shoot the head of the villager every time, the leg or arm. You can hit the A button to jump in and out of windows to get away along with shoving and hitting the villagers attacking you. The reality of this game was truly amazing to everyone at E3 this year when we saw what will happen in actual gameplay. Leon ran into a house while serveral villagers screamed and moaned outside in a foreign language. They started to break the windows, bust open the doors and chuck things into the house. All the sudden a chainsaw started outside and the windows on the second floor of the house you could hear were broken by villagers rushing in. Leon jumped through the window and turned only to be met with the chainsaw man who smashed the chainsaw into Leons chest and just starred at Leons eyes from about 1 inch away. The gore is so high that it beats any other game because the blood from the chainsaw hitting Leon started flying everywhere and drenched Leon along with the crazed villager. I will leave everything else upto you to find out but for now pre- order Resident Evil 4 and start being infected.

Best Game Of E3 2004 Award
Best Game Of Half Year Award
Best looking game 2004 award
Best most improved game award

These are just a few of the many awards this game has earned already and the year isn't over yet.

bad graphics but okey every thing else. I like the school theme. nothing wild and new. nothing wonderful about it. kinda fun. go buy tekken 3.

Rival Schools:United by Fate is a great fighting game!
It's different from the usual(and boring) Street Fighter or X-men fighting games. The graphics are great and each character has his/her own unique fighting ability. Also, not only are the team-up specials amazing, they're various! They depends on the secondary player. It's not like those Street Fighter games where almost all the moves are similar. And there are lots of secret characters to choose from. A great fighting game I recomend strongly!

Rival schools is the greatest 3d fighting game along with Project Justice. Both games involes the schools around Japan. It has something that Marvel V.S Capcom has. Team ups, well not using D hyper combos. But has great animation witch this one looks blocky and cartoon feeling so buy this game and learn some new school moves.

My daughter first got this game when she was four and it was her favorite. The adults play the adult version and she was thrilled to have her own.

This game is easy to play for children even before they really understand the strategy. But, I was surprized how quickly my daughter got the hang of it. Before long, she was blocking my moves or removing my cards without any prompting. We had to buy another game because she "marked" the special cards with little bite marks, and would know what card I was drawing.

We also a bought one for each Grandparents' house and have given many for gifts to 4 and 5 year olds. It's really a great game.

My almost-four year old son just got this for Xmas 2003. He really loves to play it but does not yet understand the strategy involved, so I spend much of the game explaining my moves and explaining the options for his turns. I think this is a good game for teaching strategy but it seems like it might be better suited for older kids. After reading some of the other reviews though, it just could be that my child is a little behind in catching the drift of this game. Regardless, it definitely is a solid game that can be enjoyed by adults as well as kids.

My son got this for his 3rd b-day and a year later he still loves it. It didnt take long before he realized he needed to place his chips next to his other ones and that he needed to block other people. He is still learning from it and still enjoying it. His 5yr old cousin loved playing so much we bought him one for christmas. Fun for everyone!

Clean graphics, with a wide choice of chessboards. A few are difficult to see under average light, but most are fine, and there is a bright, clear black and white board if all else fails. A GREAT feature is that it auto-saves your game at the exact point you left it at. You don't have to back out and find the save screen. Just shut it off, and come back later. No passwords. I don't know what that reviewer was talking about.

I can't offer an opinion as to how the game play stacks up against a good player. I can tell you that although I learned the moves 35 years ago, I've never put any real time into chess. Any other computer or hand-held chess game completely decimated me within moments. Too frustrating to be any fun. I decided to give this a shot, and I'm glad I did.

In "story" mode, the first few "street" players weren't too bad, I actually got through them to take on the master (the master is killing me though) The up shot is that it is enjoyable for me for the first time ever. Although the players have personalities, and playing styles, their moves aren't "canned," They play differently every time.

If you choose "quick game" mode, you can take moves back, replay them, or have the computer choose your move. You can also set up the board for any scenario you like, and jump back and forth between sides if you want.

There are two ways to play another human. You can pass the game boy back and forth, or use a cable. I have not tested the cable. The instructions claim you DO NOT need a second game cartridge.

I don't know how this stacks up to chess master, or other chess games. I can tell you that I consider it money well spent.

This game is AMAZING! I am a novice chess player who has been trying to improve my chess. Ive been reading some books "Complete Idiots guide to Chess", "Reasses your Chess", "The Amatuers mind". And this game is really helping my game. The story mode is cool with 31 different personalites. And they play like different people as well. Some are cautious and play the game running and countering. Others come out blasting like Yosimate Sam. The guy who said there is passwords is mistaken. There are three save slots and the game is saved after every move which means you can play in the doctors office without worrying that you have to finish every game in one go. I have never been happier with a game and have played 6 hr settings regularly. I love this game!

This is great for kids. I have played tournament chess and used some of the best commercial software. I went through another round of purchases and trials for this time. There is some powerful software available, but I needed something that young kids could learn with. I looked at PDA software as well, but that did not fit the bill either (one with the "legal-moves" is a good fall-back option). The GBA module works very well. It is easy enough for beginners. It shows the moves. It encourages them to compete against opponents with an increasing degree of difficulty. It is compact and inexpensive. A great buy.

This game is really fun some people think this game is easy,if you think this game is easy you should go to the option menu and switch it to hard.This game has a lot of actions from the begaining to the end you have to face enemys that have all kinds of abilites like some are fast some have more powerful wepons some are hard to kill.one of the best part about this game is that you can use the right analog stick that makes the game ten times more fun if you dont have a analog controller you might want to rent this game before buying it because it gets pretty tough to control,another thing is that you get infinite ammo for your machine gun so you dont have to worry about running out of wepones.this game is like a 3D version of contra.one of the most note able problems of the game is that the talk gets a little boring its great that they put bruce willis voice in this game but it would have been better if they but a little bit more words into the game and occasionally you will find that there is to much jumping in this game and some of the spots look the same but except for those problems this game is must have for action adventure fan.

In the world of APOCALYPSE, scientist Trey Kincaid - played by Willis - finds himself on the run from authorities with a shoot-first-don't-ask-questions mentality. Science has been outlawed by a fanatically religious world order. The world order is led by Kincaid's former mentor, who has publicly denounced science. However, Kincaid's teacher has not abandoned use of science in private. He is trying to bring about the end of the world by creating genetic abominations in the form of the Four Horsemen and Satan. Kincaid has to fight his way through prison, a city, the sewers, a graveyard, and even The White House to save the world.

APOCALYPSE is great for any fan of action games. It has action sequences and explosions that go beyond what is normally expected in a video game. I especially like the part where Kincaid is on the rooftops and having to slide down wires or jump between buildings. I only wish there were more battles against vehicles. I think this game would have worked without Willises' involvement, but it is amusing to hear his voice say "Let God sort'em out!" or "Open up a can of whoopa**!".

The biggest drawback the game has is when Kincaid battles Satan. The point-of-view shifts around entirely too much when Kincaid has to jump across a lake of fire. I also didn't care too much for the ending when Kincaid "wins". I won't describe it, but believe me it stinks.

APOCALYPSE IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I'VE EVER PLAYED!IT'S ACTION PACKED WITH GREAT GHRAPHICS.ON A SCALE OF 1-10 I GIVE APOCALYPSE A 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been playing this game for a very long time and im still finding more and more things to do that i have never done before! If u have never played this game then you need to try it! When u do try Diablo 2 make shure you at least know a little about this game trust me it is awsome! there are thousands of items to use Swords, Sheilds, Armor, boots, belts ect. but dont just belive me try it for urself there are also SETS to collect that make your character look really good and give a serious boost in every ability. there are 8 different characters but you can make many different "specialtys" for your character! like for an assasin you can make pure martial arts assasin, for sorcerer u can make pure fire or ice OR lightning! There are sooo many different ways to go about creating your character but dont choose just one make many characters if you like. you can also play online for no extra charge and have others help you out in your game as u also can help them! you can trade items or gold if youd like many things and friends to find! my account on D2 is listed as my name so contact me if you need some help or just want to know the ropes :)

I never heard of this game before I went to my friends house just this weekend. He let me play it. So i played it and it was so interesting the second I got home I asked my mom to buy it for me. I am still trying to get it now but I have to save my money and find a place to buy it. Diablo 2 is a great game.

It's simply amazing how character development can go in so many directions with this game. Seven character classes are now offered, and focusing on certain options within any of the 3 different "skill trees" of each class can itself forever change the way in which you relate to the game. Characters can become so specialized that names have been attributed to them (lexicons can be found on the Net); for example, if you choose to play a character from the new Druid class, he can be differentiated into a Shifter, Summoner, Elementist, Botanist, Windbreaker, Bowling Druid, etc. [lingo used by D2:LoD addicts, these aren't terms that the game itself uses]. It could be said that choosing from these different paths renews the playability of the game, as you are forced to figure out new strategies to survive, especially in the Nightmare and Hell difficulty settings.
I've been playing this expansion since its release, and can hardly believe how much I yet have to learn. The Druid class is a clever addition to original 5, and quite different from the others; the new Assassin class I cannot in good faith critique, as I have only developed one character from that class. Act 5 has a much different flavor, and disposing of Baal can be a highly frustrating task, if you don't have a plan [Hint: get his back against the wall on the runway, slow him down, and hit him without a pause]. The addition of charms and class-specific items vastly improves your chances for survival, and the new set items are geared towards the more advanced players. However, other improvements put forth in the expansion balance it out in favor of the enemy (e.g., you can no longer dominate simply by having a Level 25 Fire Wall).
Lately I've discovered several websites devoted to the game, and features of the game that previously made little sense now are revealed as worthwhile to me. If you are getting the impression that this game can create a black hole in your weekly schedule, then I think I have gotten my point across. For example, tonite I am supposed to be reading an article titled "Parenteral Nutrition in Pregnancy," but instead I am researching new strategies to keep my Necromancer alive (can you blame me?)
Finally, there is the adrenaline rush motive. When trying to stay alive during some of the more challenging moments, your heart will be racing and you might even break into a sweat. Warnings written in the other reviews (about how addiction to this game can trash your GPA and cause your girlfriend to seek out someone who has never heard of Diablo or its sequels) should be taken very seriously. As a graduate student I came close to smashing the disc on several occasions with the thought of freeing myself...that would doubtless have been a waste of money, as I would have promptly jogged down to the store to pick up another copy.