Review by: Daniel King
Published: December 4, 2002

Last year saw the release of Rival Interactive’s disappointing real-time strategy game, Real War. Its follow-up, Rogue States, attempts to correct its poor AI, awkward interface and lackluster gameplay while adding new single-player campaigns and multiplayer modes. While the campaign against terrorists in Simon & Schuster’s latest game based on the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s war simulation for the US Army might draw some interest, the question is, does Rogue States succeed where the original failed? Read on. ( read more… )

Review by: Daniel King
Published: November 22, 2002

Epic Games and Digital Extremes’ highly anticipated first-person shooter is finally here. It’s been three years since the original Unreal Tournament, and Epic’s follow-up aims to maintain the series’ popularity. Doing so should be a relatively simple task, as the Unreal Tournament titles are a welcome departure from all of the realistic team-based shooters like Counter-Strike and Ghost Recon. In contrast to that genre, UT2003 aims to offer players superb visuals along with tons of visceral action and less thinking. ( read more… )

Review by: Daniel King
Published: November 1, 2002

This year has seen the continuation of one of gaming’s major trends. Team-based first-person shooters are steadily gaining popularity. Battlefield 1942 and Unreal Tournament 2003 are great examples of 2002′s progressive additions to the genre. 7FX – a Czech company – has even released their own multiplayer-oriented title in hopes of competing with EA and Epics’ offerings. ( read more… )