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Dawn of War II

Dawn of War II

A bit of Urban warfare. The real time strategy genre can sometimes get tarred with “no innovation” brush, which overall I think I’d probably agree with. That said it’s such a closed genre that changing things drastically like one would in say a first person…

Borderlands – First Look

Borderlands – First Look

The enemies are plentiful and varied... and whichever artist came up with this one clearly had mummy issues! Take an RPG, cross it with a first person shooter, add a story about a vault, and set it in a wasteland and you might initially think…

Risen – First Look

Risen was first recommended to me as being better than Two Worlds but not quite as good as Oblivion.  To some gamers, the reaction would instantly be something akin to “well, it’s BOUND to be better than Two Worlds” but to me that was an…