THIS WEEK’S RELEASES: FEBRUARY 4TH - FEBRUARY 10TH
Things are certainly looking up this week. While this isn't the end of the post-holiday drought, we do actually have a few games to talk about. Heading up that bunch is my pick of the week - Stardock / Ironclad Games' space RTS Sins of a Solar Empire.
I've been following the development of Sins for a long time now, and it's one of those games that I desperately want to love, but fear will just have too deep of a learning curve to keep me interested. I love the concept of a real-time strategy title that takes place in space - I mean, I loved Homeworld, but it was just too regimented for me to really get into. Every video of Sins I've watched looked absolutely amazing, especially when zoomed in during large scale battles, but when that same camera angle zoomed out, the scope of the game just seemed as if it could be overwhelming.
Bottom line is this - I'll definitely be grabbing Sins of a Solar Empire, but I'm going to hold back from fully endorsing it to you. Those of you who are fans of the genre know whether or not you want the game - as for the rest of you, with no rental option available, I'm hoping we'll see the release of a demo in the coming days so you can see whether or not Sins is for you.
One last note about Sins of a Solar Empire - as with Galactic Civilizations II, Sins of a Solar Empire will be released with no copy protection on the disc. Please support Stardock in their crusade to show that you don't need to kill consumer's pcs with anti-piracy schemes in order to make a profit - in other words, don't pirate the game - buy it.
With that out of the way, let's take a look at some of this week's more notable releases;
- Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles (DS)
- How well will Assassin's Creed play on Nintendo's handheld? I guess we're about to find out…
- Devil May Cry 4 (360 & PS3)
- Dante may have been made a supporting character, but Nero picks up in his stead in this, the fourth installment of the Devil May Cry franchise. Both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 demos were a load of fun, but I do always worry about the way the difficulty of the series seems to ramp up dramatically between the standard gameplay and the boss battles.
- Sins of a Solar Empire (PC)
- My personal pick of the week, Sins of a Solar Empire brings real-time strategy gaming to the deep reaches of space.
Look upon this week's release list and despair.
- 20 Questions (PC) - 2/6/2008
- Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles (DS) - 2/6/2008
- Culdcept Saga (360) - 2/6/2008
- Dance! Online (PC) - 2/6/2008
- Devil May Cry 4 (360) - 2/6/2008
- Devil May Cry 4 (PS3) - 2/6/2008
- Devil May Cry 4: Collector's Edition (360) - 2/6/2008
- Devil May Cry 4: Collector's Edition (PS3) - 2/6/2008
- Downstream Panic! (PSP) - 2/6/2008
- First Battalion: Gold Edition (PC) - 2/6/2008
- Forgotten Riddles: The Mayan Princess (PC) - 2/6/2008
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (PS2) - 2/6/2008
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (Bundle) (360) - 2/6/2008
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (Bundle) (PS2) - 2/6/2008
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (Bundle) (WII) - 2/6/2008
- Medieval II: Total War - Gold Edition (PC) - 2/6/2008
- Merv Griffin's Crosswords (PC) - 2/6/2008
- My Horse and Me (DS) - 2/6/2008
- My Horse and Me (WII) - 2/6/2008
- Nobunaga's Ambition : Rise to Power (PS2) - 2/6/2008
- Paws and Claws: Pet Resort (DS) - 2/5/2008
- Puppy Palace (DS) - 2/6/2008
- Real Soccer 2008 (GameStop Exclusive) (DS) - 2/6/2008
- Sins of a Solar Empire (PC) - 2/5/2008
- Spaceforce Captains (PC) - 2/6/2008
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (360) - 2/6/2008
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (DS) - 2/6/2008
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (PC) - 2/6/2008
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (PS2) - 2/6/2008
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (WII) - 2/6/2008
- Turok (360) - Released
- Turok (PS3) - Released
- Twisted Metal: Head On (PS2) - 2/6/2008
- Zoo Tycoon 2 (DS) - 2/5/2008
Please keep in mind these are only estimated release dates and could change at any time.
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