New Games on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Strategy/action game that combines turn-based gameplay with real-time combat. This sequel boasts an entirely new engine producing refined gameplay and improved graphics (although the game is now a few years old). Set in a medieval world the gameplay involves resource management and strategic combat. You take the role of a local ruler who attempts to build up his power base until he gains control of the entire land. In order to do this, you'll have to keep you subjects happy or they'll move elsewhere. You control many areas of your fiefdom including rationing, agriculture, trade, weapons production, building and the development of your army. During combat you can allow the computer to automatically work out the results. The game has a lot of depth and a tutorial is incorporated to help you. Good cutscenes intersperse the action. Alongside the single-player game, is a multi-player mode over LAN, Net or modem/serial connection.

]]> 22 May 2007 09:42:53 The Black Hole Army has returned, stronger than ever, and it's going to take the combined might of all of the nations of Macro Land to fend them off and save the day. Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising features a deeper storyline than the first game, new CO's, new units, and more as you work your way through the campaign. Not to mention plenty of unlockables.

]]> 07 Feb 2007 12:00:17 Unleashed is an RPG designed as a "throwback" game, to when RPG's were developed with solid storytelling and hours of gameplay over many of today's "chrome" ladden games.

The engine uses a mix of real-time and turn-based gameplay, and is based partly on the d20(tm) mechanics. The player will be able to create their own characters, and journey with up to five in their party at a time. This game will include roughly 100 hours of gameplay and characters can be advanced into levels well beyond the norm.

Unleashed starts in the town of Briskfield, which has been attacked by animals that have been augmented in the mysterious Blackforge. These half mechanical beasts have turned a once thriving community into a ghost town and the player has been called here by an old mentor, in hopes they will be able to set things right in the realm. The player will explore crypts and tombs, castles and keeps, mansions and ruins, as well as many other locations.

Unleashed is designed to appeal to people who enjoy solid storytelling, extended gameplay, and good old fashioned fun.

]]> 27 Dec 2006 05:08:49 Silent Storm is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII.
As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you'll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new rising power whose plans are even more horrific than anything the world has yet witnessed.

Silent Storm is fully rendered in breathtaking 3D and includes fully destructible environments, realistic weaponry and unlimited tactical possibilities. Turn-based gaming has never looked this good! Choose your squad from over 40 operatives of 30 different nationalities, each with a unique background and mix of specialties and skills.

US PackshotYou'll be able to arm each of them with a mix of over 75 authentic WWII weapons ranging from commando daggers to shoulder-mounted rocket launchers. Silent Storm sets a new standard for the turn-based genre with rag-doll kinetic physics and bullet trajectory tracing lending a level of realism to characters and warfare that surpasses any title in the genre. Two non-linear campaigns let you command Allied or Axis forces and give you full control over the style and difficulty of play.

The variety of squad members and weaponry let you emphasize stealth or maximum firepower, and nearly unlimited random encounters let you prepare your squad for their secret missions where skill and tactical cunning will make the difference between life and death.

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