Fallout 3 is a first-person shooter / RPG hybrid. You get experience by killing things and doing quests. You also go up levels by getting enough XP, and every time you level up you get some skill points to spend any way you want and you can pick any perk for which you are eligible.
The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game. The Battle for Wesnoth has a unique sort of turn-based strategy approach in its design, with deceptively simple game mechanics which easily lead to complex choices in the game, as to how you should marshall your troops in battle, which troops you should seek to level up, and what kind of an army you should seek to build as you progress through the different scenarios in the game.
The folks at Mythic Entertainment have compiled a guide to playing Rune Priests in Warhammer Online.
Exciting fighting game published by Namco Bandai and developed by CyberConnect2. Allows one to two players to enjoy massive battles. Rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB for cartoon violence and mild suggestive themes.
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy gives gamers the ability to play the role of Jason Bourne and try your hands at living his life, but you may just find out it's not quite as simple as you thought. The Bourne Conspiracy doesn't just let you live the movie but takes it a little further.
A new and unique action title developed by Shaba Games & Treyarch and published by Activision. Also available on Sony's PlayStation 2, 3, and PSP, as well as PC, and Nintendo's DS and Wii. Rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB.
Last week at ION, Rosethorn and I managed to snag an interview with Joe Ybarra, Vice President of Product Development for Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, which is currently developing an MMO called Stargate Worlds.
Current online PC games are often questioned for being not matching gameplay to the themes present. Toning down the blood and gore for more consistent appeal is not something that can be said about Age of Conan.
Game developers these days seem to agree on one thing: that there's untapped online gaming potential in the "tween" market, that 9-14 age range that's always been considered as the awkward transition from childhood to teen.
Happily, all is not lost, as the current Star Wars Galaxies development team has been taking baby steps in the general direction of recapturing the magic of the old system, despite runaway server inflation and the misgivings of some players weaned on the simplistic auction house systems of other games.