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Wheelman

Wheelman is an over-the-top open-world driving and shooting game developed by Vin Diesel's development studio, Tigon Studios and published by both Ubisoft and Midway. Diesel himself lends his likeness and voice to the game, which focuses strongly on feeling like an action movie. Gameplay mostly consists of insane driving through Barcelona with no focus at all on realism and instead a concentration of feeling like an action movie filled with stunts and insane chases. If you like crazy fun gameplay more than polish and graphics, Wheelman might be worth a chance purchase.

MotorM4X

MotorM4X is a freeform offroad driving and racing game reminiscent of 4x4 Evo and the Cabela's Offroad Adventure series, and then more. It's based on the Vampire engine, a custom modification of the open-source Ogre.

World in Conflict

Originally, the game was Vert- out of the box. Native Hor+ was added in patch #1 and TripleHead support in patch #3. Patch #10 is required for playing online with owners of Soviet Assault. World in Conflict is a modern-era military RTS focusing on combat, with no base building or resource gathering to worry about. The campaign pits you and the US armed forces against an invading Red Army. The game also features multiplayer maps for up to 16 players. Soviet Assault adds new plot elements to the campaign and six missions from the USSR side.

Air Legends

Air Legends is a quasi-3d WW2 dog fighting game, with 'cartoony' graphics. It was created by my mate Sharky using MS XNA and is available on the XBox360 and PC. It has single player and split screen options. The demo and full version, for a donation, are available from: http://sharky.bluecog.co.nz/?page_id=244

Micro Machines V4

Eight years after V3, Micro Machines come back to the PC for more crazy, fast, unforgiving arcade racing. In addition to the power-ups and weapons, extensive car collection and multiplayer modes, V4 also features an optional "dynamic" (pursuit) camera besides the old-school, non-rotating top-down view, and an all-new track editor.

Mirror's Edge

Be ready for loads of running, jumping, climbing and little to no weapon wielding. Make your way across the City's rooftops as a death- and gravity-defying Runner. Your agility and awareness of your environment will be your most useful resources as you try to stay alive and uncover the truth on a murder implicating your own cop sister.

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is a first-person shooter (although occasional events trigger a third-person view) set in a fictional year 1953 as the Nazis, supreme rulers of all Europe, launch a massive assault upon the United States.

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

The highly anticipated follow-up of F.E.A.R. will still be a FPS with loads of graphical violence and bullet time in a paranormal atmosphere.

The Sims 2

The successful social interactions simulator and virtual home creation tool suite comes back in full-3D graphics. Guide your Sims throughout their entire existence, or just buy them neat furniture and cool clothes and watch them indulge their needs, pursuit their desires and deal with the mundane or epic challenges of their everyday suburban life.

Crazy Machines 2

Crazy Machines 2 is a contraption builder/puzzle game very similar to good ol' DOS-based The Incredible Machine (1992), although with gorgeous 3D graphics and a sophisticated physics model.

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