Rail Simulator combines an electric & steam train simmer with a powerful built-in editor you can access at any time during play. Take on scenarios or just explore the routes at will. Steam and electric train controls can be set to three levels of complexity, from Simple to Expert so that everyone can hop in and enjoy the ride.
(Up to patch Mk1, the game is Vert- with very limited resolution choices and 2D stretch)
Farmer Simulator 2008 lets you drive tractors, combine harvesters and a host of attachable devices to take good care of your fields, from plowing and fertilizing the soil to reaping and delivering the crops. The game has a dozen of time-based missions focusing on each of these tasks, and culminates in the open-ended Career mode where you can go anywhere and use any tool while keeping an eye on your financial balance. Also known as Farming Simulator 2008, original german title : Landwirdschafts-Simulator 2008. (A 2009 version is appearently in the works.
Brace yourselves, Spark is back with another idea to tear New York, London and the whole world apart. Legendary is a checkpoint-based corridor FPS with lots of gore, in which you'll shoot down mythological creatures on the loose and drain their "animus" to heal yourself or release a shockwave of energy around you. The game also features LAN and online multiplayer modes.
X-Blades was developed by Gaijin Entertainment. This is a third-person action game where you control Ayumi the treasure hunter. The gameplay is a mix of Painkiller and Dynasty Warriors. As Ayumi collects souls the player is able to purchase upgrades and unlock new attacks for her to use. I buy these types of games for the articles.
The first in the Burnout series to be ported to the PC, Burnout Paradise is an arcade driving/racing game. Unlock dozens of cars each featuring a detailed damage model and packing large amounts of "boost". Enter a challenge at every crossroad in Paradise City, from "orienteering" races to stunt contests - or freely roam the streets, train tracks, multiple-storey parking lots and buidings roofs in search of Super Jumps or "smashables" to add to your achievements list. With a host of community tools, modes and leaderboards, the game is also strongly oriented towards online multiplayer.
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.
Developed by a two-man team, Aquaria is a sidescrolling action/puzzle game. Although the gameplay is two-dimensional it is really a 2.5D game (as opposed to 2D), using animated and skinned polygon models. Help lonesome Naija find her way through underwater worlds and unravel the mysteries of her very existence. Learn siren songs to cast various spells or turn into an energy bolt-firing warrior form. Swim your way through reefs and abysses where beautiful or deadly creatures dwell and long-forgotten secrets await.
World of Subways is a standalone train sim series focusing on urban passenger transport (subways, city trains, trams). It features control over radio announcements, first-person free roaming in stations as well as detailed graphics with 3D cab controls, dynamic lights and motion blur. Vol. 1 : The Path models the route between New Jersey and NYC. An add-on has been released that introduces missions besides the basic schedules. Vol. 2 : U7 will take players to Berlin.
Command whole squadrons or take control of individual ships and airplanes in this naval action game depicting the US vs. Japan episode of WW2 in the Pacific. Although aimed towards online team-based multiplayer, the game features a story-driven singleplayer campaign (US side) and "challenges" focusing on the control of ships, planes and submarines respectively.
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.
