EA's last take on the Lord of the Rings movies' license combines the classic gameplay of the Star Wars Battlefront titles and beat-em-up elements from the Return of the King game. It features two solo campaigns and skirmish maps as well as 16-player (only!) multiplayer modes.
Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Baldur's Gate is an RPG from BioWare and Interplay, set in the Forgotten Realms universe, using Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition rules. You play as a mage's apprentice in the city of Candlekeep during an iron shortage. Steel production is halted, tools such as farming equipment and weapons are scarce. Bandits roam the coast, seeking valuable iron, often over gold and jewels.
This game is a FPS with a mix of stealth elements. And dinosaurs. Lots of dinosaurs. A whole lot. Certain events will trigger cinematic sequences that involve Turok executing his opponent in graphic fashion. Other events involve pressing button combinations to fight off an attack and survive. Crouch in the tall grass, break out the knife, and wait for the little dinos to wander by.
Kane & Lynch is a run-of-the-mill third-person shooter with elements of squad gameplay, in the vein of Freedom Fighters - only with a more theatrical feel and lots of "mature" language.
Far Cry 2 is a mission-based, open-ended FPS set in a fictional african country on the verge of civil war. The story is not even remotely connected to the original Far Cry, so this game is more like a Boiling Point fan's dream come true. Who needs Trigens when angry mercs are everywhere ?
In Flock! you control a flying saucer and must drive scared animals to your mothership through obstacles and traps. The game also features a proper campaign for 2-player co-op and a map editor.
Like in Switchball and a couple other "cross-platform" titles, the framerate is capped to 30 fps.
Defense Grid is a 3D singleplayer tower defense game. You must construct defensive towers of various types on predetermined areas to get rid of incoming alien swarms before they reach your mainframe and run with its power cores.
Zeno Clash is a first-person shooter/brawler developed by ACE Team. The game has an incredibly unique visual style and impressive graphics using the Source Engine from Valve. A PC exclusive, Zeno Clash controls and plays very smooth and is a must-play for fans of the genre.
The Hunter is a free to play PC game that recreates hunting wild animals in as realistic a manner as possible, on an open world island, based on various locations, including the islands and surroundings of Washington State in the USA and parts of Canada. The free game features one huntable animal type (Mule Deer), and subscribers can unlock other animals, along with a variety of guns, bows and lures with which to hunt them. More animals are planned for future game versions.
