http://www.omgn.com/ Robert F. Ludwick Video Games rfludwick@omgn.com Video Games OMGN is an Video Games resource flush with news, reviews, a games directory, and much more. This is our Reviews RSS. en-us rfludwick@omgn.com 2007-02-08T14:24:00-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=59 02.00AM, gunshots in the background. I was hiding behind a rusty container, desperate with my Avtomat Kalasjnikova obrazcha 1947 goda also known as AK-47 clenched in my hands. I was close to an enemy base defended by three enemies. I sneaked upon... OMGN Review Fenn Segers 2007-02-08T14:24:00-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=57 Every now and then, a game comes along that defines the system is it released for. Halo 2 did this for the original Xbox. Gears of War may be that game for the Xbox 360. While the world will have to wait to see if Halo 3 outperforms Gears of War, at... OMGN Review Robert F. Ludwick 2006-11-28T18:55:49-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=55 Imagine, for a moment, that mankind’s worst nightmare happened — nuclear warfare all over the planet’s surface. Next, imagine the after-effects of the nuclear fallout — a barren wasteland with mutated wildlife and humans... OMGN Review Robert F. Ludwick 2006-05-19T17:08:40-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=53 Launched on January 7, 1997, Tibia, developed by CipSoft, was a quick success with online gamers. Throughout the years, Tibia has become one of the leading European online role-playing games (RPG) around the world. Today, Tibia still thrives as it... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-04-16T05:07:11-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=52 In a world where ogres roam the roadside, the dead rise from their graves and goblin hordes terrorize the local townsfolk, you’ll find an adventure filled with multiple dangers, heroism and the acts of villainy. Iron Will Game’s Ashen... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-03-18T09:55:11-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=51 When entering the gaming world of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, multiple sights and impressions come over you. At first look, the newest Turbine title looks and feels very similar to other MMORPG’s, but after the first few days in... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-03-14T23:37:55-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=50 Benjamin Franklin once described insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. When it comes to playing multiple browser-base, strategy games hoping to find that one that stands out from the rest, Franklin’s... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-02-22T07:23:02-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=49 In January 1999, Swirve launched a new generation in the browser-based strategic gaming genre of online multiplayer games in Utopia. Developed by Mehul Patel, Utopia today is one of Swirve's more popular games/services as thousands players... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-02-02T10:00:23-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=48 It would be a great injustice to call Ragnarok Online just popular. With the MMORPG being a part of one of the most popular franchises in Korea, along with the entire Eastern Asian region, Ragarok Online is loosely based on the manhwa (Korean comic... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-01-20T09:39:49-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=47 For years most gamers have grown accustomed to games venturing into a more mature setting and game-play. At times, most of these games use extreme violence, sexual themes, and vulgar language to hide behind a poorly developed project. However, every... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-01-06T15:11:55-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=46 When entering the mystical, 2-D world of Dofus, my first-impression of the game wasn't so great. However, once giving this MMORPG a chance to impress me, Dofus definitely wasn't what I initially thought it would be. It turns out the game has... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2006-01-01T21:33:49-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=45 When diving head first into Irth Online, you become overwhelmed with the fantasy rich atmosphere. One of the amazing things for me about Irth Online was keeping in mind that its developer, Magic Hat Software, isn't some big budget company but... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2005-12-11T22:11:47-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=44 Being a history junkie, it didn't take me long to jump at the chance to play a game who's theme is centered around a historical period. 1000 A.D. brings you back to a century where the Vikings -- led by Leif Erickson -- discovered America... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2005-09-20T05:31:42-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=36 Back in the day it seemed Asteroids was as good as it gets in the space, action-shooter game genre -- mainly because it was the only one available at the arcades then. How the times have changed. No longer do you have to head for the arcades, or... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2005-09-09T06:55:30-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=35 A hope, a dream, and a wish won't get you anything in life as a game developer. Hard work and determination, now that'll get you more than you've hoped, dreamed, and wished for. What will it get you exactly? For Adventure Quest, over... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2005-08-30T01:16:13-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=34 Its hard to find an identity as a space MMPOG these days. With so many, your lucky to find one that stands out. It only took a few minutes for Forgotten Planets' identity to start standing out. Not only an identity for itself, but one for its... OMGN Review Blair Morris 2005-08-24T00:28:44-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=33 If you ever get the urge to crash your virtual car and send your driver flying out the windshield, then FlatOut is for you.FlatOut is a destructive racing game for current-generation game systems.The main purpose of the game is to compete in a... OMGN Review Robert F. Ludwick 2005-08-01T22:09:17-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=32 Since I first became aware of a new game called "Fall of Rome," back in October of 2004, I have spent what seems countless hours looking at and analyzing various aspects of the game, as well as the Fall of Rome website. Now, over four... OMGN Review OMGN 2005-04-11T19:36:03-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=31 Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is a good first person shooter when it comes to length of the single player campaign, but it doesn't really do much to differentiate itself from the other FPS on the market. You are Private Tom Conlin, and you must... OMGN Review Robert F. Ludwick 2004-12-05T13:22:04-08:00 http://www.omgn.com/reviews.php?Item_ID=30 Earth: 2025 was one of the first browser-based games and certainly the first one to gain a mass audience. As such, this was a game that was perfectly positioned to become a breakout game capable of reaching an audience rivaling that of... OMGN Review OMGN 2004-12-01T06:22:52-08:00