Games Online: Jan 5, 2010

NCAA Football 10

NCAA Football 10 for X360...Now you can settle who has the most school pride once and for all with NCAA Football 10. Whether you're playing head-to-head online in Dynasty Mode against the CPU or earning extra credits through skill strategy and sportsmanship the all-new Season Showdown ensures that everything you do counts toward your goal of helping your school become the best in the nation. From all-new risk-reward strategic gameplay options to the first adaptive A.I. in a college football game make a historic run for the national championship with NCAA Football 10. ALL-NEW SEASON SHOWDOWN: Loyalty. Teamwork. Sportsmanship. Pride. These are the values that determine which school takes home the first-ever Season Showdown National Championship. With bragging rights on the line earn credits for your favorite school by competing online or against the CPU or visiting seasonshowdown.easports.com where you can earn credits during web-based games including the all-new EA SPORTS Trivia Challenge. ALL-NEW EA SPORTS TEAMBUILDER: With the deepest and most innovative Create-a-School mode ever build your favorite FCS historical or high school teams and share them with the rest of the nation! A revolutionary web-based editor allows you to alter everything from your logo and school colors to the ratings of your third-string left tackle. ALL-NEW STRATEGIC PLAYCALLING: Set up your opponents by successfully running similar plays out of the same formation. As the defenders adjust to your success fool them with play-action misdirection or double moves. NEW GAME PLANNING: Dictate the action by adjusting 11 different strategic conditions that have a direct impact on how your team performs. From opening up bigger running lanes which increase the risk of holding penalties to pressing the coverage with your defensive backs at the risk giving up the big play each choice can make or break any given play.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

>>> Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon <<<

By Lon J. Seidman "lon401" (CT) - reviews

While it looks good on the outside, I do suggest not judging this book by its cover :). I rented this game (thankfully) and have to say that it's the first time I've seen a game push a piece of hardware too far.

The GB Advance is not a 3D machine, although the developers of 'Flight of the Falcon' tried their best to recreate the 3D rich Gamecube Star Wars games. The result? A game so difficult not due to its design, but by the limitation of the hardware!

A perfect example is the second level, where the player is racing through the Mos Eisley spaceport in Luke's desert speeder. The objective is to beat the clock while dodging buildings and other obstacles. The developers ignored the hardware limitations and created a level that's nearly impossible to traverse because the system can't render a sharp image until it's nearly on top of the player. It became so frustrating that I had to put it down and return it to the video store (thankfully I rented this one).

A better alternative would be the Wing Commander Prophecy game. It's not perfect but does a great job of implementing a 3D space shooter on the GBA platform.