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Its about that time that I need to vomit some more words onto your screen.

So we are renting games from Gamefly as fast as we can and reviewing the ones we feel like. Such as we just played Mass Effect obviously and tried out Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom. Kingdom Under Fire really didn't hold our attention as much as we hoped as it was great in the blurp that we tried on the XBL demo but as a full game it gets to the point that even the game makes you wonder why you are playing it. The gameplay was fun as well as the customization that all of us love but it is only multiplayer on Xbox Live and there is not enough of a story to keep you in like Mass Effect in. Don't get me wrong now, the graphics were superior and if they can continue on their series I could probably give the game a "more than a rental" review, that is to say that we didn't like this game enough to buy. That is probably why we sent it back for Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and kept Mass Effect to rent out the new Advance Wars DS game. Those game will more than likely get reviews from us as they warrant it more than Kingdom Under Fire.

Me and Barry are mostly the review writers here so we will continue giving our junk 2 cents on the industry, new games, and whatever the hell we feel like. Player 3 is really our editor and David isn't more vocal of our crew, he really doesn't care for blogs. His name may be on the wall but I'm three times more important than him, you will mostly see him on Gunbound but he peaks his interest time and again for whatever game we are trying.

I'll post this here. I agree with Barry here enough not to post my own review, so I'll just add whatever I can.

What else can you expect from Bioware. They know console RPGs that Americans can appreciate as much as the asian anime looking staples flooding the genre. Not that I don't love those games too but damn is it nice to have variety.

You may remember Bioware from a little game called Knights of the Old Republic or Star Wars: KOTOR as many people refer to it as. What an awesome game that was and what else can you expect from the makers of KOTOR than a fresh new IP that is amazing in a lot of new ways.

All I can add from Barry is that the engine that they run the game in is fantastic. Not only does it fluidly handle all of the action during combat and exploring but even involves the "cutscenes" or dialogue in a way that doesn't make you ever think it is pre-rendered. I see very minimal FMV (Full Motion Video) in the game and I am happy for it. All the cutscenes look like you could do that instead of elaborate choreographed battle scenes. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't your attention without the over-the-top showings that your local Final Fantasy or [Insert RPG Here] offers.

Read Barry's review for more insight as to why this game is "so effing awesome."


So that's it until the next review for me. Down the pipeline we will probably get a review on Radiant Dawn from Player 3 and a review of Advance Wars: Days of Ruin from me. And plan on doing a belated look at The Orange Box and the new Turok game.