World of Warcraft (Battle Chest Edition)

Brand: Vivendi Universal
Platform: Windows / XP, Mac OS X
ESRB Rating: Teen

Feature

Edition: Battle Chest
* Includes both the World of Warcraft base sku and the Burning Crusade expansion pack
* Official Battle Chest strategy guides: one for Burning Crusade and one for World of Warcraft
* Game manuals
* WOW guest pass (14-day trial)
* Blizzard catalog included

Product Description
Experience the World of Warcraft! World of Warcraft is an online role-playing experience set in the award-winning Warcraft universe. Players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world. Being “Massively Multiplayer,” World of Warcraft allows thousands of players to interact within the same world. Whether adventuring together or fighting against each other in epic battles, players will form friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory. And now, World of Warcraft and its Expansion Pack “World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade” are combined in one package with additional items!

World of Warcraft Review
It’s a good set because you can save a few bucks buying it all together. The books however are not really that great. The second (Burning Crusade) is somewhat lacking in information. Both have no index making them hard to use as a reference. And both have what has to be the world’s smallest font. So in addition to the eye strain of staring at your PC for hours you can now also enjoy squinting at the text printed on these pages.

I have played Guild Wars for 2 1/2 years and am not trying World of Warcraft to see what the buzz is all about. To date it seems to be a more refined,robust and challanging game. WOW does require more interaction and game play with other persons, which open a whole new world of friendship and networking. Not to mention good waring buddies.

If you’re just starting WoW or getting a second account, this is currently the best buy option until they bundle both the expansions with the main game. WoW provides a diverse world to explore with rich detail. If you’re new to MMORPGs, it’s easy to learn how to play as you develop your character’s abilities. Since you’ll be making friends online as you level, you will want to try and start on the same realm as any of your current RL friends who play.

Bought this as a replacement set for wife’s laptop while we’re deployed since she bought a new one. Both of us have tried several different MMOP games out there, and there’s nothing better out there in this genre yet. Sadly probably never will be either. The graphics, artwork and over all gameplay are unrivaled. There simply is nothing close to equal. If you’re looking for a fantasy style game and don’t mind paying the low monthly fee, buy this. You won’t regret it. The popularity of the game is true… no hype at all.

World of Warcraft Battlechest is an absolutely amazing product. I was skeptical about online gaming and have avoided. But about a month ago my tv died while I was sick and since I was bedridden for 5 days I could only sleep and read so much. So I purchased WoW Battlechest and started playing. It is by far the best video game experience I’ve ever been a part of. I am not a complete convert to the online gaming rage that has been happening for years…I finally get why so many people for the online experience and why World of Warcraft is the number 1 online game. Truly amazing. I already know my PS3 will become my blue-ray player and occasional gaming device now that I have found World of Warcraft. I highly recommend this product.

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Flight Sim X-Gold

Brand: Microsoft
Platform: Windows Vista / XP
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+

Feature

* Choose from more than 80 missions that will show you the world with fun assignments from around the globe
* Race alone or against friends online
* Experience the day change from afternoon sun to evening dusk while flying at 32,000 feet
* Keep track of how you¿ve done on each mission and improve your skill levels until your ready for the next challenge
* Fly from your local airport during the winter and then experience the change as you fly from the same airport in summer

Product Description
Flight Acceleration X-pack enables gamers to play head to head against their friends or others in exciting racing missions, in addition to 20 new missions and new content. Looks better than ever with enhanced DX10 graphics!

Flight Sim X-Gold Review
Fun once you’ve downloaded the three disks. There are over 5,000 Airports, 30 planes plus three if you buy The Gold Version, and Loads of Missions to fly. My Favorite Feature is Free Play. You can take off from your Hometown Airport or any other and vist landmarks like The Egyption Pyramids, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Niagra Falls. You can download any plane you want online like UFO’s, Futureristic Fliying Cars, and my favorite, a Thunder Bird version F-16. I love this game. Make sure you buy a controler like A Saitek X52 joystick and throttle. This game is unplay able witout one.

Excellent product. Scenery and clouds realistic. If you have owned a previous version of Flight Sim before you will definitely like this version, there are a lot of cool enhancements. Am running this on a new Imac 24 inch computer using boot camp program that came with computer. Only advise for doing this is to make sure you make a large enough partition, other wise you might have install issues, I made a 100 gig for my windows products.

If you are a student pilot you are going to love this game! It helped me on my VFR pilot training. Now that I’m thinking about getting my instrument rating, I know this software is going to help me a lot as well! You have to have a very good graphics card on your system to fully enjoy it.

Hve microsoft xp with 250 gb hard drive and 720 ram not enought to play game correctly nd more memory up to at least 2gb also need to replace card with one double in ability lowest cost one i could find on line was 60.00 also graphics better than 2004 game but not fantastic.

This is very easy to install and configure. It can be very easy or very difficult depending on how you set it up. Great graphics if you have a good video card otherwise turn the graphics options down.

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The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition

Brand: Electronic Arts
Platform: Windows XP / Vista, Mac OS X
ESRB Rating: Teen

Feature

Edition: Collector’s
* New Seamless, Open Neighborhood—Explore the neighborhood freely.
* New Create A Sim—Create any Sim you can imagine.
* New Realistic Personalities—Every Sim is a unique person, with a distinct personality.
* New Unlimited Customization—Everyone can customize everything!
* The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief.

Product Description
The freedom of The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition will inspire you with endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief. Create millions of unique Sims and control their lives. Customize their appearances and personalities. Build their homes – design everything from exquisitely furnished dream homes to quaint cottages. Then, send your Sims out to explore their ever-changing neighborhood and to meet other Sims in the town center. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not) to fulfill your Sims’ destinies and make their wishes come true.

The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition includes Exclusive bonus content:
* The Sims 3 game
* Exclusive 2 GB Plumbob USB drive and Carabiner
* Exclusive European Sports Car Download
* New The Sims 3 theme music
* Prima Tips & Hints Guide
* $10 in SimPoints to shop at The Sims 3 Store

The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition Review
I find The Sims 3 to be a bit of a let down. The game play is alright once you get use to the changes, but there is just something miss that use to be there. It feels a bit hollow to me, though I can’t say that I’m really surprised given other Maxis game that had been watered down by EA (simcity come to mind to me, not that this is anywhere as bad as Simcity societies). This game fear will not have the long term funny of The Sims 2, neither do I thing I will be that eager to buy add on down the line as with the last two. Well at least I can always fall back on The Sims2. I also found the Graphics to be a bit of a down grade, even in there highest settings. I can really see the potential that could have been a great game, but it seems to have fallen flat. I just like they kill the games soul. Well not sure if I can recommend this game or don’t, it’s not bad, but it just don’t quite The Sims.

I haven’t really played the sims since Sims 1 and I did get to the Makin’ Magic expansion pack. I got a copy of Sims 3 and I love it. I can’t stop playing. I have to fight my roommate off to get to play. I love all the new things we can do like we have to fulfill the wishes and we get lifetime happiness points. I really want the teleportation pad. I love it and I think most who are playing it do too!

The game, like every Sim game, is of course, addicting. It wasn’t, however, as great as I thought it would be. There are just too many little things that annoy me about it. OH, and the CE? Don’t waste your money on it unless you have your heart set on owning a green flash drive. It really isn’t that magnificent. I wish I had just bought the standard edition.

I think that the Sims 3 is a great new base game for all the expansion packs we know will follow. It takes a lot of memory and graphics capabilities, but it is worth it! I have had the game since it came out and so far I have been married, divorced, kelpt a couch (I am a kleptomaniac) Become a secret agent, remarried the same guy and built a great house by the waterfall. just be warned that if you don’t have the system requirements then it will crash on you.

I have been playing sims since the begining back in 2000 and I can say Sims3 the latest of Sims collections is a great game. I must say I was really impressed at the graphics. I also like the traits that you can now give your sims. Playing this game for the past week and half I have discovered alot of things (there is always something new) you have the option to control many things in the game (like if you do not want them to age fast).Also the idea of designing your own furniture and house with patterns is great..there are many to choose from. I also like the idea of my sims being able to go on picnics or visting friends or other places of interests….I would recommend it to anyone as long as they have a good video card and enough ram…cause if you don’t you will complain about the game…best to have your computer up to specs for this game to enjoy it…I have heard so many complaints about this game usually from people who’s computers are not up to par. But I am loving this game!

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack

Brand: Blizzard Entertainment
Platform: Windows Vista / XP, Macintosh
ESRB Rating: Teen

Feature

Edition: Standard
* This expansion pack REQUIRES the original World of Warcraft game and The Burning Crusade expansion pack in order to run
* World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich expansion pack for PC and Mac opens the new continent of Northrend
* Death Knight is Warcraft’s first hero class and is available for any player with at least a level-55 character
* Northrend offers new environments, including Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, Borean Tundra, and Howling Fjord
* New creatures inhabit the icy continent, such as Nerubian Viziniers, Plague Eruptors, Shoveltusks and Flesh Giants

Product Description
Fans of World of Warcraft, prepare for Blizzard Entertainment’s next installment — World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich. In this latest expansion, something is afoot in the cold, harsh northlands. The Lich King Arthas has set in motion events that could lead to the extinction of all life on Azeroth. The necromantic power of the plague and legions of undead armies threaten to sweep across the land. Only the mightiest heroes can oppose the Lich King and end his reign of terror.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack Review
I got LK for an x-mas gift installed it and ran to make my blood elf death knight. I enjoyed doing the new dk starter quests and even outlands asa new class (since i have one of each class. I should note i’ve been playing since 2005). Northrend looks intentence and seems to be one of the best made zones to date, but with all this great pve (player vs everything) and new class there is one major down fall. I pvp (player vs player) alot of my end game gear since do to work and other rela life issues i don’t have the time to raid or to join an arena group. Yet it seems that blizzard left litte to be diseried for us pvpers. Most games are about 5-10 mins long with lop sided teams (20 vs 40. 3 vs 10 etc..). So if you love to raid and do herioics your in for a treat if you love to pvp you’re gonna be left in the cold.

I’ve played alot of MMORPGs and there is a reason why World of Warcraft is so successful. It attracts the masses because it is so diverse in player demographics. This new Expansion Pack does a great job in creating game content that is available for hardcore and casual gamers. It gives hardcore gamers the appropriate challenges of working together and doing 5+ hour raids, but also allows casual gamers to get a taste of raiding with the Vault of Archavon. Even if you are maxed out in every way possible there is always something else to do. The daily quests and acheivement scores can keep you busy for weeks if not months. Overall, there are alot of new concepts in this expansion pack and it is well worth the money you will shell out for it. It’s a must-have.

This is a great expansion being a new player the Death Knight story blew everything i had ever seen before right out of the water. There are tons of great dungeons and it great to have my Character continue to level. Overall this expansion is excellent if you own World of Warcraft if not now is a great time to start.

For the most part, this is by far the best incarnation of WoW yet. Northrend is joy to quest in since it looks nice, has excellent lore (at least for the alliance) that involves you like never before, and a new class that is really fun to play. However, after awhile the novelty of all this new stuff wears off and you’re left with the end game content to keep you playing. As someone who can’t raid, I was really looking forward to getting to run the new heroics and things. However, Blizzard’s new philosophy on the “difficulty scaling” of the game has pretty much completely changed the way end game content runs. After less than a month of playing, my friends and I were tearing through the heroics like nothing. Its hard to get psyched for new gear when you can already dominate in what you have. Heroics in TBC were basically hard as heck raids for 5 people, and I miss that. Heroics aren’t the only casualty to the new system: I’ve never seen so many people with the best gear in the game before just running around. My friends that do raid have nothing left to do, and are now just epicly gearing out all their alts. That situation will be fixed with patches, but it stinks to have to just wait for everything. This is basically the first time playing the game I (and my friends) were left with nothing to do except level alts. I can’t really comment on the pvp state of the game since that’s not my thing (bg’s are the most frustrating thing ever… especially on Alliance). In summary, exploring the new world for the first time is fun, but that’s about it. If you can’t raid and aren’t obsessed with pvp, find an alt you love or be prepared for boredom.

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Left 4 Dead

Brand: Electronic Arts
ESRB Rating: Mature
Feature

Platform: PC
* Co-operative gameplay in epic struggle between survivors and zombies
* Choose to play as survivor or 4 types of infected mutants
* Set across 4 massive campaigns
* Game creates a unique and dramatic experience based on players’ actions
* Multiplayer games for 1-to-8 players

Product Description
Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead (L4D) casts four “Survivors” in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying “Boss Infected” mutants. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, the latest AI technology allows for multiplayer games of one to eight players.

A new and highly virulent strain of the rabies virus emerges and spreads through the human population with frightening speed. The pandemic’s victims become grotesquely disfigured widely violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. As one of the “lucky” few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infected. Alone, you’re dead. But together with a handful of fellow survivors, you might just fight your way to safety.

Players can play as a Survivor or as one of four types of Boss Infected, each of whom possess a unique mutant ability, such as a 50-foot tongue lasso or a giant belly full of explosive methane gas. The gameplay of L4D is set across four massive campaigns. The zombie population of each mission is choreographed by an AI Director that monitors the human players’ actions and creates a unique and dramatic experience for them on the fly.

Left 4 Dead Review
My first night playing it co-op reminded me why I love PC gaming, LAN parties, etc. Even playing with total strangers the tense moments, hordes of zombies running at you at just the right moments, and the sounds of your teammates yelling for help, coordinating which way to attack, and the character voices themselves makes it feel real enough or exciting enough you want to keep playing. Even dieing gives you an adrenaline rush. I definetely will say that a headset is a must for this game to get the full co-op experience. If you don’t have a headset, order one with this game.

I was pretty excited about L4D because i generally like to play co-op games. After reading all the rave reviews, i happily plunked down $40 for the game. After several gaming sessions with friends both lan and over internet, i concur with others that the game is a blast to play (with friends, not so much solo), but i felt that there wasn’t much variety after a while. i like how the director changes things up every time you play the game, but after a while, it’s basically the same thing over and over again, a bunch of zombie meat come running at you, peppered by encounters with boomers, smokers, hunters, tanks, and the witch. hopefully valve will generate new content or add some depth to the game mechanics.

First off, the graphics and sound are pretty awesome. The sound is probably the best sound for suspense that I have heard in a long time. The gameplay combined with the environment are great! In multi-player is where this game shines…and it doesn’t just shine it fully combusts. Online play as the infected vs the survivors is my favorite. My only problem is that the single player game is incomplete. The single player game doesn’t have a coherent story-line, in fact there is no story line. You can play anyone of the characters but it doesn’t matter because each character is the same, no unique abilities or different abilities. Even with my issues with single player I will still play this game due to the fact that I think this is the best co-op/online/multi-player game out there since you have to truly work with your partners.

I had this game for almost a month and must say it is fantastic! Never boring even when replaying sites again. Had not had as much fun since Diablo 2! Being person without a lot of time to sit and learn long drawn other games, the on-line game play allows me to to jump on an existing game anytime and leave or take a break on pause mode anytime! Having a hectic career this game is a necessary stess relief therapy! And learning curve is fast! Co-operative is truly fun building a sense of carmaraderie among fellow players! Get the game! It truly is gratifying watching zombies head explodes and limbs fall off their bodies right in front of your face!

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The Sims 3

Brand: Electronic Arts
Platform: Windows Vista / XP, Mac OS X
ESRB Rating: Teen

Feature

Edition: Standard
* New Seamless, Open NeighborhoodExplore the neighborhood freely.
* New Create A Sim Create any Sim you can imagine.
* New Realistic PersonalitiesEvery Sim is a unique person, with a distinct personality.
* New Unlimited CustomizationEveryone can customize everything!
* The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief.

Product Description
The Sims 3 lets you immerse truly unique Sims in an open, living neighborhood just outside their door! The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief. Your Sims can roam throughout their neighborhood, visit neighbors’ homes, and explore the surroundings. They can stroll downtown to hang out with friends, meet someone new at the park, or run into colleagues on the street. If your Sims are in the right place at the right time, who knows what might happen?! New easy-to-use design tools allow for unlimited customization to make truly individual Sims. Determine your Sims’ shape and size, from thin to full-figured to muscular—and everything in between! Choose your Sims’ facial features, their exact skin tone, hair eye shape and color and select their clothing and accessories. Create realistic Sims with distinctive personalities. Select from dozens of personality traits and combine them in fun ways. The combination of traits you choose—brave, artistic, loner, perfectionist, klepto, romantic, clumsy, paranoid, and much, much more—help shape the behavior of your Sims and how they interact with other Sims. Your Sims can now rise above their basic set of every day needs. They are complex individuals with unique personalities. Build your dream house or design the ultimate home. Customize everything from floors to flowers, shirts to sofas, wallpaper to window shades. It’s fun and easy to change colors and patterns giving you endless personalization options. Or you can populate your Sims’ neighborhood with pre-designed buildings and furnishings. Which of your Sims will live in high-end mansions, cool bachelor pads, ultimate dream homes or low-cost cottages?

The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief. Create millions of unique Sims and control their lives. Customize their appearances and personalities. Build their homes – design everything from exquisitely furnished dream homes to quaint cottages. Then, send your Sims out to explore their ever-changing neighborhood and to meet other Sims in the town center. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not) to fulfill your Sims’ destinies and make their wishes come true.

The Sims 3 Review
I agree with others after playing for about two hours. I dislike how slow the speeds are, and I keep feeling like I did when I tried Sim Societies after working with Sim City for a long time. Everything feels dumbed down, cartoony, watered down, and for kids. It doesn’t feel like it usually does, not realistic. I noted that even the blocks got bigger, almost covering the entire person who is in the bath tub. I’d love to have the customization, and the personalities with the Sims 2 game play, characters, and such. I was not able to create my own lot from the start. I have heard that you can only play one family in a town. I really disliked buying food, it took a long time to move food from my sim’s inventory to the fridge. I haven’t downloaded the new town yet, however I hope it is much more customizable. I have yet to play around with the build mode, however I agree with another reviewer about the drawing of the items, as if I am in preschool and need big pictures to play the game. I plan on playing it more this weekend, however I how the game grows on me some more because I don’t know where my sims 2 disc went!

I have always being a Sim lover from the very first sim. I have the Sims 2 as well as all the expasion packs on my computer too. I purchased the Sims 3 on the day of it’s release. I downloaded it with no problem. The graphics are not as crisp as in Sims 2. The facial pictures of the characters look cartoonish and hard to distinguish the children from the adults. The new gameplay is more enjoyable with different variables and options to explore in the city. Everything runs pretty fast on my computer. I have a brand new computer with windows Vista and a lot of memory and graphics at this time. I was worried I would experience freezes or play interruption but I did not. I recommend this game to hard core Sims 3 gamers.

This edition of the Sims is a major improvement on the past editions. You can now drive places, see things, and do things that were once impossible in older editions. The game format seems like a mix of the Sims and Sim City since you can zoom out and see the whole city, and go everywhere as well as do the typical Sim things in your house. In Buy mode items are now organized by pictures…so if you want a bed for your bedroom you click on bedroom and click on the picture of the bed and your choices come up. It seemed to me that with the addition of the ability to customize the appearance of the items, the number of choices for some items has decreased. All of that said, make sure your computer meets the minimum operating requirements…as I found out, a difference of 1/2 GB of RAM can make the game play….painful. However, upgrading RAM is a quick and easy process. Overall, this game is a step in the right direction for the Sims, and EA games.

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