Call of Duty: Black Ops

Genre- First-person Shooter
Developer- Treyarch
Released- 11/9/10
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Review
Graphics- 9
Gameplay- 7
Story- 5
Sound- 9
Rating- 7

If you liked Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2, this game is probably for you. Unless, like me, you're tired of it by now.



System Requirements
OS- Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU- Pentium Dual Core E6500 2.93GHz / Athlon II X2 260
RAM-2 GB
HDD: 12 GB
VRAM: 256 MB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT / ATI Radeon X1950Pro



Never cared for RPG elements in my shooters, personally.

Splinter Cell: Conviction

Genre- 3rd-person Stealth Action
Developer- Ubisoft Montreal
Released- 4/13/10
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Review
Graphics- 8.5
Gameplay- 7
Story- 6
Sound- 7
Rating- 7.5

While there's not much really wrong with this game, it's a big step from the Splinter Cell formula you might be use to. Still a lot of fun to be had, though.



System Requirements
OS- Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU- Intel Core 2 DUO @ 1.8 GHz/Athlon X2 64 @ 2.4 GHz
RAM-1.5 GB
HDD: 10 GB
VRAM: 256 MB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7800/ATI Radeon X1800



This game is so proud of itself in the weirdest ways, sometimes.

Trine

Genre-  Puzzle Platformer
Developer-  Frozenbyte
Released- 6/3/09
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Review
Graphics- 7
Gameplay- 8.5
Story- 6
Sound- 8
Rating- 8

Only complaint is the general uselessness of the wizard, other than that, if you like platformers or puzzles, this is a great choice.

System Requirements
OS- Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU- 2.0 Ghz
RAM-512MB
HDD: 600 MB
Video Card: GeForce 5 series or better



also, I know this game is old. I don't only play new releases, nor do I play all new releases.

Vindictus [Beta]

Genre-  Fantasy Action MMORPG
Developer-  devCAT (Nexon)
Released- 10/13/10
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Review
Graphics- 7
Gameplay- 7
Story- 3
Sound- 6
Rating- 6

I've never been a hardcore fan of fantasy MMOs, but this is just tedious- a formulaic copy of all Nexon's other MMOs, with 3D graphics... but hey, it's free.

System Requirements
OS- Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU- 2.4 Ghz
RAM-512MB
HDD: 5 GB
Video Card: GeForce 5 series or better
VRAM: 256 MB



Disclaimer: Well aware of the fact that this is only a beta and the full game might just be fantastic, take this merely as my first impressions.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Genre-  Adventure Horror
Developer-  Frictional Games
Released- 9/08/10
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Review
Graphics- 6
Gameplay- 9
Story- 3
Sound- 7
Rating- 7.5

If you can get past the boring beginning Amnesia brings back the kind of horror I crave: this ain't no Doom 3.

System Requirements
OS- Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU- 2.0GHz
RAM-2
HDD: 3 GB
Video Card: Radeon X1000/GeForce 6

Medal of Honor

Genre- Modern FPS
Developer- EA LA, DICE
Released- 10/12/10
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Review
Graphics- 9
Gameplay- 4
Story- 2
Sound- 9
Rating- 6

EA has been cloning their Medal of Honor games since 1999; someone must have had the bright idea that cloning someone else's game might work better.


System Requirements
OS- Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU- Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 3200+
RAM-2 GB
HDD: 10 GB
VRAM: 256 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7800 / ATI Radeon X1900

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Genre-  Fantasy MMORPG
Developer-  Square Enix
Released- 9/30/10
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Review
Graphics- 7
Gameplay- 3
Story- 3
Sound- 7
Rating- 5

Another bad Final Fantasy. Even if you like FF, you probably won't like this latest title.

System Requirements
OS- Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU- Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
RAM-1.5 GB
HDD: 15 GB
VRAM: 256 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
Net- Broadband Internet Connection