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5 Stars Addictive
What in theory should be a casual pick up and play quickly becomes highly addictive. I expected this to be the type of game you play a couple rounds and put down after, but those few rounds always turn into hours. Mainly it’s the way the game rewards the player that makes it so addictive along with the “just one more round” mentality that’s oh so easy to get into.

The game starts out easy and ramps up the difficulty changing the game from simple point and click to real strategy. Once one completes the adventure mode it unlocks the peggle master challenges which add hours more play to the game. In addition, this version includes online multiplayer duels and parties that add a whole new dimension to the game.

Last, a Peggle Nights expansion was recently added on XBL for just $5 which essentially doubles the game content. I highly recommend this game.

5 Stars Great arcade game
Love it, one of the games on my xbox that the whole family can play and understand.

5 Stars A Must Own Game
I first heard of Peggle through Major Nelson’s Twitter feed. Specifically, he was talking about how his wife was hooked so I believed that this was a game for girls. The worst part of that is that I wasted so many months not playing Peggle!

I love this game! It’s easy to start, easy to play, easy to enjoy. Shoot the ball and see what pegs your ball hits. Hit all the orange ones on a level before you run out of balls and you win. Once the campaign is over you can play through all the levels again with 45 instead of 25 orange pegs. Add local and online multiplayer and compete with friends to get the most points. There isn’t a mode that isn’t great.

I highly recommend this for casual gaming fans (or those of us who don’t have time right then to get into a match of Modern Warefare 2.)

5 Stars Very Fun Game
There isn’t much to say except that this game is fun, and very addictive. You won’t regret playing this.

5 Stars Agree with all reviews!
I own this game on my laptop, home pc and xbla not to metion other verisons like Peggle nights. This game is one of the most addictive games I’ve ever played, and with the achievements on 360 it makes it even more addictive. Buy this game, unless you have other addictions that you need work out first like meth use!

Arcade Rating of

5/5 fun

5/5 graphics and controls

5/5 sound

overall arcade rating of

5/5

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Take your online experience to the next level with dreamGEAR’s Broadcaster Headset. The high quality speaker and boom microphone provide crisp and clear communication while you play. Simply plug it directly into your Xbox 360 controller and you’re ready to go.

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1 Stars dead out of the box
As the title says, it was dead out of the box. Emailed twice for a replacement from the 3rd party supplier here, never got one, nor an answer back. Junk.

1 Stars Bad product
I bought this headset as a cheap replacement for my Microsoft one, which had been chewed up by my cat. At first I was pleased with this one. It fit better than the one that came with my 360 and I liked the easy access to the volume control. But, this headset randomly stopped working after only two uses. Nothing is visibly wrong with it, cord is fine, connector’s good, it just doesn’t work anymore. It was fine is play one minute, dead the next. I’m going back to a Microsoft headset. A bit more expensive and a little loose, but at least it worked until my cat got to it.

5 Stars Great Headset
At first I wasn’t going to purchase this product because it had bad customer reviews. There were only 2 reviews but they both gave this product a 1 out of 5. Reason being is because the headset stopped working after 1 day of use. I decided to take the chance anyways because it was a great price and it was the original style xbox 360 headset(talk and volume control on the plug in switch). I have been using my new headset now for about 3 weeks and it works great. Highly reccomended for those looking for the original style headset, great price, or even a headset just for replacing an old or broken one.

1 Stars Not worth it
I purchased this headset and it stopped working within 3 days. Nothing was physically broken, but the microphone stopped picking up voice.

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In Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games, players will embrace the competitive spirit of the world’s most prestigious sporting event and represent their country as they compete for the highest honor–the Gold Medal. Appearing on next generation consoles, the game promises to deliver a far more entertaining and immersive Olympic experience with superior graphics capturing the detail of each event where a fraction of a second means the difference between winning and losing. With brand new gameplay mechanics challenging their speed, time and coordination, players will strive to break records alone or with up to seven friends online as they lead the US team to victory in 38 authentic Olympic events. This summer, everyone will want to show their patriotism and bring home the Gold.

Features:

• Over 30 Official Events and National Teams: Across 10 authentic-looking stadiums, players will represent the country of their choice and compete in such sports as Track & Field, Aquatics, Gymnastics, Cycling, Judo, Table Tennis and Canoe-Kayak for the highest honor.
• In-Depth Olympic Games and Competition Modes: In Olympic Games mode, players will organize their daily schedule and customize their national teams with agility, power, stamina and speed for competition in 38 events. With up to three friends, players will participate in either single or multi-event challenges in Competition mode.
• New Gameplay Mechanics: There are a variety of controls across all events, including a time-based system where timing, power and angle are essential, a rhythm-based method that requires increasing and sustaining speed, and a targeting system to aid players in accurately hitting targets.
• In the Zone: Pulls players right into the athlete’s mind, getting them closer to the action and giving them time to accurately control every move.
• Global Online Competition: As a member of the aspiring US Olympic Team, players will face challengers from across nations. A multitude of online features, including exhibition events, and leaderboards will allow players to prove themselves before the world.
• Capturing the Olympic Spirit: As the exclusive official video game, Beijing 2008 offers an authentic look and feel of the Games, ultra-realistic recreations of the Beijing stadiums and a chance to soak up the atmosphere from the Olympic Host City in your own home.

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4 Stars XBox 360
Given as a gift for granddaughter. She enjoys the game and finds it exciting and stimulating.

1 Stars DO NOT BUY UNLESS WILLING TO HAVE NO FUN AND BREAK YOUR ARMS!!
OK, this game is awful!!! The major problem is that the controls are suckish! Tap A and B repeatdly KILLS your hand and arm. Plus, they don’t know how to explain things, even in the manual!! The graphics are okay… They exclude many sports, like BASKETBALL!!!!! Please do not buy this game, it is awful!! Rather than wasting your money on an AWFUL game, preorder Madden ‘09, or NCAA Football ‘09. Take my word for it. The worst part is that you really want to like it, because it is the olympics. Make sure, if you really have to try it, to get the warranty. You’ll use it within 12hrs-72hrs max.

2 Stars Horrible controls
Pros

1. Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Swimming/Diving and tons of other disciplines.

Cons

1. Everything consist of frantically alternating the A&B buttons or using literally my whole palm to “wave” the sticks back and forth on the Track competitions. I have to position the controller in rediculous ways just to do all of this.

2. Most of the sports are extremely hard and the graphics aren’t great.

If you like extremely hard games and trying to break world records while you break your controller and hand in the process, then I guess it’s worth the purchase.

3 Stars Beijing Olympic games 2008
I bought the game for my son. He liked it but he said it was hard to make the player do what he wanted.

1 Stars A horrible game a waste of money
For some reason this is one of the hardest olympic games I have ever played. At least with Sydney 2000 for the N64 if we button mash we destroyed the field or the Track and Field for NES we can use a turbo button. Those games were at least somewhat fun and addicting.

Anyways I found this game difficult on some of the events which will be explained later, I have not played most of the events, but I heard kayaking and cycling was a pain. On the sprinting events such as swimming and track, I found it easier just to use the toggle sticks instead of alternating between A and B. Once you get the hang of the start which took me about 2 hours, it was fun, but you have to count to 6 which worked for me.

The 800m and 1500m do require some button mashing, but it is not intense and you can take it easy. I found those events easy to learn within due time.

I found Table Tennis a pain because you can not move the guy like you are suppose to, but I have the Table Tennis for Rockstar and that is like 10 times better. Judo really sucks, I do not have any clue of how beat my opponent after an hour of wasted time. Hmm Archery was actually easy and I had fun with that event, I actually got bulleyes on my first try. Clay pigeon shooting or the fast draw shooting was hard to understand.

Overall after playing the game for a total of 8 hours of wasted time, the game really is not good. I feel like just selling it on ebay for the most part. My arms really hurt and my fingers have blisters after playing the game. the only thing I can say about the game is the graphics are great, but you do not have time to enjoy them since you are busy looking at the controller button mashing or closing your eyes wondering when the suffering is going to stop.

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Customize your Xbox 360 with a faceplate to match your personal style. High-quality manufacturing helps prevent cracking or peeling. Easy to change designs whenever you like.

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5 Stars Looks awesome
I have a Ghost Case Smoke mod, looks awesome with it! Great quality, can’t beat it for 10 bucks after shipping.

4 Stars Woody!
Looks great, especially with a wood entertainment stand. Easy enough to put on…but I won’t be taking it off any time soon. I didn’t like the red/green stripe down the middle at first, but it grew on me. I do think it’d look better with a black colored X-Box, but the white on wood color scheme doesn’t bother me a bit.

5 Stars Great looking and easy to install.
Bought this for my cousin who lives quiet a ways away. He said it looks “Bad @$$” in his words. I bought it to go with this skin kit ( Xbox 360 Skin - NEW - CARBON FIBER system skins faceplate decal mod).

He’s not technical or geeky (loves cars), and he said it went on great. What else can I say.

5 Stars Sweet faceplate!
Sweet! Official Microsoft Carbon Fiber faceplate for under $5 shipped! The hardest part was getting it out of the Official MS package, fits and looks great on my 360. Well worth it, may buy others also, great deal!!

3 Stars Saw it at the 99 cents store
I saw this and the carbon fiber looking face plate at the 99 cents store a few months back. Just wanted to let people know to check there first if you have one nearby

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Xbox 360 Elite is the newest addition to the Xbox family that includes a huge 120GB hard drive (the largest available for any gaming console), a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable, and a premium black finish. The Xbox 360 Elite also includes a black wireless controller and black Xbox LIVE headset. Xbox 360 Elite has enough space for a whole library of Xbox LIVE Arcade games as well as downloadable high-definition TV shows, movies, music, and more available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. With its built-in Ethernet port and a free level of the online service, Xbox 360 instantly connects you to Xbox Live. Every Xbox 360 owner is a Silver subscriber–just plug the Ethernet cable into your existing broadband connection and join a global community of more than two million members. Set up a Gamer Profile, visit the Xbox Live Marketplace, even send voice messages–and that is just the beginning. Upgrade to Xbox Live Gold service and experience multiplayer games and tournaments, intelligent matchmaking, voice communication via the Xbox 360 Headset, and much more. Includes Xbox 360 Elite Console, (1) Xbox 360 Black Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive, Xbox 360 black Headset, Xbox 360 HDMI Cable, Xbox 360 Ethernet Connectivity Cable, Silver Xbox Live Marketplace Service, and manual.

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1 Stars DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SELLER!!!!!
This seller is not in fact Microsoft trying to sell you an xbox. The reason why most of you are having problems is that these Microsoft ripoffs are selling you earlier models than those say, sold at Gamestop. The older models have many problems, but most to all of those problems are solved with the newer 2010 and 2009 models. I suggest you buy the Spring Bundle if your looking for an xbox. It comes with two games, Halo 3: ODST and Forza Motorsport 3(both of which are extremely good games), a 120 GB hard drive, a 2010 model Xbox 360 Elite, Composite A/V cables, a controller, a wired headset to talk to people, and you power brick for the Xbox. You can get this bundle for around $300 depending where you look, and I suggest buying it under the seller “Microsoft” and not “MICROSOFT” as is the seller of this console. If you wanna play in HD, you have to either buy Xbox 360 Component A/V cables or an HDMI cable. If you wanna connect to Xbox LIVE wirelessly your going to need to buy an Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter for around $100, but there are cheaper alternatives you can find out there if you search it on Google. Sorry, thats just the way Microsoft makes money. But ya, buy a Spring Bundle and not whatever this is.

5 Stars Red Ring of Death is not the end of the world!!
I bought an Xbox 360 Elite as a Birthday gift for my husband. We use it everyday watching movies or playing games!! After two years we got the red ring of death! Yes we were very upset, we thought that we were going to have to buy a whole new system. We called Microsoft and they sent us shipping labels. We sent it back, THEY COVERED ALL OF THE SHIPPING COSTS!! Though they say that it may take 3 weeks to receive the product back it was only 2 weeks!!! They sent us back our console working like new!! Plus a months free subscription for XBOX Live for the inconvenience. My point is yes the red ring of death happens! Yes everyone knows that when they buy the Xbox that there is a chance it may happen. But Microsoft stands by their product and fixes the problem with no cost to you and even send you free stuff for your inconveniance. That is more then I can say for many companies. I am very happy with the Xbox 360 Elite and with Microsoft for standing by their products!

5 Stars Excellent product
Product came exactly as described and in good condition. Very happy with purchase would buy again from this seller.

5 Stars 360
Very pleased. I recomend having xbox and ps3 in the house so you can enjoy all the titles you want and not have to have a downer because the game you want is only on ps3 and vice versa.

1 Stars Xbox 360 E74 Error
I purchased the Xbox 360 Elite from Gamesboutike for $230.00 in August, 2009. It was listed on Amazon as USED - LIKE NEW. By December 2009 the unit displayed an E74 error message. Per Microsoft instruction, I sent the unit in for repair. Microsoft returned the unit a few weeks later stating that the Xbox has been modified or tamperred with; therefore, the warranty has been voided. MS dispute resolution center advice that I should take my dispute with the retailer that sold me the unit if I did not tamper with it. Following MS’s advice I contacted Gamesboutike through Amazon. Gamesboutike responded and instructed me to send in the unit to them and that they would try to repair the unit themselves. About a couple weeks later after I shipped the unit to Gamesboutike, they responded that the unit was damage beyond repair due to some Xclamp reason and there is nothing else they can do for me. I responded to Gamesboutike to let them know that I’m the sole owner of the Xbox and I’m certain that the unit was never tampered with in anyway and that I would expect a full refund or a replacement. Gamesboutike never responds back to me nor did they ever return the Xbox.

The good thing for me is that I kept the receipt and document all my communications regarding my dispute with MS and Gamesboutike and took the dispute to the Credit Card Company that I used to purchase. After three months of ongoing dispute with a follow up phone call every two weeks or so with the credit card company, they finally agree to issue a full refund to my credit card as they take their dispute with the merchant’s bank. Hooray!

Although Gamesboutike has 96% positive rating when I purchase the Xbox, but from my experience with this company I would never buy anything from them again. The term caveat emptor apply here with this vendor.

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Catch monster trophy bass and hang on for the fight of your life. Rapala puts you in the middle of heart pounding fishing action as you compete in 20 tournaments on some of the world’s most prestigious angling waters. Fill your live well with only the biggest and most sought after trophy fish including bass, pike, catfish, perch, salmon, trout and more. With Rapala Tournament Fishing, fishing like a pro is only a virtual cast away!

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5 Stars Totally addicted!
Great game! Im not usually into video games at all.. My boyfriend bought this one and I couldnt put it down. After figuring it out - which yes, takes a few minutes, but isnt rocket science by any means..its a GREAT time! Reeling in a 95 pound Flathead Catfish was a blast! Unlocking new boats and cool lures is just bonus the fun!! I recommend!

3 Stars I should have known:
Look at the “Product Features” provided:

–Buy with confidence!

–Rapala Trophies X360

Wow what a description.

This is one boring product.

I expected it to be as good as the xbox “pro fishing challenge”-nope.

I expected it to be a learning tool for fishing–nope.

I expected it to have different lures in addition to Rapala (excellent product by the way) such as spinners, soft and spoon lures—nope.

I just use the free fishing option. I hope sombody, if over 12, who enjoys fishing and the enjoyment of video games can provide and go beyond my exerience with this product. Oh wait, I forgot, graphics are ok.

Also “Fun” is two stars not three.

4 Stars Rapala Tournament Fishing
After I learned to quips and quotes ,I have finished the tournaments and have enjoyed playing it. The boats were hard to operate at first but I learned to operate them.

4 Stars Fishing.
The game came in the mail pretty quick, and it is in excelent condition and plays great…the kids love it!

3 Stars As boring as real fishing
The game leaves you with little instruction. It’s just like the real thing. If someone dropped you by a lake with a bunch of fishing gear and a boat, but offered you no instruction as to what works well and how, you would be playing this game. It’s slow, there is no action and the weather is mediocre. Catching a fish is slightly more boring than catching a real one and is extrememly frustrating when you lose it because you have the wrong gear because nobody told you any different.

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Project Sylpheed X360

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5 Stars a hidden gem
I actually like it more than Ace Combat 6, and though they’re two very different shooters, I think that tells a lot. The controls are good, the graphics are nice, and your fellow pilots are acceptably intelligent. The one thing that’s missing is multiplayer. This is one game that would work perfectly with multiplayer online co-op or versus. I’m hoping they’ll do a sequel with multiplayer.

If you downloaded the demo on Xbox marketplace and thought the mission was pretty hard, don’t fret. The demo mission is one of the extra challenge missions in the add-on pack. The story missions don’t start out that hard, and by the time you reach those missions, you have a much better arsenal. The difficulty is also adjustable.

Afraid because the critics reviewed it poorly? Don’t trust those negative reviews. Trust the people who actually played the game for some time like us on Amazon and Metacritic.com’s user reviews.

Definitely worth the $25 new from Amazon, and the other new/used deals on Amazon are a true steal. When you do get the game, don’t forget to download the free extra challenge missions/leaderboard add-on from the Xbox marketplace.

4 Stars Undeserved attention to a great game
I also don’t understand why this game has gone by without much attention. It’s really fun and the graphics are amazing. About the controls you can always customize so that’s not a big issue. When I play the game I recall the dog fighting scenes in space from the Robotech Macross Saga Series. Stunning!

4 Stars Great game, even in 2010.
This game is a sleeper, one of the most underrated games ever put out! If you are interested at all then you need to pick it up!

5 Stars Great space shooter
This is an excellent game, for several reasons:

1) The story. Unlike other space plots, there are no aliens here. Just human against human. I personally like the idea that we have enough evil in us to cause us each other grief forever, without the need for an alien race. Plus, you gotta love the over the top anime-esque characters. Also, the “overpowering central government” vs. “freedom-seeking rebel alliance” paradigm is always entertaining, even more so in today’s world.

2) The gameplay. It just works. After learning the controls, you can dive in and start fighting right away. But for those who are really into it, there is alot of depth to the gameplay mechanics, such as sliding, gliding, using weapons layouts properly, using special attacks, etc. You could spend alot of time playing over and over again trying to improve your mission grade and using more advanced techniques.

3) Fun factor. The game is just fun to play, period. There’s that intangible fun factor that some games have and others don’t, which Project Sylpheed indeed has. It makes you want to keep coming back for more.

4) Awesome spaceships. One thing I loved about the old Silpheed for Sega CD was the ship design was so cool. Especially at the time as a teenage boy when I was into spaceships and jets. I find the same feeling comes back to me when playing this game. I love going to the hanger view and just looking at the Delta Saber. So if you are, or were as a kid, into cool spaceships, you’ll like the spaceship designs in this game, both yours, as well as all the big battleships and cruisers.

Overall this is an excellent game, one of the funnest 360 games I’ve played in a while.

4 Stars Warning to people without HD Widescreen televisions
Although this was an amazing game that didn’t get the exposure it needed to become a real blockbuster, the reason I am posting this is because of the people who complain about the cluttered HUD.

If you do not own an HD Widescreen television at least 1920×1080 resolution, MOST games on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 will be “smashed” to fit your screen, as they are both next-gen systems optimized for use on HD Widescreen displays (Sylpheed being one of many optimized games).

Why you would even buy a next-gen system without owning an HDTV is beyond me to begin with. I thought people learned their lesson when Dead Rising came out and you couldn’t read the text on a SDTV.

In closing, I highly recommend against buying ANY HD videogames without an HD display, as you will most likely strain/damage your eyesight trying to play them. They should stick that in the manual warnings I think, not that anyone ever reads those…

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FIFA 11 X360

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Alma returns in F.E.A.R. 3 but this time her sons Point Man and Paxton Fettel introduce divergent co-op, giving players distinctly different abilities affecting their own play as well as the experience of their co-op partner. Gamers participate in single player or co-op modes as Point Man, a genetically enhanced super soldier originally introduced in F.E.A.R., or they can play cooperatively as his conniving brother Paxton Fettel, whose incredible telekinetic power has given him life beyond the grave. The game is developed by Day 1 Studios, developer of the original F.E.A.R. console games in collaboration with Monolith Studios.

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Fight your way through an ever-shifting environment haunted with time ravaged creatures, while sudden time wave hurl you back and forth between 1950 and the present day. Use your wits and the perfect weapon - the Time Manipulation Device - to unravel the conspiracy on the remote island of Katorga-12

Singularity is a first-person shooter developed by the legendary Raven Software and utilizing the power and flexibility of the Unreal 3 game engine. Set in an alternate present of 2010, players take on the role of a US Air Force pilot who while investigating an extreme radiation signature, stumbles upon a top secret Cold War era Soviet program, run amok which not only causes monstrous mutations, but also threatens to alter nature of time itself. Speed up time to reduce enemies to dust. View larger. Or gain from turning back the clock. View larger. Classic FPS gameplay. View larger. A revisionist Cold War storyline. View larger. Story In the dark, Cold War winter of 1949-50 Stalin, the brutal leader of the Soviet Union, had two super weapons: long range missiles and the atomic bomb. But even if his teams of forced labor managed to build a missile powerful enough to carry an atomic payload, Stalin still faced encirclement by the United States and the Strategic Air Command. He knew that he needed another advantage over the United States, one that would ensure Soviet security and superiority. Then came the chance discovery on the remote island of Katorga-12 off the wild Kamchatka peninsula, of a previously unknown material, Element 99 (E99). E99 became the new source of Stalin’s hope: a new energy source of unparalleled power. Unfortunately, the new element also yielded a new kind of contamination risk. But these were acceptable risks to Stalin - anything for the advancement of the Soviet people. Even so, on September 21, 1950, driven to complete the project, and in violation of the safety protocols, a Russian scientist, Viktor Barisov, personally triggered a device powered by E99 that caused a catastrophic event that affected the entire island. What happened next is unclear. However, there are reports that Stalin’s final dying order was a handwritten scrawl to quarantine Katorga-12. And so the knowledge of the island remained buried…until 2010, when intelligence reports in the west confirm activity on a remote atoll in the Russian Federation’s shadow. The world has no memory of Katorga-12. No concept of what may be on the island off the southeast coast of Russia. It is deemed that the world can’t afford another Chernobyl - or worse. America’s answer is to scramble a stealth flyby of the area. They need recon - and they need it now. Gameplay and Weapons Action in Singularity is a mix of combat mission gameplay and puzzle-solving. Combat is against both modern and 50s era Russian forces, as well enemies mutated through exposure to E99. In this players have their choice of conventional weapons including: pistols, shotguns, machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, etc., as well as as few Sci-Fi weapons very specific to the game. These include the TMD (Time Manipulation Device) and the E99 pistol. The TMD is a gauntlet, which players acquire early in the game that can be integrated with conventional weapons. Its main function though relates it its ability to alter time within a small specific area. The major examples of this are: Reversion - The ability to alter encounters by rewinding the history of an item or entity to the time of your choosing. This can be used to repair broken items, render enemies harmlessly embryonic, etc. Aging - The ability to alter encounters by fast-forwarding the history of objects or entities, rendering the former rusted and worn and the latter decrepit with age or simply dust. Stasis - The ability to freeze time and thus dangerous situations in order to gain an advantage. Impulse - The ability to propel objects frozen in time in a targeted direction. Chronolite - Functionality that allows the player to look back to a time associated with a place, person or object. Players can also utilize the TMD in conjunction with the E99 pistol, a gun that shoots bullets infused with Element 99, to hit targets unreachable due to distance and otherwise indestructible cover. In addition, to the TMD’s combat uses, it is also indispensable as a tool for solving the spatial-oriented and other types of puzzles that players will face on the island of Katorga-12. Multiplayer Singularity contains multiplayer gameplay options, that just as in its single player campaign, integrate conventional combat tactics and weapons with the time manipulation elements. Key Features An engrossing storyline blending Cold War history and science fiction elements. An arsenal of first-person weapons, including conventional firearms and upgradeable, time altering gadgets. Mission progressing puzzle-solving gameplay. Advanced graphics built on the Unreal 3 game engine. Multiplayer gameplay options. Xbox LIVE support including LIVE Achievements.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Overlooked
Got to eat some crow on this one because I panned the game without playing it and it’s not bad at all. A number of reviews (Metacritic) had a problem with the TMD device and it actually comes into use quite a bit. Destroying creatures, slowing down others,creating a Deadlock where you are inclosed in a blue dome and all the enemies in there with you are frozen, slowing down time and a pulse that obliterates others. Leveling up weapons that all work well and different situations and stories that keep it fresh. Small issues other reviewers bring up and their points are valid. MP is a definate hit which was a big surprise. Moderate replay value, very good MP and at 45 bucks a decent value. I’m thinking the game got “lost” in the summer.

5 Stars Singularity review
When I first heard of Singularity last fall, I was pretty happy since I like science fiction style FPS games. Well, after a delay or two the game came out and I am pretty happy I bought it.

PROS:

-Eerie atmosphere (akin to FEAR) that can, and will, keep you on edge

- unique enemies that each take some thought as how to defeat

- A pretty good science fiction/alternate reality story (I won’t spoil here)

-Good gunfights, some thoughtful weaponry

-Good multiplayer, unique because it isn’t just another “soldier v soldier” match, instead it is creatures v soldiers

-On normal, the campaign is probably 8 to 10 hours long, so it isn’t short by any means, maybe typical of fps lengths.

-It is similar to the Bioshock/System Shock 2

-I enjoy not knowing what situation will come next in the campaign, keeps me on edge

- Campaign jumps between the year 2010 and the 1950s

CONS:

-AI needs a little work, but puts up a decent fight (I’m on normal)

-Not too many multiplayer modes yet

-No subtitles or place to reference previously found notes and tape recordings

-tape recordings

-fairly linear story (I don’t mind at all, but some people want a more sandbox style FPS, I guess)

-Iffy Russian accents

-Unfortunately, too many backwards “R” letters, and many of the films or posters are written in english, but using Russian Cyrillic characters to spell which seems lazy or cheesy to me since I know a bit of Russian.

It may seem like there are a lot of cons listed, but really they are nothing major and more of just personal taste for me. I really enjoy this game and intend to play it for quite a while. If you like atmospheric FPS games then go and buy this. Ideally you should have pre-ordered as it came with a free copy of the 360 game “Prototype”, a 1GB usb memory stick, and a multiplayer skin for the regular price of an Xbox 360 game.

4 Stars Solid Game.
1 part Doom3,

1 part BioShock,

add a dash of time manipulation,

shaken not stirred.

About as challenging as Half-Life 2,

About as long as Gears of War 1 or 2,

Worth playing twice.

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