WarLords 4

War Lords, one of my very favorite computer games & also one of the first games I ever knew of
Warlords 1 1st appeared in 1990 (MAN THATS ANCIENT), the game was created by Steven Fawkner and published by SSG (Strategic studies group)
NOTE: The MacOS version of this game kicks the PC version's ASS. LONG LIVE MacOS

Warlords 2 was released in 1993 & its deluxe pack was released in 1995

those releases of the game were created by the same Man & published by the same group, they were turn based strategy games, (not real time as most of the other games), u get to move units in the order u want & whenever u want, making the resources also increase per turn, not by time.

what makes this game special, is that its not about how fast can u make an army ready & when exactly u attack, similar to chess (which I dont exactly like to play :D) u move when u study the move & know what to expect.

U build units that take 'N' turns & cost 'C' & have an upkeep of 'U' gold & strength 'S' , U capture towns that can build the A,B & C units & has an income of X gold, & lots & lots more things to consider. The Game is extremely Tactical.

Warlords 3 was quite different, it was a real-time strategy game adding new units & features, it was released in 1997.I
it's Expansion pack wasn't very successful as it had a difficult market with FPS (First person shooters) & MMOGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games)
By the release of windows XP, several issues appeared in the game (LONG LIVE MacOS :D :D), there were no support for it, & even when Ubi Soft bought the name, they failed to solve those issues, but they were mainly being worked on by the Game fans

Warlords 4: (My Favorite :D)
The game returned back on 2003 by Ubi Soft to turn based strategy, although the game had some development problems as the game was dropped from infinity interactive plans & the code was in a very messy condition for 3 years, but they re-wrote it from scratch in 6 months & unfortunately there were some imbalances in the game, so it had a 70% score (10% less than the previous warlords 3 & its expansion)
Those imbalances were fixed on 2006 in the 1.04 update but it was too late to make ppl play it again (but it was fixed :D, lucky me I started playing it in November last year :D)
The same team on warlords 4 has also been working on Seven Kingdoms, Warlords Champions and heroes of might & magic 5 (another great turn based game).
& there has also been some talk abt Warlords 5, but nothing official yet.

Steve Fawkner Thank you for this game & I'm looking forward for the next

Serious Sam 2

Serious Sam 2 is the 3rd sequel to the Award winning Serious Sam Family (after 1st encounter & 2nd encounter)
It was released on Oct 19, 2005
I didn't play the Older ones but I've be told about them.
The Game mainly depends on how fast u can shoot & hit, not about tactics.
U just get lots of creatures & u'd better kill them as fast as u can without dying (perhaps it sounds too easy but its not :D)
Also that the Game has also a very funny theme, not a violent one, & far from reality (its all funny imagination), so it can be a very appropriate game for children 8+
The Game was created by Croteam, with the Serious Engine 2 & published by 2k Games.
To Croteam: U guys have done one hell of a job, keep it up ;)
I wont go into the story of the game, its not something sophisticated but the Game is very challenging to play, I'm serious :D
u may want to check it out ur own so here you go ;) SeriousZone & Serious Same 2
Enjoy

Game Reviews !! Comming UP

well Since I've been one hell of a gamer for the last "like" LIFE :D, I've decided to post some reviews about the Games that I believe have some effect on the industry, either in its technology, story, Gameplay or even the idea.
I hope u'd all enjoy them :)