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This is my first try ever at video review, so it’s an experimentation and test of voice mini video reviews of Supreme Commander (by Greatdictator).

The “full” review and improved version will be coming up soon and I would like some feedback, idea, question about what you would like to know about it and how to improve myself.

Thanks to www.dateyourgame.com and Attila for helping me make reviews and encouraging me.

Today I tried Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. I must say I had no expectation at all. But seem they did a good job.

The cutscene are acted by real actor, the story seem good, the graphic are really good, the infantry actually is useful, it’s easy to play, intuitive, unit are easy to control, there isn’t too much micro management, the economy is simple. They really did a good job on that one. So enjoy!

Little trick, cheat for the demo: if you find the demo too short, there is a cheat that allow you to play the Nod in skirmish. Put your mouse over the race selection and click N or G then right click with the mouse and it should switch the faction to Nod or GDI. (I didn’t tested this tip, so don’t ask me for help if it doesn’t work)

Not long ago youtube introduced an audio replacement feature, you can basically remplace the audio track from any of your video by some music they have from many artist. I think this is a great idea and can allow many artists to get known by a large audience and allow youtuber to use that music in all legitimity. This video of Halo I did is the Library level of the game at legendary with the speed x2 and some really great music that make it seem like a dance with the flood. Really fun to watch. (I’m addicted to it)

Here I am playing a little Halo single player.This is the 3rd level where you are trying to board the covenant ship “Truth and Reconciliation”. I love this level simply because it has the sniper rifle. That is my favorite weapon and in this video I am just learning to use it. On the XBox I became very good with the sniper rifle often having 4 or 5 times more kills than deaths on multiplayer. I have found that I am going to have to relearn how to snipe on PC. Hopefully I will get just as good at it.

Here you see the Carthaginians defended against a larger, stronger Spanish Army and absolutely massacring them. I actually couldn’t believe I won because my army was mostly town militia. Despite this victory Gaul took my city two turns later with an army of about 1000 stocked full of swordsman. I didn’t stand a chance

Another day, another RA2 video I guess. In this one I first tried a tank assault, with that I was able to take out the Battle Lab, which is good but not what I wanted. Next I used a Demo Truck in a less then effective way. Next up: Boris with a Flak Halftrack to defend him from air attack and transport his slow butt around. The AI erected a Prism tower within range and killed him. I was so close to saving him though. This is a shame. But heres the funny part, ONE Kirov was able to finish the opponent, a desperate move it was, and success it bought me!

This weekend there was a stress test for the video game The Lord of The Rings Online. So I played a little and levelled my character up to level 7, but now I’m a little tired of it. It’s a really good game; there are tons of missions, the environment is huge, the game play is between World of Warcraft and Guild War, but there are too many things to do for me. 

So I think it’s a good game for any fanatic of The Lord of the Rings and Massive online multiplayer games. When it will come out it will cost 9$ a month, or what is interesting for those who like the long term you can pay for a life long license.

So here are is the gallery of screenshots I took from The Lord of The Ring Online. Enjoy!

Here is a round of Command & Conquer Red Alert 2: Yuri’s Revenge expansion set.
Against a Brutal Level Opponent, I was successful in using Human Wave Tactics, and Urban Tactics, followed up with armored support for a easy victory. And who said C&C is all about massing tanks?

Today I decided to write a guide about Halo Combat Evolved Multiplayer. In this guide I explain how to become very good at that game. I explaining how to aim, how to move and how to fight a good player. It’s an abstract kind of guide that you will need to visualize and experiment. I also included two video for you to see me the principle I use in action and allow you to see what I mean.

Take a look at my Halo Combat Evolved Multiplayer Guide

Today I finally decided to update my screenshots gallery on my website for the video game Medieval II Total War. So Now you can see 548 screenshots take from many many different battle, faction, era, etc.

You can see my updated gallery of Medieval II Total War

By Bruno

Developed by the team that brought us Arx fatalis Dark messiah of Might and Magic is an RPG from the series might and magic. With singleplayer and multiplayer Dark messiah of Might and Magic is a great first-person RPG. With the source engine Dark messiah of Might and Magic bring us great graphics ( HDR-lighting rules )and the physics are also fantastic since the platforms we can use as traps for the enemies or if you feel more like it why not kick them from the edge ( it’s lovely to hear them scream as they fall ).

Also Dark messiah of Might and Magic has special abilities (based on an adrenaline gauge) like turn your foes into the size of an ant and then squash them, telekinesis or if you think their face is just too ugly just take of a few heads in a single blow.
The story is good too; you are a young man called Sareth that waits the opportunity to prove himself to his master. One day your master tells you to find a secret artefact and stop the bad guy from using it (a bit cliché), but you are not alone since your master sends kind of a guardian entity with you, a women called Xana .

Each level has side quests with various rewards and can be completed in various ways. There are no character classes in Dark messiah of Might and Magic, but there are abilities three with three branches (strength, magic and stealth). One thing interesting is that you can make your blades from scratch using different materials and adding some ore to improve the weapon.
In the multiplayer you can buy different abilities for your character, improving different skills (who wants to grill someone or for the average campers, snipe with a bow in your enemy)
Dark Messiah has a lot of fantasy and hardcore on it, graphics based in source engine of half life 2, good physics (let’s impale someone). Basically if you’re looking for a good action RPG, Dark messiah of Might and Magic is your video game

Thief Deadly Shadow is a kind of “stealth” game where you need to stealth thing around that I’m currently exploring.

Here is a “funny” video of Thief Deadly Shadow. It’s funny because Thief Deadly Shadow game is all about stealth, running from the guard, hiding, etc. But since I rarely follow the rules, well here is what happens in the streets of he city when I don’t feel like hiding.

Here is some screen shots of the game.

I will, in the comings days, make a Walkthrough of the video game FEAR. It’s a game that I have had since 2005 but never really posted many videos of it. So get ready to see most of it (I will probably skip some boring parts…) But be warned, it’s a mature game, so if you have nightmares, don’t blame me.

FEAR: First Encounter Assault Recon Walkthrought

Well I admit I had lost to the rebels before when they attacked a general I had travelling alone. I should have just retreated but instead I got him killed and then the army disappeared. Much later I was marching an army from Syracuse to Messana when the same rebel army ambushed me from the woods just west of Syracuse and luckily I had more troops.

By Zzzyax

Halo: Combat Evolved originally developed by Bungie Studios since before 1999. And ported to PC by Gearbox Software. Halo Custom Edition was released by Gearbox as an unsupported add-on, which requires the original game license and CD to be play.

The Gameplay

The game itself actually has no new storyline and is by default exclusively multiplayer. So we could say it has the same background story and environment as the original Halo Combat Evolved. But concentrate itself exclusively on the multiplayer side on the game.

Since Halo CE have the same multiplayer level as the original Halo PC. The longevity of the expansion was many base on the capacity of the player to create their own maps and sharing them with others. In context, you may find what player produce that can either amazing new gameplay experience or environment. However, other new contend can sometimes can be of poor quality.

Maps and map creation
So the main interest of Halo CE is the opportunity for the community to modify the game. And so far some players have created their own coop online maps for players across the world to join in with, where 1-16 players can enjoy a battle and solve puzzles against fierce AI, this is a truly amazing aspect to the game that was largely missing in the original Halo PC.

The moding aspect of the game
One thing that people must know about making contends for Halo CE is that creation can be very hard for beginners. However if you are a confident 3D mapper who knows what you do then you can produce some very good content. But note that to fully be able you will need to use four main Mapping tools are as follows. 3dsmax and gmax are 3 dimensional mapping software that can be used for level terrain creation in Halo CE. The software Tool is an importing, exporting, converting, Lightmapping, and map modding machine. Tool runs from a command prompt window and certain commands will do certain things to certain files. Depending on the command OFC. The other main software you will need to use is Sapien. This is a program for creating level AI, Weapon placement, placement of special scenery and vehicles etc. In clear every things that populate the map changing it from terrain to a battlefield. Finally Guerilla is the tag editing program, with this you can change the way master chief looks, change warthog skins, create and edit tags to build custom weapons and vehicles. Overall the moding of Halo CE is amazing. If you know what your doing you can create quality maps. But it can be confusing in the beginning.

The main problems we see in this game are probably that the skill of player playing Halo CE is very varied. There are some cheaters that are not fight well by the game anti cheating system.

But overall the game pace, not too fast or slow, not too confusing yet not too boring. You can really play Halo CE for hours on end seriously.

Here are what we recommend to play the game the games min specs.

Windows 98SE/ME/2k/XP with 128MB+ RAM But we suggest XP with 512MB+ RAM
733 MHz Processor The more powerful the better go for a 800MHz processor.
1.2 Gig Hard drive
32MB Video card. 3D T&L capable, we would recommend an ATI 9800pro or Nvidia
8x CD, Sound card & speakers headphones, SoundMax digital audio works fine, get some nice speakers to hear ALL the sounds E.G. Heartbeats when on red health

We also recommend
A computer microphone or gaming headset to be able to play with voice with your friends with the software Teamspeak Rc2. To be able to track you friend better Xfire instant messaging and server tracking and some tweaking tool developed by the community to increase the experience.

Here are some screenshots of my first 2 battles with Carthage.

Here are some screenshots about some intense figthing.