Fable - Xbox only

Fable is a ground-breaking role-playing adventure game from Peter Molyneux, in which your every action determines your skills, appearance, and reputation.

Create your life story from childhood to death. Grow from an inexperienced adolescent into the most powerful being in the world. Choose the path of righteousness or dedicate your life to evil.

Muscles expand with each feat of strength; force of will increases with each work of wit. Obesity follows gluttony, skin tans with exposure to sunlight and bleaches bone-white by moonlight.




Earn scars in battle and lines of experience with age. Each person you aid, each flower you crush, each creature you slay, will change this world forever.

Forge a hero based on your actions: Age and evolve a hero or villain through the actions you choose and the path you follow—be it for good, evil, or in-between. Ply the way of the sword, and see your muscles bulge. Weave the dark arts, and witness power crackle at your fingertips. Skulk in the shadows, and watch your skin bleach.

Engage in intense real-time combat: Collect battle scars as you duel with a world of cunning foes and deadly creatures. Master an array of deadly weaponry as you hone the art of blade-craft. Hunt your quarry using subterfuge and stealth. Weave death from the elements, as you harness the dark arts of the arcane.

Build your living legend: Through deeds and actions, build a name for yourself across the land. Recruit allies and followers. Gain glory or notoriety. Make friends and enemies. Interact with a living world of people, places, and event all reactive to you. Hero or butcher? Who will you be?

Explore and shape a living, evolving world:
Champion or manipulate an ever-changing land with competitive and cooperative heroes, dynamic weather systems, and deformable environments. Interact with teeming cultures, creatures, and citizens from various towns and cities.

Hone your character with scores of unique skills and extras: Master new abilities and add possessions as you develop.

Never play the same game twice: Once you finish your adventure, go back and try the experience again, forging your character and thereby a new tale with unexpected twists and turns, new skills, powers, influences, allies and enemies.

Final Fantasy X- 2 - Playstation 2

RPGs (Role Playing Games) are among the most popular games out there on consoles. They enable you to improve your character?s skills, usually deliver an engaging story and they last for hours. The genuinely good ones though are few. The Final Fantasy series has been around for ages and each new game seem to raise the bar in terms of quality.

FFX-2 is Square Enix?s first true sequel. In the past, each FF game had a completely different story, with different characters and a different battle system. This one however takes place in the same world as FFX. The central character is Yuna, the high summoner. 2 years have passed since the defeat of Sin in FFX and she?s changed quite a bit: she?s not only turned herself into a Pop star, she?s also part of a group of Sphere hunters called ?The Gullwings?. Without going into too much detail, Spheres (and Dress-Spheres) are what you?ll be looking for most of your journey. They will not only give you vital clues in the form of fuzzy movies, they will also enable any of your characters to change fighter class. Some of these include Magician, Sword master, Gunner, Thief or Healer.


You control 3 characters at all time and I?ve got to admit that I felt a bit weird at first (being a guy) controlling 3 girls. In the end though, it didn?t matter. Once I was through my first battles and saw how the story progressed, it felt like a refreshing change and it didn?t bother me one bit. The fighting system is quite different from the previous episode. It is now much more frantic and it forces you to take quick action as opposed to the system in FFX. During a battle, each unit have a gauge bar, which represent how long they have until the next action can be taken. Once a decision has been made, another bar takes its place to show you how long it will take to complete the move (or spell). These vary depending on the action so some careful planning and consideration is required. As mentioned earlier, each character can change fighter class with their Dress-Spheres. You can do so between or during battles. This is quite good as you can adjust your parties? configuration and change your strategy to best defeat your enemies.


Earlier on in the game, you gain access to all the locations of FFX. Hotspots indicate where you should go to progress the overall story, but the world is littered with mini-games and sub stories to explore. You can go everywhere you please. I personally completed the game in around 40 hours and even so, I skipped quite a few ?side quests?. If they don?t interest you, you can skip them all and get cranking with the story. Other wise, you can turn FFX-2 into a marathon game and try to achieve the ?100% complete? status.

The graphics in FFX-2 seem to be slightly better that FFX. They also seem to be less CGI sequences and the majority of the story is revealed using the game engine. The music has changed a bit as well. It now sounds a lot funkier than anything I heard before in FF game.
You don?t need to have played (or finished) FFX to know what?s happening in FFX-2 but it helps. FFX-2 is similar to FFX but it contains enough differences to make it feel like a new experience. The Aeons come back, but not as you would expect. Most locations are taken straight out of FFX with a few subtle changes here and there. If you?re a fan and are hungry for more, this game is just the ticket for you. If you?re new to the genre, make sure you try it first. RPGs can be rewarding, but they take a lot of time to play properly?and that?s not necessarily a bad thing.

Graphics: 9
Sound: 8
Gameplay 8
Overall: 8

Sudeki - Playstation 2

In a world ripped apart by deceit, "Sudeki" players become heroes on a twisting path of betrayal, gravity-defying combat and unbelievable magic. All they can rely on is themselves. No one is to be trusted. No one is to be spared. Four heroes: a sultry wizardress, a soaring gunslinger, a powerful swordsman and a dark huntress are about to be hurtled over the edge in a flight into darkness. "Sudeki" pushes the limits of what a role-playing game (RPG) can be by providing bigger worlds, more powerful heroes and sexier heroines, all set in the context of Hong Kong-style cinematic combat.

? Cinematic-style, real-time combat "Sudeki" features cinematic combat with dozens of moves, slow-motion bullet time, earthshaking spells and hundreds of destructive melees and ranged weapons.

? Hordes of enemies. Players will battle against more than 80 enemies, ranging from Accursed Undead to massive battle fortresses.

? Unique and powerful allies. Players battle as a team of four fierce heroes: a beautiful and deadly sorceress, a steam-punk gunslinger, a powerful man-at-arms and a dark huntress. In addition, players can conduct massive, cooperative spirit strikes in which characters combine to devastate legions of foes.


? Heroes that build and grow Players choose how to develop their characters, creating legends as their skills, spell arsenal, weapons cache and powers expand.

? Immense worlds to explore and tame. "Sudeki" is filled with hundreds of nonplayer characters and cunning enemies, as well as plot twists and turns fraught with danger.

? Jaw-dropping graphics. A custom, next-generation graphics engine built from the ground up for Xbox features detailed facial animation, bump-mapping, complex lighting and awesome scale.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is the next chapter to the award winning game of 2003. Set in the unique timeframe of the Old Republic, 4,000 years before Star Wars Episode I, The Sith Lords features an all-new more perilous storyline, new characters, classes, locations and force powers.

Approximately five years after the events of the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Jedi, nearly brought to an end by the Sith, are on the brink of extinction. The galaxy is in turmoil and the Republic no longer has the strength to protect its worlds. Sith Assassins are hunting the one they believe to be the last of the Jedi, the one who holds the key to the fate of the galaxy – You.

In addition to an all-new storyline, The Sith Lords will feature a host of memorable returning characters along with sinister new villains. Using over 30 new Force powers, players can turn weak-minded enemies against one another in combat with Force Confusion or see through doors and view character alignment with Force Sight. Players can also explore and battle their way through seven diverse worlds, including the mining colony of Peragus and Telos, a wasteland being rebuilt after its destruction during the war in the original game.


After creating a Jedi from the start with access to specific Jedi abilities, players can split their party to use several characters from your team for concurrent side quests. Tasked with protecting the Old Republic and the Jedi Order from its ultimate demise, players will be challenged with choosing the light side of the Force or surrendering to the lure of the dark side – as the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance…

•Sequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, winner of over 40 worldwide “Game of the Year” awards.

•Deep, new story set in the same popular Old Republic timeframe.

•Seven immersive worlds – travel to completely new environments and locations featuring new visual effects such as rain and snow.

•Over 60 new feats and Force powers with stunning new visuals.
•Many new offensive, defensive, and passive feats to customize your character.

•A variety of new weapons with new upgrade options – use the wrist mounted rocket launcher to devastate your enemies.

•Hundreds of new characters to meet and interact with.
•Form your party with up to 10 different characters, each with their own personalities and motivations.

•Six new classes like the Jedi Weapon Master and the Sith Assassin allow you to specialize your mastery of the Force.

•Enhanced combat system featuring more combat options and strategies plus hundreds of new character combat animations.

•Over an hour of new, fully-orchestrated music written by LucasArts composer Mark Griskey.

•Fully voiced with the same high-quality talent as the first game.

•Downloadable content for Xbox Live available at launch.

•Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the development house founded by members of the Fallout, Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, Dark Alliance, and Planescape: Torment teams.

Star Wars III: Revenge of The Sith

Fans and gamers can experience the stunning Jedi action of the upcoming movie Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith on May 5, 2005 when LucasArts releases the companion video game in advance of the movie’s opening on May 19th. The Star Wars: Episode III video game features third-person character action gameplay that will deliver the ultimate Jedi action experience as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi join forces in fierce battles and heroic lightsaber duels until one’s lust for power and the other’s devotion to duty leads to a final confrontation between good and evil.

Closely following and in some cases going beyond key story elements of the upcoming film, the Star Wars: Episode III video game will allow players to control all the Jedi abilities of both Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, including devastating Force powers and advanced lightsaber techniques involving robust combo attacks and defensive maneuvers. With ease, players can perform a wide range of amazing combination attacks in all directions including the skill of blocking or deflecting ranged weapon attacks and the ability to use lightsabers to cut through doors and interact with a variety of other destructible objects unique to each world. Use the Force to lift or throw objects, push, pull, throw or confuse enemies and even attack using interactive elements found in the environment.

As Obi-Wan, players will wield a powerful lightsaber as they struggle to save the galaxy from darkness by using the Force to control enemy actions and focusing the power of the light side into swift and precise lightsaber attacks. As Anakin, players will amplify Anakin’s Jedi skills and lightsaber techniques by giving in to the dark side of the Force. Using dark side powers, players will have the ability to attack with devastating shockwaves, crush and burn enemies, overpower hordes of enemies in epic battles and defeat even the most skilled Jedi Masters in one-on-one duels.

Working closely with famed Star Wars stunt coordinator Nick Gillard, the development team is creating the most authentic lightsaber combat ever with choreography taken directly from the films as well as many new stunts created exclusively for the game under the auspices of Gillard. The game will take place in never-before-seen locations like Utapau and Mustafar, giving fans a sneak peek into the highly anticipated Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith film releasing worldwide on May 19, 2005.

Third person Jedi action gameplay consisting of a series of lightsaber battles against a variety of uniquely challenging enemies including droids, humans and Jedi.
Live the most exciting moments from the movie and follow the film’s tragic conflict through the perspective of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Master both the light and dark sides of the Force using dozens of different lightsaber attacks and upgradeable combos.

Devasting Force powers including Force Stun, Sith Lightning and Jedi Mind Trick.
Battle in over 16 levels across four movie worlds including the planet Coruscant, the sinkhole planet of Utapau and the volcano world of Mustafar.
Interactive game environments incorporate dynamic visual effects, vibrant characters, destructible objects and world animation.
Single player story mode with duels as well as intense multiplayer versus duel modes – players can battle an array of Jedi Masters and Sith Lords including Mace Windu, Count Dooku and Darth Vader.

New stunts created exclusively for the game by Star Wars stunt coordinator and lightsaber expert Nick Gillard.

Over 12 minutes of all-new Episode III film footage taken directly from the upcoming movie.
Authentic sound effects recorded at Academy Award®-winning Skywalker Sound.
Immersive Star Wars music.