Amazon.com When Stu gets the call to come repair the Reptar robot at EuroReptarland, an impromptu trip to Paris becomes the setting for Chuckie's search for a new mommy. Based on the feature film of the same name, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie features the characters from the TV show, including Tommy, Phil, Angelica, Kimi, and more. Your job is to explore 16 levels and try to make Chuckie's wish come true. Be on the lookout for several bonus levels along the way and minigames, such as Chuckie Chan Dojo and Reptar vs. Robosnail.
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.0 Stars would be better! This game was the absolute worst game ever invented for any game system! You run around this teeny tiny park in a small circle crashing into walls and getting stuck in corners while listening to the repetitive annoying sound of your player saying "Hehehe" (or if you're playing as Phil, "This is even better than eating boogers!"). You could play it for the rest of your life and never beat it. There's a million things you have to do but you never know what they are because there's no way of checking your progress. Plus, even though the park is tiny, you're constantly getting turned around and lost! Even the two-player mode is annoying because it's just as hard but shorter, unless you're playing mini golf, which takes about two hours and that's if you're an experienced gamer! The graphics are terrible and the sound is REALLY annoying. I wanted to turn the sound off after two minutes of gameplay. Word of advice: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY RENTING OR BUYING THIS GAME...
Company of Heroes takes you back to World War II, where you'll guide Able Company through the deadliest battles in WW2's European theatre, including the D-Day landings at Normandy. Through a rich single player campaign, players experience the cinematic intensity, courage and bravery of ordinary soldiers thrust into extraordinary events. Special DVD edition.
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Groundbreaking RTS Let me start off by saying that the WW2 gaming genre has been done to death in general. However, that is not so true in the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) genre which Company of Heroes is part of. Being a WW2 game is not even what makes Company of Heroes great. The brilliance of this game is the new gameplay mechanics introduced. No longer do you have dumb units to command around the map. Company of Heroes introduces a cover system, and when your units fall underattack, they automatically move to cover but not to the point of messing up your line of defense.
The different factions of the game have different strengths and weaknesses utilizing a different set of units and weapons. Overall the game is very balanced and has a tremendous potential for great strategy to be employed. If you are a fan of RTS games, then Company of Heroes is a must-play.
You're in the middle of World War II and you must lead the British 2nd Army to liberate Caen, France. Or command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle to repel the largest airborne invasion in history. Play alone or with friends online in four playable armies. Realistic effects like Dynamic Weather Effects and AI and physics enhancements make this the most exciting RTS game ever.
2 New Armies - Play as the British 2nd Army or German Panzer Elite, each with devastating command trees options and unit upgrades 2 Full Single Player Campaigns - Command the British Army to liberate Caen, France. Control the German Panzer Elite to repel the Allied airborne invasion in Operation Market Garden. For the first time, players get to play as the Germans in Single-Player Real War, Real Battlefields, Real War Enhanced - Mission Persistence, Dynamic Weather Effects, Enhanced Vehicle Tactics deliver a new level of realism and new battlefield tactics. Vehicle path finding, meta-formations, AI and physics enhancements, and new MP modes such as objective-based missions Multiplayer Modes - Combine Company of Heroes - Opposing Fronts with the original Company of Heroes for a total of 4 playable armies online
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Excellent RTS. The number of games set during the Second World War borders on the ridiculous. The number of titles which attempt (usually badly) to recreate D-Day or Operation Market Garden is vast, but the overwhelming majority of them fail to capture either the atmosphere or historical feel of the conflict. First-person shooters like the Call of Duty franchise have proven a lot more successful at depicting the conflict than strategy games, with most WWII strategy games being quite boring (such as the Sudden Strike series, which is so anal your soldiers can actually run out of bullets, which is taking pedantry to a new level).
For these reasons, when Company of Heroes was first announced there wasn't a huge amount of excitement about it, especially as the developers, Relic, were responsible for the entertaining-but-lightweight Dawn of War series. When it came out, however, it was an absolute revelation, doing for WWII strategy games what Medal of Honour did for WWII shooters a decade earlier.
Company of Heroes is set purely on the Western Front of the European theatre of WWII, starting on D-Day and proceeding through to the end of Operation Market Garden. The initial game features a single campaign focusing on the US forces and depicts the assault on the beaches, the behind-the-lines movements of special forces which silenced the German's artillery pounding the beaches, the assault on Cherbourg and the battles of St. Lo and Falaise that resulted in the final defeat of German forces on the Cotentin Peninsula. The expansion, Opposing Fronts (which is included with the CoH Gold Edition), features two campaigns. The first centres on the German Panzer Elite as they race to defeat the Allies' assault on Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, and the second (set some months earlier) focuses on the British assault on Caen, a gruelling battle that was supposed to be won in a single day but instead lasted more than a month due to the unexpected presence of elite SS forces in the town. A notable lack in the game is that the fourth side, the 'normal' German Wehrmacht, lacks a single-player campaign, but Relic have surprisingly noticed this and decided to remedy this with a downloadable German campaign, to be released in early 2009, although it will use different mechanics to the rest of the game.
The game is notable for minimising base-building, although it doesn't eliminate it as the Ground Control series did some years earlier. However, resource-gathering has been eliminated in favour of holding territory on the map. This mechanic encourages aggressive play from the start, as he who seizes the most territory in the shortest possible time will find the balance of power swinging in their favour. This leads to an interesting trade-off as players must decide to reinforce earlier in the game with lots of low-level units such as jeeps, mortars and machine gun teams, or instead holding off until more advanced technology such as artillery and tanks becomes available. The variation in these mechanics is what makes the game interesting to play, particularly in the compelling multiplayer modes.
On the single-player front, the game is unfortunately rather cliched. Some of the maps are excellently designed, but the stories are rather traditional WWII stuff featuring good old American boys and stiff-upper-lipped British soldiers facing off against the ruthless-but-with-a-sense-of-honour Germans (as usual for a game, the actual Nazis play no role in events). The storytelling is also weak, as it happens entirely within the cut scenes between missions. The actual characters do not appear in the missions and no storytelling takes place during the missions themselves, which means that after spending an hour on a tough map you've forgotten what is going on in the story, and don't particularly care aboutwhat is happening to these cliched characters.
The American and Wehrmacht forces are excellently-designed and balanced against one another, although the higher-level German units (particularly their tanks) are tough to stop once they get rolling. The game engine delivers the chaos of battle particularly well, with massive artillery bombardments, air strikes and ferocious tank duels giving us some of the most convincing WWII action in a game seen to date. However, the newer sides of the British and Panzer Elite are less interesting and, although well-balanced against one another (the British focus on static defence whilst the Panzer Elite are focused on attack) feel a bit off when fighting the established sides. In particular, the American and German ability to lock down and defend territory markers whilst the Brits and Panzer Elite cannot is rather unbalancing.
Where Company of Heroes comes to life is the excellent multiplayer which, after two years, seems to have finally gotten some stable and reliable servers. Cracking a particularly tough co-op skirmish or fighting a challenging battle with human players is tremendously satisfying, and the varied tactics and relatively fast pace of the game make Company of Heroes the most satisfying multiplayer RTS game since the venerable StarCraft.
Company of Heroes (****½) is a compelling and fun game where the single-player experience suffers slightly but the multiplayer and skirmish games more than make up for it. The game is available now in the UK and USA in a 'gold edition' with its expansion, Opposing Fronts, included. A second expansion, Tales of Valour, will be released in the spring of 2009 and Relic are considering a sequel, possibly adding the Russians or being set in North Africa.
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is the next chapter in the groundbreaking real-time strategy franchise from critically-acclaimed studio Relic Entertainment. This stand-alone game featurestwo unique armies with full-length campaigns. Players will experience fast-paced dynamics like never before, in two of the most brutal World War II campaigns ever fought. Take command of the tenacious British 2nd Army in the vicious battle for Caen, France, or lead the German Panzer Elite as they struggle to repel the largest airborne invasion in history. With two intensely cinematic campaigns, mission persistance, improved vehicle AI and weather effects that directly impact the battlefield, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts brings you a superbly realistic war experience like no other. Thisgame supports DirectX 10 and is fully compatible with the original Company of Heroes. With this compatibility, you can wage war online with a total of four playable armies in the ultimate battle for Fortress Europe! DirectX 10 support for enhanced lighting effects and more realistic terrain details ESRB Rated M for Mature
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good game it's a good game, if you can play more than 2 armies it would be even more fun
Jimmy Neutron is a 10 year old boy genius, who after occasionally saving the world from total destruction - just wants to hang out with his robot dog, Goddard, and his best friend, Carl Wheezer.
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Almost excellent! This game is awesome! It takes a while for the cut scenes to load and some levels were boring but the game is just plain awesome. This game is definetly for 8-12 year olds anyone older could beat the game very easily.
In SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis, SpongeBob and Patrick stumble upon the lost magical amulet that will take them to the legendary city of Atlantis. Players will join them and the rest of their Bikini Bottom pals as they ride in a magical bus for a soaking new adventure. Hoping to uncover the treasures of Atlantis in order to fulfill SpongeBob's dream of finding the "World's Oldest Bubble," players will control whether the city brings everything he desires, or if Plankton's evil plan will burst his bubble. ESRB Rated E for Everyone
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Too Easy, Tedious Tasks My son turned 7 a week before Christmas. He has a few video games (not many)and asked Santa to bring him this one. He finished all 14 levels in half a day. No matter what level you are on, you do the same tasks over and over again (drive a vehicle, figure out a maze, point & shoot, and press buttons in the right order).
You can win amulets to unlock arcade games and costume pieces, but they are simple and uninspired. No where in the game did he ever have to "think outside the box" in order to complete a task.
The Incredibles brings home the fun and adventure of the hit animated film! Asuper-powered family is trying to live a quiet life in the suburbs, when they're forced into action to save the world. Live up to your superhero name and be incredible -- the world(and your family) is counting on you!
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vilot? incredible? I think not! the game is fun but it gets a bit repetive and vilot levels are super dumb
In Nicktoons Battle For Volcano Island, the fate of Volcano Island is in your hands! An ancient evil, known as Mawgu, threatens to take control of Volcano Island. It's up to our Nicktoons Heroes to defeat Mawgu. Join SpongeBob, Timmy Turner, Danny Phantom, along with new recruits Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, and Samantha Manson for all out battle on... Volcano Island!
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Good Game with One huge exception This game is very doable - my seven year old enjoyed it and i found it hard ;) but there is one section mid-way through - where you battle the great carapace - a giant sand monster and it took us an hour to get past it and i have no idea how we did. the second time around we couldn't get past it at all. The first go round, we made it to the very end of the game. This one section is not like any other part of the game - much harder without any of the tools available elsewhere - very frustrating! if anyone knows the answer, please post!!
Amazon.com This game features an updated roster with even more World Wrestling Entertainment superstars, including Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Stacy Keibler, DDP, Ric Flair, the nWo, and many more. The in-depth story mode has multiple character paths, and for the first time, players will have the option to enter superstars into a World Wrestling Entertainment draft pool.
There are a variety of backstage areas modeled after Madison Square Garden, and more than 14 PPV arenas, including Backlash, Vengeance, and Unforgiven. The thousands of animations include superstar signature moves with double- and triple-team moves. The improved create-a-wrestler mode lets players build the ultimate wrestler with a dynamic layer system and a new thumbnail system, allowing even more CAW options. An expanded partner system allows players to take control of their tag-team counterparts.
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The deepest story mode and a great roster make it the best Smackdown game. THE SHORT: The best roster of the Smackdown series and, more importantly, the deepest story mode. High replay value, good create-a-superstar mode, and lots of unlockables. The best overall entry in the series; the only problem is that it doesn't have some of the upgrades that later editions of the game have.
THE LONG: Fans of the PS2 Smackdown series have surely checked this one out already, which at the time of this writing is already several years old. This review then is meant for those who entered the series late or only recently and missed out on this title.
This game was released at a very transitional period in the WWE. A little more than a year prior the company acquired rival WCW and most of its stars, many of whom appeared here for the first time in a WWE title (such as Diamond DallasPage, appearing here for the first, last, and only time). This is major, as it's the first Smackdown title to really have major WCW stars. Second, this game came out right after the time of the WWE's "brand extension"- that is, splitting its wrestlers between its two main shows. And lastly, the game came out after the spring of the N.W.O. joining the WWE, meaning the first time Hogan would be included since the Super Nintendo days.
What does any of this matter? Well, that roster is pretty robust thanks to WWE legends and current headliners combined with the likes ofWCW greats like the Chris's, Benoit and Jericho. There's a total of something like 45 or 50 wrestlers to pick from, missing only (but unfortunately) a few of the last half-decade's greatest such as Mysterio, Goldberg, and Sting (who's not under contract to the WWE anyway). Second, that draft makes a great launchpad to this game's also robust story mode. The game begins as you choose a brand, Raw or Smackdown, and work for either Mcmahon or Flair. The first thing you do is watch (and participate) as each of the two brands picks its top ten wrestler choices, and the results aren't always the same- sometimes you'll wrestle alongside your favorites, sometimes against them. This is already much more random and unpredictable than most of the following WWE games.
This begins the game proper. You start with some exhibition matches as you try to earn a little headway with the boss, attempting to get enough points for a title shot. Realistically, only the top contenders get to try for the title, with a point system (based on wins and losses) showing who's doing best. Your matches take place on a weekly basis- each of the 4 weeks per month you'll wrestle and talk amongst people backstage, or try for those titles. At the end of the month is a pay-per-view, and the big money-matches usually (but not always) occur then, so if you're good you can participate.
The best thing about this game, the thorough storyline, is evidenced here. Even if a pay-per-view (or most common matches) don't feature you, you often get to participate in behind-the-scenes drama like being involved in a fight or jockeying for position with other jealous wrestlers. And if you don't like all the talk, you can watch, interrupt, or take control of (as another wrestler) matches in the undercard of most fights.
But, I yet again reiterate, the story is what makes things interesting. Unlike the storylines of the following 2 games, which were linear with little change between a few paths, the stuff in SYM doesn't get repetitive after one or two times through. The season takes place during several years, with a few constants such as the rivalry between Flair and Mcmahon, but there's lots of chance for customization in between. You'll have opportunities to pick match types with your opponents, appear in a film and take time off, and dramatically turn face (or heel) by doing things such as hitting your opponent during contract signings and so on. And during the last year or two, you have a great deal of freedom to shape your own destiny as the boss rivalry and N.W.O. stuff cools off. Whereas the storylines in the next couple games were worth maybe a couple plays through and totaled about 5-10 hours each, the story in SYM is deep enough to last 20-30 hours per play-through. That's as long as some RPGs, to the point that some magazines actually complained that it was too long (the same people, like EGM, who complained, although fairly, that the previous game was too short).
Since little changed as far as the graphics, sound, and control go, it's fair to say that this entry looks and plays about as good as the others in the series. The options are very thorough, with just about every match type except the (pretty silly) bra and panties match of the next game and the (slightly less interesting) casket match of previous entries. But it does have the important ones such as Hell in a Cell, Royal Rumble, and Elimination Chamber.
Basically, what makes this series any good seems to be most solidly packed in this entry. A great roster of wrestlers (the only one with Hogan, DDP, Kevin Nash, and Brock Lesnar together) in addition to what I've been harping on all this time, the deepest and most open-ended story mode in the series, make this the ultimate version of Smackdown available. I can only guess that some of this was axed in favor of features like voice acting, the bra and panties match, and online capability of the next games (none of which were all that great), so it's my opinion that this is the Smackdown to choose. And at around ten bucks or less,there's not much reason for any wrestling fan to pass it up.
Amazon.com Based on the film release Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, join the Rugrats gang as they travel to Euroreptarland to help fix Stu's robotic Reptar. Players guide their favorite Rugrats character through Euroreptarland and Paris in search of parts to fix Stu's mechanical Reptar. Filled with games for kids of all ages, players can ooze their way through Ooey-Gooey World, jump through the Chuckie Chan obstacle course, jolt the Reptar Bumper cars, and play Reptar vs. Robosnail. With artwork and game levels based on Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, kids can relive the movie over and over.
