by Gravehound

Formats
PC and Xbox 360
Release date
September … no, October 7th, no wait … the 13th, thats the one.
(which means its out now)

Tropico 3 places you in the shoes of a Cold War era dictator, putting you in control of various Caribbean style islands and leaves you to decide how to build up these island states and run them. The game is a typical City Management sim with a grass roots approach to running a town and a huge emphasis on politics. Will you be a man of the people, a political genius or a vicious tyrant? Will you be a communist, capitalist or a mixture of the two? All these choices, plus many more are put at your feet in this very unique strategy game.

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Game: Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
by aaronddbowen

Publisher: Kanomi
Format: XBLA
Price: 1200 MS Points
Genre: SRPG
Completion Time: 5-6 Hours
Difficulty: Easy-Moderately Easy

Intro:

I love the original Vandal Hearts in the way that some love their first car, intensely and eternally. Perhaps it is because this game was one of the first I owned for the original Playstation. Or, it could very well be because I was unemployed the summer I bought it and had nothing else to do but play video games. Still, it was probably because Vandal Hearts was the first Strategy Role Playing Game (SRPG) I’d ever encountered. Despite the reason (though I hazard to guess it’s a combination of the three), Vandal Hearts stands out in my mind as one of the greatest SRPGs ever created. With its fast paced battle (a bit of an oxymoron for SRPGs but this will soon make sense), intriguing story line, and easy yet complex battle system, the original game is still one I play. The sequel, Vandal Hearts II, suffered from the same issue that many SRPGs faced in the wake of Final Fantasy Tactics (FFT), it tried to hard to be something it wasn’t. The battle system was overhauled, the battles elongated, and the overall feel of the original (the intuitive, fun, fast-paced action) was replaced with cumbersome commands, more stragetizing, and options,options, options. So, when I first heard that Kanomi was going to release a prequel to the original Vandal Hearts, I was filled with both a sense of dread and a sense of elation—happy there was to be a new one, but scared that it would be like Vandal Hearts II. I can safely say that on both issues, I’m fine. Further, when Kanomi announced that Flames of Judgment would be a blend of the previous two games, they weren’t lying. It is indeed a mix of the two.

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by Manio

Army of Two: The 40th Day is a third-person shooter video game that is developed by EA Montreal and published by Electronic Arts for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable. It is the sequel to Army of Two. Army of Two: The 40th Day was released on January 12, 2010 in North America and January 15, 2010 in Europe.
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