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The war on terrorism, rebuilt. By: David**
 * BATTLEFIELD 2

I was waiting a very long time for this to come out, especially after the release of the 'not-so-hot' Battlefield Vietnam. When the demo was released, I downloaded it and couldn't stop playing. It was great. When people were struck with a hail of bullets, they actually were thrown back. This adds a ton of realism into the game.

There are 2 ways to play. Instant Action, and Multiplayer. When you choose Instant Action, you can choose how hard the AI is, the level you want to play, and the team you want to play as. The teams include the US Coalition, the MEC (Middle Eastern Coalition), and the Chinese army. They all have different weapons.

Multiplayer is the main attraction. This allows you to play with other people online, and gives you an opportunity to show off your own combat skills. By gathering points (You get this by various activities: healing another player, getting a kill, capturing a spawn point, etc.) you can advance in the ranks. You start out as a private, the next rank is Private First Class, and so on. By getting promoted, you also might unlock a new weapon. This lets you choose that new weapon instead of the other default weapon. Generally, the new weapons are stronger than the older ones, but it really depends how you play the game.

The teams both have the same weapon sets (Special Operations, Sniper, Assault, Support, Engineer, Medic, Anti-Tank, more info end of review) but the weapons are different. For example: For Assault, the US use a weapon called an M16A2. This fires either semi-automatic, or 3-shot bursts. The MEC use a different weapon. They use an AK-101, which fires full-automatic or semi-automatic.

Don't try to cheat on this game for Multiplayer--it's not going to happen. Battlefield 2 has an anti-cheat system called "PunkBuster." If it thinks anybody is cheating, it either kicks them or bans them from the game. If you are banned, your CD-Key is rendered useless, and you must get a new one to continue playing the game.

Teamkilling is no longer an issue in this game either. You have the option to either "forgive" the TKer, or "punish" them. Punkbuster will also kick you if you use excessive teamkilling. Here's what weapons the sets have for the weapon sets:

Special Operations: Assault Rifle with scope. Comes with C4 explosives for your entertainment. Sniper: Sniper Rifle. Comes with a claymore mine, which detonates when an enemy gets too close to it. Assault: Assault Rifle/Grenade launcher. Support: Full automatic weapon, or a trenchgun (shot gun). The full automatic weapon has a temp gauge on it, don't let it overheat or you will have to wait a valuable 5 seconds to let it cool down. Comes with an ammo pack to let you and others get more ammo. Engineer: Assault Rifle or Shotgun. Comes with a wrench for repairing vehicles Medic: Assault rifle, usually the same one as Assault, but without a grenade launcher. You might also get a shotgun. Gives you the ability to revive injured people and to heal yourself and others. Anti-Tank: Submachinegun and an Anti-tank missle launcher.

All kits come with a knife, pistol, and grenade.


 * By David:**

Fun, but featureless?**
 * NCAA Football 2007 (Xbox 360)

In my opinion, this game was like a trial version of what it was supposed to be. The game was great; it had amazing graphics, the usual dynasty mode, and play now. To me, that was all that it had. It had a little more gaming styles, but nothing that the NCAA ’07 for the Xbox had.

The game was lacking features—badly. As soon as I stuck it in my Xbox 360 I looked for the “Create a Player” option and failed to find it. After about 10 minutes of searching, I gave up and just went to play Campus Legend. It wasn’t there. So I just figured since it was a new feature for the NCAA 2007 on Xbox, maybe it just hasn’t been made yet. I looked around for Race for the Heisman. Not there. I just settled with Dynasty.

Upon opening up Dynasty, I found the usual. I selected Virginia Tech and carried on. I changed my gaming schedule so I would be against some of the harder teams, went into a game against Georgia Tech, and I was ready to go. The controls are a little different from the normal Xbox, but you can change them to certain buttons (something I liked in this game). I got the ball first, did the usual HB Dive, and broke a good run, got about 20 yards. I wasn’t just looking at the run I made though; I was looking at the amazing graphics. My halfback actually looked like he got tackled, not pushed. Even after he got tackled you could see the opposing team jumping over him, trying to stop themselves from hitting him again.

I like to run the ball more than pass, but I wanted to check out the passing style. I chose to do a Comet Pass, one where the HB hooked around the offensive line and ended up passing near the linebackers. I ran back, spun out of a linebacker’s attempted tackle, and ran straight forward and got a good gain of about 7. I tried a rollout pass, and this one was perfect. My tight end caught the ball, broke a tackle, and ran down the field. Unfortunately, a free safety had stopped his touchdown run.

I eventually had to kick a field goal, I made it, and then they had the ball. I always try different things with my defense, taking control of various players (even corners). I actually found that just being a defensive lineman worked great. The very first play, I jumped in and knocked the QB down before he even got the handoff going. I’ve never seen that happen in real life, but still, that was great. It was 3rd and about 16 yards for the offense. I put all of my men up on the line, except corners. The blitz just completely overwhelmed the offensive line and the QB was sacked by nearly 4 players.

Eventually, the game ended out as a Virginia Tech win, 31-14. I loved the graphics on the game a lot, but the lack of features made the game boring once you were tired of dynasty. Still, it’s a very good game, so I’ll give it a 7/10.



__**SSX BLUR ROARING UP TO BE A GREAT GAME**__ __By:conor__

SSX Blur is the newest addition to the SSX series. It is jammed packed with new tracks and characters. It is going to be on the Wii so it is going to be very interactive. You will use both the numchuck and the Wii-mote. The numchuck will be uses when your character is on the ground and the Wii-mote when your in midair. To do tricks you either pull up on the numchuck or press a on the Wii-mote. Then you wave the Wii-mote up, down, left, or right to do various tricks. There are also ubertricks. To do ubertricks you must get your "groove" bar all the way up. You do that by doing lots of tricks. Once you get a full groove bar, you get to try to do an ubertrick. This is hard because you have to follow a hard pattern. The objective in the game is pretty much the same: Race down snowy peaks beating CPU's and your friends in vigorous tournaments and races. Over all this is a very good game and Mrs. McGuyer realy recommends it.