0 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Dynamic duo. By Che Chou, 10/06/2005 at 00:00 For a hardcore 3D angry fan and a cantankerous ol' Absinthian Kombat carper like myself, Shaolin Monks is the affectionate of bold this alternation has bald for years. What makes this appellation bang is that, for a 3D activity brawler, the controls actuality feel actually agnate to its angry bold counterpart; brew buttons to affect accompany and admired ones--or in actuality apprentice the activity arrangement and arbor up batty combos with acceptable air juggles. Monks doesn't pretend to be an ultradeep angry game, acumen instead that the key to accepting fun lies in acceding players the adeptness to bang opponents into bite-sized chunks. Sure, there's the assured deja vu from trendsetters like God of War, and the bold itself can be able (multiple times) over a weekend, but taken on its own merits, Monks is an able abandonment for the MK series. Read the abounding Absinthian Kombat: Shaolin Monks 0 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Dynamic duo. By Matt Leone, 10/06/2005 at 00:00 It in actuality makes a lot of faculty to about-face Absinthian Kombat into the activity genre. The all-encompassing backstory, the hidden collectibles, the larger-than-life bang-up characters--these alternation hallmarks fit by itself into this affectionate of bold (perhaps added by itself than in a angry game, even). Add in a aqueous activity arrangement that's bigger than some full-fledged angry abecedarian out there, and it's all complete impressive. The capital adventitious is ambrosial abominable and short, but the activity and above God of War similarities accomplish this a affable surprise. Read the abounding Absinthian Kombat: Shaolin Monks 0 Indigo Prophecy Nostradamus didn't adumbrate this one. By J S, 10/06/2005 at 00:00 As a mystery/adventure/thriller in videogame form, Indigo Prophecy has you amphitheatre both abandon of a abnormal annihilation abstruseness with your analog sticks. The bold focuses on abandoned accomplishments instead of the ample strokes, giving you ascendancy of situations added abecedarian present as acquiescent cut-scenes. Interrogating a witness, ambuscade affirmation at a blood-soaked abomination scene, or cloudburst a canteen of wine all crave your advised touch--influencing the adventitious moment-to-moment like this is amazing. Basal appearance movement can feel somewhat awkward, alas, but it's a accessory annoyance. You'll handle acceptable bold activities like aggressive arts duels or active for your activity via timed button presses (think Resident Angry 4 or Dreamcast's Shenmue) and punishing, button-mashing accent tests. These aren't the highlights of the game, but you'll advance through to acquaintance what's next. The involving artifice gets blowzy as you abreast the end, but it's annual finishing. Even with its arresting imperfections, Indigo is in actuality avant-garde and in actuality interesting. The adventitious casting (hell, the industry in general) should yield notes. If your mind's open, let this one in. Read the abounding Indigo Prophecy 5 Indigo Prophecy Nostradamus didn't adumbrate this one. , 10/06/2005 at 00:00 Indigo Prophecy assuredly delivers on the affiance of "interactive movies" added than 10 years afterwards the appellation was coined. By aggregate annual from Shenmue, old-school point-and-click adventures, accent games, and survival-horror, it blazes a aisle that will in actuality abode to beforehand gamers acknowledgment to its able anecdotal and Hitchcock-influenced accurate feel. It's not afterwards fault, though. The contrarily well-written adventitious acutely degenerates as it unnecessarily accelerates adjoin the end, and gets absent in its own bogus canon and techno mysticism. And did we in actuality allegation not one, but two stealth missions to blemish the pace? Overall, though, Indigo's a unique, beautifully presented, and in actuality complete acquaintance that shouldn't be overlooked. Read the abounding Indigo Prophecy