Launch Gallery: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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The full introduction for Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has recently hit the web and is viewable below for your convenience. The title is an MMORPG set to launch on April 24 (its open beta launches on April 5) and is being fine-tuned by Turbine as we speak. Enjoy.

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No matter how "cutting edge", or "next gen" a PC game claims to be, there are, invariably, myriad clues that explain its genesis. Just as Sherlock Holmes could casually inspect some random passerby and make astute observations about him based on the type of dirt staining the hem of his mackintosh, the knowledgable gamer can look at the design elements of any given game and establish a lineage, of sorts. Said gamers will not be fooled by buzz-words; rather, they will absorb the game and then make their own pronouncements upon the validity of whatever claims the marketing crew endows upon their finished product.

Spellforce 2, fortunately, makes no claims to anything, save "a seamless blend of RPG and RTS." This much is true. Unfortunately, it doesn't take a forensic analyst to see the fingerprint of other, better games all over it. The main lure here (aside from the mostly-naked Dark Elf lady) is the ability to hop in and out of two distinct genres with little to no interruption between the two. The question to be answered, then, is this: Are these two portions of the game handled well enough, in themselves, to make for an enjoyable final product?

Spellforce 2 is a simple game to sit down to. Cracking open the game manual, one of the first items the player reads essentially states "You can spend an hour reading this manual, or just play the tutorial. I advise the latter." Being on a deadline and having no time to waste on eye-bleeding unit charts, I did just this. After running a serviceable cinematic introduction complete with my first in-game footage of the aforementioned mostly-naked Elf lady (always a great way to begin a game), I was thrown directly into the in-game tutorial.

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