Based upon the upcoming movie sequel, VU Game’s ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN brings all the action and humor of the movie to the Xbox in this fun, entertaining platform game. Following the plot of the movie, players journey with Manny, Sid, Diego, and Scrat as they deal with the end of the ice age. Players take on the role of Scrat, the saber-toothed squirrel introduced in the first ICE AGE movie. Scrat has to lead his larger friends to safety as the melting glaciers threaten to flood their valley. Along the way, Manny realizes he may be the last mammoth around, until he meets a cute girl mammoth and falls in love. Scrat has several unique abilities to help him get through the many different levels. He can dig, swim, spin, and roll through levels while collecting acorns, dodging traps, leaping tar pits, and using geysers to reach other locations. The levels and objectives are based on scenes from the movie, allowing players to interact with all of the characters from the film. Players who love humorous games and enjoyed the ICE AGE movies will find ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN a lot of fun. While the game is primarily aimed at a younger audience, the humor and action will appeal to gamers of all ages.
Groove Games and Direct Assault send players back to World War II with their historical first person shooter game WORLD WAR II COMBAT: ROAD TO BERLIN for the Xbox. As a soldier during the war, gamers will battle Nazis, accomplish missions, and try to stay alive. There are ten different missions in the game, and each will have players attempting to accomplish a task while battling the best the German army has to offer. Each level gives players two different weapons: a shooting weapon such as a pistol, machine gun, or rifle, and an explosive weapon like grenades. While no other weapons are available for that level, players will find ammunition to pick up. The ten missions are spread throughout Germany and include many interesting locations, including an air base, bunkers, and a submarine bay. Each level features a number of checkpoints that save players’ progress and allows gamers to restart from that location if they die. These checkpoints are very helpful because, just like in real life, there are no health items that magically heal wounds. Instead, gamers have to dodge bullets and keep out of the fire in order to survive. Gamers who enjoy first person shooters, especially those set during World War II or other historical battles, will love WORLD WAR II COMBAT: ROAD TO BERLIN. The game’s challenging missions and fun gameplay make it one of the best shooter games to be found.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN is Activision’s third SPIDER-MAN game and the first to be based off the comics rather than the new movies. The Xbox game puts players in control of the web-slinging Spider-Man as he does battle with Venom and other enemies while getting help from some familiar superheroes. The story of Spider-Man begins when 15 year old Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider. He soon realizes he has the ability to climb walls and to sense things. Shortly after being bitten, Peter and friend Eddie Brock discover a mysterious black suit that their fathers created before their deaths. Eddie ends up putting on the suit, which turns him into the powerful villain known as Venom. Peter must battle his childhood friend and other villains like the Green Goblin, Carnage, and Electro to save the city. In story mode, players can walk around New York City as much as they wish as they accomplish side-missions or move the plot along. Instead of walking, though, Spider-Man can shoot webs onto tall buildings and swing his way around the city while capturing gang members and stopping crimes. He also must stop Venom’s plot and defeat the other villains. Players will also enjoy seeing Spider-Man joined by allies like Wolverine and the Human Torch for some scenes. Fans of the comics will enjoy how ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN draws on the comic style and storyline, while movie fans will like getting to see another chapter in the Spider-Man legacy.
Appaloosa Interactive’s JAWS UNLEASED for the Xbox gives players an inside look at one of the most memorable movie adversaries of all time. The shark is on a crusade to eliminate all humans from his waters and will stop at nothing short of that goal. The humans are also on a mission to destroy the terrorizing shark and send a skilled shark hunter out to accomplish this. Players will be armed with nothing more than the five thousand pounds of muscle and the numerous gleaming teeth that are ready to shred anything that stands in its way as they work their way through twenty different missions. To enhance the gaming experience, missions take place in stunning under water environments that are completely destructible as it allows them to obliterate everything that gets in their path. However, players not only have to watch out for the humans that wish to destroy the shark and return their sense of safety, they also have to watch out for other enemies and obstacles that would hinder their objective of human annihilation. Players are allowed a wide range of options when playing the game, as it doesn’t require them to continue through the battles in a linear progression. These free playing availabilities serve to make it a game that players can enjoy no matter what mood they’re in. These factors come together to ensure JAWS UNLEASHED is an action-filled adventure from beginning to end as it combines thrilling missions with combative and engaging elements.
2K Games takes the traditional motocross racing game and adds in a twist: bike-to-bike combat! In MOTOCROSS MANIA 3 for the Xbox, racers can actually attack their opponents with baseball bats, cattle prods, and other weapons. MOTOCROSS MANIA 3 has a variety of modes, including championship mode, time trial mode, two-player mode, and several mini-games. The main mode, championship mode, has three levels of difficulty, although the hardest can only be unlocked by winning the championship on normal. While racers try to amass the usual points by winning races, there’s a twist here, too: during the season, players can challenge other racers to a one-on-one challenge. Winning two out of three rounds of the challenge results in winning the opponent’s motorcycle. Players can switch bikes, upgrade weapons, and handle other tasks in the garage between races. Once a race starts, it’s more than just making it to the finish line. Each rider has a health bar that decreases when they are attacked. Once a rider’s points reach zero, they crash and end up out of the race. In addition to hitting opponents with weapons, racers can perform a number of special ground and air attacks that do more damage. Of course, other racers will fight back. Players who have mastered standard racing games and are looking for something new will enjoy the addition of attacking their opponents, while players who generally look past the racing genre may find MOTOCROSS MANIA 3 the unique, action-packed racing game they’ve been looking for.
Many other famous video game mascots have hit the race course, and now Sonic the hedgehog joins them in Sega’s SONIC RIDERS for the Xbox. Full of battle racing fun, SONIC RIDERS includes many of the classic Sonic characters gamers know and love. One of the most interesting aspects of SONIC RIDERS, however, is that it’s not all about racing cars; Sonic and his friends also snowboard and skateboard. SONIC RIDERS begins with Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails learning that a chaos emerald has been stolen by three thieves known as the Babylon Rogues. To get it back, they agree to challenge the thieves to the ExWorld Grand Prix, a racing series set up by Dr. Eggman. Each character is classified as either a speed, air, or power character, and each has its own special abilities. Speed characters can jump onto rails to gain bonus points, air characters can use special accelerators to shoot forward, and power characters can smash through some obstacles without slowing down. Players can also perform tricks in SONIC RIDERS, and performing tricks will add to their air tank. The air tank can give racers a boost of extra speed or can be used to attack other racers, but every time it’s used, its supply is depleted, so players will have to keep performing tricks to restore it. Sonic fans who like racing are sure to find the unique combination of karts, snowboards, and skateboards in SONIC RIDERS a fun, unique challenge for all ages.
Sega’s OUTRUN racing series puts players behind the wheels of numerous Ferraris, high-tech speed machines that run at over 200 mph. OUT RUN 2006: COAST 2 COAST for the Xbox brings back over 30 different courses from OUTRUN 2 and the arcade game OUTRUN 2 SP to create a game full of amazing cars and great racing action. Racers can select from 15 different characters to play as, and they have a choice of 12 different licensed Ferraris, including the limited edition Superamerica and the F430. All of these cars are incredibly detailed and reproduced as closely to the actual car as possible, plus players can customize their car’s paint job and other options. Once players have selected their racer and their vehicle, they have 30 different stages to race through, including mountain roads, desert tracks, and cities. The game includes fifteen stages based on different US locations. In addition to single-player race mode, the game includes several other great racing modes, one of which is heart attack mode, which requires players to perform crazy stunts to impress the audience. OUTRUN 2006 also includes multiplayer mode, allowing up to six players to race together via Xbox live or race against a friend in multiplayer mode. Gamers looking for a great racing game need look no further than OUT RUN 2006: COAST 2 COAST. The game’s detailed cars, amazing courses, and great racing fun combine to cross the finish line well ahead of the pack.
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