POCG WRITER
Adam Richardson
Writing for POCG since 1998
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EditorialIndie Corner: Compromised Now on Xbox Live Indie MarketplaceIndie Corner: Compromised, a 16-bit-flavoured top-down shooter with 10 levels and four boss stages, is out on the Xbox Live Indie Marketplace for 240 MS Points.→PreviewFirst Look: Marvel HeroesDiablo creator David Brevik is building a free-to-play action-RPG out of the Marvel Universe. Trailer-only so far, but the pedigree has our attention.→ReviewTiger Woods PGA Tour 13Total Swing Control finally gives Tiger Woods PGA Tour the difficulty it always needed, and then some. Worth the investment if golf simulation is what you are actually after.→ReviewUEFA EURO 2012UEFA EURO 2012 fills the football gap but leaves out qualifying rounds and charges premium DLC prices for the privilege.→PreviewFirst Look: The Secret World: Character Creation & SocietiesFuncom's "everything is true" conspiracy-horror MMO has a fascinating world and three secret societies, but the character creator is a letdown.→ReviewSniper Elite V2A tactical WW2 sniper sim with superb bullet physics and a signature X-ray kill-cam, undercut by dumb AI and a repetitive, padded campaign. Rent first.→EditorialAre MMO Subscription Plans Changing Forever?With Guild Wars 2 looming and free-to-play on the rise, is the subscription MMO finished? The numbers say the obituaries are premature.→ReviewXBlasterXBlaster gets the mech class fundamentals right and costs nothing to play. Lag is a chronic problem that caps how good it can ever be.→ReviewGrandia IIGrandia II is gorgeous, loud, fast and brilliant where it counts: the battle system. A Dreamcast RPG masterpiece.→PreviewFirst Look: DriverBe the 1970s wheelman: Driver swaps the racing line for Hollywood car chases across four living 3D cities, and a replay editor to film them.→PreviewFirst Look: Trans-Am Racing ’68-’72A sim of the 1968–1972 Trans-Am seasons built on real crash-physics expertise, ambitious on paper, with a lot to prove on the road.→ReviewWorms ArmageddonTwo words: exploding sheep. This game is insane and it remains a mandatory install on any retro PC.→ReviewPower StonePower Stone is frantic, colorful and completely full of itself. That is exactly why it works.→PreviewQuake III ArenaTwo maps, no monsters, no campaign. Still spent hours on it. The Q3 test is id at their most confident.→ReviewELSA Erazor IIIELSA's Erazor III is a strong TNT2 card with clean output, good drivers, and enough speed to make late-90s PC games breathe.→ReviewELSA 3D RevelatorThe ELSA 3D Revelator is picky, flickery, and absolutely not essential. It is also one of the coolest PC gaming toys of 1999.→ReviewMonaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 is dry if you want arcade racing, but serious F1 fans will find a fast, demanding PC sim here.→ReviewMight and Magic VII: For Blood and HonorMight and Magic VII is not a revolution, but it is big, dangerous, and addictive in the way old-school PC RPGs should be.→ReviewMachinesMachines is clunky in places, but its full 3D battlefield and direct unit control make it one of the more interesting RTS experiments of 1999.→ReviewAnimaniacs: A Gigantic AdventureAnimaniacs: A Gigantic Adventure has the license, the characters, and the setup. What it does not have is enough speed, madness, or fun.→ReviewLUNAR: Silver Star Story CompleteLUNAR is bright, sincere, funny, and old-school in the best way. A little syrupy, sure, but it earns the big feelings.→PreviewOniBungie West blends anime, martial arts, and gunplay into a third-person action game that could be something special, if the controls hold up.→ReviewAliens versus PredatorThree asymmetric campaigns and superb sound design make this a terrifyingly atmospheric shooter. For Alien and Predator fans, just about the best in the genre.→Review3dfx Voodoo3 3000 AGPOne of the fastest gaming cards on the market in mid-1999. A few spec-sheet gaps that do not matter yet.→