Epinions Recent Reviews for davidjwest

What The Romans Did For Us

Fri, 27 May 2005 17:53:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Rome: Total War is the latest installment in the Total War series of Real Time Strategy games. The previous incarnations, Shogun TW and Medieval TW were brilliant games, does Rome deliver the same standard of quality? As you'd expect the game covers...

Nascar Racing 2003 Season for Windows: Days of Thunder

Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:04:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - For those of you who don't know, NASCAR stands for North American Stock Car Automobile Racing. The sport is popular in the US but fairly low-key over here, despite some races taking place in the UK recently. The racing is close as most circuits are...

Domino's Pizza English Style

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:07:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - So as you probably guessed from my cunningly crafted title I am in that small country across the pond from the United States. We've actually had Domino's over here for several years but I've only just recently tried it myself as a local outlet just...

They do RON RON RON

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:39:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Rise of Nations (or RON as it shall from hereon in be known as) is a real time strategy game, written by big huge games with support from microsoft. This explains the idea for the rather obscure title for this review. As you probably expect from this...

The Game Of Bridges

Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:14:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Close Combat 2 is a top down view, realtime wargame which simulates "Operation Market Garden", where British and American forces attempted to capture the bridges between the front line all the way to Arnhem, 60 miles behind those lines. You've probab...

The Camera Never Lies

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:23:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - I bought my Nikon Coolpix 775 in January of 2003 just after my daughter was born, so I could take plenty of pictures of her as she grows up. Back in those days the camera had a high street price of nearly £300 but by the power of the internet I got it for...

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:35:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Hearts of Iron is a wargame set during World War II. It's the first game of it's type I know of which encompasses the whole globe for the entire duration of the war. In fact there are three different scenarios which allow you to start and end during...

Triple XXX Rated

Tue, 13 May 2003 15:52:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - X COM - Ufo - Enemy Unknown

"Base Acheron to Skyranger Alpha, come in Skyranger" crackled the call over the intercom.

"This is Skyranger Alpha reporting" replied Tobias Richter, Commander of the X COM forces in Africa.

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Stronghold: Crusader for Windows: Crusading Again

Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:57:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Stronghold Crusader is a real time strategy game, set in the middle ages in the Middle East. This time in history was famous for the crusades which involved the major Christian European powers sending armies to what is now modern day Israel, Turkey,...

Round the Bend

Tue, 10 Dec 2002 19:29:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Grand Prix 4 by Infrogrames is the latest formula one inspired creation from the master of racing simulators Geoff Crammond.

Since his first simulation which was released on the BBC Micro computer in the early eighties (Revs) Mr Crammond's...

Fight The Good Fight

Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:26:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Medieval Total War is the sequel to the acclaimed and succesful Shogun Total War. While Shogun was based around fuedal Japan in the 16th century, this game concentrates on the more familiar scenario of Medieval Europe, from the mid 11th to the late 15th...

Petrolheads Delight

Mon, 8 Jul 2002 18:33:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Whilst all serious fans of F1 simulations are no doubt playing Grand Prix 4 by now, I am stuck with this dinosaur, all will be revealed why shortly!

This game is an addon pack for the highly and rightly so acclaimed Grand Prix 3 from...

Am I An Alcoholic?

Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:47:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Before reading this "article" I plead guilty to having imbibed several glasses of red wine and home made Baileys! I therefore cannot be held responsible for any typos or other sentences which make no sense whatsoever!

Baileys is actually...

Batteries not Included.

Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:34:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Florian Cloude De Bourneville Armstrong isn't a name which trips off the tongue easily which may explain why Dido didn't use her real name for her pop career. She was born on 25th December 1971 in London and soon showed a talent for music after learning...

Spitting On Your Onion Rings

Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:06:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - There have been a documentaries shown on TV in England recently highlighting the atrocious level of hygiene in many fast food chains recently. Not just McDonald's to be fair but I will add this angle to my opinion.

This fast-food chain was...

Sega Serve Up A Masterpiece

Wed, 30 Jan 2002 16:16:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Tennis is a game which seems difficult to recreate in pixelated form, there haven't been many great tennis games in the past which is strange as the first ever computer game was a tennis simulation if that isn't too grand a term. Of course I am talking...

Opera: The Joy of Six

Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:12:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Opera 6 is here, time to replace the old faithful Internet Explorer!

This browser is a must for all serious surfers and Eminions it will speed up that all important habit which you must of formed now you are reading my rant. I accept that...

eBay: Ebay Shopping Spree

Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:25:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - As a new recruit to the swelling masses of ebay users (ebayers) I thought I'd give you my first thoughts on this site. After all there are only about 1200 review on Epinions so far!

I have been using the site for about three weeks and have...

Fellowship Of The Ring

Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:57:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - I am an unashamed Tolkien nut, having read TLOTR (as it shall be known henceforth!) about a dozen times as well as The Hobbit and The Silmarilion. I saw the animated version of the book about ten years ago and enjoyed it as a bit of fun but now the time...

A Stronghold On Your Attention

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:09:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Stronghold is a new release from FireFly, letting you take the role of a medieval lord in olde England (and Wales). It takes the guise of a RTS (real time strategy) game and you control both your military forces as well as having certain economic...

Sega Dreamcast Grey Console: DavidJWest and his amazing technicolour Dreamcast

Sat, 27 Oct 2001 06:25:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Sorry but I couldn't resist the title!

As you may of gathered I am the proud owner of a Dreamcast having bought one for £99 from Argos about two months ago.

Rather than bore you with technical specifications I will just write what...

Speed Demon

Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:18:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Having just bought myself a Dreamcast I have been addicted to this game recently, hence my lack of time surfing over the past few days.

The package is very slick indeed from the introductory video clips to the level of detail within the game...

Confessions of a Dictator

Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:31:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - "El Presidente, the people grow restless!", my advisor exclaimed bursting into my plush stateroom.

It was true, after a decade of my rule over the island paradise of Tropico, the lack of public amenities was making my rule unpopular. Tough...

The Annabelle Hotel: Paradise Found

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:24:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - After having just spent a two week honeymoon at this four star hotel I have plenty to say about it.

The hotel is situated on the edge of the up and coming resort of Ayia (Agia) Napa on the south east coast of Cyprus. It is about two miles...

Blue Byte Software The Settlers II (Mac): Settle Down Now

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:48:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidjwest - Settlers follows on in the footsteps of such greats as Populous and Command and Conquer as yet another game in the god game/real time strategy genre. Since 1987 when the venerable Populous was released for the Commodore Amiga I have loved this type of...