Epinions Recent Reviews for ravinglunatic

Team Fortress Classic: Instant Classic

Sun, 3 Feb 2002 01:53:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - Team Fortress Classic, or TFC, is a remake of an old quake mod by the name of, surprise, Team Fortress. This is THE game to play if you are into team based games. Players choose from 9 different classes(10 if you count one available in only a couple of...

"The World's Best-Selling PC Game Magazine"

Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:37:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - PC Gamer has changed a lot over the years. As I look at one of my first issues and compare it to the issue I just received a couple of days ago, the quality has gone down a lot.

About 3 years ago, PC Gamer spanned 300 pages, about 2/3 ads,...

Twice as good as the original

Sat, 2 Feb 2002 18:21:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - Aliens Vs. Predator is one of the best universes for a game, but I was very dissapointed with the first game in the series. Unbalanced species, no mid-level save until a patch came out, and only average design ruined the experience for me. Aliens vs...

Fallout 2 for Mac: Property of Vault-Tec

Sat, 2 Feb 2002 03:24:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I had the choice of either buying Fallout 2, or Baldur's Gate. Everyone I asked suggested Baldur's Gate, and it got a higher score than Fallout 2 in most magazines. I chose to get Fallout 2 however, because it had a unique setting, and looked like it...

"So I Made Like Chow-Yun Fat"

Sat, 2 Feb 2002 01:15:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - When I fist saw the previews for this game, many years ago, I wasn't very interested. When I learned that it was a third person shooter, I completely ignored it. That was a huge mistake. Max Payne is one of the best games of the year.

Max...

Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter for PlayStation 2: Good game to rent, not buy

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:09:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - After reading a good review of this game, I decided to buy it since I am a Star Wars fan, though Episode I really hurt my love for the movies. Lucasarts has been pumping out bad games based on Episode I, though this one turned out to be decent. The...

Tired of busy signals and disconnects? Look elsewhere

Sat, 31 Mar 2001 21:33:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I have had an account at AT&T Worldnet for over 2 years in two different locations (Naperville, Illinois and Leeds, Alabama). When I first joined the service, the connection was always fast, I never had busy signals or disconnects, but in the last year I...

For Optimum Efficiency, Take CD and Break in Half

Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:09:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I got this CD-RW drive with my computer about a couple of years ago. I ordered it at the last minute to my computer, and it took them an extra week just to install this drive, but I don't think it is really that hard to install. This was a waste of...

The Stars are Under Your Control

Thu, 29 Mar 2001 02:19:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I am not really much of a strategy game person, but this is the one strategy game that I really enjoy. This is a turn based strategy game set in space.

The customizability of the game is what makes it a lot of fun. You can custom build...

The Game that Changed the World

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:41:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - Ok, the title is a bit over dramatic, but this is truly a great game. It really deserved the 50+ game of the year awards it received, and if it was released this year instead of in 1999 it would probably still get game of the year. Why? Because it...

Brain Damage

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:34:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - Despite many people's belief, Dark Side of the Moon is not a concept album. In reality, like most Pink Floyd albums, it is a themed album. "What's the difference?" you ask. Well a themed album has one theme in all of the songs, like insanity...

Pink Floyd: A Brief History of Time

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 03:11:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - The title of this epinion came from the book by the same name by Steven Hawking, who is actually in the song Keep Talking from Division Bell, and it also came from Pink Floyd's hit song Time

Pink Floyd started in the...

It's About Time

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:38:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I find it odd that the only place to review Chrono Trigger was under PSX, which is only available in Japan, or N64, which they never made the game for. The graphics have been cleaned up a little for the PSX release, with new cut scenes, which are...

Book of Quotes

Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:32:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I got this book with the Game Programming Kit 4.0, and I had heard that it was a very good book. I was suprised to see almost the entire book in quotes. The book is from a lot of interviews done with game designers.

Creating...

He is the god of nothing...

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 23:13:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - Released in 1971 by Jethro Tull, Aqualung is probably Tull's most popular and well known album. Personally, I believe Thick As a Brick is their best album, but this is truly excellent music. Some of the lyrics are controversial...

Gunman Chronicles for Windows: Half-Life: The shorter, and less fun version

Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:43:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - Gunman Chronicles was originally a mod for the game Half-Life that I had been really looking forward to. Promises of drivable vehicles, multiple planets, and customizable weapons really got me excited about it. I was a little disappointed when they...

One of These Days...

Sat, 24 Mar 2001 18:07:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - "One of these days I'm gonna cut you into little pieces!" This is the lyrics for the opening track, One of These Days, which is basically an instrumental besides the one line by the drummer, Nick Mason. This is the only vocals he has...

Half-Life again?

Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:14:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I was really looking forward to this game. Half-Life was an amazing game and being able to play more sounded great. Unfortunately this game doesn't really live up to Half-Life's standard.

Length

This game was jut too...

Check Mate

Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:15:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - The title of this book, Ender’s Game, came from the chess term End Game, which is the last part of a chess game. The reason Orson Scott Card chose this title for the book is because of the games Ender is forced to play at Battle School...

Monster Silence?

Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:14:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I got this sound card because of a glowing review in PCGamer. I was also buying the best speakers I could so I could get the most out of this sound card. My old sound card wouldn't play two sounds at once, so I couldn't run some programs, such as...

Another Shock to the System

Sat, 17 Mar 2001 16:27:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - I've always loved the idea of 2 genres merging, and the first successful game I played was Battlezone. It was brilliant. I knew if someone combined my favorite genres, FPS and RPG, it would create a game that would be almost perfect. The now deceased...

Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:20:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - The mind blowing success of Dark Side of the Moon couldn't be harder to follow up. It's the album that stayed on the top 200 charts longer than any other album in history. Yet Pink Floyd not only matched its greatness but surpassed it. Wish You...

Roger Waters' disturbing masterpiece

Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:35:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ravinglunatic - WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS

When asked to describe this movie, all of my friends had the same response. Disturbing. This movie is a violent and sexual retelling of the greatest concept album to date, The Wall.

It tells the story of...