Though it was released without any sort of fanfare, Rock Manager from DreamCatcher Interactive is actually a surprisingly clever and enjoyable little game. Rock Manager is a simple strategy game in which you manage different rock groups in nine different missions. You'll have to assemble a band, get a contract, license an album, sell lots of copies, get good press reviews, and go on world tour. The game has an annoying technical problem, it can seem a bit too limited, and it isn't always clear about your objectives or what you should do next. But it compensates for these shortcomings with good music and spirited voice acting that give the game a lot of personality. Don't be fooled by Rock Manager's cartoon-style characters. Rock Manager is one of the most deceptive-looking budget-priced games this year. It retailed for $20 at release, and its plain black box (and the cartoon character on the box's inner fold) might make it seem like just another lousy management strategy game, but it isn't. Likewise, Rock Manager's cheerful-looking characters--musicians, record company executives, and rival bands--all seem like smiling, lighthearted characters from a children's Claymation show. At least until they open their mouths. Much of the game's voice work is delivered by British actors (some of whom try to sound like Americans), and it's mostly very convincing, very enthusiastic, and very profane. Your smiling, Gumby-esque musicians will curse profusely when they're upset at a bad gig, use expletives to describe how pleased they are about their album's success, and swear casually, even when they're just making conversation. Rock Manager's voice acting may surprise you the first time around, though you'll probably find it suits the game quite well. The game actually has at least a few different voice samples for each character in each situation--which, along with the voice work's generally high quality, makes sure that these samples don't get repetitive, at least for a while. But Rock Manager is definitely not for children. Otherwise, the game looks decent and sounds great. You'll play through most of Rock Manager in a dimly lit city full of important buildings. You can visit recording studios, show venues, and even the docks, where you can meet with a shady cloak-and-dagger "businessman." This guy can cut underhanded deals for your band to give you good press or help you win an embarrassing court case. You use simple point-and-click interfaces to conduct all your business, including recording a new album. The game's music sounds great--your bands will generally choose and play a single song from a list of bland top-40 rock music, vacuous pop tunes, and obnoxious heavy metal songs, all of which sound appropriate. Each musician you'll hire will have three different styles of play, and you can experiment with these styles (and add techno-music distortions) when you're recording a demo and even save the song for later use, though you'll find that the best way to sign with a record label is to play it straight. The fact that it rewards you for taking the most obvious approach is one of the few but sometimes annoying problems in Rock Manager. As another example, in each of the game's nine missions, you'll occasionally get a helpful hint about how to keep your band members happy, but no hints on how to accomplish your objectives. Additionally, the game will occasionally neglect to give you the opportunity to properly finish your mission. For instance, you may need to get a favorable review from a press publication, but you'll never actually get reviewed, even for months of game time, and you'll eventually go bankrupt and lose the mission. In addition, even though Rock Manager has both standard events (like signing up with a record label) and random events (like a rival group smearing your band in the papers), these events can sometimes seem arbitrary. Sometimes you'll play a great show at a club you've done extremely well at, and later, under the very same circumstances, you'll have a terrible showing. Playing shows helps your band make a name for itself. In addition, Rock Manager has problems with its best quality: its sound. The game relies heavily on CD loading--too heavily, in fact. Since it only has 50MB and 150MB install options, Rock Manager generally loads all sound--including voice samples and music--directly from the CD. This can lead to some annoying pauses: You'll be about to hear your band's hit single or be halfway though a funny quip some character is making when the entire game will grind to a halt while your CD-ROM drive loads up the sample. The game should have offered some sort of full-install option that would have let you load all the music and sound to your hard drive. Finally, it's unfortunate that Rock Manager has what seems to be a limited repertoire of music and musicians. By the time you get to the very last mission in the game, you'll be able to access all of its musicians, but there just doesn't seem to be enough of them, or enough different songs to license. However, this is really more of a complaint than a criticism--the main reason you'll wish for more songs and musicians is because the few that Rock Manager does have are surprisingly great. And though the game has only nine missions, it'll take you some time to puzzle your way through all of them, and you'll have at least some incentive to go back to the earlier ones, as you'll be able to use the musicians you unlock over the course of the game in any of its levels. Rock Manager is a surprising game. Its combination of cartoon-style characters and foul-mouthed dialogue may shock you. But what's most surprising about Rock Manager is that it's a budget-priced management game that's actually quite good.
Robot Rescue Revolution 1 DVD
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Dodge flamers breathing scorching fires and deactivate paralyzing Tesla machines as you guide wacky robots trapped in treacherous labyrinths to the exit! Plan each escape with precision as every single robot shares linked controls hindering a simple escape plan, even for the creators of the game.
Robin Hood The Legend of Sherwood 1 DVD
Even though he's one of the most colorful figures of Western European legend, Robin Hood hasn't had much luck making his way to the PC. Fortunately, German developer Spellbound Studios has just released Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood, a clever new take on the old English tale that blends elements of the Kevin Costner and Errol Flynn movies with real-time gameplay in the style of Pyro Studios' tactical strategy game Commandos. An entertaining and well-written storyline, an impressive mission design that includes diverse objectives, and a lively combat system that involves more than simple mouse-clicking have been brought together in such a way that the complete game works on nearly every level. In fact, the only significant arguments you could raise against the game would be that it has no multiplayer play and that its production values are a bit out of date.
Robert anderson the legancy of cthulhu 1 DVD
Project: Anderson is a playable Horror Novel containing shooter and adventure elements. It takes the Protagonist Robert D. Anderson to the Third Reich in the early 40iers, where he finds himself in the middle of the starting World War. Following his obscure and dire family history, he discovers a huge underground cave-system beneath his ancestors castle. There the legendary “Order of the black sun “ jeopardises live as it exists with dark, blasphemous rituals...
Roadside Assistance Simulator 1 DVD
Experience the everyday duties of a roadside assistance team in this realistic mix of simulation and management game. Direct your rescue team from your roadside assistance center. Unlock new regions and try to attract as many new customers as possible through successful and efficient operations.
Road Construction Simulator 1 DVD
RIVER SIMULATOR 2012 1 DVD
Waiting is over: astragon is proud to announce the sequel to their popular Ship-Simulator. In this simulation you will be able to explore German rivers like the Rhine and Main with several types of ships and experience a clear focus on technical details and realism – the main competences of the developer team weltenbauer. In this elaborate simulation you get behind the wheel of seven different inland waterway ships and other vehicles made for transport on water, such as container ships or ferries, and accomplish divergent missions. Your missions will include moving liquids with a tanker ship or handling various maneuvers with a push boat. The experience of a never before seen complexity of scenery will excite you. Sail along the Main from Frankfurt to Mayence up to the Dutch border and enjoy the elaborate and realistically rebuild, romantic Rhine-valley. You might even see the Cologne cathedral! Next to „sightseeing“, you can also play challenging missions. You would like to focuse on difficult maneuvers in the harbor? For this purpose, an autopilot takes over the steering along the rivers. Every successfully accomplished mission gets you experience-points, which can be invested in new, better ships. And if this game makes you look for more challenges, you will be able to create and integrate your own ships through a convenient web interface. Only the end of the river and your fantasy are the limits.
Risk Factions 1 DVD
Risk: Factions offers innovative ways of experiencing the timeless turn-based board game in both objective-based and world conquest modes. Players will be able to engage as one of five playable factions, each with different strengths, as they wage war on new maps with dynamic terrain in their quest for missile silos in order to strategically dominate the game. Additionally, as rivals go head-to-head during unique, animated combat missions, enemies will be able to trigger "Overkill" moments, based on the roll of the dice, and unlock avatar awards while attempting global supremacy. With a special animated art style, kooky humor and a choice of five oddball factions, Risk: Factions is designed to challenge and captivate both new and seasoned Risk fans on their quest for world domination.
Risen 3 Titan Lords 2 DVD
Risen 3: Titan Lords is a hand-crafted role-playing world full of rugged charm where every decision changes the course of the story and your fate.
Risen 2 Dark Waters Complete Editon 2 DVD
Set several years after the end of Risen, raging titans have devastated the world and pushed humanity to the brink of existence. Subsequently, monstrous creatures have risen from the watery depths of the sea and their attacks have brought all seafaring to a grinding halt. The hero, now a member of the Inquisition, is sent out to find out how to stop the chaos caused by these creatures from the deep. His quest begins with rumors that the pirates who frequent the southern islands are the only ones who know a way to get rid of the creatures once and for all and end their reign of terror.
Risen 1 DVD
This epic role playing game is set in a medieval world on a volcanic Mediterranean island, The "Risen" story unfolds over four chapters and will offer multiple ways to develop the story by his own actions and decisions. An innovative and intuitive user control interface will support both casual and hardcore gamers. With full world streaming support, the player will have a seamless experience while playing in a fully simulated game world with authentic characters.
Rise of Venice 1 DVD
Rise of Venice drops players in the Renaissance era, where they start out as a young merchant, looking to make his mark and build a trading empire. Begin with a meager group of trading ships and build them into a mercantile fleet that will make your enemies and friends alike green with jealousy as you fill your coffers with gold! Rise of Venice is much more than trading, however, as Renaissance Europe was filled with treachery and political machinations of all sorts - which you must take part in if you plan to succeed!
Rise Of The Triad 2 DVD
The 1994 shooter returns with a full Unreal Engine 3 remake featuring a classic arsenal and online modes.
Rise Of The Argonauts 2 DVD
Rise of the Argonauts immerses gamers in a gladiatorial adventure, set in wondrously imagined vision of ancient Greece. With deep exploration and epic quests, players live a life of brutal combat as they lead a team of iconic warriors - including Jason, Hercules and Atalanta - through a world ruled by mythological gods.
Rise of Prussia 1 DVD
Rise of Prussia is the latest release from AGEOD, and is a follow-up to their successful historical strategy games Birth of America, American Civil War, Napoleon's Campaigns, and Wars in America. Rise of Prussia covers the European campaigns of the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763).
Rise of Nations Extended Edition 1 DVD
Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy game that spans all history.
Start with a single city in the Ancient Age; gather resources; build an infrastructure; research technologies; construct Wonders of the World such as the Pyramids and the Eiffel Tower; and expand your military might across the world, conquering hostile nations with bombers, battleships, and tanks—all over your lunch hour!
Start with a single city in the Ancient Age; gather resources; build an infrastructure; research technologies; construct Wonders of the World such as the Pyramids and the Eiffel Tower; and expand your military might across the world, conquering hostile nations with bombers, battleships, and tanks—all over your lunch hour!
RIPD The Game 1 DVD
R.I.P.D.: The Game is based on the supernatural action-adventure comic book series and movie. Players will take up the holsters of two lawmen dispatched to the otherworld to protect and serve the living from an increasingly destructive array of souls who refuse to move peacefully to the other side.
RignRoll 1 DVD
Players will step into the shoes of a young man in the year 2014 as he arrives in California to pursue his dreams of road domination and capture the Californian cargo transportation market. There are miles of highways to conquer and cities and towns to reach as he becomes the greatest trucker on the highways.
Rig'n'Roll is a sequel to Hard Truck and Hard Truck 2: King of the Road. This time the game world is true-to-life. Gamers can race high-powered Semis along thousands miles of real Californian roads, visiting San-Francisco to San Diego, San Jose to Los Angeles. Rig'n'Roll delivers players the ultimate truck driving experience with authentic models of trucks and their interiors, completely new physics and 3D graphics among numerous features. Players will outrun their opponents to deliver cargo on time or take part in truck races to prove their professional skills, giving them the opportunity to improve their rating and authority among other drivers. Rig'n'Roll also gives gamers an opportunity to test their management skills as they establish their own cargo transportation company. Players will recruit staff and hire other drivers to work for them as they expand their business and eliminate their competitors from the transportation market.
Rig'n'Roll is a sequel to Hard Truck and Hard Truck 2: King of the Road. This time the game world is true-to-life. Gamers can race high-powered Semis along thousands miles of real Californian roads, visiting San-Francisco to San Diego, San Jose to Los Angeles. Rig'n'Roll delivers players the ultimate truck driving experience with authentic models of trucks and their interiors, completely new physics and 3D graphics among numerous features. Players will outrun their opponents to deliver cargo on time or take part in truck races to prove their professional skills, giving them the opportunity to improve their rating and authority among other drivers. Rig'n'Roll also gives gamers an opportunity to test their management skills as they establish their own cargo transportation company. Players will recruit staff and hire other drivers to work for them as they expand their business and eliminate their competitors from the transportation market.
Rig n Roll Gold Edition 1 DVD
Players will step into the shoes of a young man in the year 2014 as he arrives in California to pursue his dreams of road domination and capture the Californian cargo transportation market. There are miles of highways to conquer and cities and towns to reach as he becomes the greatest trucker on the highways. Rig'n'Roll is a sequel to the famous Hard Truck series. This time the game world is true-to-life. Gamers can race high-powered Semis along thousands miles of real Californian roads, visiting San-Francisco to San Diego, San Jose to Los Angeles.
