Great game but BEWARE
583387
This is a good game where you can (as in many MMO) play alot of time.

My story:

I played this game for over 2 year. I was a very well equiped character with tons of Honor Kills (a PvP score) and money (level 68 of 70). I'm a very caution player so I always have an Anti-Spyware and an Anti-Virus with regular scans every 2 weeks. Also I never used any third party Add-ons, hacks nor bought "Golds" (in-game money) because I heared that does may expose my game to hackers, key-loggers and other problems.

Then suddendly on march-23-2007 got kicked from the server w/o reason, maybe a connection problem -i said- and tried to re-enter into the game but BAM! my account password was changed! I tried and tried but i couldn't retrive my password... So i decided to call Blizzard's support team but BAM! they don't work on weekends... so I had to wait until next monday to call them.

By phone, they told me that my password was changed by someone the same day I got kicked from the server. After asking me some personal information they gave me a new password which I used to re-enter into my Character.

And guess what... My character was in a different place where I was before being kicked out and with no items, no money, no weapons... no nothing!!! What an horrible thing... someone entered into my account and stole everything I had!

After that horrible discovery I contacted again Blizzard's support team in-game and they told me that "Probably someone stole my account and password" so they where going to investigate my issue.

The investigation time for "possible stolen accounts" takes 2 weeks or longer... only after that time they may restore SOME of the items I had, as stated by their Policy:

"...we cannot guarantee that you will receive the same modifier you had on your original item. We are also unable to guarantee the restoration of trade skills, as well as enchantments or add-ons (such as gems, scopes, etc.) that your character's items may have possessed."

CONCLUSION: BEWARE of this unsecure game (even if you run anti-spyware + anti-virus regulary) because not only your account and in-game stuff may be stolen, but also the support team is only able to retrive you a 10% (yes, TEN percent) of what you lose.
1002653
I bought this game because I am a fan of the original King's Bounty. It brought me fond memories and I had a little bit of time to play on my laptop during my military training. I brought this back to my room and installed it. It was great, probably in need of a little modding, but well worth playing in vanilla form.

All was well until I installed some updates from Vista and lo and behold the game will no longer work. It gives me an error each time saying that SecuROM does not recognize the original disc. Now I am pissed. No where did this game warn me that it was installing SecuROM, and I would have never purchased it if I had known it was using SecuROM. Now, I am left away from home, unable to do much with my computer to combat this malware.
1129763
I have bought this game twice; once when I was in high school, and again when I gave up trying to find my original copy. This is the Sold-Out-Software version.

The game itself is incredible. Turn based strategy at its best, with a sprinkling of philosophy and soul-searching questions about who we are, and where we as a species are going in the future. It receives 5*'s.

The DRM on the other hand, is SecuROM. There have been complaints of destroyed optical drives, and the best part is that you can't uninstall it. Seriously. The only way to do it is to completely reformat your drive, and reinstall everything. Otherwise it will come back and potentially cause hardware damage. It receives 0*'s, since one cannot divorce it from the game it is sold with here.

Combined Score: 2*'s (rounded down). It's a pity such a treasure from my childhood was laced with poison, like setting a bowl of delicious looking figs on the counter, only to douse them with a few drops of sodium cyanide.
3637286
This would be an otherwise 5 star game if it weren't for the fact the game constantly freezes (purchased the special edition for the XBOX 360).  I can go through no more than 1 mission before the game freezes.  Then after the first freeze, it freezes constantly every 10-15 minutes.  It's not the XBOX because all other games work fine.

I have contacted Rockstar and they have not replied and there is no patch to download.  Buy the game, but play it immediately so you can test it and exchange if you have to within 30 days.  I waited a while to start playing it because I was already playing 2 other games and now it's too late to exchange.

If you can find a game that doesn't freeze, you will have at least a 4 star experience.
700909
This game is awesome as i stated. But i totally agree the AI in this game is terrible.
THIS GAME SHOULD ONLY BE PURCHASED IF YOU INTEND TO PLAY ONLINE WITH FRIENDS OR THE ONLINE COMMUNITY!

Gun customization is great and on a nice T.V. this game is beautiful

Overall a good buy over the other games out right now.
1062258
All in all, this is another great addition to the PSP and Socom franchises. The game has good graphics and tons of weapon customization. The game also has Multiplayer via the Internet which many PSP games don't have.

There's something you should know though... I bought this game FOR the online multiplayer. I wanted a game similar to Call of Duty multiplayer for the PS3, but on the PSP. The game comes very close, and is fun to play online. However, the game is somewhat ruined by Hackers that have taken over the multiplayer. The developers attempted to correct the problem by implementing a "banning" feature to ban hackers. The problem is the hackers have now taken over that ban system, and hackers are banning other players. Once banned you cannot access the SOCOM game servers for about a week. After 3 bans your PSP is blacklisted for life from SOCOM multiplayer servers.

Now I fear even playing online because I was already banned once. I am hoping that the developers will fix this problem, but it looks like they don't really care and aren't giving much support. If you are buying this game for the multiplayer, you might want to find something else. If the hacking problem is fixed, the game is a lot of fun in both single and multiplayer modes.
298377
I have been playing this game for 20 days straight as I write this.  If you can, buy the physical version.  If you download it you will miss out on a big fold up map, a Witcher 3: Wild Hunt soundtrack CD, and a couple of wolf medallion stickers.  You also get an actual instruction booklet, and a cardbord sleeve cover.  Those of us who have been gaming a while remember when this was pretty standard, but nowadays it is rare indeed.  The game itself is big and beautiful.  The story is wonderfully crafted with 36 different ways to end the game.  The reason I can't give 5 stars is because  the game is glitchy.  The good people at CD Projekt Red have been very responsive to these issues.  In my opinion the good outways the bad by a huge margin.  This game is not for kids.
2258732
As a newcomer to the Xbone I just picked this titles up three years after it's release. The game is great! Plays like Hot Shots Golf series with lot's of style. The problem is that the open play game mode, rival mode and customizing your caddie cause the game to crash. And not periodically crash, but every time you attempt to launch those modes.

The career mode works perfectly and offers a robust experience worth $20 on it's own. But the fact that the content is being held back because of a bug is very disappointing. This is an issue that affects all players, you can search the web and find the forum posts. No response from the developer. Writing this review with hopes it finds it way to the developer and I can change to five stars.
3501262
Great Quality package with product keys as if it was the original pack that I got years ago, mint new.

problem is Windows 10 does not allow these classic games to install or even be detected for security reasons, that's right this game won't work on windows 10 since by their claims "it causes issues to your OS".

Hope my review helped someone, but this game is great and came in such great quality.

People seeking this game should get it on Origin (Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection) think that's the name and its sold for $19.99

after that download something called "Gen Tools" it's recommended by EA I guess to control FPS since Ultimate Collection spikes animation while in multiplayer as well as accelerate mouse to crazy speeds. Gen tools helps control it and adds bigger resolution caps for the game.

after that Gen tools will also give you the Command & Conquer link to create an account to play ONLINE with people who still play it. and no Online multiplayer is untouched by Gen tools (only FPS and resolution by your choice is given better control of)
4673673
First of all, great game.  Many hours spent on the PS3 version.  This updated version is good and includes all the dlc from the earlier version.

Now the bad, too many glitches in the game.  Way more than I experienced in the original.  And I'm not even talking about the one version update that made the game unplayable for days unless you reinstalled and disconnected from the internet.

I took another star away since they are essentially selling you the same game they released five years ago.
3123433
Great game, extremely difficult but also extremely fun
3928978
I am addicted to this game. It is so much fun, beyond the random glitches here and there, for the most part it works pretty well on my PC.

THE PROBLEM IS, it did not work on my higher end PC (and i did check the specs) but it worked on my lower end PC (i sort of collect PCs). Even after the update, it would crash every time i hit start game. As a result, it did not look as well as it could of, but in the end the game is still highly addictive and fun
4961975
This is a great game.  It is fun and you will find yourself immerse in a little world where there is always something going on.  I and my wife found ourselves constantly playing just to see which neighbor would be out; which fish / fossils were available that day, etc.

My warning is this:  I and several thousands of people are experiencing a problem where all of the grass (well snow currently) in our towns are disappearing.  The problem is that a "feature" was added to City Folk so that natural paths would appear over time in the areas where you walk.  Per Nintendo over the course of a few months, you would have the beginnings of a trail running through your town.  This would make each town even more unique and would help your Wi-Fi visitors find things when they visited your city.

Sounds great?!  The problem is that grass wear is updated each time you save the game (which happens if you wish to leave for a while or to switch players).  If four players play within a day, then 4 days of grass wear will occur within 1 day.  In addition, running (hold B) will increase the grass wear dramatically.

Within two months, our City Folk town had only 4 small areas of grass / snow (which is necessary to collect items) as our snow was replaced with ugly brown dirt / sand.  We originally thought our snow was just melting until we did some research on the many fan websites.

So before you buy, please be aware that there are consequences for running around your town when playing hide-and-go-seek, etc. and with playing with multiple people on multiple occurances during the day.  This is not mentioned in the book; in fact multiple play and running are almost encouraged.

There are several boards (and petitions) on the internet that better explain the creation of this issue (and some solutions for those who have started playing).  I just feel that I should let future players know about this "feature" before they end up living in the Sahara desert.

*****  UPDATE  ********
From Nintendo of America:  "While we don't have any current plans for updating the game, we do have some tips for both helping the grass to grow back, and preventing further loss."

Before you buy this game, again please be aware that constant play (especially using the Wi-Fi feature) will result in large patches of no snow / grass.  The more you play; the more family members that play; if you use the Wi-Fi travel: the larger your loss will be, all the way to losing all grass / snow.

Nintendo is fully aware of this situation but has decided not to fix or patch this programming bug (and yes this is a weakly tested programming bug - what is happening is not what the game designers envisioned).  It should be pointed out that the tips referred to in their e-mail all came from the numerous users who basically "beta-tested" this grass problem.  So Nintendo has invested little time, money, and effort in addressing this problem.

Is this still fun game to play?  Yes.  But it is very frustrating to watch your town slowly die and turn brown in front of your eyes.  (I can't even imagine having to tell children not to play-and-seek on this game so that they do not kill the grass).

I would love to remove 1 star due to Nintendo's response but you cannot change your original scoring.  I really hope this is not a foreshadowing of what fans can now expect from Nintendo now that they are back on top
4502883
WARNING:  THIS GAME IS NO LONGER FOR SALE.  You can't buy this game anymore on your Xbox 360 as of February 2009.  At least one online netizen who tried to bypass this restriction by buying it here, from Amazon, was unable to redeem their game code.  Amazon and Microsoft need to do a better job of clarifying the situation, but in the meantime, be very careful before buying this product.

It's a shame, too, because the game is really a good one.  The rest of this review will actually review the product, even though it is currently not for sale.

Lost Cities was originally a 2-player card game from Europe.  Though most folks in the US have never heard of it, it's a lot of fun; I personally enjoy it a lot more than Cribbage, Gin, or Rummy.  The standard game plays with 2 players and takes about 10 minutes, but you won't want to stop there, you'll likely want to replay it many times in a row.  There are 4-player variants if you have two copies of the game.

The deck is non-standard, with 5 suits of 12 cards apiece.  Theoretically you could assemble your own deck from standard playing cards, but then you'd miss out on the beautiful artwork and compelling Indiana Jones-esque theme of the adventuring archaeologist.

The rules are simple enough:  if you decide to play in a given suit at all (ie, make an attempt to find one of the 5 lost cities), you are immediately down 20 points.  For each card you play in suit, your total starts to go back up, so if you can play enough cards in suit, you will come out ahead.  Cards must be played sequentially from lowest to highest.  (Thematically, 10 represents finding the lost city itself, while lower numbered cards represent finding clues that point you in the right direction.)  Before you play any number cards, you can play "investment" cards, which increase the risks and rewards for that suit.  If you play a lot of investment cards but too few number cards, you'll lose lots of points, but if you play lots of number cards before getting your investments in order, you won't maximize the value of your suit.  Decisions, decisions!  Complicating the strategy is the fact that almost every card will eventually come up during play -- is the card you're waiting for still in the draw deck, or is your opponent withholding it from you?  Should you burn 15 points in a suit (so lose 5 points overall) just to avoid giving them to your opponent, or should you focus on maximizing your own preferred suits?

As I say, the base card game is loads of fun, so I was delighted when it came out for Xbox 360 and jumped on it instantly.  The Xbox 360 implementation is solid, with great graphics and sound and a decent AI opponent.  Of course, it also supports internet play between 2 players, complete with voice chatting.  I still play this game periodically 6 months later, when I want a short break.

If you enjoy card games, definitely give this one a try.  If it is ever really available again on Xbox 360, jump on it, it's a keeper and well worth the price.
4428276
This game is really fun, but unfortunately as the title of this review says, it has too many bugs and glitches.  It seems that this game wasn't designed for the gamecube because it freezes the system constantly.  One thing I learned with this game is to save my progress everytime, because you never know when it is going to freeze.  Sometimes in middle of a match, the game freezes and you have to start the match all over again.

In career mode, after the first year of career, the calendar messes up.  You are in 2004 but when you have an injured player the news say the expected return for that player will be somewhen in 2003.

There are some other things about this game, including something that does not appear on the box.  This game EATS memory.  I think it says that this game taker 36-39 blocks of memory.  The only thing they don't say is the following:

1. 3 memory blocks are taken by the profile ONLY

2. 36 memory blocks are taken by "EACH" career you make.  So if you want to play two different careers, that means you will have yo give 72 memory blocks, so get ready.

3. If you want to save a tournamemt, be ready to give more memory blocks away.

Overall, this is an excellent game to play.  Although it might be a little hard to get used to, but afterwards, you get great gameplay.  The only thing I found annoying were the bugs and glitches.  I thinks EA Sports had to take some of their time to fully test the game because once you play it, you begin seeing their glithces.

And by the way, whenever you are in the "Select Sides" screen, remember to select your profile.  Don't leave it as "none".  After you finish playing, save your profile.  If you don't do this, you will never get the third kit for any team.  Believe me.  Any questions, feel free to email me.
3959732
Game is great only reason giving it a two star is when I open the box I was putting it together and didn't realize the metal in the hook was frayed and sliced my finger
2824122
This is a fantastic game. Ive played it off and on for years on my xbox360. But this version for the PC by Nordic games has two problems. 1st you have to install Steam. What I think is the most insidious and intrusive of the online game providers. You cant even start the game without Steam starting first.
Secondly, I wanted to use my xbox controller to play the game and I cant get the game to recognize it no matter installing a variety of after market controller recognition programs. I don't have this problem with any other PC game I play. So the game is essentially unplayale at this point. $15 wasted on should have been a great gaming experience. These developers and publishers shoukd make sure their software work with a wide array of available input devices. Final word: Great game! Crap publisher :(