Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by Pandemic Studios, LLC
Released 2006
Genre Action, Strategy

Description :

Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers is the successor of Full Spectrum Warrior.

Although you killed the tyrant of Zekistan in the first game, the situation hasn't improved. A civil war begins to unfold and various insurgencies fight against the Western forces. Even ethnic hostilities erupt in violence. So once again squads of US Light Infantry are send into the country to secure the Tien-Hamir (or "Ten Hammers") Province. But this time they can call upon the assistance of the British elements of the Coalition Forces.

Like in Full Spectrum Warrior you are the commander of two Fire Teams called Alpha and Bravo. But now you can brake down a Fire Team to a Buddy Team consisting of the Team Leader with the Automatic Rifleman and the Grenadier with the Rifleman. In some missions you also have now access to a Bradley Fighting Vehicle which you control just like you control a fire team. In some missions you'll also find tanks or APCs which your Fire Teams can enter and use.

You can now also give orders to a specific teammate. So if you want to breach a door, you order the Grenadier to unpack the rocket launcher and make a nice hole. It is also possible to give orders to the Fire Team you don't control right now.

Unlike the first game, Ten Hammers doesn't feature a separate tutorial but you rather learn how to play in the very first mission.

The twelve missions of the campaign feature several different objectives like reaching a convoy or destroy a street barrier. Since your squads can now enter buildings you have a whole new tactical layer to use against the many foes that hide in the shadows ready to kill you. To support this new feature, you can now also deploy a sniper in a building and activate the sniper mode in which you can take out the enemies one by one.

The multiplayer-mode also got updated and features now the ability to play cooperatively with four friends or do a few 2-on-2 objective based missions.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 256 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
CDROM Speed 24X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 4
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Select the "Bonus" option, then choose "Cheats". Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
All co-op multi-player levels	fullspectrumpwnage

Darkstar One

Published by ASCARON Entertainment GmbH
Developed by ASCARON Entertainment GmbH
Released 2006
Genre Action, RPG

Description :

Darkstar One puts you in the shoes of Kayron Jarvis. Fresh from the flight-academy he learns from an good friend of his father, that his mysterious death was caused by sabotage. As a last gift from his father, he get's the ownership of the one-of-a-kind ship Darkstar One and now makes his way to find out the truth behind his fathers death.

Darkstar is a mix of Freelancer and Wing Commander: Privateer as you can fly your ship either with a mouse or a joystick.

As you solve the riddle you can visit 330 star-systems in which you can trade goods from other systems, take contracts like blasting a pirate gang out of the sky or try to be a pirate yourself. Every action influences the reputation with at least one faction and the game gives you total freedom in what you want to do or what career you want to pursue.

Or you can search for artifacts. As oppose to other games, you don't buy a bigger ship. Through the whole game you only fly the Darkstar One. You upgrade the ship through artifacts you found in asteroids. If you've enough artifacts for an upgrade, you can boost the basic attributes of the ship. This enables you to install more and bigger weapons or goodies like a shield-booster.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM Speed 2X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Hint: Level 10 equipment sources:
The following is a list of clusters with systems that sell level 10 equipment.

Arrack Cluster Hive AC3 Haiken
Mingin
Natkyigon
Pyidaung
Arrack Cluster Hive DC Mepok
Mortok Cluster Grotok Aranjar
Lular
Mandedulce
Mortok Cluster Stromok Haorta
Mortok Cluster Klatok Alquebayo
Avilmurcia
Fribeicon
Vielvietona
Raptor Cluster Gamma Chernomen
Mornamur
Schel
Raptor Cluster Epsilon Beldets
Simpawlo
Terran Cluster Alpha Centauri Wini
Terran Cluster Lalande Obas
Pachee

Call of Juarez

Published by Ubisoft Entertainment GmbH
Developed by Techland
Released 2006
Genre Action

Description :

Ray McCall was once a fearsome gunslinger. Twenty years ago, he decided to put his guns away and take up the bible instead, becoming a reverend in a town called Hope. All is good until one day, Ray's brother and wife are brutally murdered and their farm burned down to the ground. As Ray arrives at the crime scene, he sees a well-known Indian called Billy fleeing and becomes suspicious. Swearing vengeance for the death of his brother, Ray is unable to be calmed down by the townspeople. Bidding farewell to the life of a reverend, Ray once again takes out his guns and begins his hunt for his brother's killer.

In Call of Juarez, players take the role of Ray, who will shoot first and ask questions later. He uses different kinds of revolvers which are the only weapons in the game, with which Ray can enter the quick draw mode. In this mode, the two cross-hairs of the weapons slow move from the side of the screen to the middle much like a "bullet time" mode. Ray also access to the standard wild west equipment like the Winchester rifle or the sawed-off shotgun. Since Ray is a man of God, he can also read from the bible. This stuns the enemies for a short while.

Billy's weapons are instead stealth and his horsewhip. Since he's on the run and doesn't want to be found, he needs to avoid the people in his way or kill them silent. But if he needs to, he can handle a gun too.

On your quest, Ray will witness and take part in all typical wild west situations like a stagecoach-robbery or a duel. And like in Gun players can ride and fight on the back of a horse, anytime you like.

And if you've enough of Ray and Billy, there is online play against up to 31 other people in different modes. From deathmatch and team deathmatch to modes like "gold-fever" in which players pick up as much gold as they can find on the map.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 32
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following case-sensitive codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Toggle God mode	Cheat.God(<0>)
Additional ammunition	Cheat.GiveAmmo()
Full health	Cheat.Heal()
Toggle magic ammunition	Cheat.MagicAmmo(<0>)
Spawn rifle	Cheat.GiveRifle()
Spawn dynamite	Cheat.GiveDynamite()

Multi-player mode codes:
Press Y or U to display the chat window while playing on a multi-player server, then enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Changes nickname; 14 character limit	/Nick
List all players	/PlayerList
Suicide	/KillMe
Exit game	/Exit

Additionally, the following codes can be used by the server administrator.

Effect	Code
Log in an admin with password defined in ServerAdmins.scr file on the server	/AdminLogin
Log you admin	/AdminLogout
Kick specified player	/Kick
Kill specified player	/Kill
Switch server to the next map.	/MapNext
Shut down server	/ServerShutDown

Very Hard mode:
Collect 30 Wanted Posters.

Extra missions:
Successfully complete Story mode.

Hint: Secret weapon:
In the episode which you are Ray chasing the train that Billy jumped on, there is a secret weapon to be found. They are called Prime Rangers, and are two powerful and equally beautiful pistols which do not rust or wear during the level. In order to find these weapons, you must search the train cars as you pass them by. If you look carefully, you will find them. There is a chest hidden behind a stack of boxes on one of these cars. If you jump over the stack and open the chest, you will see the two long beautiful pistols underneath you. Pick them up and shoot up all the cattle rustlers and hombres as desired.

Auto Assault

Published by NCSoft Europe Ltd.
Developed by NetDevil
Released 2006
Genre Action, Racing, RPG

Description :

Auto Assault is an MMORPG with fast-paced combat in a post-apocalyptic setting. As a player, you choose to play one of three different factions; human, biomek, or mutant, and will spend most of your time inside your vehicle, fighting the surviving enemy groups and mutated creatures. Characters level up (with a max level of 80) and become stronger, gaining new skills and abilities and have access to a wide assortment of items due to the game's random loot generator. Vehicles can be customized in many ways, including paint colors, styles, and by adding new items and accessories.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM Speed 1X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Online Players 32 (Only Online)
Monthly Subscription
3D Accelerator

Trivia :

• Auto Assault was a commercial flop at release: There were way to few players for an online game to be profitable, especially in Europe. After cutting the retail price of both standard and Collector's boxes by half (at least in Germany) without much impact on player numbers, NCSoft / NetDevil merged European and US servers to only one server (called "Nexus")

Supreme Commander

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by Gas Powered Games
Released 2007
Genre Strategy

Description :

Three opposing sides - the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation - have been fighting in the Infinite War all across the galaxy, spreading chaos and unrest. You are a Supreme Commander and you have to take one of the sides and put an end to this war.

As in most strategy games, you have to build up a base, gather resources and build armies to fight off your enemies. But being created by Chris Taylor of Total Annihilation fame, the RTS also has many unique features, such as a huge unit cap of 500 units per side, different resource management, queue up commands and waypoints, diverse unit types and even dual screen support.

Players can play through the Campaign and carry on the story as one of the sides, or fight off computer enemies in Skirmish and human opponents in Multiplayer.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet
Offline Players 1
Online Players 8
Video Memory 128 MB
Hard Drive Space 8GB
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "game.prefs" file in the "c:\documents and settings\\local settings\application data\gas powered games\supremecommander\" folder. Add the following lines to start of the file:

debug = {
enable_debug_facilities = true,
cheatenable = 1
}

Then, press ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Some codes have alternate shortcut key combinations which can be used during game play, without the console window opened, to activate the same cheat function.

Effect	Code	Alternate
Teleport selected units to pointer location	Teleport	[Alt] + T
Increase your storage capacity for all raw materials by 10,000 and fills camps completely	BlingBling	[Ctrl] + [Alt] + B
Toggle full map	SallyShears	[Ctrl] + [Alt] + Z
Toggle all units cause no more damage	Nodamage	[Alt] + N
All units and building on killed with death animations	KillAll
All units and building on killed without death animations	DestroyAll
Kill unit or building with death animation	Kill	[Ctrl] + [Delete]
Kill unit or building without death animation	Destroy
Show/hides extra information at the left edge of screen	Show act	[F7]
Unit creation menu	PopupCreatUnitMenu	[Alt] + [F2]
Take over other player; -1 is spectators.	SetFocusArmyPlayer <-1 to 7>
Change gravity; 4,9 is default.	Sim_gravity
Change the player color	SetArmyColor
Damage indicated unit; use negative value to heal it.	DamageUnit
Units and buildings are immediately build, research immediately completed	ai_freebuild
Units, buildings, and research do not cost anything	ai_instabuild
Give name to selected unit	RenameUnit
Assign console command to key(s)	IN_BindKey
Shows all key bindings	IN_DumpKeyNames
Change game speed	WLD_gamespeed <-10 to 10>
Set game speed to default	WLD_resetsimrate
Increase game speed by 1	WLD_increasesimrate	[Plus]
Decrease game speed by 1	WLD_decreasesimrate	[Minus]
Toggle opponent AI		[Alt] + A
Return to main menu	Quit
Exit to Windows	Exit

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Published by Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Developed by Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Released 2007
Genre Action, RPG
Misc Add-on

Description :

The Burning Crusade, the first expansion pack for World of Warcraft, takes the story to a whole new level. After years rebuilding after the Burning Legion's defeat, the Horde and Alliance open the Dark Portal and enter Outland. This new land is filled with danger and adventure for those brave enough to enter the Portal. The Portal is only open to characters level 58 and higher.

Two new races enter the world of Azeroth in this expansion - the Blood Elves and the Draenei. The Draenei are from Outland and having heard of the defeat of the Burning Legion by the forces on Azeroth, they have taken their ship, the Exodar, to Azeroth in search of help defeating the Legion in Outland. However, the Blood Elves sabotaged their ship and they crashed onto Azeroth and must pick up the pieces and go out in search of more allies. The Blood Elves, on the other hand, have come to do anything they can to stop the the Draenei and have little trust for either the Horde or Alliance. They are rebuilding the elven capital in Quel'Thalas and have a thirst for both magic and power. Both of the new races come with new mounts to ride and even new level 1 pets.

The expansion extends the level cap to 70 and the majority of the content is for characters level 60 to 70 with the exception of the two starting areas for the new races that offer enough quests to get characters up to level 20 before heading out into the rest of Azeroth. There is also a new neutral city for both Horde and Alliance to visit.

Additional new content includes:

6 new dungeons
3 controllable flying mounts to be used in Outland after reaching level 70
Arena PVP for those not interesting in Battlegrounds
A new Battleground in Outland
A new Looking For Group interface
An improved Character Sheet
Many more monsters and creatures to fight
11 new Factions

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
CDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet
Online Players 32
3D Accelerator
Requires World of Warcraft to play.

Trivia :

• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade was released at participating Electronics Boutique/EBGames stores across the USA and Australia, which opened their doors at midnight for fans to pick up their expansion packs within the first few minutes of the game's scheduled release date.
  

Cheats :

Hint: Blizzard employee reference:
In The Outlands, there is a Netherdrake-mounted Orc named Ja'y Nosliw, If you turn Nosliw backwards, it spells "Wilson" making his name Jay Wilson, who was the executive producer for the movie Dogtown And The Z-Boys (2002) and the editor for the movie Champion's Forever (1989).

Glitch: Moonwalk:
Press [Jump] then while in the air press E. While you are on your way down press Q + A.

Titan Quest

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by Iron Lore Entertainment Ltd.
Released 2006
Genre RPG

Description :

It is believed that at the dawn of time, there was a great war between the Titans and the Gods. During this war which spanned many centuries, humanity was born and stood beside the Gods. At the war's conclusion the Gods were victorious and the Titans were banished to the great darkness. Now the Titans have escaped and spread their evil over the ancient world of Greece (and beyond). You are a hero who arrives in this time of need to fight the Titans and bring peace to the world once more.

Not unlike Diablo or Sacred, Titan Quest is a hack 'n' slash Action-RPG in which you create a character and level up by killing thousands of monsters, like Hydras or Gorgons. At the beginning of the game your hero has no profession, but upon reaching level 2 you are given the choice between eight unique "masteries". Upon reaching level 8 you are granted access to a second mastery. This allows you the choice of creating a warrior who is good magician or a necromancer who can also kill his enemies quietly. If you feel that you've misspent your skill points, you can rearrange them (for a nominal fee) by visiting a certain NPC in each act.

The story of the game is based on the real mythologies of ancient Greece, Egypt, and Babylon, so you're bound to recognize many of your enemies. Additionally, you can learn much about the legends of the land you're adventuring in by talking to storyteller NPCs.

If you don't want to beat the hell out of the Titans alone, you can invite up to 6 friends and play in LAN/WAN with them in the cooperative mode through the entire game.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV 1.8GHz
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1-6
Online Players 6
3D Accelerator
5 GB free hard drive space;
64 MB nVidia GeForce 3 or equivalent or ATI Radeon 8500 series with Pixel Shader 1.1 support

Trivia :

• Titan Quest is the first game from Iron Lore, a new company founded by Brian Sullivan, one of the co-founders of Ensemble Studios and one of the creators of the Age of Empires series.
• Titan Quest was named #5 "Game of the Year" by Games for Windows Magazine (March 2007)

Cheats :

Hint: Expert mode:
After completing the game, it can be played again with the same monsters but 30 levels higher.

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Published by Aspyr Media, Inc.
Developed by Funcom Oslo A/S
Released 2006
Genre Action, Adventure

Description :

Dreamfall is the sequel to The Longest Journey and is a 3rd person adventure game with some action episodes.

The game begins in Casablanca, 2219. Zoë Castillo is about to get involved in a conspiracy that involves two worlds, one in magic and the other in technology. There has been static interference that is disrupting technology, and it seems to be linked to a little girl seen only by Zoë. As Zoë begins her search for a lost friend, she discovers the truth about the two worlds and the search is now on for the one person who may help Zoë unravel the dangerous web she has become entangled in: April Ryan.

Dreamfall puts you in control of three playable characters. It also introduces the focus field feature which bridges the gap between the classic point and click adventure game, where you could click on any given point at the screen, and the action adventure. This allows you to scan your entire visible environment as seen by the characters and also use it to eavesdrop into other people's conversations. The game also presents you with a number of ways to solve a confrontation, you can sneak, fight, or talk your way out of the problem. The game spans 13 chapters and like the previous game Zoë keeps a diary of all the events that occur in the game.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 2X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
3D Accelerator

Trivia :

• Although the game's minimum requirement on the box and "readme" file states that you need a GeForce FX 5700 or a ATi Radeon 9550 display card to run it, the game is playable on older cards such as GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500. In fact, it only uses pixel and vertex shaders version 1.1 not version 2.0 and beyond. However just like every shader model 1.1 powered games it won't work with GeForce 4 MX.
• Dreamfall is an anniversary game for Funcom, as it is the 25th game they developed.
  
• There are several references to Funcom's Anarchy Online series in the game. A copy of the Anarchy Online novel is visible in Zoë's apartment, and the music that plays on the first floor of Reza's apartment is also a track from the MMORPG.
  

Cheats :

No cheats yet.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by GSC Game World
Released 2007
Genre Action, RPG

Description :

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The Shadow of Chernobyl is based on the famous science fiction novel Picnic on the Roadside (Piknik na obochine, 1977) by Russian writers Arkadi and Boris Strugatski. In the book aliens have visited the Earth and left behind mysterious Zones which are extremely hazardous but also extremely profitable because the physical changes inside the Zones have altered the items left inside the Zone. These potential profits draw all sorts of people to the Zones and the people who go scavenging are called stalkers. There is also a famous movie adaptation of the novel by Andrei Tarkovski, but the game actually is much closer in concept to the book although instead of having numerous Zones around the world, the game s focused around the Ukranian town of Chernobyl, the site of the most severe nuclear accident in history. The story goes that in 2006 another incident of some sort happened and by 2012 the whole area is hazardous with mutated animals, bandits, soldiers who don't ask questions before shooting, and first and foremost, mysterious anomalies. These anomalies differ in their effects but they all have one thing in common - they are quite deadly. There are areas where the gravity is much stronger, others where the air is crackling with electricity etc. And there is also the radiation to worry about.

The player is one of the stalkers who has lost his memory in an accident. All he knows is he has a note in his PDA telling him to kill someone. And so the player is thrown to a village located on the outskirts of the Zone trying to figure out who he is and what the secret of the Zone is.

The game plays as a FPS but with a 30 square kilometer playing area where the player is free to roam (assuming he can survive). There are also lots of NPC characters he can communicate with and in this sense the game playes more like an RPG, although there are no attributes or skills to improve. Along with the main quest the player can do sidequests and the way the player acts has an effect on other NPCs. Some of these quests have time limits, some don't. The player can also modify his weapons and armour and has to carefully manage his inventory because not only is there a carrying capacity his equipment degrades as they are used. The player can also use the items, called artifacts, altered by the anomalies to his benefit. They offer different kinds of bonuses, but also have side-effects. For instance, an artifact could improve your bullet resistance but also increase your radiation level.

The game features ragdoll physics, destructible surroundings, HDR lightning, dynamic weather, day/night cycles and multiplayer for up to 32 players.


Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 32
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Then, enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
List console commands	help
Toggle permanent running	g_always_run <0>

Bonus content:
Enter the game's folder in the Limited Edition of the game and run the "setup-bp.exe" file. Select a language, then enter pseudodog as a code to unlock the Pool multi-player map and the U.K. and U.S. military multi-player skins. Enter snork as a code to unlock the Dark Valley multi-player map and the French and German military multi-player skins.

Hint: Exoskeleton:
When you find you way into the sarcophagus, you will find a doorway that leads through a wire barrier and a hole in the wall with about ten people through the hole. Instead of going through that doorway, continue towards the light on the wall and turn right. There will be about two enemies there. Kill them and go through the door to their right. Just through that door to the left will be a ladder going to a door. Search the room at the bottom and you will find a chest with an Exoskeleton inside. It adds on radiation; bring some artifacts that counter radiation. It weighs 15, but gives you the ability to carry an extra 20. It has good protection from bullets but not much from anomalies.

Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

Published by Microsoft Game Studios
Developed by Big Huge Games
Released 2006
Genre Strategy

Description :

Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends maintains the hallmarks of the first RTS in the franchise (attrition, non-depletable resources, national borders) while improving on gameplay mechanics such as city building and large scale battles. In addition to these improvements Big Huge Games introduced several new features including dominances, neutral units, and capturable resources.

The sequel differs from its predecessor in that it takes place in a steampunk universe spanning autumn-dotted hills in the lands of the Vinci to blinding sandstorms in the burning deserts of the magical Alin. At the furthest reaches of the continent, hidden in the deepest jungles, lie the stone stepped pyramids of the brutal religious zealots known as the Cuotl. Through the Conquer the World (CTW) campaign players strategically guide a tightly knit group of heroes across the continent pursing monsters, love interests, power, and vengeance.

Rise of Legends also sports a Quick Battle (QB) component so players can jump right in to the action by selecting a map and one of the three unique races. The player’s final test of skill is to go head to head on Gamespy or LAN to explore the radically different strategies of the slow but god-like Cuotl, the fast but glass-like Alin, or the innovative but even-keel Vinci.

The campaign includes 52 scenarios with 15 heroes, while the Quick Battle and Multiplayer components include 42 maps for players to fight on.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 8
3D Accelerator

Trivia :

• Rise of Legends was named #9 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007)
  

Cheats :

Press [Enter] during game play, then type one of the following codes to enable the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Add mana to the hero	/cheat mana +
Remove mana from hero	/cheat mana -
Add resources	/cheat resource +
Remove resources	/cheat resource -
Add Juggernauts and Air Destroyers around your capital	/cheat safe
Change explore configurations	/cheat explore
Complete the selected building	/cheat finish
Generate a new map	/cheat mapgen
Give desired dominance	/cheat dominance
Add unit or building to pointer	/cheat add
All tech researched	/cheat tech tech
Reveal the map	/cheat reveal
Force peace, alliance, or war	/cheat
Win mission	/cheat victory

Note: When is 1, it is your character.

Modifying units:

Create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "unitrules.xml" file in the "data" folder in the game directory. You can modify the in-game units to your liking.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Published by 2K Games
Developed by Bethesda Softworks LLC
Released 2006
Genre Action, RPG

Description :

This is the fourth title in Bethesda's popular Elder Scrolls series. The world of Tamriel is threatened by a demon-prince from Oblivion. The Emperor Uriel Septim and his three heirs were assassinated. You, a former prisoner in the Imperial Dungeons, were entrusted the Amulet Of Kings by the emperor himself, and the mission to find the illegitimate son of his, the last of the Septim bloodline. The world hangs in the balance, the Septims and the Amulet was the last barrier between Oblivion and Tamriel.

The fourth Elder scrolls game sticks to the style of its predecessors. Action based combat, first person view (The game features 3rd person perspective but it is largely useless), unlimited freedom of choice. The game lets you play any character you want. You can go in and just kill every monster in your path with your huge sword, or use stealth and backstab your foes from the shadows. You can go into to the world and search for forts, caves, mines, old temple ruins or you can just do some hunting.

The character system, as was the case in previous games, is based on skill usage. When you use one of your certain skills, it improves, in time you become a Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert and Master and gain certain bonuses for the skill.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
3D Accelerator
4.6 GB free hard disk space;
128 MB Direct3D Compatible Video card
DirectX 8.1 Compatible Sound Card

Supported Video Cards:

ATI X1900 series
ATI X1800 series
ATI X1600 series
ATI X1300 series
ATI X850 series
ATI x800 series
ATI x700 series
ATI x600 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9500 series
NVIDIA Geforce 7800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX series

Trivia :

• Oblivion was named #2 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007)
• Oblivion features 1500 NPCs that can be encountered during the course of the game.
• The 'Shadow over Hackdirt' quest makes several references to one of the most famous novel by HP Lovecraft: 'The Shadow over Innsmouth'. There are references to the 'Deep Ones', the Brethren, a whole town of suspicious people, caverns underneath the earth and so on.
• The game has been in development since mid 2002. The long period of development was necessary due to the implementation of a new Radiant AI system and the graphics. A player may encounter while travelling the world of Tamriel: 35.544 shrubs and bushes, 67.730 plants and mushrooms, 94.013 trees and fallen logs and 395,696 rocks !!!

Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Then, enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Spawn indicated item	additem
Get indicated spell	addspell
Force a level up	advlevel
Force skill level up	advskill
Complete all quest stages	caqs
Teleport3	coc
Set all quest stages	completeallqueststages
Set hair color	hairtint
List console commands	help
Kill selected NPC target; suicide if nothing is targeted	kill
Lock selected door or container with indicated lock level	lock <1-100>
Add indicated amount of points to indicated attribute2	modpca ,
Add indicated amount of points to specified skill1	modpcs ,
Moves to current quest target	movetoqt
Spawn indicated item	player.additem 1
Add 100 lockpicks	player.additem 0000000a "100"
Add 100 skeleton keys	player.additem 0000000b "100"
Add 100 repair hammers	player.additem 0000000c "100"
Add 100 gold	player.additem 0000000f "100"
Spawn Welkynd Stone in inventory	player.additem 00000191 1
Add spell to character's spell list	player.addspell
Remove spell from character's spell list	player.removespell
Teleport	player.coc
Add indicated amount of points to indicated stat4	player.setav
Set player level	player.setlevel <1-255>
Set point of view angle; default is 75	pov
Give all spells to player	psb
Quit game immediately	qqq
Revive target	resurrect
Save game	savegame
Set camera field of view in degrees; default is 75	setcamerafov
Set fog start and end depths	setfog
Set character's fame	setpcfame
Set character's infamy	setpcinfamy
Change your gender	sexchange
Change your birthsign	showbirthsignmenu
Change your class	showclassmenu
Show all log entries for indicated quest	showfullquestlog
Show quest log	showquestlog
Show current quest log	showquestlog 0
Show completed quest log	showquestlog 1
Show current quest targets	showquesttargets
Show name/race/appearance selection screen	showracemenu
Toggle NPC conversation subtitles	showsubtitle
Window with the full game scene graph	ssg
Toggle AI	tai
Toggle combat AI	tcai
Toggle no clipping	tcl
Toggle AI detection	tdetect
Toggle debug display	tdt
Free camera movement	tfc
Toggle full help	tfh
Toggle fog of war	tfow
Toggle grass	tg
God mode, if nothing is targeted	tgm
Toggle land	tll
Toggle leaves	tlv
Toggle menus	tm
All map locations shown	togglemapmarkers
Toggle sky	ts
Toggle trees	tt
Toggle wireframe	twf
Toggle water	tws
Change weather instantly	fw
Change weather naturally	sw
Release locked weather	releaseweatheroverride
Unlock selected locked door or container	unlock

1. For example, enter modpcs blade, 10 to increase your blade skill by 10 points; it will not set it to 10. Raising your skills in this manner will cause you to level up, but will not give you any attribute bonuses when you pick which attributes you want to increase on the level up screen.
2. For example, enter modpca strength, 10 to increase your strength by 10; it will not set it to 10.
3. Enclose the destination name in parenthesis if it contains a space.
4. For example, enter player.setav strength 60 to set your Strength to 60. This works for all statistics and skills including derived stats, such as Magicka and Fatigue. When you use this code to alter Magicka or Fatigue, you are changing the base value of the stat. For example, player.setav magicka 80 will add 80 points of Magicka to your character's base Magicka score. Changes made to skills using this code will not affect your character's level progression in the same manner as using the modpcs.

Weather codes:
Use the following entries with the fw or sw codes. If you add ,1 after the code (the weather override switch), the weather will stay like that until you either change it manually with fw or sw again, or you enable the code releaseweatheroverride.

Weather	Code
Clear	00038EEE
Cloudy	00038EFE
Fog	00038EEF
Overcast	00038EEC
Rain	00038EF2
Snow	00038EED
Thunderstorm	00038EF1
OblivionStormTamriel	000836D5
OblivionStormTamrielMQ16	0006BC8B
CamoranNatural	000370CE
Default	0000015E

Test Hall:
Enable the coc testhall code. Inside the Test Hall is a Creature Test room, an NPC Test Hall, a secret town called Hawkhaven, weapon, armor, clothing, low-high class decor rooms, and lockpick tests. Note: If you go in and just pick items up (if you have the God mode enabled) the game will be incompleteable. You will get quest items and you cannot drop them. You will be stuck doing different quests. Also if you pick up a lot of items the game will lag when you go to where you dropped everything.

No bounty:
When you have a bounty, enter third person mode, select yourself, then enter payfinethief as a code.

Hint: Easy magic skills increase:
Complete all the Mage Guild Recommendation Quests to gain access to the Arcane University. Buy the cheapest spell you can find for each of the magic based skills (Illusion, Conjuration, Alteration, Mysticism, Restoration and Destruction). For Destruction, a Drain Spell is recommended. Go to where you make your own spells and select a spell. Make it so you only use up 1 Magicka and the spell is on "Self". Name the spell and create it. Do this with all the other types of magic based skills then make them all on "Self", including Destruction. If you used a Drain spell, when you use it on yourself it may appear you took damage but you do not, because you drain it from yourself to yourself. Cast the spells all the time when you are walking around or whenever possible. Your skills will increase quickly without having to wait between spellcastings. Note: This trick will only work if the spells are cast on "Self". Spells do not count towards experience unless they have an effect on something.

Note: Instead of constantly casting the spell manually, enable the "StickyKeys" option in the "Windows Accessibility Options" section of the Windows XP Control Panel. Bind "Cast" to [Ctrl], [Alt], or [Shift]. Tap whichever key that you have bound one time while in-game to cast the spell indefinitely.

Hint: Easy skill bonuses:
Complete all the Mage Guild Recommendation Quests to gain access to the Arcane University. Create a Fortify Skill 100 spell that lasts for a few seconds on self for Mercantile and/or Armorer. With the Mercantile spell, cast it in front of a merchant, activate them, and you will be able to invest 500 gold at their store without being a Master in Mercantile. In addition, you can drive harder bargains. For Armorer, cast the spell and then equip an Armorer's Hammer. Your hammer can be used infinitely without being a Master Armorer. You cannot, however, repair magical items without having legitimately reached the Journeyman Armorer level. Similar spells can be created for other attributes and/or skills: Personality and Speechcraft for raising people's dispositions, Security for picking any lock, etc.

Hint: Easy Acrobatic experience:
To gain easy Acrobatic experience, just jump around everywhere you go. You can gain many levels just by jumping while moving to other destinations.

Find a place with a low roof or ceiling, or get on top of something to make the ceiling or roof closer to you. Start jumping repeatedly and you will hit the ceiling or roof and come down from fast. This allows you to jump at very fast speeds depending on how close you are to the ceiling or roof.

Hint: Easy Alchemy experience:
Steal a mortar and pestle. Steal a lot of food items and turn them into potions. It should not take too long before you reach the Master Of Alchemy level.

Hint: Easy Armorer experience:
There is a woman named Arvena Thelas in the town of Anvil who has four rats in her basement (the same as the first Fighter's Guild quest). If your level is high enough that rats do not cause you significant damage, you can break into her house, annoy the rats by punching them (or casting drain fatigue spells if your punch is too strong), then letting all four rats attack you while you just cast an occasional heal spell. This is also useful for raising your Block skill, and is much easier than repeatedly causing summoned monsters to attack you.

Gain access to the Arcane University. Go to where you make spells and make a spell that damages armor and put it on "self." Use the "Duplicate items" glitch on repair hammers then just cast and repair to get the skill up.

Finish the final Umbacano mission using the option of giving him the fake crown. After the mission is complete, take the crown off his corpse. The crown is broken and does not have a health percentage. Buy many hammers and keep repairing it. Because it has no health you can repair it an unlimited amount of times, raising your Armorer skill quickly.

Hint: Easy Athletics experience:
Get an enchanted amulet, ring, or other item you can enchant with Water Breathing. Make sure it is a constant effect. Equip the item with Water Breathing then jump in some water. Swim to the bottom and just keep swimming into the floor. Your Athletics will greatly increase in five minutes.

Hint: Easy Blade experience:
Use the following trick to master your Blade skill quickly. Go to the Imperial Waterfront then go directly south from there. After awhile you should find a place called Faregyl Inn. Once inside, talk to Alix Lencolia. He will master your Blade skill. Note: You hould have at least 9,000 gold, but you do not have to do it all at once.

Hint: Easy Combat experience:
Use the following trick for an easy Strength Bonus modifier and Combat experience. Go to the Imperial City Market District near the gate to the central circular plaza where there are ramps leading down to a pond area. Stand in the water at the base of the ramp (not submerged or you cannot conjure). Face up the ramp and summon skeleton conjuration magic. It will summon behind you in the water. If it is on the ramp in front of you just push it in the water. The skeleton will not fight back while submerged in the water. Buy a very basic weapon of each class and set the difficulty to very hard. Raise your hand-to-hand, blade, and blunt skill by ten levels in total, not each one. Then rest at the Merchants Inn. It helps if you include two of these skills as your major skills. Each level you will get the +5 strength modifier, and can easily get to 100 Strength within the first ten levels if you start the game with summon skeleton. Try this trick with other more powerful summon monsters for later levels. This is also an easy way to build conjuration and if you have the patience and arrows, Marksman experience.

Hint: Easy Conjuration experience:
Near the town of Bruna, go east, southeast. If you reach The Red Ruby Cave you went too far. You will need to go back west slightly. You should see a shrine, that will once activated, will give you Conjuration points as well as a temporary bound weapon and/or greaves. You can keep activating the shrine every 24 hours. Wait in front of it for 24 hours, then activate it again. Repeat this as many times as desired.

Medieval II: Total War

Published by Sega
Developed by Creative Assembly
Released 2006
Genre Strategy

Description :

This game takes place during the Middle Ages starting in the year 1080. There are 17 different cultures in the known world. Your goal is to bring the culture of your choice to world domination in the course of 500 years - through the High Middle Ages through the Late Middle Ages until the Renaissance, complete with the exploration of America.

Like Rome: Total War you manage your cities and move around your units on a world map in a turn-based mode to conquer new cities or defeat enemies threatening your land. You always need to watch after your people to avoid them get angry with you and start a revolution. You also need to fulfill goals set by your religious leader like going on a crusade for the Pope.

When a battle starts and you do not want the CPU to calculate the ending, the game switches to a full 3D battlefield where you command your units as squads in real-time. There you need to use tactics like sending the cavalry into the nearby woods for a surprise attack at the enemies' flanks and make use of the overall terrain like high grounds, which are good for bowman to overcome the enemy. You also have to conquer enemy castles or successfully defend yours.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 8
3D Accelerator

Trivia :

• Medieval II: Total War was named #8 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007)
  

Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Type one of the following case-sensitive codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Give city more population	add_population
Give any trait your faction can have to a specific general1	give_trait
Give ancillary to specific general	give_ancillary
Anything in city's building queue built automatically	process_cq
Get indicated amount of gold	add_money
Toggles fog of war	toggle_fow
Press Auto Retaliate button to automatically wins; enter code at the battle scroll	auto_win
Reset stuck character	character_reset
Show current coordinates	show_cursorstat
Move object	move_character
Elephant Artillery to selected city or unit	rogan
Elephant Rocketeer to selected city or unit	vindaloo
Elephants to selected city or unit	madras
Mercenary Monster Bombard to selected city or unit	istanbul
Mercenary Monster Ribault to selected city or unit	george
Mercenary Rocket Launcher to selected city or unit	houston

1. The code does seem to work for characters with a second name. However, you can select the character on the campaign map, then type for example, give_trait this "GoodCommander" 5 or whatever desired trait. This also works for the give_ancillary code.

Traits:

Use the following entries with the give_trait code. Note: Some of these can be accompanied with a "level number", usually ranging from 1 to 5, giving additional bonuses (or penalties).

AcademyTrained
AdoredByPope
AgentPiety
Anger
Arse
AssassinsGuildMember
AssassinsGuildTrained
Austere
Authoritarian
BadAmbusher
BadArtilleryCommander
BadAttacker
BadDenouncer
BadDiplomacy
BadGunpowderCommander
BadMerchant
BadPrincess
BadRiskyDefender
BadSiegeDefender
BadTaxman
BattleChivalry
BattleDread
BigotWoman
Bishop
Bloodthirsty
Brave
BraveDiplomat
BraveWoman
CaptorChivalry
CaptorDread
Cardinal
Cheapskate
ChivalryLegacy
ColdWoman
ContentGeneral
Corrupt
Corrupted
Coward
CrusaderHistory
Cuckold
Cultured
Cursed
Deranged
DesperateWoman
Despoiler
Disciplinarian
DiscontentGeneral
DivineProtection
Divorced
Dogmatic
Doomsayer
DreadLegacy
DykeWoman
EasternWarlord
EducatedWoman
Energetic
ExRebel
Exheir
ExoticTastes
ExpensiveTastes
FactionKiller
Factionheir
Factionleader
FairProsecutor
FairWoman
FaithfulWoman
FamousPirate
FathersLegacy
Fearscatholic
Fearsheretic
Fearsislam
Fearsorthodox
Fearspagan
Fearsslave
Fearstimurids
Fearsturks
Fearsvenice
Feck
Fertile
FertileWoman
ForcedReligious
Genocide
Girls
GloriousFool
GoodAdministrator
GoodAmbusher
GoodAssassin
GoodArtilleryCommander
GoodAttacker
GoodCommander
GoodDefender
GoodDenouncer
GoodDiplomacy
GoodGunpowderCommander
GoodMerchant
GoodMiner
GoodPrincess
GoodRiskyAttacker
GoodRiskyDefender
GoodSiegeAttacker
GoodSpy
GoodTaxman
Gregarious
GrowingConviction
Haemophobic
HaleAndHearty
Handsome
HarshWoman
HasAdultress
HashashinsGuildMember
Hatescatholic
Hatesheretic
Hatesislam
Hatesorthodox
Hatespagan
Hatesslave
Hatesturks
Hatesvenice
HighPersonalSecurity
HorseRacer
HumbleWoman
Hypochondriac
IAmPope
IAmPrincess
IndecisiveAttacker
Infertile
InfertileWoman
InquisitorFailure
Insane
InspiringSpeaker
Intelligent
Introvert
JaguarWarlord
JihadHistory
LaxPersonalSecurity
LegalDealer
Lewd
Loyal
LoyaltyStarter
MarriedAPrincess
MerchantEnemies
MerchantsGuildMember
MerchantsGuildTrained
Missionary
Monopolist
Multilingual
NaturalAssassinSkill
NaturalDiplomatSkill
NaturalHereticSkill
NaturalInquisitorSkill
NaturalMerchantSkill
NaturalMilitarySkill
NaturalPriestSkill
NaturalPrincess
NaturalSpySkill
NaturalWitchSkill
NightBattleCapable
Noctophobia
Objective
OpenMinded
PassionateWoman
Peaceful
Perverted
PopesEnforcer
Pragmatic
PretentiousWoman
PrettyWoman
PriestLevel
Prim
PublicAtheism
Purifier
RansomChivalry
RansomDread
ReligionStarter
ReligiousActivity
ReligiousInactivity
ReligiousIntolerance
ReligiousMerchant
ReligiousTolerance
RhetoricSkill
Righteous
Sane
SecretlyFemale
SecureMerchant
SecurityMerchant
Senile
ServesSelfMerchant
ShadyDealer
Skill
Slothful
Sobriety
SpiritedWoman
StrategyChivalry
StrategyDread
StrickenSerious
StrickenSilly
StrongFaith
Subjective
Superstitious
TheologiansGuildMember
TheologiansGuildTrained
ThievesGuildMember
ThievesGuildTrained
TimidWoman
TolerantWoman
TooOldToFight
TouchedByTheGods
TourneyKnight
UglyWoman
UnchasteWoman
UnfairProsecutor
Unwrath
VapidWoman
WaningConviction
Warmonger
WaveringFaith
WifeIsBarren
WifeIsBitch
WifeIsCharming
WifeIsFertile
WifeIsHorrid
WifeIsNoble
WifeIsWise
Woman
WorldlyMerchant
Wrath
Xenophilia

DEFCON: Everybody Dies

Published by Valve Corporation
Developed by Introversion Software
Released 2006
Genre Simualtion, Strategy

Description :

The world is on the brink of Armageddon. A full-scale global thermonuclear war has broken out, and as a general in a bunker somewhere, you must direct your offensive and defensive systems to nuke your opponents. Nobody wins, but maybe you can lose the least. Everybody dies.

DEFCON is an online multiplayer strategy game, but it can also be played in a singleplayer mode. Players place units, such as missile silos, airbases and radar dishes, on their territorial maps, and the game counts down from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1, during which time the players are to make strategic choices to eliminate their opponents without losing too much themselves.

The gameplay is shown on a large world map and the action is represented by icons and lines reminiscent of the drawing style of their two previous games: Darwinia and Uplink.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 98
Min.RAM 128 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0
CDROM Speed 16X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet
Offline Players 1-6
Online Players 6
3D Accelerator

Cheats:

No cheats yet.

Neverwinter Nights 2

Published by Atari Inc.
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment
Released 2006
Genre Adventure, RPG

Description :

This is a sequel to Neverwinter Nights , brought to you by Obsidian. The game uses AD&D 3.5 edition rules. As its predecessor, it comes with a multi-player feature and a tool-set that allows you to create your own campaign.

The game is set in Forgotten Realms, in the area around City of Neverwinter. The player has again the opportunity to play as a number of different races, but this time you can play as sub-races too - want to play a sexy drow, or does a naive wood elf suit more to your fancy, or perhaps a duergar will satisfy your lust, or even a tiefling if you bend that way.

The young hero of the game lives in the tiny village West Harbor with his (or her) foster father Daeghun. One day the village is attacked. Your friends are killed, and you barely survive. This is your first confrontation with a mysterious evil that threatens to take over Forgotten Realms. You must now travel to the big cities and to search for clues...

Unlike its predecessor (and similarly to classic Infinity Engine RPGs), party members will join you, and you'll be able to control their actions in battles. As you manipulate, influence, seduce and fight your way through the game, you will see terrible consequences to your actions - made a party member fall in love with you? Watch as he foolishly sacrifices himself for you. Angered some important noble? Watch as she is going to screw you badly over the course of the campaign.

The biggest novelty after all the shiny graphic effects, influence system and the diplomatic twist, is the new stronghold system - hire people from around the world to work in your castle, you`ll get your own tavern with dancing girls, to boot. The only bad thing about the whole affair is that sometimes your enemies want to play Helm's Deep with you and your stronghold.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 1GB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 32
3D Accelerator


Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Type DebugMode 1 (case-sensitive) to enable cheat mode. Then enter one of the following case-sensitive codes at the console window to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Note: For some international versions, hold [Shift] then quickly press ~ followed by ? to display the console window.

Effect	Code
20 in all stats, new sword, cannot level	irolltwenties
Gain indicated amount of gold1	dm_givegold
Get indicated spell	givespell
Change indicated amount of experience points; use negative number to remove experience points	givexp
Add indicated feat to selected character	givefeat <2-500>
Spawn indicated item	giveitem
God mode2	dm_god
Set Charisma to indicated number on selected character	SetCHA
Set Constitution to indicated number on selected character	SetCON
Set Dexterity to indicated number on selected character	SetDEX
Set Strength to indicated number on selected character	SetSTR
Set Intelligence to indicated number on selected character	SetINT
Set Wisdom to indicated number on selected character	SetWIS
Use the camera with better scrolling	dm_unlockcamera
Polymorph controlled character into different creature	polymorph
Remove the indicated feat	removefeat
De-level character if experience points is near 0	resetlevels
Move one point towards evil	rs ga_alignment(-1,0)
Move one point towards chaos	rs ga_alignment(-1,1)
Move one point towards good	rs ga_alignment(1,0)
Move one point towards law	rs ga_alignment(1,1)
Raise influence level for that companion	rs ga_influence ()
Raise amount of party members you may have at once to six; default is 3 in Act 1 and 4 in Acts 2 and 3	rs ga_party_limit(6)
Advance time by indicated amount	rs ga_time_advance(<hours,minutes,seconds,ms>)
Simple influence editor in the form of a dialogue	rs kr_influence
Debug dialogue with option to open the party roster to switch party members in and out at any time	rs kr_roster_edit
Give character the appearance of the number in the "res ref" table in the "2da" appearance file	Set Appearance
Return polymorphed controlled character to normal.	Unpolymorph

1. Right click on a character first to give gold to that player.
2. Select each individual party member by right clicking on their portrait one at a time and enter this code for each one. You can slip out of God mode after traveling to certain locations or after certain scripted sequences.

Character influence:
Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Type DebugMode 1 (case-sensitive) to enable cheat mode. Use the following commands to affect your party members' influence. You must know their designation, thus the x and y. The following are the designations to ensure that they are 100% loyal to you. You should first select your character. In place of x and y, place the following numbers and your influence towards them will be 100.

Note: Influence is plot critical towards Chapter 3.

(1,150) Khelgar
(2,150) Neeshka
(3,150) Elanee
(4,150) Qara
(5,150) Sand
(6,150) Grobnar
(7,150) Casavir
(8,150) Bishop
(9,150) Shandra Jerro
(10,150) Construct
(11,150) Zhjaeve
(12,150) Ammon Jerro
(13,150) Bevil (if you invite him along to fight with you in Chapter 3)

FIFA 07

Published by EA Ltd.
Developed by EA Canada
Released 2006
Genre Sports

Description :

Enhancing the engine debuted with the and official 2006 world cup game, FIFA Soccer 07 includes enhanced ball and player collision physics and more player animations adding to the 16 trick moves and first touch ball reception introduced to the game engine with the previous games in the series. Players can choose between 2 and 10 minutes halves in three different game speeds and four different difficulty levels. 17 countries are included, along a "Rest of the World" for the best teams in championships left outside the game and international teams. Spain, England (with two), France, Germany and Italy also feature second divisions. Players can also create two clubs, customizing their badge, kits and home stadium, selecting players from anywhere in the game, along the starting budget in manager mode. The player creation tool remains mostly unchanged, with the ability to customize everything, from faces (with a complete set of options, from jaw width to eyebrow shape) to the appearance and playing abilities.

While the focus of this yearly update was on the game engine, the Manager mode was also enhanced: players now also improve their playing ability from being active members of the squad, forcing the player to choose between keeping his celebrated stars near retirement in the starting eleven, or give the benefits of the youth system a chance to shine. Another new feature, in what is now the primary mode of the series, is the ability to watch the game in a simplified text mode, with the ability to jump into action to turn the events still available. The points system was replaced by a less abstract currency model (with the ability to choose between Pounds, Euros or Dollars). Other game modes include Tournaments (including the creation of custom tournaments) and Challenges.

By completing challenges (similar to the Global Challenges mode in world cup 2006) the player can spend points in the Fanshop with items such as new teams, a special overhead camera, new balls from adidas (including all original World Cup balls from 1974 to 2002), stadiums, third kits and special celebrations for created players.

Finally, online gaming received a new mode: Interactive Leagues. These are online-only leagues based on the fixtures of their real counterparts (English Premier League, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga and Mexican 1st division). Then, online players go head -to-head with their favourite teams with a victory counting one vote for their favourite team. Once the week is over, the team with more votes is declared the winner of the week, getting three points. The number of weekly matches a player can do in this mode is unlimited.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1-8
Online Players 2
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Hint: Easy goals:
If you have the ball and are outside the area but not on your half, you can check on the map how far the keeper is off his line. Normally he is about two meters. You can lob him easily if you get the power correct.

Hint: Easy unlockable points:
Advance through the game modes and select Tournament mode. Select any cup tournament, as they tend to be shorter. Select the highest rated team or replace a team in the tournament with a highly rated team from another league. Advance to Tournament Central and quick sim all the games until you have won the tournament. You will be awarded unlockable points to spend.

Hint: Easy money:
No matter what team you are in Manager mode, buy the best free agents in the transfer market. Sell them during the same transfer market window so you do not have to pay the high salary. Because they are free to you, once you sell them you can get the added millions to your bank account.

Hint: Preview unlockables:
Purchase unlockable items without saving your profile. After testing items, simply reload your profile to re-acquire the unlockable points. By using this technique you can unlock and test all the unlockables in the game.

Hint: Finding Giovanni Dos Santos:
You can find Giovanni Dos Santos in Barcelona's reserve list. Even though he is only 69 overall you can edit his stats and make him as good as Ronaldinho. You will then have two of the best midfielder's in the game.

Hint: Cheaper players:
This trick works in Manager mode when you are changing teams at the end of a season. At the end of the season when you are asked whether or not to renew certain players' contracts, choose not to renew the contracts of your favorite or best players (the ones you want on your new team). When you arrive at the new team and the transfer period starts, the players will be free agents, allowing you to transfer them without paying millions in fees and allowing you to re-negotiate the contract to fit your new team.

Hint: Easy win:
Play with the 3-4-3 combination. You will hardly lose any matches, even if you quicksim them.

Hint: Manager mode:
When starting a new Manager mode, select Arsenal. Remove some of the players that you think will not play in your lineup. You will always succeed. Always refresh the contract with a salary much lower than he gets. Do not to go too low or the deal between you and the player will fail.

Try the following team in 4-4-2 formation.

GK: Cech
RB: Daniel Alves
CB: John Terry
CB: Ledley King
LB: Gihel Clichy
RM: Shaun Wright Philips
CM: Kim Kallstrom
CM: Frank Lampard
LM: Stuart Downing
CF: Shevchenko
CF: Sammy Eto'o

Substitutes
GK: Shay Given
DF: Steven Taylor
CM: Joe Cole
CM: Freddy Adu
CF: Peter Crouch

Try the following team in 4-4-2 formation.

GK: Dida
RB: Rio Ferdinand
CB: Allesandro Nesta
CB: Carles Puyol
LB: Roberto Carlos
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo
CM: Michael Ballack
CM: Deco
LM: Ronaldinho
CF: Hernan Crespo
CF: Wayne Rooney

Substitutes
DF: Fabio Cannavaro
CM: Kaka
CM: Beckham
CF: Shevchenko

Try signing the following players.

Yohann Gourcuff (Milan)
Marek Jankulovski (Milan)
Kris Boyd (Rangers)

In Manager mode the best defenders to buy are Sergio Ramos and Richards . The best midfielders to buy are Fabregas, Vincente, Robben or Ronaldo. The best strikers to buy are Walcott, Bojinov, Messi, Rooney and Kalou. The best goalkeepers to buy is Casillas and Frison.

GK-Casillas (91 ovr)
LB: Gaêl Clichy (86 ovr)
CB: Sergio Ramos (93 ovr)
CB: Phillipe Senderos (92 ovr)
RB: Micah Richards (85 ovr)
LM: Vincente (93 ovr)
CM: Cesc Fabregas (93 ovr)
CM: Nuri Sahin (84 ovr)
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo (93 ovr)
ST: Valeri Bojinov (92 ovr)
ST: Lional Messi (93 ovr)

Substitutes
GK: Alberto Frison (84 ovr)
DF: Steven Taylor (85 ovr)
DF: Johan Djourou (84 ovr)
MF: Arjen Robben (92 ovr)
MF: John Obi Mikel (82 ovr)
ST: Theo Walcott (85 ovr)
ST: Wayne Rooney (95 ovr)

Try this team in Manager mode with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

GK: Victor Valdes (Barcelona)
RCB: Gary Neville (Manchester United)
CB: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
LCB: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
RWM: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
CDM: Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
CAM: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
LWM: Vicente (Valencia)
RF: Carlos Tevez (Corinthians)
LF: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
ST: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Substitues
Guissepe Rossi (Man United)
Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
Freddy Adu (DC United)
Solouman Kalou (Chelsea)

Use the following players in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation.

GK: Buffon (Juventus)

Defense
J. Terry (Chelsea) (Captain)
R. Marquez (Barcelona)
Puyol (Barcelona)
Roberto Carlos (R. Madrid)

Midfielders
C. Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Kaka (AC Milan)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
Deco (Barcelona)

Attackers
Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)
V. Nistelrooy (R. Madrid

Substitutes
O. Kahn (B. Munich)
H.Crespo (Inter Milan)
S. Eto'o (Barcelona)
Requelme (Valencia)
Pirlo (AC Milan)

This is good team with low cash requirements. Many players come from Portugal but they are good players and not very expensive with the exemption of Anderson Polga.

GK: Pedro Roma
LB: Melchiot
CB: Anderson Polga
CB: Miguel Veloso
RB: Léo
LM: Karyaka
CM: Rodrigo Fabri
CM: Mineiro
RM: Kerlon
ST: Zoko
ST: Simon Yeo

Although these players stats are low in season one, their player growth goes up to 90+ and will be some of the best players in the world after three or four seasons.

LB: Gareth Bale (Southhampton)
RB: Micah Richards (Manchester City)
CB: Gerard (Pique )
CB: Juarez Valdez (Barcelona)
CAM: Giovanni Dos Santos (Barcelona)
ST: Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
ST: Sturridge (Manchester City)

In Manager mode, there is a very good player named Goeke who can be a very rare find. He is German and his overall is 99 from the third season. He also lasts the entire 15 years and stays at 99. If you get Theo Walcott and are lucky enough to have Goeke, you will have the two best strikers on the game who last to the end. However Walcott gets to 99 usually about Season 10. Although this is awhile to wait, he can still score from anywhere and is also quick.