Game+Recommendations

=Game Recommendations= If you are having a hard time deciding on a game to use for your Entertainment Game Review assignment, the following list of games could be helpful. //Note: In a lot of cases the free demo will provide enough playtime to evaluate the game for the assignment.//

Portal
//(or Portal 2)// Platform: Mac/Windows via Steam, PS3, XBox 360 Price: Free demo; Full game $14.99 via Steam ESRB Rating: Teen - Blood, Mild Violence

Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay. The game is designed to change the way players approach, manipulate, and surmise the possibilities in a given environment. Players must solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and themselves, through space. Portal also includes an excellent 'Developer Commentary' feature, with audio recordings of the game designers talking about how various game challenges were specifically designed to facilitate learning.

Civilization V
//(or any earlier version)// Platform: Mac/Windows via Steam Price: Free demo; Full game $49.99 via Steam ESRB Rating: Everyone - Drug Reference, Mild Language, Mild Violence, Online Interactions and Music

Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age: Wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, go head-to-head with some of history’s greatest leaders and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known.

Bioshock
//(Or any later version)// Platform: Windows via Steam, Mac, PS3, XBox 360 Price: Free demo; Full game varies ESRB Rating: Mature - Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language

Set in an alternate history 1960, the game places the player in the role of a plane crash survivor named Jack, who must explore the underwater city of Rapture, and survive attacks by the mutated beings and mechanical drones that populate it. The game incorporates elements found in role-playing and survival games and received overwhelmingly positive reviews, which praised its "morality-based" storyline, immersive environment and Ayn Rand-inspired dystopian back-story.

Guitar Hero/Rock Band
//(any version of either)// Platform: Windows, Mac, PS3, XBox 360, Wii Price: Full game varies ESRB Rating: Teen - Lyrics, Mild Suggestive Themes

The Guitar Hero series is a series of music video games in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing lead, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar across numerous rock music songs. Players match notes that scroll on-screen to colored fret buttons on the controller, strumming the controller in time to the music in order to score points, and keep the virtual audience excited.

World of Warcraft
Platform: Mac/Windows Price: Free 10-day trial; Full game and monthly subscription varies ESRB Rating: Teen - Blood and Gore, Crude Humor, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence

World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online fantasy role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. With more than 12 million subscribers as of October 2010, World of Warcraft is currently the world's most-subscribed MMORPG, and holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.

Eve Online
Platform: Windows, Mac via Steam Price: Free 14-day trial; Full game and monthly subscription varies ESRB Rating: Teen - Violence

Eve Online is a player-driven persistent-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in a science fiction space setting. Players pilot customizable ships through a universe comprising over 7,500 star systems. Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of stargates. The star systems can contain several phenomena including, but not limited to: moons, planets, stations, wormholes, asteroid belts and complexes.