Popmatters writes:
"Strategy and unit command games can either succeed on their combat or their personality. In fact, you can sometimes have one and not the other and still get by. Anyone who remembers Relic's Impossible Creatures will know what I'm talking about. That game had a play style that made Elven Legacy's look polished and accomplished; yet, I enjoyed it a good deal, thanks to its innovative, inventive unit splicing system. Good strategy games mix great gameplay with a moderately diverting world while the best settle for nothing less than interesting, fleshed out worlds.
Elven Legacy never impresses itself on you seriously. Long after you've completed it, the most you'll be able to remember about it is how bad the writing was. Maybe there's a glimmer of interesting experiences to be had in this game, somewhere deep inside. To find it, you're going to have to look long and hard."
Stardock has released the top ten sellers list for Impulse for the week ending on July 31.
Asad Quadri of The Koalition.com Writes: Hey there it's me Asad Quadri, better known as TheExMachina from the Koalition forums. This is my first article called "Under the Radar" where I talk about games from this generation which I feel may have been overlooked and unnoticed due to more mainstream games taking up the spotlight. While we all enjoy "PWNING TEH NOOBS" in a friendly, violent and frenzied deathmatch in Modern Warfare 2, or "CHOPING UP ALL TEH UGLY LOCUST WITH TEH LANCER" in Horde mode in Gears of War 2, there are games out there which offer something different.
Something perhaps you've never tried before and something which offers just as much playability and entertainment as the majority of the mainstream products. In this article, I talk about a turn-based strategy game called Elven Legacy, from publishers Paradox Interactive and developers 1C Company. I am enjoying this game very much as it provides something different to other mainstream titles out there. It's a great way to be introduced to more sophisticated wargames, as the gameplay is easy enough for beginners to learn, but challenging enough for even the most hardened turn-based war veteran. If you are up for something different, fun and exigent, then Elven Legacy could be right up your street.
The Game Guys have officially opened up voting for the 2nd Annual Game Guys' Gamers' Choice Awards. Everybody who votes is entered into a contest to win one of five system-specific prize packs. Each prize pack contains two system-specific games and one accessory, except for the PC prize pack which contains three PC games.
Is it sad that I care less about the actual voting than I do winning the free games?
