Boomtown: "Although the graphics are pretty poor and do look like something from the PS2, some of the animation is quite good, with some amusement coming when the patients are being treated. I have to admit, there were several occasions where treatments made me chuckle.
Overall the game is very simple to pick up and play, but it's this simplicity that is the game's downfall. It quickly becomes repetitive, and there are several aspects of the game that will frustrate. The game does become a challenge further on into the game, but by then you've seen it all before and had enough. One good thing did come from this game though. I went and played Theme Hospital for the first time in ages."
It's also the seventh day of Christmas which hails the seventh instalment of Electronic Theatre's The Twelve Games of Christmas series, a twelve day long feature that aims to bring you the very best releases of 2009. We strive to give you a better idea of what to look out for in 2010's January sales each day, and today is the turn of July 2009, and we look back to the height of the summer at what were the best titles available.
Avault writes: "Handheld systems have long been the perfect remedy for whiling away a long wait – whether it be in those Black Friday lines as we chase down the last copy of New Super Mario Bros., or at our local health clinic as we look to procure that life-saving substance that will ward off this season's media emboldened Big Bad – the H1N1 virus. What better way to kill the hours spent suffering through an interminable hospital wait than by guiding ourselves through a virtual medical drama – the salve that the game designers at GameInvest have concocted in their latest release, Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward."
Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward is a best selling PC game. With the worlds Health Service also in the news, DS-x2.com claims that it is a complete coincidence that yet another game allowing you to see just how well you could run a large organization hits the review-shelves today. DS-x2.com's Andrew made sure his stethoscope was warm and pooped the cart in his DS...
