NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup

Here is some more games to check out for the holidays. Plus one of them is already pushing the envelope for DX11 gaming.

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (PC)@ Elite Bastards

"If it's been a while since you touched a game like this, there's certainly something of a learning curve initially to readjust to the skills required to compete in your average DiRT 2 race, but once it all comes flooding back to you you'll soon find yourself enjoying the almost balletic juggling of brake and accelerator required to safely but quickly traverse each circuit. The track layouts themselves are certainly designed to get the adrenaline pumping - Quite brilliantly so at times, as you find yourself hanging mere inches from a sheer cliff face at times in the name of shaving a few fractions of a second of your lap time or to sneak past an opponent, and taking the word "dangerous" into a whole new league way beyond simply hitting a tree or wall on your way around the track. Once you get into some of the faster cars and find yourself faced with narrow, rock-lined tracks with huge drops around every other corner, nobody will blame you for finishing a race with sweating
palms and dilated pupils, such is the wonderful recreation of high speed that this game offers."  

Dragon Age: Origins Review (PC, PS3, 360) @ OCModShop

Bioware's new epic, dark fantasy RPG has been receiving a lot of attention lately. The game's marketing team has hit the internet hard and you would practically have to be blind to miss all the online ads for the game. This is a special case in which all the hype and pomp is very much deserved.