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Set during a time of free love, new ideas, communism, and bra burning, Destroy All Humans! 2 re-creates the sci-fi genre of the 1960s with dialogue, characters, and culture that includes hippies, the cold war, girls in poodle skirts, guys in letter jackets, and secretive "G-Men."

Square Enix's follow-up to its dragon-riding action game takes place 18 years after the events chronicled in the original Drakengard. Players will command a party of heroes in a series of land-based battles and shooter-style aerial assaults atop dragon mounts. The main protagonist is Nowe, a young knight who joins forces with a red dragon named Legna in a quest to defeat a tyrannical army known as the Crimson Knights. The party will grow to four characters as the game progresses, each offering distinct weapons and abilities, but only one hero can be controlled at any given time. Drakengard 2 includes more role-playing elements than found in its action-oriented predecessor, as players will be able to enhance their character's attributes, weapons, and items by visiting towns and speaking with vendors. Fans of the original game will also engage in more boss battles, master a new combo system during ground encounters, and advance through more than 90 missions divided into 12 chapters.

Shadow Man, based on the Acclaim Comics series of the same name, lurks onto the Nintendo 64 platform with an unusually massive, in-depth, and graphically intense experience for fans of creepier gaming experiences. This single-player, third-person 3-D action adventure packs a well-scripted story, massive nonlinear levels, intuitive player controls, and wonderfully horrific graphics.
Players assume the role of Shadow Man, an immortal voodoo warrior who wanders the Deadside, a mix of grand gothic architecture melded into a fleshy landscape. Seems that some of the otherworldly forces are determined to bring about Armageddon up on Earth and, naturally, it's up to Shadow Man to hunt down the undead culprits. The majority of the game focuses on negotiating physical challenges, such as jumping over ravines and swimming through caverns, defeating a variety of enemies, activating buttons and levers that allow access to new areas, and then repeating the process in a new level. Redundant? Not at all. Well-designed levels encourage players to keep driving through the game, and enemies inherently surprise the player when least expected. This is a long game, requiring up to 70 hours to complete, but those prepared for an intense gaming experience will enjoy the journey.

The award-winning Max Payne franchise put players in the role of Max Payne, a hard-boiled New York City detective with a penchant for violence, out to avenge the death of his family. The latest installment delivers more of the classic elements and hyper-intense action that fans have come to love, while moving the story of Max in a new direction.

Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Double-crossed and a long way from home, Max is now trapped in a city full of violence and bloodshed, using his weapons and instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out.