Fancy 20 minutes of mesmerizing fun? If so, Chains is the game for you!
Attention-grabbing game play, cool music and funky graphics combine to make Chains a worthwhile download. The concept is simple - five levels where the aim is to link colored balls to achieve a goal such as connecting 15 in a row, maintaining the flow of a "river", or hitting a total of 331. There are three difficulty levels and even an option for colorblind players.
Chains has no slick animation or options for multiple players, but that doesn't mean that it is boring - far from it. Even though I was supposed to be testing, not playing, I kept going until the very end, and when it finished, I wanted more. The music, by Belgian band Silence, is very atmospheric, and the game play, which the makers tell us is physics-led, is exciting and strategic. Add that to the beautiful graphics and you have a captivating game that punches above its weight.
Call of Duty lets you play through 24 single-player missions in four interconnected campaigns: playing through D-Day, the Russian charge at Stalingrad and the Battle for Berlin. You can also play online against other players, taking the sides of either the Axis or Allies. United Offensive adds 13 new single-player missions, 11 new multiplayer maps and three new modes. When it was originally released for the Mac, Call of Duty was available only for PowerPC-based Macs, and it was only available for purchase on disc. This download release marks the first time the game has been developed to run natively on Intel-based Macs. Aspyr said it’s working on a Universal binary patch for the retail version of Call of Duty Deluxe as well. Call of Duty Deluxe Edition is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. System requirements call for Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.7, G5 or Intel 1.6GHz or faster, 256MB RAM, 2.5GB hard disk space, ATI Radeon 9800 or Nvidia GeForce 5200 or better 3D graphics (Intel integrated video chipsets not supported).
Call of Duty Deluxe Edition combines the original Call of Duty with its expansion pack, called United Offensive. Call of Duty is an award-winning first-person shooter that puts you in the front lines during World War II, in the European theater of operations.
