I’ve got 3 PC game mini-reviews here. Granted it ain’t much for each game, but it covers my basic impressions.

Guild Wars - 6/10 - Enjoyable to a point. Easy to find groups, but provides an entirely lonely world compared to EQ, UO, WoW, etc. Almost every zone is instanced for you (and your group, if applicable) instead of just certain zones. That means, unless you’re in a big guild, you’re going to have very few people to chat with while playing. You’ll also spend a lot of time running through the same zones you’ve already fought through, and most if not all creatures are kos (EQ term, kill on sight, means they’ll attack you when you’re in range). That’s actually really annoying, since they don’t provide you with any experience if they’re low enough level. PvP might be more fun in this game, but I haven’t tried that yet. Hey, it has no monthly fee, so I won’t be cancelling at least.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 - 8/10 - Quite fun. I enjoy building my own rollercoasters, and then “riding” them. The interface is a tad cumbersome — I wish it worked more like SimCity’s — but it works OK. There’s a ton of micromangement, though. Like, you place an ATM machine, and then you have to “turn it on” after placement. Heh. There is an inspector “NPC” walking around the park to tell you when things aren’t working out well, at least. You can play in sandbox mode to avoid all of this.

Black and White 2 - ??/10 - Very slow. Barely runs on my laptop, which is above the minimum specifications. 5, maybe 10 frames per second at the lowest settings. The forums are recommending that you wait until more patches come out. Of course, just like B&W 1, the first patch broke save games. Who knows if future patches will. Didn’t give a score because I can’t play it as it is. Wish I could return this, but it appears Fry’s policy forbids returns of opened software. Whoops. :(

I realize these games have been out for a while, except perhaps BW2. I’m not sure how worthwhile it is to write about older games. It certainly makes sense for MMOGs, and I’d like to see the real reviewers write “followups” 6 months later, or at least let us know if the game held their interest. Maybe the reviews of older offline games would be good for a used game site or something.