I really wanted to add another topic I was worried about for blogging. I was first going to say that I was disapointed that they had neglected their Xbox Community with no Orange Box updates in sight. However, I found today that they are in fact doing so after Left 4 Dead. So I thought I would complain about what "full multiplayer" standards should be. I decided to save it for a rainy day. So, at a loss for topics I finally found something that interested me. I downloaded the demo for Tom Clancy's End War. Boy am I impressed.

I was really skeptical on how this game would work. I thought it would be displayed from a birds eye view so I could see a good section of the battlefield. However, its much more zoomed in and very pretty looking. I tried the story mode and jumped straight to the mission after I configured my voice. I was suddenly thrown with all these commands and thinking that I would have no idea what half them meant. I was wrong here also. The game does a really good job at recognizing your voice and what you say. It also makes things easy to do. However, the single mission I played was really short. So I decided to give Live a try. That took too long to find a game for my interest so I started a single player skirmish. Which proved much more fun than the story. Here I got really into the game with only a few complaints.

There needs to be a an "All units" command so I can tell them to rendezvous at a location, retreat, or attack something. It seemed to not recognize what I say sometimes which wasn't a big deal as I'm sure it was because I wasn't speaking up. The only other complaint I have is that this game is in the future, not that far in the future, but it would of been nice to have some more futuristic units.

If you don't prefer the mic. Then you have the choice of using the controller. I never used this, but it looked a little harder to do. I imagine a very good player will be able to manage their troops while using the controller to manage other things or check things out. Making this a faster paced game.

Overall, the game was really fun to play. Micromanaging everything kept me busy the whole time until I lost the mission. If you never enjoyed Sim City or anything like that, this game might not be your cup of tea. However, I deeply enjoyed this experience and recommend this game to anyone who like war or simulation games.