Advantages: cheapest i could find with UK online retailer Disadvantages: open box item
...REVIEW FOR ASUS M4A78 PRO purchased from LUCMOS.CO.UK
PROS: Built in video (VGA, HDMI, DVI), fiber optic out, RAID 0,1,5,10, JBOD; capable of locating and flashing bios under windows; 6 SATA slots, potential of 12 USB; 3 PCI slots handy to recycle various cards from old computer (ie old TV card)
CONS: Bios only partially recognizes my Microsoft wireless photo keyboard set (mouse, not keyboard); Utilizing the optical out blocks one USB out (TOO CLOSE TOGETHER), No Firewire inputs on board (yet STILL with COM1 and floppy inputs?!)
Other Thoughts: This was an open box item for 65 quid all in which Lucmpos indicates will not ship with the full complement of stuff, but I was expecting the I/O backing to at least cover up the back of my tower for this system of outputs...Alas, no. This baby shipped with just the board and non else...
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Advantages: Career mode now permits exploration of levels, sound and gameplay Disadvantages: Graphics, not that you'll mind
...Having played a couple of the Tony Hawk games I was beginning to think that more of the same couldn't possibly be entertaining. It turns out I was wrong.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 turned out to be my favourite Tony Hawk game so far. It's quite easy to get into and the areas around which you perform tricks seem much more detailed than in previous games. There are nine areas each with sixteen goals in career mode. The difficulty goes higher than TH3. The career mode has been improved with the removal of the time limit to find goals so you're now free to explore the areas. It's a combination of the old career and free skate modes.
The controls are roughly the same which is fine as they weren't in need of improvement. The lasting appeal of the game is quite substantial as due to the size of the levels there is plenty to explore...
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Advantages: Still The Number 1 game in my book. Disadvantages: Not been updated much since pro evo 3.
...Some would say the best football game out, others argue that fifa still had the edge, one things for sure that if Pro evo 4 had better graphics and more licencing it would beet fifa 10-0.
Pro evo has been around for years, not as long as fifa however. I think personally that every time pro evo is re-released it is catching up on the fifa.
The problem this time around is that it has not been updated enough, they need to get licencing everyone that plays this game will know how annoying it is to get the game and have to update it or, sit there and play with teams where players names are so daft that they make no sence what so ever.
This game in my personal view is great, i know others disagree but then i think thats because they are playing the wrong game, or have a shrine to fifa, i know people that love fifa so much they dont...
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