Dads seem to love Tom Clancy. He's like an American version of Andy McNab, except he never actually experienced firsthand the stuff that he writes about - which is guns, spies, explosions and war. I've never read any of his stuff, although I did play some Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon on the original Xbox. Endwar definitely retains a lot of the feel of those games, and while you could slate him for any number of reasons it has to be acknowledged that the games bearing his name all have a huge amount of instantly recognisable atmosphere. Even when, like in this particular case, it's a real time strategy game. It's usual Clancy stuff, as far as ...  Read the complete review

I actually got Endwar as part of a magazine subscription, but I was looking to obtain this game anyway. Of Course to enjoy this game you need a headset, so with it plugged in I fired up the game, first thing you do is go through the voice tutorial, this shows you the basics of how to give the commands. I found this a good introduction to the commands, it would be nice to actually do this on the battlefield and its not clear if this tutorial is actually sampling your voice or if it is just a tutorial? Voice commands are simple enough, you pull the right trigger and state which unit, what command, then where. For Example, "Unit 1 attack hostile ...  Read the complete review

Tom Clancy games always seem to have that little touch of miltary genius. This one is no different. You start by commanding different tactical units to take, secure and hold points on this various different maps. A lot of the points you have to capture being gun emplacements and buildings of sorts. It has a good big list of tactical units to choose from, from light infantry to different types of tanks to helicopters. These can all be spawned during the game and if your units last long enough they can achieve different veteran ranks making them stronger. And if that wasn't enough, you can also command your units with voice command ...  Read the complete review

This is a real time strategy game for the Xbox 360. The unique thing about it is that it utilises voice control instead of the standard button control schemes. What this means is instead of controlling your troops with your controller... you do so with your voice! First thing to mention is that the game's voice control is NOT a gimmick. It works very well and is genuinely faster than using a controller. There's very little point in getting this game if you don't intend on using your headset. I've played this using the official Xbox wired headset and the official wireless one. Although the wireless headset is more comfortable, the wired was more sensitive ...  Read the complete review

Tom Clancy is renowned not only for his great books but the range of games associated with him. All of his work is focused around some kind of military theme. This ranges from Rainbow Six (in my opinion the best game in his range) to HAWX (a military flight sim). Endwar is a truly new piece unlike any of his other work. Endwar is a new type of strategy game that involves commanding units to control certain areas of a map. The unique aspect of this game is the fact that everything can be controlled via a head set and voice commands. This gives the game a great novelty factor and makes it stand out from all the other RTS games such as command and conquer. Also ...  Read the complete review