Enigma: Rising Tide

Platform: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP

In this exciting naval warfare simulation, players can command surface ships or submarines in an action-packed 3D setting.

You can play Enigma: Rising Tide either in stand-alone single-player mode with a choice of 100 distinct missions, or in multi-player mode with naval battles against other players online.

The game offers a realistic ocean environment, dynamic weather conditions, good graphics, film-quality soundtrack and a compelling storyline as a backdrop to the various campaigns and missions.

You can deploy the full panoply of naval weaponry, including deck guns, torpedoes and depth charges.

As you evade deadly torpedo aircraft and enemy wolf packs or stalk merchant vessels from the deep, you can communicate with your team-mates in encrypted chat channels.

Enigma: Rising Tide is easy to learn and boasts a fully hands-free gameplay capability with a built-in voice-command system.

When you take up this game, you are not restricted to the basic package. Every three months following release, you get free expansions to the game, including new vessels, additional features and dramatically enhanced gameplay.

Animal Crossing

Platform: GameCube

The unique and zany Animal Crossing allows players to interact with a virtual village of animals who are doing something different every minute of every day.

As you become acquainted with the various creatures, you take on various quests and challenges which are inventive, clever and non-violent.

One of your tasks is to collect furnishings and other items in order to personalize your environment and create a virtual world of your own.

Gamers can also load their personalized character from a memory card onto a friend’s Animal Crossing game and visit that friend’s unique village.

With its 24-hour clock, the game’s unique events change dynamically with real time. As day turns to night in the real world, the sun also begins to set in the game. Seasons change and special events occur in real time, too.

This creates a charming unpredictability to the game. Playing it at one time of the day will yield different outcomes to playing it at another time.

James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing

Platform: PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC.

In James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, the world’s greatest secret agent is back for his fifth interactive adventure.

Returning as James Bond is Pierce Brosnan, whose cyber-scanned likeness and voice are used in the character. Other characters include a bevy of Bond girls and some old and new Bond villains.

Once again, the world is in dire peril and, as Bond, you must use your physical ability, bold personality and sheer panache to save the day.

When tackling your enemies, you have a multitude of options, from direct combat to clever subterfuge. Using clever Bond-style tactics to outsmart the bad guys will reward you with special enhancements, including Q-Lab gadgetry.

Your adventures take you to exotic locales on four continents, including the Valley of the Kings in Egypt and the French Quarter in New Orleans.

New features in this game include two-player co-op missions and four-player multi-player arena modes, all set in third person views and featuring multiple playable characters.

You can savour the action from a new third-person perspective that shows the Hollywood movie cast playing out an authentic real-time cinematic Bond adventure.

Battlestar Galactica

Platform: PS2, Xbox

Battlestar Galactica is a story-driven space action-adventure that takes place at the end of the Cylon-Colonial Wars, 40 years before the setting of the original popular TV series.

The enemy Cylons, under their sinister emperor, are intent on wiping out the human race.

In the game, you assume the role of the intrepid young ensign, William Adama, in his critical first assignment as a pilot aboard the great warship Battlestar Galactica. It is the turning point of the war and also the making of a hero.

You get to pilot a wide array of ships, from sleek Vipers to heavy bombers, and to undertake numerous defensive, assault, escort, infiltration and reconnaissance missions. You improve your rank and gain the command of up to three wingmen as you increase your experience and skills in combat.

You have ample opportunity to do this as you engage various classes of Cylon vessels, including Raiders and Marauders, in epic battles,

Battlestar Galactica is set in a dazzlingly authentic universe with superb graphics and a movie-quality soundtrack.