Everyone loves a snap judgment. Here are some of ours, after spending a few first hours with the newest games. Disclaimer: everything we say in Early Hours could turn out to be wrong. You have been warned.

Early Hours with... Silent Hill 2 You, sir, are no Silent Hill

Early Hours with... Rails across America (beta) Trains without frontiers

Black & White Peter Molyneux wants to mess with you
Crime Cities "Welcome to Hell." -Crime Cities manual, pg. 1
Kingdom under Fire 2 parts Warcraft, 1 part Diablo, 0 parts fun
EverQuest: The Scars of Velious Which finds our hero skating on the wrong kind of ice
Starfleet Command II New and improved and not ready for prime time!
Giants: Citizen Kabuto Something massive this way comes
American McGee's Alice As curious and as curious
Battle Isle: The Andosia War   Achtung! Bitte gebe Deine personliche Identifikationsnummer ein!
Sea Dogs   A dead man tells his tale
Hitman: Codename 47   L'homme Nikita
Sacrifice   Wanted: Third hand

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Konung The ants are giant, the ambition is small
America Worth about a handful of painted beads