Need For Speed Carbon has been labeled several times by the consumers as “the best one of the series”.

Unlike the games prior to Need For Speed Underground, Need For Speed Carbon has an actual storyline. It takes up where Most Wanted left off.

Your coming up to the finish line at a high speed, it’s obvious you’ll win…..when suddenly a few weird energy blasts come out of nowhere immobilizing all the other cars. As police cars come around the corner and start arresting everybody, you quickly grab your winnings and leave with all haste. (more…)

The game is now installed and working. It’s definitely the best one yet. I’ll post a real review once I finish the game.

By the way, if any of you Windows XP users are having the installation quit with this error message, here’s the solution:

“With DVD in the disk drive, open My Computer.
Right-click your DVD drive and choose Explore.
Right-click Autorun.exe and choose Properties.
Select the Compatibility tab.
Click once in the box next to Run this program in compatibility mode for:
Select Windows 2000 from the drop down menu.
Apply changes.
Once you have set Autorun.exe to run in Windows 2000 mode, double-click Autorun.exe and the installation will start. Follow the instructions given and the game should install properly.” - EA Tech Support

Yeah, I’ve got a copy of the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game (which came out yesterday).

The problem? I can’t install it. Though my computer exceeds the system requirements, it won’t let me.

The installer launches, I type in the serial number, then I get to the EULA page (which is blank for some reason). I click “Accept”, despite the EULA not coming up. The installer closes with the following error:

What the heck? I have DirectX 9.0c! I try reinstalling DirectX. No change. No matter what I do, the installer halts before it even gets a chance to copy any files.

Currently I’m waiting for a reply from EA’s tech support guys.

MasterTheMagic.com, the site for EA Games’ Harry Potter games, has been updated for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game. To be released on June 25th, the game will undoubtedly be the best of the Harry Potter games….and one of the best games this year.

The site now includes info about the game (and the different platforms), screenshots, desktop backgrounds, and a few other things.