In the past few years, computers have caught up to video games in the sports genre. With 3-D video cards becoming standard equipment in PCs, computers have surpassed the video console’s graphics. Even with my old Pentium 200 MMX, sporting a 4 MB PCI video card, Microsoft’s NFL Fever 2000 looks and feels great. But the commentary leaves a lot to be desired.

The game ran a little choppy initially on my machine running software 3-D, but improved when I activated my video card. The game doesn’t miss a frame on a Pentium II and is as fluid as an NFL television broadcast.

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The back of the Odium box promised that the game play was a cross between X-COM and Fallout, two games I really love and continue to pull out, reinstall and play. I had my reservations about it being the best of both worlds.

Odium is the best of both worlds, and then some.

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