Restricted Area is truly a noble and heroic effort by two guys to produce a viable PC title. It’s a familiar, comforting way to spend an hour in the wasteland. But when you compare it to a top-shelf game like Neverwinter Nights, it just, well, doesn’t compare. Which, by the way, makes it a shame that their publisher went for a top-shelf price of $40 instead of something a little more reasonable, like $20. If you’ve got $40 to spend, there are plenty of better titles to choose from.

The future? I’ve seen it. It’s a sinister landscape full of treachery and action. A place where I know how to handle myself against the best of them. Too bad it’s so damn expensive. Who’s got that many credits to burn, when we can barely afford enough Soylent Green in the first place?