One of my favorite things in a game is exploration. I enjoy wandering around the game world, meeting characters, gathering quests and becoming part of a rich and living world. This is why I tend to prefer role-playing games and more open-ended first-person shooters. It's also why games that try to combine the two—like Gothic 2 and Deus Ex—are among my favorites. Boiling Point is a highly ambitious attempt at this genre-bridging game type.