Northland Review  Those who are new to the series may not get
past Northland's dated graphics engine or game design, which
hasn't evolved with the rest of the RTS genre.  Northland, the
third game in the Cultures real-time strategy series, has
finally been released in North America, after shipping last
summer in Europe. The game offers a lot of content and is sure
to keep hardcore Cultures fans busy for quite a while. However,
those who are new to the series may not get past Northland's
dated graphics engine or game design, which hasn't evolved with
the rest of the RTS genre. A showstopping technical glitch that
affects ATI cards may keep some players from even loading the
game at all.  It takes a while to make heads or tails out of all
of these buttons.  Northland follows the story of a wandering
band of Vikings, led by a quartet of heroes named Bjarni (son of
the famous explorer Leif Ericsson), his lover Cyra, and their
friends Hachi and Sigurd. After saving the world in Cultures 2,
Hachi and Sigurd have re