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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Prototype 2 Proper – PC
Prototype 2 Proper
Prototype 2 continues the shape-shifting, open-world action franchise,
this time focusing on Sgt. James Heller and his mission to destroy
Prototype’s original anti-hero, Alex Mercer.
Prototype 2 (stylized as [PROTOTYPE2]) is an action-adventure open world video game, released for consoles on April 24, 2012. Developed by Canadian studio Radical Entertainment and published by Activision, it is the sequel to 2009's Prototype. The game was announced at the 2010 Spike VGA Awards with the tagline "Murder your Maker."[5]The game features a new protagonist, James Heller, as he goes on a quest to destroy the Blacklight virus. The story is also one of revenge, as Heller wants to kill Alex Mercer, protagonist of the original Prototype, after his family was killed in the outbreak of the Blacklight virus. While the game was a top seller for a period of time, its sales would eventually result in the downsizing of its developer.[6]
Gameplay
James Heller can shapeshift and assume other people's identities and memories by consuming them. Taking people's identities and shapeshifting into them has become more tactical. Due to Blackwatch's actions in the Yellow Zone, if the player assumes the role of a soldier, people will react to him in a way that shows that they want nothing to do with him. To make sure that enemies do not overwhelm the player, Radical has created a dodging system and new, more realistic AI. Heller will be able to use weapons in the game, such as ripping the Gatling cannon off a tank and using it against enemies. Heller can also sneak up on unsuspecting human enemies, inject them with the Blacklight virus turning them into "BioBomb" to blow up spectacularly. Heller also has superhuman strength and agility, near-invulnerability to harm, near-flight leaping and gliding, infinite stamina, increased speed, and has a sonar sense. The sonar includes a new pulse ability that highlights the key features of an environment to make it easier for the player to find someone, instead of looking in a large crowd for a person with an icon above their head. Radical has stated that the powers will be more meaningful, appearing as mutations and upgrades that let players decide how they want to play as Heller.[7]To give gamers more power in the game, the developers have added tendrils. Tendrils sprout from Heller's arm and can be used for a variety of purposes. Players can use tendrils to smash objects into other objects, such as a car into a tank, utilising the 'Black Hole' attack. Players will be able to dismember enemies, a force that will become more useful as the game progresses. There are many more ways to kill enemies, ranging from throwing a car at a group of Blackwatch soldiers, hacking off a mutant's head or using powers. Consuming has not changed since the original Prototype, with the exception of some enemies, which are consumed upon grabbing them (e.g. Supersoldiers, Brawlers). It has also been announced that Heller can now control a pack of Brawlers (similar to Prototype 's Hunters) to attack anything he desires (note: this power is limited to main variant of Brawler). Heller will no longer find 'Events' throughout NYZ, instead starting side-missions by hacking into Blacknet. Blackwatch's system that details military operations and the three areas of NYZ, Heller chooses from a small list of missions at each terminal. Blacknet will allow Heller to find operations that he can disrupt or take control of for his own purposes and find important people that will allow him to learn more about what he has become because of the Blacklight virus. It will also help him find out more about Alex Mercer and what his connections are to his family's deaths. The missions that are selectable can be sidequests or extensions to the main quest that tell Heller more about the Blacklight virus.[8]
Radnet
Prior to the game's launch, Radical Entertainment announced Radnet for Prototype 2 users who would either pre-order the game or buy a new copy. Similar to Call of Duty Elite, Radnet offers the player weekly in game abilities, events, challenges and avatar items. Upon the launch of the game, first-run copies and pre-ordered copies of the game would include 55 pieces of additional add-on downloadable content (DLC) at no extra cost. Included in the pre-order/launch content was in-game events, additional and optional challenges, avatar items for the Xbox 360 and themes for the PlayStation 3 and behind the scenes videos. In order to make Radnet coherent to players, Activision announced that the events playable in Radnet would be outside of the game's main storyline.[9]The 55 pieces of DLC would be launched by Radical weekly from April 24 until June 7, with content available forever once unlocked. To earn the rewards given for an event or a challenge for a given week of DLC, players had to achieve at least a bronze medal in events and a minimal score threshold in challenges. To make Radnet more accessible, content will be available to all profiles on the console where Radnet was unlocked.[10]
Plot
Blackwatch is the organization that is responsible for the creation of the virus and are in charge of eradicating it from New York City. Heller's main adversary in Blackwatch is Colonel Rooks. Accompanying Rooks is Dr. Koenig, the main virologist at Gentek. Koenig oversees every major Gentek operation.[11]Game
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Pursuing Mercer for vengeance, Heller is infected by Mercer with a strain that imbues him with similar superhuman abilities. After blacking out, Heller awakens in a Yellow Zone lab where Gentek scientist Dr. Anton Koenig and Blackwatch Col. Douglas Rooks are experimenting on him. Heller escapes from the Gentek base, when Mercer confronts him and claims Gentek and Blackwatch are responsible for recreating and cultivating the Blacklight virus, making them responsible for the second infection and the deaths of Heller's family. Revealing his plans to take down Gentek and Blackwatch, Mercer offers a truce to Heller. Unsure of Mercer's intentions Heller goes to his local pastor, Father Luis Guerra, for advice and help.[12][13][14]
Using information supplied by Guerra, Heller hacks into Blacknet Terminals to find out about and sabotage a number of their operations. Gradually consuming his way through Blackwatch, Heller eventually finds and confronts Koenig, who claims to be on his side and reveals Blackwatch's super-soldier program, codenamed "Orion". Heller prevents Project: Orion's progress by killing a super-soldier who was injected with his DNA. After consuming one of the head scientists, Heller discovers that Koenig was observing him in order to find his weaknesses. Enraged at Koenig's betrayal, Heller tracks him down only to discover that he has powers similar to he and Mercer, and is one of several "Evolved" agents planted in Gentek and Blackwatch by Mercer. After defeating and consuming the doctor, Mercer reveals to Heller that he intends to recruit him in an attempt to control NYZ. His doubts growing, Guerra then shows Heller a video tape of Mercer releasing the virus for the second time in Penn Station, the same place Mercer originally released and contracted the virus.
Enraged at Mercer's deception, Heller sets off to the Green Zone to hunt down Mercer's henchmen, including an Evolved agent in Gentek named Sabrina Galloway; upon confronting Galloway, however, Heller reluctantly teams up with her when she reveals she can help him take down Mercer. With Galloway's help, Heller soon finds that Mercer plans to infect the entire world through "Whitelight", a contaminated vaccine released by Gentek that actually serves to accelerate infection and evolution rather than prevent it.
Frustrated with Heller sabotaging his plans, Mercer kills Father Guerra; upon finding his corpse, however, a grieving Heller uses Guerra's phone to reach Athena, Guerra's contact who is revealed to be Dana Mercer. Dana explains that Heller's daughter, Maya, is still alive, prompting Heller to head for the Red Zone to take down Mercer and save Maya. After preventing Blackwatch's second attempt to level Manhattan Island, Rooks helps Heller reach his daughter, only for Galloway to betray him and take Maya to Mercer. Upon confronting Mercer, he reveals that he plans to solve international conflicts and world problems by infecting the entire human race, effectively creating a Superorganism with Maya at the center. After Mercer absorbs Galloway and the remaining Evolved, the two engage in a bloody duel, only for James to emerge victorious and to kill and consume Mercer.
Subsequently, Heller wipes out the infected in NYZ along with most of the Blacklight Virus; then using Mercer's absorbed memories, Heller locates and frees Maya and Dana from a vault. The story then ends with the three overlooking New York before Dana questions what to do next.[15]
Comic
It was announced by Radical Entertainment that like the original Prototype, Prototype 2 would have a comic counterpart. The three part series takes place before the second video game, acting as a bridge between the two games.Published by Dark Horse Comics, the first comic was called the Anchor. After eradicating the virus in Africa, Mexico and Russia, Alex travels around the world, wondering about if the virus has made him a human, humanity's killer or its savior. Alex slowly begins to decide that he is the earth's savior and will usher it into a new age of prosperity after he wipes out humanity, however, this changes when he falls for a woman. When the woman betrays him, he decides that he will wipe out humanity and so he returns to New York City and makes it NYZ.
The second comic, dubbed the Survivors focused on a former police officer, Conrad who would join up with Ami Levin, a religiously tolerant person and Marcie, an art student. The three would run afoul of Lieutenant Riley, he would, however, agree to let Conrad see his wife, so long he agrees to work for Gentek. Unbeknownst to Conrad, his wife was dead and that he ended up in a project called Orion.
The third comic, entitled the Labyrinth introduced Heller and Mike Marcos.[16]
Development
Development of the game started soon after the success of the first game and was in development for three years. The game was first shown at the Spike 2010 VGA Awards in December.[17] The game was revealed to be the main focus of the April, 2011 EGM Issue. It was displayed in EGM and EGMI in 2011 revealing many new details about the game's plot, characters and gameplay.[18] The game's graphics have been completely updated with buildings being much more detailed and deformation of vehicles, mutants and humans being much more visual. The game was also partially written by Dan Jolley.Promotion
To promote the game, Radical Entertainment has launched a Facebook app for the game. The app is called Blacknet, named after the game's mission system, and it allows fans to work together to "hack" the interface. Hacking it will allow the fans to uncover a series of videos, interviews and other behind the scenes content, all in the run up to the game’s launch. Also via Facebook, Radical unveiled that they would announce something huge for Prototype 2 at ComicCon. This was the ability to let people play the game, they also released the first of three trailers detailing the story of Prototype 2.[19] At ComicCon, Activision held a raffle in which the winner won either the jacket worn by James Heller, or Alex Mercer's jacket; and a custom skinned Xbox 360. At ComicCon, Activision employees were handing out Prototype 2 themed merchandise, including t-shirts, posters, giant foam Heller Blade Arms and more materials based on the game.[20] Activision released for iOS an official game titled ProtoSlice, available free to download.[21] Activision has released a couple of trailers, Radical Entertaintment's team also went to Paris to promote the game in February 2012, and had an video interview[22] with French website Play3-Live.com.Commercials for the release of the game used the song "Hurt", as sung by Johnny Cash, in the background. The video depicts two live actors (one for Alex and one for James). James falls over the side of a building as if to commit suicide, while flashbacks of the war, his wife being found dead, seeing imprisoned civilians, and being infected by Mercer flash across his mind. Just as he hits the ground, he creates a shockwave killing multiple Blackwatch soldiers in the area, showing that he is infected and the suicide was just a misdirection to the viewer. He stands up, unharmed, and looks at Alex (who is standing a short distance away). Alex looks at James with a smile, who returns with an angry look. Alex displays his claws, and James displays his blade. James then rushes Alex while screaming loudly in rage. The words "The Power of Revenge" then flash on the screen. The video is around 1:27 seconds long.
The Darkness II – PC
The Darkness II
The Darkness II takes players down a brutal and personal path as Jackie
Estacado, wielder of The Darkness — an ancient and ruthless force of
chaos and destruction. Based on the supernatural horror comic book
series created by Top Cow Productions, Inc., The Darkness II breaks out
of the sea of conventional first-person shooters with its fervid
Quad-Wielding gameplay, which will allow players to slash, grab, and
throw objects and enemies with their Demon Arms while simultaneously
firing two weapons. The game is layered with the use of dark versus
light, steeped in deep and twisted storytelling, and engulfed in
stylistic violence that is visualized through a hand-painted graphic
noir technique that stays true to its comic book origins.
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Assassins Creed Revelations
Assassin's Creed Revelations
The story is set in a fictional history of real world events set in three time periods, and features three returning protagonists; Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in 12th and 13th century Masyaf, Ezio Auditore da Firenze in 16th century Constantinople, and series protagonist Desmond Miles in 21st century America.[4][5] The main story follows the Assassin Ezio's journey to unlock the secret of Altaïr's vault in Masyaf using disc-like artifacts containing Altaïr's memories. Intersecting with these historical events are the modern day activities of Desmond, who relives Ezio's memories to find a way to fight against the Assassins' enemies, the Templars, and to prevent the 2012 apocalypse.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations is set in an open world and presented from the third-person perspective with a primary focus on using Ezio's, Desmond's, and Altaïr's combat and stealth abilities to eliminate targets and explore the environment. One of the protagonists (Ezio) is free to explore the Assassin Base in the city of Constantinople and the city itself to complete side missions away from the primary storyline.
Although critical response towards the game was positive, many noted a decline in quality in comparison to previous titles in the series. In spite of this, the game was still a large commercial success, out performing the sales of its predecessors. The game was followed by Assassin's Creed III in October 2012, a direct sequel that continued the story of Desmond Miles and introduced a new 18th century playable character.
Main article: Gameplay in the Assassin's Creed series
The main protagonist, Ezio, can use the hookblade to access ziplines across the environments. The hookblade is one of the new features introduced in Revelations.
Also added and expanded are seizing districts of the city from the Templars. While capturing a district is very similar to Brotherhood, the Templars will attempt to recapture districts, which Ezio must defend using a "tower defense" minigame, where he controls a group of Assassins from rooftops against several waves of Templar soldiers and siege equipment. Similar to Brotherhood, initiates can be sent on missions to other regions, eventually wresting control from the Templars, and then using the city to produce a stream of income and new Assassin recruits. The game is playable in full 3D across three platforms: PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360, with the console versions supporting both stereoscopic 3D mode for 3D HDTVs and for 2D HDTVs. All Revelations gameplay and cinematics have S3D support.[9]
Multiplayer
Multiplayer gameplay also makes a return in Revelations. The mode expands the basics of online modes from Brotherhood with new characters and locations. Players are able to customize their characters' appearance. Matchmaking and game interface are also improved. Ubisoft says that while the component is returning, they're putting greater focus towards the narrative, as it's the heart of the franchise.[10] As players level up in the multiplayer game, they move up in their Abstergo Templar rank and gain access to more information about the company.New multiplayer modes are added to the already existing modes, including "story-oriented quests", as well as a much requested Capture the Flag mode. Some multiplayer maps are based in the island of Rhodes.[11] Among the new additions is a new multiplayer mode — Deathmatch — which differs from the previous multiplayer gameplay in that there is no compass pointing toward your assigned target, rather, there is a box in the top right of the screen where your current target is displayed, which glows blue when you enter the line of sight of your target. There is also Simple Deathmatch, which also removes the abilities and perks from the players.
The multiplayer function is protected by the Uplay Passport system on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360,[12] which requires a code for access. Codes are included in all new copies of the game, but are tied to a single Uplay account. This means that players who purchased their copy second hand will need to purchase a new code to access the multiplayer. Uplay players can buy a new Passport code online or activate a free trial.[13]
Players who preordered the game with specific editions received the Ottoman Jester, the Crusader, and the Ottoman Doctor. Those who played the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood multiplayer received the courtesan, a character who also appeared in the multiplayer for Brotherhood. DLC packs for new characters have been released.
Synopsis
Setting
Revelations features all three of the series' major characters: Desmond Miles, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The main part of the story takes Ezio to Constantinople, present day Istanbul, in 1511 AD, consisting of four districts: Constantine, Bayezid, Imperial, and Galata; Cappadocia during the rise of the Ottoman Empire, part of which is a completely underground city populated solely by Templars;[14][15] and Masyaf, where the old Assassins' stronghold is located (featured in the first Assassin's Creed game), to which Ezio travels at the beginning of the game.[15] He discovers Altaïr has sealed within the fortress an ancient artifact that is said to be a powerful weapon which could end the Templar-Assassin War forever, and had the keys hidden in Constantinople. Ezio uses these relics of the "First Civilization" that hold memories of Altaïr to relive Altaïr's experiences, during which players control Altaïr.[11]The game continues Desmond's story in the present day, following the events of Brotherhood, where he is trapped in the Animus 2.0, in a comatose state,[16] in which he has found a safe mode known as "the Black Room". Here, Desmond must find a "synch nexus", a key memory that links him with Altaïr and Ezio, to reintegrate his splintered subconscious and awaken from his coma.[14] While in game, Ezio meets a variety of historical characters, including: Manuel Palaiologos, an heir to the now-lost Byzantine Empire; Byzantine Templars lurking in the shadows of Constantinople;[17] Prince Suleiman, a man who will one day become one of the Ottoman Empire's greatest Sultans; and his uncle, Prince Ahmet.
Single-player plot
Following the ending of Brotherhood, present-day protagonist Desmond Miles has fallen into a coma due to the combined stress of being forced into killing Lucy Stillman and being controlled by Juno, the hologram attached to the Apple of Eden, a piece of Eden with hints of prolonged exposure in the Animus. While Shaun Hastings stays behind in Rome to attend Lucy's funeral, Rebecca Crane takes Desmond to New York and meets with his father, William Miles. In an effort to save Desmond's mind, the duo places him back in the Animus, though this time in the machine's safe mode, known as the "Black Room."Upon awakening on Animus Island, the original Animus testing program located within the Black Room, Desmond meets the consciousness of Subject Sixteen, who occupied Abstergo's Animus before him. Sixteen explains that Desmond's mind is broken, and the only way for him to repair it is by reliving his ancestors' memories until there is nothing left for them to show Desmond, at which point the Animus can separate Desmond from Ezio and Altaïr, and awaken Desmond from his coma.[18]
Desmond enters the Animus Island's memory portal, which places him back in the perspective of Ezio Auditore. Four years after ending the life of Cesare Borgia, Ezio has traveled to the former Assassin's fortress in Masyaf to discover secrets Altaïr had previously discovered, and find the true purpose of the Assassins. Upon arriving, he finds Masyaf taken by the Templars, who mark him for death. Ezio escapes to the bowels of the castle, where he discovers the entrance to Altaïr's library.[19] He learns that five disc-like "keys" are required to unlock the door; that the Templars have one underneath the Ottoman Sultan's palace; and the rest lie hidden in Constantinople, part of the Ottoman Empire.[19][20] He travels there and is greeted by Yusuf Tazim, leader of the Turkish Assassin Order,[21] and befriends a young student named Suleiman.[22] Ezio learns that the keys were hidden in the city by Niccoló Polo. While searching for the old Polo trading post, Ezio encounters and befriends Sofia Sartor, a young Italian traveler and book collector, and eventually falls in love with her. Ezio discovers the locations of the remaining keys with Sofia's help, all the while keeping his intentions, growing feelings and position a secret from her.[23]
Meanwhile, Constantinople is in chaos due to conflicts between Prince Ahmet and his brother Selim, who are quarreling over who will inherit the Sultanate. Caught in the middle of the conflict, Suleiman reveals to Ezio that he is an Ottoman prince (Selim's son), and that he suspects the Templars are behind the feud. Ezio uncovers evidence that Manuel Palaiologos, with Templar support, is attempting to raise an army to overthrow the Ottomans and reestablish the Byzantine Empire. Ezio kills Manuel and recovers the final key,[24] only to discover that Ahmet is the true mastermind of the Templar plot to open Altaïr's library.
During these events, Ezio uses the keys in his possession to witness Altaïr's life after the events depicted in the first game. After killing Al-Mualim, Altaïr took possession of the Apple of Eden and assumed leadership of the Assassins. One of the Assassins, Abbas, did not support Altaïr due to past events, and for killing Al Mualim.[25] When Altaïr and his wife Maria left Masyaf for 10 years to repel the Mongol invasion, Abbas staged a coup d'etat, seizing control of the Assassins and executing Altaïr's youngest son Sef.[26] Altaïr sought revenge; but as Maria tried to stop him, another Assassin stabbed Maria in the back. Altaïr was forced to flee with his elder son, Darim, and went into self-imposed exile for 20 years. Altaïr finally returned to Masyaf, killed Abbas, then took his rightful place as the Assassins' leader. In the process, Altaïr told the dying Abbas the truth of the latter's father's death.[27] Years later, an aged Altaïr encodes his memories on the five keys Ezio would find, entrusting them to Niccoló.[28]
In Constantinople, Ezio discovers that Ahmet has killed Yusuf and kidnapped Sofia, demanding the keys in exchange for her life. Ezio agrees, but immediately gives chase upon ensuring Sofia's safety. He recovers the keys, but before he can deal with Ahmet, Selim arrives with his armies and executes Ahmet himself, after saying that their father "made his choice."[29] Due to his son Suleiman's endorsement, Selim has Ezio leave Constantinople, warning him never to return again. After completing this memory, the Animus begins to delete excess data—including Animus Island. Sixteen sacrifices himself to prevent Desmond from being deleted by the Animus.[30]
Ezio and Sofia return to Masyaf, where Ezio uses the keys to unlock Altaïr's library. He finds it empty except for Altaïr's skeleton and a sixth key. He discovers that the library was not meant to hold books—rather, it was a vault meant to house Altaïr's Apple of Eden.[31] Through the key, Ezio learns that Altaïr had sealed himself inside to preserve its secret from the Templars. Ezio leaves this Apple in the library, saying "I have seen enough for one life."[32] He then begins talking directly to Desmond, not knowing exactly who (or where) he is, but knowing that he is watching. While talking he discards his weapons. He tells Desmond that he realises that he is a "conduit for a message". He expresses hope that Desmond will be able to find answers to the questions he and Altaïr had worked so hard to uncover.[32]
Suddenly, Desmond is approached by Jupiter, a member of the First Civilization. He explains that the First Civilization had built numerous vaults to study methods to save the planet from destruction. All of the data collected was transmitted to a central vault, where the data was tested. None of the methods were effective, however, and they failed to stop the solar flare from destroying their civilization. Jupiter shows Desmond the location of the central vault, which from the map is located somewhere in New York, and tells him that he must save the planet from an impending second solar flare.
Upon hearing Jupiter's words, Desmond awakens from his coma and finds Rebecca and William standing with him, along with Shaun, who has returned from Rome. Desmond states that he knows what they must now do; meanwhile, the central vault activates underground.
During and after the credits, Animus Island reconstructs, allowing the player to access Desmond's memories as well as the open-world historical environment, though it is not explained how or why Desmond arrived at the Island again.
Multiplayer plot
The multiplayer aspect has its own plot from the Templar perspective. After training to become a Master Templar and being allowed into the Abstergo inner sanctum, the player is implanted with a tracker to ensure his/her trustworthiness. It is implied that Daniel Cross (Subject 4) is a member of the Templar inner sanctum. After reaching level 50 in the multiplayer, the player is dubbed an active agent, and assigned the task of retrieving the current Assassin Order Mentor, William Miles.[33]
Monday, January 26, 2015
Batman Arkham Asylum (2013)
Batman: Arkham Asylum
2010 | PC | Language: English, Russian | Developer: Rocksteady Studios | 4.7GB
Genre: Action / 3D / 3rd Person / Stealth
System Requirement:
Operating system: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Memory: 1.5 GB (2 GB for Windows Vista / 7)
Video card: ATI 3850HD with 512MB of video memory or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512 MB
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800 +
Hard drive: 17 GB. free
Genre: Action / 3D / 3rd Person / Stealth
System Requirement:
Operating system: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Memory: 1.5 GB (2 GB for Windows Vista / 7)
Video card: ATI 3850HD with 512MB of video memory or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512 MB
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800 +
Hard drive: 17 GB. free
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes gets neat first-person mod
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes gets neat first-person mod
Tom Sykes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is not an FPS. Or rather, it wasn't an FPS, but thanks to an enterprising modder
over on Nexus Mods it now sorta is. As you might imagine, converting a
third-person stealth-'em-up into a first-person one is something that
requires a bit of effort, but it seems to work better than I thought it
would, even if I suspect the lack of peripheral awareness will be
something of a problem. You can see a video below of the mod in action,
or grab it for yourself here.
If
you're going to install the mod, remember to backup your game files,
and be aware that there are currently a few bugs. Notably: "things
vanish when you go near them", Snake has a bit of an invisibility
problem, and "pistol animations don't work well like the primary weapon
ones". Still, it's an impressive piece of work.
This isn't the first time someone's made a first-person mod for a third-person game. Someone also did the same for Dark Souls, although as there are no guns involved that one didn't work out quite as well. For more modding fun, check out this Ground Zeroes level for Far Cry 4.
GDC Award nominees announced; Shadow of Mordor cleans up
GDC Award nominees announced; Shadow of Mordor cleans up
Tom Sykes
GDC, or the Game Developers Conference, is due to take place in March, during which some lovely awards will be handed out to games that are innovative, well-designed, have nice art or good stories, or were just the best games of 2014 (in the judges' opinions). There are some great PC games in the list of nominations this year, including Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien Isolation, and Hearthstone up for the GDC Awards' Game of the Year. One of those was PC Gamer's GOTY, by the way, but which one. Yeah it was Alien. Remember?
Other PC games nominated include The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and This War of Mine for the Innovation award, Shovel Knight and The Banner Saga for Best Debut, and Kentucky Route Zero Act 3 for Best Narrative. Shadow of Mordor did particularly well, securing five nominations in total, including Best Narrative for some reason. Here's the full list:
Game of the Year
- Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
The Witcher 3 system requirements announced
It's the question every PC gamer has been dreading: can our rigs handle what is likely the year's most anticipated RPG? The answer to that question is now here. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's system requirements have been released.
Here's what you'll need:
Minimum System Requirements
- Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
- AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
- Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660
- AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
- RAM 6GB
- OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
- DirectX 11
- HDD Space 40 GB
Recommended System Requirements
- Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz
- AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
- Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770
- AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
- RAM 8GB
- OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
- DirectX 11
- HDD Space 40 GB
We've definitely undergone a shift over the last year—system specs ramping up as we leave the last-gen consoles behind. I imagine this will be a good baseline of the next year-or-so of gaming. And if you are looking to upgrade, we've got plenty of advice in the form of our exhaustive hardware guides.
The Order: 1886 New “Silent Night” Trailer Gives Chills
The Order: 1886 New “Silent Night” Trailer Gives Chills
December 25, 2014 Written by Heath Hindman
Just in time for Christmas, PS4-exclusive The Order: 1886 shows us its own “Silent Night.”
There are few things more haunting than singing children. I’m sorry, it scares the shit out of me. So, job well done, trailer!
Chandler recently played a demo of this game and wrote about it here. It’s set for release in February.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Metro 2033 Redux 2014
Metro 2033 is a survival horror first-person shooter video game, based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. Metro 2033 was developed by 4A Games in Ukraine, and was released on Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in March 2010.[5]
In Metro 2033, the player controls Artyom as he moves through
the ruins of post-nuclear-apocalyptic Russia. The player uses guns of
both real and fictitious designs to kill mutants and hostile survivors.
Most of the game takes place within the Metro system, although Artyom
does venture above ground on rare occasions.
Metro 2033 received positive reviews: it was praised for its
horror elements, detailed environments and appealing plot, but it was
criticized for its buggy artificial intelligence and its many graphical
issues.
A sequel, Metro: Last Light was released on May 14, 2013 in North America and May 17, 2013 in Europe, Australia, and Russia.[6] On August 26, 2014, a compilation of both titles was released for the PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and the Xbox One. On PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, this remake was entitled Metro Redux. On Microsoft Windows, a release entitled as Metro Redux Bundle includes both this game and Metro: Last Light Redux.
Gameplay
The game is played from the perspective of Artyom, the player-character. The story takes place in post-apocalyptic Moscow, mostly inside the metro system, but occasionally missions bring the player above ground.
As a first-person shooter, Metro 2033
features a variety of firearms (some fictional and some based on real
weapons) which the player will use in combat. Combat alternates between
the player fighting mutants (mutated animals) and the player fighting
hostile humans. Mutants do not possess weapons and tend to physically
attack the player in swarms, while humans fight with the same firearms
available to the player. The game features recharging health rather than
a traditional health points
system—if the player avoids taking damage for a period of time, health
will slowly recharge. The player can speed up this process by using a
stim from a medkit, which will almost instantly heal the player to full
health. When the player is severely injured, it may take over twenty
seconds to return to full health. In any difficulty above " Hardcore"
health does not regenerate.
In the post-apocalyptic environment, ammunition is a rare and essential commodity. Pre-apocalypse military-grade 5.45x39mm
ammunition is used as currency; to avoid "shooting money", the player
can also use lower quality bullets made within the Metros, which do less
damage. Due to the scarcity of ammunition, a crucial aspect of gameplay
is scavenging. The player can loot corpses and the environment for
spare ammunition, as well as weapons and items. The military-grade ammo
can be used to purchase other ammunition, weapons, and items within most
of the Metro stations, albeit at high prices.
The game's locations reflect the dark atmosphere of real metro
tunnels, with added survival horror elements. Strange phenomena and
noises are frequent, and most of the time the player has to rely only on
the flashlight (and sometimes, the night-vision goggles)
to navigate in otherwise total darkness. Even more lethal is the
surface, as it is severely irradiated and a gas mask must be worn at all
times due to the toxic air.[7]
Often, locations have an intricate layout, and the game lacks any form
of map, leaving the player to try to find their objectives with only a
compass.
As Metro 2033 aims to be immersive, the gameplay and interface
are somewhat atypical. The game lacks a health meter, relying on
audible heart rate and blood spatters on the screen to show the player's
current state of health. The player must collect air filters for the
gas mask, which last several minutes each and are automatically
replaced, as long as the player has more in reserve. There is no
heads-up display indicator to tell how long the player has until the gas
mask's filters begin to fail—rather, a timer on the character's
wristwatch shows how long until the current filter expires. The gas mask
can become visibly damaged and will stop functioning if punctured,
requiring it to be replaced. With every weapon, the bullets are (partly)
visible, informing the player that their weapon is about to run out of
ammo and they have to reload. The game does feature sparse traditional HUD
elements, such as an ammunition indicator. However, on the hardest
difficulty setting, no HUD elements are present, and players have to
keep track of ammunition by the partly visible magazines.
There are also certain moral choices in the game that give Karma,
which leads to different endings. Choices can either get the player
good Karma, for example, saving prisoners from execution, or bad Karma,
for example being rude to people or stealing.
Plot overview
In late 2013, a nuclear war occurred. Russia was targeted with atomic bombs, causing severe radiation across Moscow.
This forced the survivors to live underground in the metro stations
away from the deadly effects of radiation. Many animals were heavily
mutated into aggressive beasts, which make travel dangerous.
In 2033, Artyom (Russian: Артём), a 20-year-old male survivor born
before the bombs fell, learns from Hunter, an elite soldier of the
rangers, that a group of mysterious creatures referred to as the Dark
Ones are threatening Artyom's home station, VDNKh, in the Metro.
Hunter gives Artyom his dog tags and tells him if he does not come
back, he must go to Polis and present these to see if they will help his
station.
Artyom must travel through territory occupied by Soviets and a Fourth Reich,
and infested with mutants as well as the much changed surface of
Moscow. Once in Polis, he meets with a Ranger named Miller, who agrees
to help him. Miller knows of a missile silo known as D6
that has the firepower necessary to destroy the Dark Ones. Artyom,
Miller, and several other Rangers reactivate the command center for the
missiles, and Artyom installs a laser guidance system on a nearby radio
tower. After the laser system is installed, Artyom experiences a vivid
hallucination induced by a Dark One.
After the hallucination, two endings are possible, depending on
choices the player makes throughout the game. In the canonical ending,
Artyom allows the missiles to fire, destroying the Dark Ones; only to
realize later that they sought peace and the deaths by them were
accidental. The alternate ending gives Artyom the choice to destroy the
laser guidance device, citing a last-minute realization that the Dark
Ones were actually attempting to make peaceful contact through the
hallucinations. Only by having high karma, is this ending available.
Development
Promotion at IgroMir 2009
4A Games was founded by Oles' Shiskovtsov and Aleksandr Maksimchuk, former programmers for GSC Game World who left about a year before the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Shiskovtsov and Maksimchuk had worked on the development of X-Ray engine used in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.[8] In March 2006, 4A Games announced a partnership with Glukhovsky to collaborate on the game.[9] The game was announced at the 2009 Games Convention in Leipzig;[10] along with an official trailer.[11]
The game utilizes multi-platform 4A Engine, running on Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.
There is some contention regarding whether the engine is based on the
pre-release X-Ray engine (as claimed by Sergiy Grygorovych, the founder
of GSC Game World,[12]
as well as users who have seen the 4A Engine SDK screenshots, citing
visual similarities, shared resources, and technical evaluation of the
pre-release 4A Engine demo conducted at the request of GSC Game World),
or whether the engine is an original development (as claimed by 4A Games
and Oles' Shiskovtsov in particular,[13] who claims it would have been impractical to retrofit the X-ray engine with console support). 4A Engine features Nvidia PhysX support, enhanced AI, and a console SDK for Xbox 360.[14]
The PC version includes exclusive features such as DirectX 11 support
and has been described as "a love letter to PC gamers" because of the
developers' choice "to make the PC version [especially] phenomenal".[15]
A PlayStation 3 version was planned, but ultimately cancelled.[16] On February 19, THQ and 4A Games announced the game features Steamworks software and DRM. This gives Metro 2033 achievements, Steam support for in-game downloadable content and auto-updating.
Release
Promotion at IgroMir 2010
A Collector's Edition
of the game was released in Russia – it contained the game itself in
special packaging, a game guide, a map of the post-apocalyptic subway of
Moscow and a unique watch with the game's logo on it.[17] An even larger collector's edition was released in Poland; it contained: the game itself in special packaging, a Polish translation of the novel Metro 2033, instructions for the game, an army container and a gas mask (with filters and a military bag included).[18]
A special edition was also released in Germany – more similar in size
to the Russian collector's edition and smaller than the Polish one, it
contained: the game itself in a special edition box, a hardback novel (A5 sized) titled "Davor und Danach" (Before and After),
a fully working replica of the watch that Artyom uses in the game, a
bear-shaped key ring with one of Hunter's dog tags on it and a download
code for the Heavy Automatic Shotgun.[19][20]
In February 2014, the Xbox 360 version of 2033 was included in Microsoft's "Games with Gold" program exclusively for German subscribers. This served as a replacement for Dead Island, the game offered in other territories, as it is unavailable for purchase in Germany.[21]
On May 22, 2014, a Redux version of the game was announced. It
uses the latest version of the 4A Engine bringing the graphical and
gameplay changes from Last Light to 2033. It was released on August 26, 2014 in North America and August 29, 2014 in Europe for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.[3] A compilation package, titled Metro Redux, was released at the same time which includes both games.[22]
Reception
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The game has received generally favorable reviews, scoring 81/100[25] and 77/100[26] on Metacritic for the PC and Xbox 360 versions respectively. Game Informer praised it, giving it 9 out of 10. GameZone's
Dakota Grabowski gave the game an 8 out of 10, saying, "The
single-player affair is worthy of every FPS fanatics' time since the 4A
Games and THQ were able to put forth a wonderful tale that deserved
telling. The world is engrossing as it invites players for multiple
trips with the sheer amount of detail 4A Games spent implementing into
the environments. Metro 2033 is as pure as they come in the genre and I gladly welcome any sequel that may reach fruition."[32]
Video game talk show Good Game
gave the game an 8.5 out of 10 praising the RPG and survival horror
elements which add richness to the gameplay as well saying the HUD-less
design was a choice which suits this particular game. Overall they said
"I'm a big Fallout 3
fan and I was worried this would try to be something similar and fail
dismally. But it's more FPS than RPG, so I think it manages to dodge a
direct comparison. They've just worked really hard to bring RPG
narrative and decisions into the action, and it works."[33]
X-Play
gave the game a 3 out of 5, the reviewer pointed out the game's great
atmosphere, attention to detail, and that the game had some truly scary
moments. The reviewer also pointed out that, they "didn't do enough with
the creepy atmosphere". Saying that the game would come close to truly
frightening moments, but "never truly commits to scaring the audience".
The reviewer said that the mapping of the buttons on the controller for
the Xbox 360 can be "less than optimal", but the problem does not apply
to PC users. In the conclusion, the reviewer said that the game was,
"over all a respectable effort, provided you don't expect the same level
of depth found in, let's say Fallout 3."[34]
GameSpot
gave the game 7.5 out of 10 for the Xbox 360 version and 8 out of 10
for the PC version, praising the atmosphere but noting problems with the
artificial intelligence and animations.[30]
IGN gave
the game a lower rating of 6.9 out of 10 (identical for Xbox 360 and PC
versions), citing the frame rate, bugs, and disappointing graphics
issues.[28]
Sequel
Metro: Last Light, previously called Metro 2034, was released on May 14, 2013 in North America and May 17, 2013 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Russia.[6] Even though it acts as a sequel to the original game it does not follow any direct storylines from the book Metro 2034.[35] An improved version called Redux,
with all downloadable content was released on August 26, 2014 in North
America and August 29, 2014 in Europe for the PC, PlayStation 4, and
Xbox One.[36] A compilation package, titled Metro Redux, was released at the same time which includes both Last Light and Metro 2033.
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