Genre : Er, dungeon making, trapping, real-time strategy
Graphics : 10/10
Storyline : You're the EVIL GOD OF DESTRUCTION out to kill HEROES!
Yeah, that's right. It's a VERY long title... VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY... Anyway, opposite to the title, the gameplay is quite short. I believe there are 8 stages to the game. The game is made for the PSP and is made download game ONLY! Anyhow, the game is quite unique in a sense that you are now the 'spawner' of EVIL monsters out to kill heroes. ISN'T THAT AWESOME!?!?!?! OH YEAH!!! 100% We are tasked to create a dungeon of sort, and you have to dig your way through to spawn monster. Also there's an ecosystem kind of a thing which makes the game more challenging. You spawn different type of monsters by digging and also these monsters eat lower type monsters to grow and reproduce. It's all about the strategy. I myself have not been able to completely comprehend this game, even AFTER going through ALL the tutorials. It's about luck, oops, I mean PROBABILITY AND SKILL!!! MAD SKILLZ!!! On a side note, this really IS A GOOD PSP GAME. For it's short but awesome gameplay and replayability!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
#5 Dragonica - PC
Genre : Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
Graphics : 8/10
Storyline : Something to do with wolves I guess.
Something similar to Maplestory. It seems that it's picking up quite well. A lof of people are playing it. In fact, someone did managed to get some inspiration from this game and did a GDD for a puzzle game, PSP. As with Maplestory, I didn't get far. The highest I have as of now, is 11? or was it 12. Anyway, the game features the 3D version of maple. Basically, it still has the 4 basic jobs, and at level 20, and 40 you get to have job advancement. The leveling speed is still acceptable. Quest-ing gives a lot of EXP. With some help from friends, you could even power-level. Graphics wise, it is higher standard than Maplestory, since it's 3D and all. The new age of gaming calls for 3D, thus, yeah... I do find one interesting, or rather funny/comical feature in the game. Should you do a certain amount of damage to an enemy, let's say a critical strike, the enemies which actually be thrown off into your screen, and you'll get a glass crack effect on your screen. It's like showing that you're so strong that your attack was able to throw the enemy off the ground. Of course the screen crack feature is nice and new in a sense for an MMORPG. Usually it might be seen in FPS game, with the headshot and all. Recommend to players who are bored of 2D Maple and want to venture into 3D Dragonica.
Graphics : 8/10
Storyline : Something to do with wolves I guess.
Something similar to Maplestory. It seems that it's picking up quite well. A lof of people are playing it. In fact, someone did managed to get some inspiration from this game and did a GDD for a puzzle game, PSP. As with Maplestory, I didn't get far. The highest I have as of now, is 11? or was it 12. Anyway, the game features the 3D version of maple. Basically, it still has the 4 basic jobs, and at level 20, and 40 you get to have job advancement. The leveling speed is still acceptable. Quest-ing gives a lot of EXP. With some help from friends, you could even power-level. Graphics wise, it is higher standard than Maplestory, since it's 3D and all. The new age of gaming calls for 3D, thus, yeah... I do find one interesting, or rather funny/comical feature in the game. Should you do a certain amount of damage to an enemy, let's say a critical strike, the enemies which actually be thrown off into your screen, and you'll get a glass crack effect on your screen. It's like showing that you're so strong that your attack was able to throw the enemy off the ground. Of course the screen crack feature is nice and new in a sense for an MMORPG. Usually it might be seen in FPS game, with the headshot and all. Recommend to players who are bored of 2D Maple and want to venture into 3D Dragonica.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
#4 MapleStory S.E.A. - PC
Genre : Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
Graphics : 8/10
Storyline : -Not Sure, I didn't really do the quests-
My second ever MMORPG played, the first being Runescape. When I first got an internet connection at home, this was the first game I played. I first tried it out at my friend's home, since it was the hype during those days. Game controls are extremely simple. Directional keys for movement, and the rest are customizable. It features fairly simple game play of a 2D side scroller action game. Interaction with other players make game livelier. The graphics uses simple and bright colours. Catering for younger gamers, the characters as well as monsters in the game are made to appear such that it is suitable for children. Adults get hooked onto the game as well, mainly because of the "challenge" or the interactivity and simplicity of the game. Next review, would be a similar game play but a brand new experience.
Graphics : 8/10
Storyline : -Not Sure, I didn't really do the quests-
My second ever MMORPG played, the first being Runescape. When I first got an internet connection at home, this was the first game I played. I first tried it out at my friend's home, since it was the hype during those days. Game controls are extremely simple. Directional keys for movement, and the rest are customizable. It features fairly simple game play of a 2D side scroller action game. Interaction with other players make game livelier. The graphics uses simple and bright colours. Catering for younger gamers, the characters as well as monsters in the game are made to appear such that it is suitable for children. Adults get hooked onto the game as well, mainly because of the "challenge" or the interactivity and simplicity of the game. Next review, would be a similar game play but a brand new experience.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
#3.1 WTF - PSP
Genre : Minigames
Graphics : 7/10
Storyline : -NA-
No, it is not WHAT THE F***. It stands for Work Time Fun! It is NSFW, Not Safe For Work, by the way. Your boss will most probably sack you for playing when you're supposed to be working. It's basically a game made up of many other mini-games. The mini-games are not of one genre, in a sense, that there are different types of mini-games. Some of them are about timing, precision and accuracy. Some others are about finding the correct information. There's also the memory game, in which they use belching from monsters in a specified order. My personal favourite is the "Bishop's Game".
Yeap, it is what you think it is. The needle will be moving from finger to finger, back and forth continuosly and YOU MUST press the button to poke the needle in between the fingers. If you miss even one of the fingers, you will instantly lose as the game mechanics is created such that if you didn't press after passing over a finger, it will poke through the next nearest finger. The Bishop's Game isn't the only sadistic game there, there's another one where you have to chop firewood. Take your own time to chop, you will lose. Chop the wrong object, you will lose too. Bunnies die a lot in that game.
Graphics : 7/10
Storyline : -NA-
No, it is not WHAT THE F***. It stands for Work Time Fun! It is NSFW, Not Safe For Work, by the way. Your boss will most probably sack you for playing when you're supposed to be working. It's basically a game made up of many other mini-games. The mini-games are not of one genre, in a sense, that there are different types of mini-games. Some of them are about timing, precision and accuracy. Some others are about finding the correct information. There's also the memory game, in which they use belching from monsters in a specified order. My personal favourite is the "Bishop's Game".
Yeap, it is what you think it is. The needle will be moving from finger to finger, back and forth continuosly and YOU MUST press the button to poke the needle in between the fingers. If you miss even one of the fingers, you will instantly lose as the game mechanics is created such that if you didn't press after passing over a finger, it will poke through the next nearest finger. The Bishop's Game isn't the only sadistic game there, there's another one where you have to chop firewood. Take your own time to chop, you will lose. Chop the wrong object, you will lose too. Bunnies die a lot in that game.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
#2 Dynasty Warriors : Strikeforce - PSP
Genre : Hack & Slash / RPG
Graphics : 10/10
Storyline : 7/10
After complaining for so long, I finally got "my complains through." The game finally improved on the RPG element. Now you can customize your "musou", elemental type of the weapon, and also like other RPG games, making the weapon itself. I got bored from the previous games easily, since they were basically, hack, slash, pick up some weapon, maybe a mount or two, and then rinse, repeat. My second "complain", which actually made me LOVE the game was the Co-Operative function. ALL, and I really mean ALL, your mission can be done with your frieds and buddies. Even if it's single player missions, or storyline missions, all can be done through WLAN. The graphics are awesome also. Personally I feel that the graphics and colour scheme is on par, or maybe slightly better than Final Fantasy : Dissidia. Storyline seems reasonable. I'm not a big fan of theirs, and I don't usually play a game for it's storyline. I just use the storyline to know where I should be going next. Thus, this game is a +1, since the directions, or choices that the player have a very few and that the game direction is straightforward. No need to go look around where to go, since the objectives are said before hand and is usually shown in the map itself. Serves very well as a travelling companion where you want to play short games over long periods of time. That which enhances the game experience is the challenge provided by the AI itself. At higher levels, if your character is not buffed enough, random hacking and slashing might just backfire on you. Instead of you killing the enemy with you attacks, the enemies will be attacking you, since you left yourself open. This game "allows cheating", in a sense that, with proper combination of equipment and abilities, players can attain god-like status, a.k.a. GodMode.
Graphics : 10/10
Storyline : 7/10
After complaining for so long, I finally got "my complains through." The game finally improved on the RPG element. Now you can customize your "musou", elemental type of the weapon, and also like other RPG games, making the weapon itself. I got bored from the previous games easily, since they were basically, hack, slash, pick up some weapon, maybe a mount or two, and then rinse, repeat. My second "complain", which actually made me LOVE the game was the Co-Operative function. ALL, and I really mean ALL, your mission can be done with your frieds and buddies. Even if it's single player missions, or storyline missions, all can be done through WLAN. The graphics are awesome also. Personally I feel that the graphics and colour scheme is on par, or maybe slightly better than Final Fantasy : Dissidia. Storyline seems reasonable. I'm not a big fan of theirs, and I don't usually play a game for it's storyline. I just use the storyline to know where I should be going next. Thus, this game is a +1, since the directions, or choices that the player have a very few and that the game direction is straightforward. No need to go look around where to go, since the objectives are said before hand and is usually shown in the map itself. Serves very well as a travelling companion where you want to play short games over long periods of time. That which enhances the game experience is the challenge provided by the AI itself. At higher levels, if your character is not buffed enough, random hacking and slashing might just backfire on you. Instead of you killing the enemy with you attacks, the enemies will be attacking you, since you left yourself open. This game "allows cheating", in a sense that, with proper combination of equipment and abilities, players can attain god-like status, a.k.a. GodMode.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
#1 Fable - Xbox
Genre : RPG
Graphics : 8/10
Storyline : 7/10
Overall, Fable is one of the few great RPGs around. I first heard it on one of the TV's game review shows. The game play was quite new to me, as it featured role-playing, without basic level. The only experience would be used for skills, or 'stats' of the characters. I find it interesting that the experience is gained if that 'category' is used to kill a monster, or in case of 'agile', you can even gain experience from stealing. YES! First game I've played which allows players to STEAL FROM NPC, shopkeepers, who place their items on their counters. Actually other than that, you can pick-lock doors and sneak into houses, to steal stuff. OR, if you're just bored, you can just travel to some town and KILL EVERYONE OFF!!! You gain their properties , their house or shop. Just make sure you're strong enough to kill off all the guards. Other than that, it seems that the game itself is good for people who want to relief stress and those who don't want to follow any storyline or and linear type of game play.
Graphics : 8/10
Storyline : 7/10
Overall, Fable is one of the few great RPGs around. I first heard it on one of the TV's game review shows. The game play was quite new to me, as it featured role-playing, without basic level. The only experience would be used for skills, or 'stats' of the characters. I find it interesting that the experience is gained if that 'category' is used to kill a monster, or in case of 'agile', you can even gain experience from stealing. YES! First game I've played which allows players to STEAL FROM NPC, shopkeepers, who place their items on their counters. Actually other than that, you can pick-lock doors and sneak into houses, to steal stuff. OR, if you're just bored, you can just travel to some town and KILL EVERYONE OFF!!! You gain their properties , their house or shop. Just make sure you're strong enough to kill off all the guards. Other than that, it seems that the game itself is good for people who want to relief stress and those who don't want to follow any storyline or and linear type of game play.
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