Official Site: http://www.titanfall.com/
Source: Youtube Channel gamespot
Gamescom 2013 is happening right now! One thing that I saw this morning that really stood out was the gameplay demo of Titanfall. Titanfall is a First-Person Action Shooter that allows players to take control of large mechs, jump around great heights, and utilize an array of futuristic weaponry. As much as I want to keep taking a break from FPS games, I keep getting pulled back in when something like Titanfall shows up and goes "this could be even better than the FPS before it!" I've played a LOT of different FPS games, yet there always seems to be another that comes out that interests me despite the core game not changing too much. Titanfall is the product of those who left Infinity Ward because of the dispute between the developer and Activision and had formed Infinity Ward because they had left Electronic Arts because of how much the team was limited to their creative development when making Medal of Honor and had gone back under Electronic Arts as Respawn Entertainment. To put it simply, the developers continue to innovate and change the First-Person Shooter genre no matter what studio name they use or which publisher they work under.
From the video, not only is the graphics impressive, but the mobility and movement that the player is capable of is what really stood out for me. The player must take into account height, jumping, and falling rather than running on ground level. The high mobility and jump height boasts the idea of a much more faster-paced shooter rather than a tactical one which has been the forte of the genre due to the success of franchises such as Call of Duty and Battlefield. Call of Duty got big under the development of Vince Zampella and Jason West, will Titanfall be the next big franchise for them? Currently, the game is announced to launch on PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in the Spring of 2014.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
GameLight - Medal of Honor Warfighter
Official Site: http://www.medalofhonor.com/
Source: Youtube Channel eavision
If MoH: Warfighter is anything like MoH (2010), then I am excited. I have never really liked the MoH series for the longest time, but EA had changed my mind about that 2 years ago when they released a modern First-Person Shooter with Medal of Honor (2010). It still stands today to me as the FPS with the best audio I have ever experience. The graphics were clean, detailed, bright, and visually appealing. The story was compelling and made for a very exciting experience for the single-player campaign. If there were any faults, it was that multiplayer wasn't entirely refined. Multiplayer was a lot of fun, but level designs made the game imbalanced, certain weapons were clearly rigged, it was very easy to spawn camp, and there was a certain amount of lag that caused problems with gameplay. Now the game is back with a sequel and it's looking pretty good. I'm hoping that the developers experience with the first iteration of the new MoH has allowed them to work and refine the game to make it truly great this time around. As broken as multiplayer was in the first one, I had a lot of fun from it. It was neck to neck against Call of Duty: Black Ops that year with CoD:BO having a great story but boring gameplay for the main campaign while the multiplayer was also broken and laggy. Last year in 2011, EA was neck to neck against Activision with Battlefield 3 against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The campaign was very disappointing for BF3 but made up for its multiplayer while CoD:MW3 was pretty solid on both sides. So right now, I'm hoping that MoH:WF will have a polished game experience for both campaign and multiplayer it competes against Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 this year. Medal of Honor: Warfighter is now available for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Source: Youtube Channel eavision
If MoH: Warfighter is anything like MoH (2010), then I am excited. I have never really liked the MoH series for the longest time, but EA had changed my mind about that 2 years ago when they released a modern First-Person Shooter with Medal of Honor (2010). It still stands today to me as the FPS with the best audio I have ever experience. The graphics were clean, detailed, bright, and visually appealing. The story was compelling and made for a very exciting experience for the single-player campaign. If there were any faults, it was that multiplayer wasn't entirely refined. Multiplayer was a lot of fun, but level designs made the game imbalanced, certain weapons were clearly rigged, it was very easy to spawn camp, and there was a certain amount of lag that caused problems with gameplay. Now the game is back with a sequel and it's looking pretty good. I'm hoping that the developers experience with the first iteration of the new MoH has allowed them to work and refine the game to make it truly great this time around. As broken as multiplayer was in the first one, I had a lot of fun from it. It was neck to neck against Call of Duty: Black Ops that year with CoD:BO having a great story but boring gameplay for the main campaign while the multiplayer was also broken and laggy. Last year in 2011, EA was neck to neck against Activision with Battlefield 3 against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The campaign was very disappointing for BF3 but made up for its multiplayer while CoD:MW3 was pretty solid on both sides. So right now, I'm hoping that MoH:WF will have a polished game experience for both campaign and multiplayer it competes against Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 this year. Medal of Honor: Warfighter is now available for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Friday, February 24, 2012
VGCulture - Mass Effect 3 DLCs on day 1
Official Site: http://masseffect.com/
Source: Youtube Channel biowaremasseffect
Mass Effect 3 nears its launch date of March 6th, 2012, and apparently EA has made quite a few fans unhappy after announcing that there will be a DLC available the day it releases. Downloadable-Content (DLC) has been looked down upon by the community as what was once a great idea to offer more out of a game well after its release as it has become a dirty practice in the industry to purposely taking out contents of a game that should have already been in the game only to sell it back to the players for a price. What keeps this trend going is that it is an effective business system as people still buy the DLCs knowing that it will eventually cost more than the game itself. It's a reflection of what business model works best in this generation. Games or content that cost only $1-$15 has become a normal trend in buying games through digital distribution or micro-transactions/DLCs for existing games. With such small price tags, it gives the illusion that one is not paying all that much for their purchase. $5 doesn't seem too bad for a DLC, but the customers are already paying $60 for the entire game already and would expect the most out of it for full price. Just a few years ago, games would launch at its full entirety for the retail price people would pay for. With the new trend making more money, games are rushed out sooner with less content for the same price which is what's bothering a lot of people.
Personally, I am very against DLCs and have only bought them for insane discounts on Steam as I find their existence to lower the quality and ethics of game development in the industry. I think it's great when a developer wants to offer more out of an existing game; however, the price tag that they (or their publishers) place on them just feels like a cheap way to make more money without being justified as a worthy purchase. The matter on Mass Effect 3's DLC doesn't really bother me too much as I don't plan on getting the game anytime soon. I have yet to finish 1 and 2 (lost my save files from my laptop crashing, remember?) and so I feel I can wait it out and eventually get the game when I'm ready and play through just the main story. Mass Effect 3 releases on March 6, 2012 and the demo is available for download now.
Source: Youtube Channel biowaremasseffect
Mass Effect 3 nears its launch date of March 6th, 2012, and apparently EA has made quite a few fans unhappy after announcing that there will be a DLC available the day it releases. Downloadable-Content (DLC) has been looked down upon by the community as what was once a great idea to offer more out of a game well after its release as it has become a dirty practice in the industry to purposely taking out contents of a game that should have already been in the game only to sell it back to the players for a price. What keeps this trend going is that it is an effective business system as people still buy the DLCs knowing that it will eventually cost more than the game itself. It's a reflection of what business model works best in this generation. Games or content that cost only $1-$15 has become a normal trend in buying games through digital distribution or micro-transactions/DLCs for existing games. With such small price tags, it gives the illusion that one is not paying all that much for their purchase. $5 doesn't seem too bad for a DLC, but the customers are already paying $60 for the entire game already and would expect the most out of it for full price. Just a few years ago, games would launch at its full entirety for the retail price people would pay for. With the new trend making more money, games are rushed out sooner with less content for the same price which is what's bothering a lot of people.
Personally, I am very against DLCs and have only bought them for insane discounts on Steam as I find their existence to lower the quality and ethics of game development in the industry. I think it's great when a developer wants to offer more out of an existing game; however, the price tag that they (or their publishers) place on them just feels like a cheap way to make more money without being justified as a worthy purchase. The matter on Mass Effect 3's DLC doesn't really bother me too much as I don't plan on getting the game anytime soon. I have yet to finish 1 and 2 (lost my save files from my laptop crashing, remember?) and so I feel I can wait it out and eventually get the game when I'm ready and play through just the main story. Mass Effect 3 releases on March 6, 2012 and the demo is available for download now.
Monday, December 12, 2011
VGCulture - Today on Game Sales (Dec 12)
The number of game sales available is still very high and will continue to grow till the end of the year.
On Steam, we have:
-Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition ($4.99)
-STAR WARS® THE FORCE UNLEASHED II ($4.99)
Everything else you can ignore because they'll probably get a bigger discount during Christmas Sales
On Amazon, it's Call of Duty Sales Day
-There's also an Assassin's Creed Day tomorrow
On Origin, there's games going at 40% or more such as the Need for Speed series.
I might be out on Wednesday, so I'll only have posts for today and tomorrow. Next week, I'll be doing tons of reviews if I'm not busy/lazy.
On Steam, we have:
-Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition ($4.99)
-STAR WARS® THE FORCE UNLEASHED II ($4.99)
Everything else you can ignore because they'll probably get a bigger discount during Christmas Sales
On Amazon, it's Call of Duty Sales Day
-There's also an Assassin's Creed Day tomorrow
On Origin, there's games going at 40% or more such as the Need for Speed series.
I might be out on Wednesday, so I'll only have posts for today and tomorrow. Next week, I'll be doing tons of reviews if I'm not busy/lazy.
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