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Nov 4th, 2012 at 08:53:24 - Pokemon Black (DS) |
Pokemon Black version is a third person role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. The game was developed for Nintendo DS. The game was the fifth generation of the Pokemon series of role-playing games. The game was first released in Japan on September 18, 2010. In Pokemon Black, young Pokemon trainer journey through the region of Unova. As young trainer progresses through the region, he or she competes against other trainers, while fighting against criminal organization called Team Plasma. The game introduced over 150 brand-new Pokemon. Like previous generations of Pokemon game, young trainer must obtain eight badges. After obtaining eight badges, young trainer can battle elite four. Also, a player can battle elite four for second time and these elite four become much stronger than first time.
The new feature of the game is the introduction of seasonal cycle, with the seasons advancing every month. The seasonal cycle is not linked to the actual calendar. Also, the game added two new battle mechanics. One of the battle mechanics is Triple Battles, where both trainers must send out three Pokemon at once. In Triple Battles, the Pokemon only attack certain Pokemon which depend on the position. For example, Pokemon on the left or right sides can only target the Pokémon directly opposite of them. Another battle mechanic is Rotation Battles. In Rotation Battles, trainers also send out three Pokemon, but instead of three-on-three battle in triple battles, it is a one-on-one battle. Trainers can rotate between three Pokemon to fight.
The most important aspect of Pokemon game is deciding which types of Pokemon to carry around. A player can carry around maximum of six different Pokemon. The best strategy is to carry around all different types of Pokemon. For example, if you already own a fire type Pokemon, you should probably capture other types like water or glass. Also, each Pokemon can have maximum of four different attacks or moves. At certain level, Pokemon learns stronger attacks or moves. However, there are certain moves that are useless. Thus, it is important for players to decide what moves to learn and delete.
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Oct 26th, 2012 at 18:18:30 - Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction (PC) |
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is a PC game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment. In North America, the game was released in June 27, 2001. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is hack and slash role playing action game. It is an expansion pack of Diablo II, which added two new classes, Assassin and Druid, and one more act. Diablo II only included four acts and final boss, or what Blizzard refer to as prime evil, was Diablo. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction added one more act, Act V, and final boss became Baal. Also, the game added new area in season 3 patch 1.11. The area was called Uber Tristram where player can open portal through combining three organs, Mephisto’s brain, Baal’s eye, and Diablo’s horn. In Uber Tristram, there are three prime evils, which are Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal, and they are much stronger than bosses in the acts. If a player manages to kill all three prim evils, he or she can pick up unique large charm called Hellfire Torch.
In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, a player can choose from seven different classes. These are Amazon, Assassin, Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Sorceress, and Paladin. Each class has different skill sets and a raising skill point has different affect on them. For example, Sorceress has fire spells, lighting spells, and cold spells as her skill trees. Also, Sorceress starts out with 10 strength, 25 dexterity, 10 vitality, and energy 35 as her stats. All classes have health and mana. These are important resources because these resources determine how easily a player can die or how much a player can use skills. However, the most important resource is inventory. A player is given the space to equip items. A player can only equip one armor, one helmet, one glove, one belt, one boots, one amulet, and two rings. A player is given two weapon sections, where he or she can switch between two. Depending on the weapon type, a player can equip a weapon and shield or just a weapon. Only one class, Barbarian, can equip two weapons in same section. A player has 4 by 10 inventory box where he or she can pick up items that are dropped from monsters. Also, a player is provided with chest where he or she can store items that are picked up. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is all about obtaining quality items. These items will significantly power up the characters.
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Oct 19th, 2012 at 22:17:36 - Tekken 4 (PS2) |
TeKken 4 is a game developed and published by Namco. It was released on the PlayStation 2 in 2002. The genre of the game is an action-fighting game. The game includes single-player and multiplayer modes. In single-player mode, player can enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, fight against CPU, and play Tekken Force. In the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, player fights series of battle to get to final round. If player wins the final round, he or she will unlock new character. Each character has different embedded narratives for joining the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Tekken Force is a beat’em up minigame which allows players to go through stages to discover different ranks in the organization. In multiplayer mode, two players can fight each other by choosing a character. Also, players can create tag team and fight each other with maximum of eight characters.
For first time, it allowed players to do extra damage by maneuvering around obstacles in the arenas. The game also introduced six new characters. Finally, the game introduced a brand new graphics system and smoother surfaces. The most important resource in the game is the health. Once you run out of the health, you lose the fight. Also, the time is another important resource. If a player has greater health then opponent, he or she can run out the clock to win the fight.
The most important aspect of Tekken is balancing out the characters’ power. If one character is overpowered, a player will have dominant strategy of choosing that character. For example, Paul Phoenix deals heavy damage with his fists compared to Hwoarang. However, Hwoarang has quicker feet and can attack very quickly. This will offset the imbalance between these two characters. Tekken 4 is very symmetrical game where each player has the same staring condition and has same objective. However, players can add handicap to make the game asymmetrical. If player put handicap, then he or she start out with less health than one who did not put handicap.
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Oct 12th, 2012 at 14:06:18 - League of Legends (PC) |
In League of Legends, character development is very important. Every few months, new champion is introduced to players of League of Legends. Riot game introduces new champions because it wants to provide players with more options. Also, players will get bored if they play limited set of champions over and over. When Riot game develop champion, it has to look into variety of factors. First, Riot game has to decide whether the champion is range or melee attack. It has to decide attack distance for the champion. Also, it has to balance out between attack damage (AD), health, and ability power (AP). A champion cannot be high in all aspects because it will be too strong and dominant strategy will be to choose that champion. Furthermore, a champion’s movement speed is a critical factor. For example, if range champion is faster than melee champion, melee champion will not stand a chance against range champion. Thus, based movement speed of melee champion is faster than range champion. Also, melee champions usually have skills that allow them to close the distance between range champions. However, Riot game sometimes develops and introduces champions that are too strong. Players refer to these champions as op which stands for overpowered. If players complain about some champions being too strong, Riot game will tried to fix the problem through patch. It will nerf, which means to weaken, the champions and explain the reasons for nerfing. Vice Versa, Riot game might develop champions that are too weak and it will try to buff these champions through patch.
Another important aspect of developing champion for Riot game is the name and the storyline for the champion. Riot game decides the name and title that follows right after the name. For example, Garen is a champion in League of Legends and his title is “The Might of Demacia.” Furthermore, each champion has storyline dedicated to itself. One of the biggest stories in League of Legends is a battle between countries. For example, Demacia and Noxus were at war but settle it by signing a treaty. Soon after, Noxus turned to invade Ionia so they can expand outward. These are some example of stories that are involved in the game. Also, there is journal, which is called the Journal of Justice that is dedicated to telling the story.
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