BioShock Infinite

After three years had passed since BioShock 2 was released, now 2K Games brings back the third BioShock BioShock Infinite with the title. Game itself remains a first-person shooter, but now re-addressed by the development Irrational Games, developers of the first BioShock course led by Ken Levine, the developer of System Shock 2.

BioShock Infinite is a third game, but the story is completely new and not part of the first and second story of BioShock. In BioShock Infinite, we will act as an ex-soldier and former Pinkerton agent named Booker DeWitt twisted debt. In 1912, in order to free yourself from debt, DeWitt took the mission to go to Columbia to bring a girl named Elizabeth out of the city and back to New York.

Columbia here is not fair city, because the city is a floating city in the sky occupied by the Father Comstock. Booker eventually caught in a conflict between the Founders Columbia led by Comstock and Vox Populi led by Fitzroy, where he discovered that Elizabeth turned out to have mysterious power which can open doors to other dimensions.

If we see at a glance, BioShock Infinite look like a first-person shooter game that is pretty standard. DeWitt can carry two weapons and supernatural powers named Vigor acquired from the magical beverage. Vigor ability possessed by DeWitt also there are many kinds, ranging from the enemy penetrated to help us, shocked opponent, throwing objects that could explode and so on. DeWitt can also use a variety of gear to strengthen himself.

Sounds like a standard first-person shooter with extra features not? But actually, BioShock Infinite is not a regular shooter game, but a game that mixes the modern and the classic. Read the rest of this entry »

Tomb Raider

When it first appeared in Lara Croft Tomb Raider in 1996, it comes with a buzz after the show visually revolutionary, inventive gameplay and storytelling style equivalent of a Hollywood movie. Forward 17 years later, now turn to the Tomb Raider reboot that borrows elements from the franchise giants of this era – the most viscous of the Uncharted series that were previously regarded as the successor sendri Lara in action adventure genre. Even so, the telling of the story of Lara Croft is still filled with exciting action and thrilling that will continue to keep you riveted from beginning to end.

As a young Lara Croft has almost everything it takes an archaeologist: a sharp instinct, brain dilute, and the desire for adventure. However, we know the protagonist not only has it all. Reboot tells her transformation from a naive young woman who turned out to be dual-wielding figure-busty-bad-ass-action-heroine Lara Croft as we know it today.

In his first expedition to unlock the mystery behind the lost kingdom of Japan named Yamatai, Endurance ship carrying Lara and his team was hit by a severe lightning when entering the territory the Dragon Triangle – The Bermuda Triangle game version. Stranded on a desert island wide, Lara must now try to survive and find a member of the group, as well as find a way out of hell is.

In gameplay this title combines the mechanism of action adventure, platforming and exploration. Uncharted fans and players will not seem strange when controlling Lara Croft. Read the rest of this entry »

Crysis 3

After the game Crysis 2 release in 2011 ago, Crytek return to continue the series with the main official sequel titled Crysis 3.

Takes place 24 years after the events in Crysis 2, the game Crysis 3 we again met with the Prophet, who at the beginning of the story released by Psycho. Prophet had a vision that called Ceph aliens will destroy the world, but currently CELL is trying to conquer the world and the Prophet should prevent it all happening.

Humanity questioned by friends, pursued by the CELL and possessed by the Ceph, the Prophet had to go back to save the world in the epic story packed in this 3 game Crysis.

Crysis 3 like the previous series, is still a first-person shooter game. We control the Prophet, the soldier whose body had become one with the alien technology, the Nanosuit. By using Nanosuit, Prophet can use various special abilities such as great strength, armor, and stealth.

New for Crysis 3 is a stealth weapon called Composite Bow Predator. With these sophisticated weapons, we can hunt opponents like a predator because we can fire this weapon without the risk of missing stealth.

Along the way Prophet to destroy and prevent the return of Ceph CELL, we can meet a variety of weapons. Each weapon we can even customize the on-the-fly, alias directly on the battlefield without the need to pause. But this means that we are customizing weapons, the enemy keeps moving and could kill us.

There are quite a lot of customization, we can choose for example to use iron sights, tactical sight, or others, can also choose the type of bullet, as well as selecting the attachment and some kind of a gun barrel. Each weapon has a different customization. Prophet can even take Ceph Read the rest of this entry »

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Departing from E3 2009 where Hideo Kojima surprised the public by making a reappearance in the session Microsoft platform, this is the official title was introduced to the public as Metal Gear Solid: Rising, a project intended to be held by Kojima Productions young talent while he focuses on his personal project, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. By featuring Raiden as the main character, Rising originally intended to bridge that tells how the transformation of the hero to be a figure as can be seen in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. However, in fact the idea foundered in the middle of the road along with the initial concept Zandatsu (cut & take), which is too complex to be realized.

Without a lot of unknowns, Rising even suffered a cancellation secretly in 2010, before Kojima himself offering Atsushi Inaba alienation project and the team at Platinum Games. With Platinum bids received later, they had done a number of changes to make it more appropriate. Among others, change settings, trim stealth elements, and strap on a new title. Through the Spike VGA 2011, the project was officially introduced as the Metal Gear Rising re: Revengeance, an act of “revenge” / “vengeance” from Kojima Productions and Platinum Games over the failure of Metal Gear Solid: Rising.

In order to give more freedom to the Platinum Creative, the development of the initial setting is placed before MGS4 was made into the following four years. Raiden is now joined in a Private Military Company (PMC) called Maverick Security Consulting. Regardless of the lack of public views on PMC-related conflicts in MGS4, Maverick is a PMC that aims to keep the peace where Raiden himself merely to train the soldiers and escorted on demand, with no direct involvement in the field.

However, the situation is peaceful in fact does not make all parties happy. At one point, PMC opposition called Desperado Enforcement appear and perform an ambush on a convoy escort the Prime Minister. An elite Desperado named Sundowner successfully carry off the minister, while another dubbed Jetstream Sam has defeated Raiden in a fight. Failure of the mission and any new threats require the cyborg ninja back and take revenge. Made more simple than the core Metal Gear usual, the story Rising Kojima Productions was deliberately designed to be attractive as well as outside the usual fans. However, by taking into account the conflict and humanity that is characteristic of the work of Hideo Kojima far.

Before there are more people who deplore the change experienced aspects of the gameplay, it should be emphasized again that the Rising was offered the concept is much different than the first installment that was there all along. Unlike his first appearance in MGS2 were put remains at the very essence of Metal Gear, Raiden here Read the rest of this entry »

Dead Space 3

Two years after Dead Space 2, Visceral Games and ultimately Electronic Arts went on adventures Isaac Clarke in Dead Space 3. In this third entry, Adventure Isaac brought her into an ice planet called Tau Volantis. Dead Space 3 is also the title of which is controversial for several reasons such as the presence of co-op mode which is similar to a game memorable, planet of ice that will alert to a game, and also microtransaction. Do these changes make Dead Space 3 into third-person shooter game that let ordinary?

Isaac adventure this time is much larger when compared to Dead Space that only housed in a plane, and Dead Space 2 are housed in a space station. Although the main setting in the planet, Isaac did not immediately arrive on the planet. Dead Space 3 begins when Isaac was in his apartment and then he was forced to join a team to re-handle the Marker. Originally Isaac did not want to, but for some reason, he finally went too.

Its quite surprising from Dead Space 3 is setting the place. Dead Space 3 is taking three different places: urban atmosphere at the beginning of the game, the atmosphere in the mid-game space, and the ruins of the headquarters on the ice planet at the end of the game. The most memorable was on the outside of its airspace. For those of you who are not satisfied zero gravity in Dead Space and Dead Space 2 a lot less, you will be happy once in Dead Space 3 as on the outside of the space is really very satisfying. In the space, the gameplay to be a little open-world where you could freely around the space.

Atmosphere of horror, Dead Space 3 is reduced. But this does not mean that Dead Space 3 into full-action games such as Resident Evil 6. Creepy atmosphere still feels as a dark place with a view supported by a pretty creepy atmosphere. Tense atmosphere in Dead Space 3 could arguably approached Dead Space as place settings that are ruins all. In Dead Space 2 feels too clean place setting for events Necromorph outbreak has just occurred. For problems become real horror is not too much of a problem. Read the rest of this entry »