God of War: Ascension

When a franchise has been growing a sequel / prequel, it is reasonable to see developers make changes or additions to the hope of a positive impact. In the case of God of War, every game has always managed to provide what is requested by gamers as improve the standard of his own game. However, after five games on three different platforms, God of War: Ascension signifies the collapse of dominance Kratos.

Ascension is a prequel of all the untold story of Kratos in his quest to destroy the rope agreement with Ares, Kratos must face The Furies – three messengers of the god of war to punish anyone who denies Blood Oath with him. And as usual, our hero is never afraid to face any obstacles that are such and purpose. Not only about blood and battle alone, this story also raised human side of Kratos longing and regret after being framed for killing his family.

Ascension actually has all the positives of the previous series: a deep combat system, epic boss fight, a beautiful environment, and the tragic story of Kratos. Even so, step developer to make platforming as one of the main single-player focus – besides adding a multiplayer mode – can be regarded as a less precise measure.

In this series platforming is not uncommon. You will often jump, swing, or slide and plunged Blades of Chaos on the surface as a control. Although the added gameplay variety, but the numbers are very much often times reduce the pace of play that has become the hallmark of this series. In fact, there are times you will feel a little bored when playing it.

Even worse is the platforming execution is far from satisfactory. Looks footing or swing point that sometimes seen less clearly an issue that is often frustrating. Not infrequently you will feel Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Dark, bloody, customization, moral choice, and the branching storyline. That is some minimum elements required by the RPG market in the current era. Even so, the fact it does not diminish the intention to offer Level-5 Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, a typical Japanese RPG style beautiful, spirited, and it will suck up your attention for a few hours that do not count anymore.

Like most young people in the JRPG, Oliver is a person who is destined to save the world. He lived in Motorville, a peaceful town where hospitality and smiles are not difficult to find. Although this adventure will bring Oliver into a parallel world, the city still has a considerable role.

Oliver is not the typical hero in general. He is a good boy, naive, and full of energy. Alas, everything had changed when her mother died. But the hope is still there – it turned out the mother had a soul mate named Alicia the Great Sage is now held by Shaddar, ruler parallel world. For Oliver, beating Shaddar is the only way to save her in the real world. But for the parallel world, surrender means Shaddar safety.

Oliver began the adventure of pure-hearted – but broken due to the tragedy – in a parallel world. Beside it there is Drippy, which gave the fairy figure comics and humor into the story. However, 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 »