Halo Wars

Few genres hear so in PC gaming as a first-person shooting and real-time strategy. Shooters have been accepted on the consoles, but several developers are trying to find ways to develop strategy. Games for platforms other than the PC Ubisoft tries in Endwar with voice control, while The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II and Red Alert 3 of their own skills are provided. However, none of those games is so clearly made for a console like Halo Wars, which in February 2009 exclusively for the Xbox 360 appears.


Even before we looked at the game, we can already say that Halo Wars game an appropriate title to the RTS genre to break a console with. It was, after all, Halo: Combat Evolved, the first convincing shooter experience managed to put down on a console. After Halo had conquered the world in the old Xbox appeared countless other shooters on consoles. Or Halo Wars will have a similar impact is doubtful, but the genre has gotten into the console market has no fixed place is clear.

Although Microsoft and developer Ensemble Studios want nothing more than the introduction of a permanent interface for strategy games on consoles, Halo Wars has not focused on strategy fans, by definition. Should especially attract the Halo fan, an endeavor whose realization does not seem too difficult the game. The Halo trilogy had its success partly due to the strong setting, and the same setting is the basis for Halo Wars. The game takes place long before Master Chief remains the only Spartan soldier, twenty years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. Now the hero of the trilogy is called, we can immediately say that he will not be. In Halo Wars One thing is no different from the Halo shooters: people are always at war with the Covenant. Recently we got the chance to be in London one of the first missions of the game play

Rock Band PlayStation 3 Review

We have office Rockband for a while in use, along with one of my colleagues (sometimes two) I play the game very often. (Daily least 25mins) What is striking is that the guitars are exactly the same: both lead guitar and the bass is exactly the same device, indistinguishable from one another. Sometimes it would sometimes prevent the bassist in the wrong controller is holding, and sometimes change the wireless control case, the two also agreed to. Not insurmountable, minor irritation sofar. Personally, I sit behind the drums, and although I can not play the drums, I have determined it myself. Of course you miss the cimbels and of course it would be cooler if you have two foot pedals, but it would be particularly useful if the entire colossus a little would remain in place, so it does not ... With you off sliding drum is difficult to play and so we need to be parked everything: a vacuum cleaner or anything heavy that does not just slide. The songs are fun, but if you play longer you know them at a given time. Now I must say that we have downloaded. Content Although this game a lot will extend the setup is not ours, and it would therefore be a waste to be (extra) in which to invest. You touch the songs quickly got used and although difficult songs in it (I hate Enter Sandman really) is great fun: especially with two or more players.

Ratchet & Clank - Quest for Booty

Despite the fact that the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 together nowadays not outrun much for what the games are concerned, Xbox Live has been online long before saying, while it was on the Playstation Network. Suspiciously quiet But Sony has in pursuit, and not just with a few old games and additional songs for Guitar Hero. Since recently there are new original games found, with titles such as Grand Turismo 5 Prologue, Echochrome, PixelJunk Eden and now Ratchet & Clank PSN: Quest for Booty.

Played on: Playstation 3 (exclusive title)

The Ratchet & Clank series, starring the feline Ratchet and his robot friend Clank, running all the necessary for years on various PlayStations. Games like Size Matters, Up your Arsenal and Going Commando stand apart for their ambiguous titles especially known for its accessible and challenging 3D game play and their toilet humor. Quest for Booty, the successor to the beginning of this year for the PS3 title appeared Tools of Destruction, is available for download via PSN and costs only 15 euros. Note that for 15 euros you get a game that only costs a quarter of normal PlayStation games, but it's also quite a bit smaller than normal games. As of last month's Quest for Booty also available on Blu-ray, allowing people to be able to play without the Internet and / or credit card, or - to give a gift -. During the holidays in the offing

*Robot Clank

In terms of content, it appears that the creators of this 'Ratchet & Clank snack-size' have chosen. Slightly for the fastest way The story has to begin not too much to much. Robot Clank is kidnapped by a pair of robot pirates and Ratchet must save his boyfriend. Together with his girlfriend Talwyn puts Ratchet chase and together they end up in a world of robot pirates, called the Zoni, who can tell more jokes than your grandfather. That may sound nice, but the effect is faintly. The story is the level of-thick wood cutting boards-one, it has no twists and turns and the main and supporting characters are not really funny.


*Strange choice

What have been preserved from the older Ratchet & Clank games, the individual levels that are about the same size and where you usually are sweet with an hour each. Where you at the beginning of the game do not have much more than a crowbar or other games bang gun, you get Quest for Booty However once all weapons in the game. An odd choice, since it not only very overwhelming to suddenly be able to use a handful of weapons is thus one of the nicer parts of a platform game lost. Moreover, you can better not spend too much time on these weapons. As soon as you get them, you are they suddenly lost, and then you have to see them again to be found.

Tom Clancy's EndWar

While some developers realistic war studiously avoided and work in their games with non-existent parties, Tom Clancy's EndWar publisher Ubisoft player dishes out a credible frightening picture of the future. The U.S. Joint Strike Force, the European Enforcer Corps and Russian Spetsnaz at loggerheads, when a tense situation from escalating and leading to the Third World War ...

Tested on: Xbox 360 Also available for: Playstation 3 different versions: Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable



*Tutorial

The way this war is concluded is the tutorial of Endwar. While the player learns step by step with Endwar to go, the 'Prelude to War' is also explained in detail. The bottom line is that the Russians are sneaky way to ensure that the U.S. and Europe clashed with each hit, so they can open. Undisturbed attack on Europe During this process you play varied missions with all three parties, so you get all sides of the story to see and know how each party gets involved in the war. At this stage, it is fun to see how each party has its own vision, which is partly visible through the news bulletins that are played in the background.

After playing through the prelude should be chosen for one of the three factions, and from that moment you control so only the country of your choice. Interestingly, each party has different specialties. For example, the European army should have high-tech and speed, while the Russians on older and slower, but more powerful units available. It is therefore important to choose the style that best, or to keep up with the strengths of your faction. Account at least for you

*Risk

Once past the prelude begins the game really, Endwar and turns into a kind of advanced version of the board game Risk. The world map is divided into regions, where each party in the beginning about the same amount of property. The goal is clear: to defeat your opponents in as many areas as possible, so as to conquer the world and win the war.

Legendary

Time is a scarce commodity for a full-time gamer. So come with me though that a game, like a good wine in a cellar for a while before I can taste remains thereof. That was the case with Bioshock, which I only recently started it. When I started playing around the same time I noticed that Legendary it in the base game similar quality was lacking, and I assumed he'd left behind. Hopeless The latter turned out to be the end.

Tested on: Xbox 360 Also available on: PC, Playstation 3

Like the Bible recorded tree of life which Eve took a bite, it runs from Greek mythology story of Pandora's box coming to the disastrous consequences that can arouse curiosity. Hephaestus, the god of fire, created in his workshop a beautiful metal sculpture of a woman. Zeus took the picture so much that he brought it to life and gave it the name Pandora. His wife Hera was obviously jealous and when all the gods gave Pandora gifts as beauty, cleverness and persuasion, Hera gave her curiosity, and curiosity that would leave her no time to rest. Nice gift, especially if Zeus then gives her a beautifully decorated box that should absolutely never be opened and then coolly to give her the key. It will obviously not take long for the box opens and immediately clear why it should continue. Closed forever Diseases, disasters and any other forms of evil flying into the world and put an abrupt end to the carefree existence of mankind.


*All hell breaks loose

Everyone will agree with me that a story like that of Pandora lends itself well for a game. Especially when the case in question, of course, in the middle of the metropolis of New York put open, and instead of disease and disaster seemingly endless horde of mythical monsters breaks loose to destroy the city. And all thanks to the art thief Charles Deckard, whose role you will be redirected to steal. Infamous Pandora's box from the historical museum in Legendary pad Once in the basement of the building showing the mythological artifact but also for him to have an irresistible appeal and he quickly acts already in Pandora's footsteps by opening the carton. While doing so, a foreign stake rammed through his hand, with which he is connected to the cursed artifact mysteriously. Before he knows what's going on all hell breaks loose and turns the museum into a bloody disaster area full of death and destruction

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Eleven million players can not be wrong, you might say. But how do you keep all those gamers happy? Since Wrath of the Lich King should care, the second expansion for the game of mmo mmo games. We enlisted the help of the members of our forum, to determine if it is a bit of work, that "keeping them happy."

A game is generally well tested before it is placed on the market and at a mmo game such a test can only really take place online. So ran the last few months, a beta of Wrath of the Lich King, in which the necessary members of our own Gathering of Tweakers participated. Some of them are here to tell you what you can expect from the new expansion.

With Wrath of the Lich King is the world of World of Warcraft considerably larger. With the previous expansion, The Burning Crusade, there is an entire continent to the game was already added and it happens again. This time you can adventure in the icy Northrend, where the fearsome Lich King has withdrawn to the Icecrown Glacier. The Lich King is the great enemy, so much so that he unites the sworn enemies of the Horde and the Alliance. Both camps are fighting together against the forces of the Lich King. Besides a new enemy and a new area to traverse course there is more, because with Wrath of the Lich King does the Death Knight are entering a whole new class. And not just one, the death knight is the first hero class in the game.

*Hero Class

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The Death Knight has spells, but can also handle sword, ax and mace. He can easily survive and is rightly seen as a mixture of existing classes, such as the Warlock, Warrior and Paladin. What immediately stands out is that the Death Knight a completely new method to use spells and other abilities, namely the Rune system. DK's have six Runes - Two Blood, two Frost and Unholy two - and a Rune bar that fills up as he makes use of the Runes, similar to the Rage bar at a Warrior. Death Knights have three different battle modes, which correspond to the three types of runes, namely Blood, Frost and Unholy. Used in all the attacks the Death Knight or Runes, or Rune Power Rune from his bar. Blood covered under attack mainly trying to recover from the Death Knight, Frost provides health attacks slow the enemy or the Death Knight can collect less damage and Unholy attack gives the enemy causing diseases or magical damage. Furthermore, the DK can let himself resurrected as Ghoul, a zombie. He also unsuccessfully, acting as the Ghoul still continue to play. Fallen ally It is the fastest way to continue fighting after being killed, as Priests and Paladins can not beat that. The disadvantage is that the resurrected Ghoul has very limited capabilities.

*Talent

All spells and abilities of the Death Knight are linked to one of the three types of runes, although there are some that Runes of various types consume. The Talent Tree of the Death Knight is divided into Blood, Frost and Unholy. The emphasis is on Blood Tree play solo and dps , with many opportunities to regenerate, to live by Frost emphasis on survival and refuel and Unholy on magic attacks with aoe and your Ghoul. The Unholy Tree is also seen as the PvP tree. All Trees have much synergy with each other, however, that there are a lot of good mixed forms can be created and each tree additionally has more than enough talent to increase your damage and to survive you better. The Death Knight wears Plate Armor, and can attack with Axes, Swords and maces, as well eenhanders tweehanders and in Dual Wield. However, he can not use shields, such as existing tank classes like the Warrior and Paladin. He can also permanently improve his weapons with runes, somewhat like the Shaman can. However, as he has need for material and an oven, which can be found in Ebon Hold, the start of the Death Knight. Some notable features of the DK Death Grip, which he not only his victim taunt , but also draws all to himself. He also has a Frost-ability that the victim first completely freezes, after which it slowly thaws and thus slowly regains its normal speed of action. Furthermore, the Death Knight a magical shield that anyone within its scope is is invulnerable to magic attacks. One of the best Blood Talents are the Blood Worms. This brings to life two to four worms that attack your enemy and all the damage they make as health returned to you. The Death Knight is quick, he has a lot of attacks that have little to no cooldown. That is not necessary, because the Rune system ensures basically saying that the Death Knight is not repeatedly use the same powerful attack. There are only two Runes by species and after consumption takes five seconds before she returned to him. However, there are some talents that can temporarily change into special Runes Death Runes, which are then used for special attacks again. The system forces the player to switch. A good or simple attack pattern, I have not really found until now.


*Ebon Hold

You can start a Death Knight if you have a character of level 55. The Death Knight is split off of that character. You can have up to one Death Knight per server. You then begin to serve the Lich King and you are resurrected from the many deaths that have occurred in the major wars that have been there. The Death Knights fighting during the introduction to their first great enemy, The Scarlet Crusade in the old Eastern Plaguelands. Here you have to prove yourself to perform. A series of entertaining and original assignments So you have to see on board a ship of the Scarlet Crusade to come, then the board cannons to target. The owners Furthermore, given the Death Knight no horse, no, he must steal in order to subsequently to form the special Death Charger. The final quest of the Death Knight introduction, which also leads to the end of your loyalty to the Lich King, is phenomenal, almost epic proportions. Here Blizzard much attention and love into it. Because the storyline alone, each player would have a Death Knight should start and the introduction should play.

Preview: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

It is a fact that the beat 'em up genre is as old as the road to Rome. About the quality of the games since the glory days of the nineties were released, can be debated, but fighting games are not thinking of the game world away. Similarly Mortal Kombat: this series made its name on the Sega Megadrive and belonged to the console to the absolute top. Since Mortal Kombat 3, developer Paradox however personally experienced that whoever climbs high, may fall hard.

Played on: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

MK vs DCU screen
Jokingly you could say that the previous generation of consoles to Mortal Kombat has passed. The Sega Megadrive developers limited to a simple 2D approach, and that was actually a blessing. The developers were given more opportunities, the harder the fighting seemed to go. Slicing Mortal Kombat: Deception was found in 2004 is a step in the right direction, but the parts then fell off again. The fans of the first hour so still waiting for an "MK" that the quality of the first three parts equals.

Those fans can put their hopes for a good new game in the series back in the fridge. The basic structure of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is there in part to blame, someone who is fond of Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Liu Kang and Kano will generally not be Catwoman, The Green Lantern or Batman and Superman warm. Find the fanbase in the range of 22 fighters only eleven characters from the Mortal Kombat camp and additionally get a game presented does not even try to stay true to what Mortal Kombat was ever faithful.