The Walking Dead Game Review

The Walking Dead Season 2 continues to intrigue, following its Season 1 that was released last year. The main character, Clementine engages players as she deals with the aftermath of the end of the world, those that survived and those that rose from the dead.

In Season 1 Lee Everett manages to avoid being jailed for his crimes when zombies try to take over the world. He ends up caring for Clementine, while they both have to battle the dead. Players choose a character they want to play and have the ability to make some decisions and choices that determine how the story progresses.

Season 2 is also based on the decisions players made in Season 1. Clementine loses contact with her friends. This part is not just about killing zombies. Clementine becomes a tough survivor, as she also faces brutality. The choices and decisions made involve the same characters that were part of the previous Season while we also meet new characters, facing new situations. These choices are tougher than in previous episodes.

The story delivers grappling moments, where your conversation provides many turning points. There seems to be less action but there are more immersive dangerous incidents posed by other survivors.

Clementine faces more difficult challenges, acting independently as well as being driven by decisions made by players. Along with exploration of graphics and interesting characters players submerge into the dark world of intrigue, becoming even more curious about what happens in the following episodes yet to be released.

It is not just one of many zombies games or gun games, but definitely the game to play this year.
Platforms include PS3, Xbox 360, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Ouya, Microsoft Windows and OS X.

Call of Duty Ghosts Review

In Call of Duty: Ghosts Logan Walker along with his brother David “Hesh” Walker and their father Captain Elias Walker are part of the US Special Operations personnel. They complete missions behind the enemy lines.

Players form team squads and complete objectives. As part of these squads, they face challenges to destroy various areas. They face other squads in game modes that include searching and destroying, killing enemies, and domination.

The Ghosts fight the US enemy, the Federation that comprises of South American oil-producing nations that also captured one of their member, Gabriel Rorke, tortured and brainwashed to work for them following an attack during one of the missions. Rorke was previously the leader of the Ghosts.

After hijacking the controlling space station of the Orbital Defense Initiative the Federation uses it to destroy cities in the southeastern United States. American astronauts destroy other space stations to prevent further destruction.

Logan and David are captured by the Ghosts and join them in their mission only then finding out that their father, Elias is the leader of the Ghosts. Elias and his sons need to destroy the Federation that developed their own technology based on the US Orbital Defense Initiative technology to attack the US. They need to do this before this technology is used. At the end, Logan is captured by Rorke, who now attempts to use similar methods to brainwash him.

Call of Duty Ghosts is available on PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Review

In Assassin’s Creed Black Flag players can explore jungles and other places, hunt, swim and fish in various islands of the Caribbean, including cities such as Havana, Nassau and Kingston. Through tools such as spyglass they can trace the cargo on ships or islands, explore lands or dive. Exploration is the key feature of this game, but the great portion involves naval combats.

The events of the past and presence clash when Abstergo Industries examines pirate, Edward Kenway’s memories to locate the Observatory, where it is possible to see through the eyes of another. The Observatory is also sought by empires to spy and blackmail world leaders. Players act as researchers for Abstergo.

Kenway was a Caribbean pirate who joined the Assassin Order. With the help of his memories players can explore Caribbean islands through combats and adventures. In the present day players can hack and investigate Abstergo’s offices to discover its secrets.

Side missions provide opportunities to launch attacks, perform assassinations or naval combats. Through missions new weapons and abilities can be gained, along with new crew members and tools to deal with various types of enemies. This is a way of exploring Edward Kenway’s memories as researchers. If they try to cross the area of these memories the ships will obstruct further exploration. Players can also interact with other players.

This game is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Xbox One.

Grand Theft Auto V created by Rockstar Games is regarded as the largest open world game that incorporates all the elements used in previous games of this series. It features open ended missions, where players can drive cars, kill other characters, and the police may chase them. They explore the world through diverse paths that lead to various destinations.

This game allows switching between the three characters Micheal De Santa, a former bank robber, Trevor Phillips, a former military pilot as well as drug addict, and Franklin Clinton, a car sales rep. It provides opportunities to participate in minigames and activities such as sport, getting involved in events and situations, making decisions what to do or where to go within a vast area of Los Santos.

This game is unique, enabling individual actions. It can be played by 16 players that design their own missions, compete, and complete missions. Players can interact with each other, buy clothing, properties, and other items.

Grant Theft Auto V features also now popular emergent gameplay elements, where players are free to explore and are not limited to a set of rules designed by developers. One example of such game is Minecraft. Players use their own input to create their own experiences.

Emergent gameplay has recently become popular due to freedom to create one’s very own story and experiences, and not just follow someone else’s. This type of storytelling creates interactive participation and appeals to its audience. As a result, this game is deemed to be one of the most popular open world games.

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Final Fantasy comes with impressive visual content, offering engaging role playing.

Final Fantasy is very realistic and has characters that captivate players. Its visual world entices with a compelling story telling. Some thought that the subsequent games in the series were not as good as the original game. The recent game Final Fantasy XIII-2 provided elements to explore environments and missions that are mostly common elements. Following the release of Final Fantasy VII in 1999 it became the highest selling game in the US while Final Fantasy XII was the fastest selling release of the series in 2009.

Throughout the entire series heroes battle evil combatting various obstacles. Characters progress while exploring their world and defeat opponents. They advance with the help of their abilities in the world caught up in the rebellion. Internal struggles add to the dramatic plot, and relationships are complicated by corruption, false identities, sacrifices or amnesia. Crystals contain special forces.

There is also conflict between nature and modern technology. Battle systems and points are accumulated when enemies are killed. Another element of this game is various types of magic that is used to either defend through spells or harm enemy in various ways even if it requires getting help from creatures and monsters.

Final Fantasy XIV promises great engagement. This photo realistic game involves role playing that allows for choices in various ways to battle between a class or a job, ways of casting spells as well as various transportation methods.When needed it is possible also to heal. It is a role playing game, where one of the most appealing elements is a story.

A Realm Reborn has other quests and plots that are separate from the main storyline.

This game is available on PlayStation 3 and from April 14 2014 on PlayStation 4.

Diversity in game publishing is about to deliver even more richer and exciting experiences.

Whether it is PlayStation, Xbox or Wii, it is not anymore just about playing games. The new developments in Nintendo games prompt user to socialize. It is known for its handheld game consoles. Now, it also provides features such as touch screen or camera. Xbox will enable to record videos or track other players. It will also have glasses that can integrate real and digital world with tablets that can access games.

Through SmartGlass’ device, videos and games can be shared with other devices. SmartGlass also allows to share content between tablets, mobiles, and TV. The glasses are going to use augmented reality, 4G-enabled. Images of augmented 3D reality will be displayed on walls while playing. This innovation is called ‘Fortaleza’ that also involves glasses. The new console Xbox 720 will require glasses, but they can also be used on their own. In this way, consoles become more of a media center.

Nintendo offers GamePad that enable players to interact. It is not as much about efficiency or speed but how much fun consoles can deliver. Despite its luckless beginnings, it later became popular winning many fans.

Major publishers are Activision, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. They release games for PCs, consoles, and handhelds. Some experiences become adopted across all consoles, such as the ability to be used online. Xbox can also connect online games.

Highly desired PlayStation hasn’t entirely annihilated Xbox that has been hugely successful in the US and UK. It hasn’t won popularity though in places where gamers remain loyal to their local brands, such as Japan’s PlayStation. The new PlayStation 4 creates a new gaming experience that relies heavily on social interaction. There is also a new controller for the system, the DualShock4 that allows for sharing and also identifying other players. It is also to incorporate augmented reality in video games.

The new trend in game production involves more moderate prices, but greater emphasis on a unique experience. The same approach is shared by other console makers. They think that the appearance and price are not as prominent as experience and content that they deliver. Performance is the most essential thing.

Another emerging trend, microconsoles are to be relatively inexpensive with equally inexpensive games that can be played on television. Their advantage is that they tend to be more content orientated rather than hardware orientated. One such console is Ouya that is an Android based.

Despite the surge in popularity of less expensive games, new consoles are about more exciting features that can heighten their popularity. The last two years were difficult for console publishers, but with the new generation consoles released by Sony and Microsoft they will thrive despite the competition from mobile devices.

Despite the emergence of tablets competing through more affordable pricing, consoles maintain an advantage because of their quality content. The higher cost gives a better experience along with better technology. High quality content is now something all game publishers pursue.

Consoles integrate other experiences into gaming. Xbox is to add tablets to its existing technology. It is also about connecting even more with the user. Wireless technology will be more integrated to beat the competition with games that allow playing through touching the screen.

The mixture of genres will coincide with mixed platforms, and some PC based games will be accessible on other platforms as well.