Tech info:
Developed by Tamsoft and Activision, Guardian's Crusade is a role-playing game with single player option. The developers team rightfully deserves all the praises for the brilliant translation and dialogue interaction between characters. What makes an RPG a success story is its narrative, and the developers have left no room for disappointment in the description of Guardian's Crusade.
Overview:
Guardian's Crusade is a wonderful rol-playing game with a young knight and his adventures. The most specific thing about the RPG is its excellent translation from Japanese, thanks to the developers. The dialogue delivery between the knight and the baby monster is really amazing. It is not an epic game, but its plot and the graphics make the game a lot more fun than other RPG games.
Graphics:
Guardian's Crusade contains sharp 3D graphics. The backgrounds are clearly visible. Characters are also bright and colorful. But as you proceed further, you will find the game too colorful. This distances the game a bit from reality. However, this is not a major issue in the RPG as the game wonderfully creates its characters. You can rotate the view to look carefully into every specific details of a room or the surrounding background. You will eventually fall in love with the beautiful backgrounds and the vibrant characters. The baby monster in pink looks really cute and lovable. Indeed, all the characters in Guardian's Crusade are very cute.
Important Specs:
Guardian's Crusade is available exclusively on the PlayStation gaming console. The support functions in the PS game are Memory Card, DualShock Support and Vibration, along with Analog Controller compatibility. You need a processor of Pentium 900 Mhz along with 256MB of RAM.GeForce2MX based graphics card and integrated AC97 based sound card are also required. At $49.95, the price value is not that high.
Gameplay:
Guardian's Crusade includes a very delightful storyline, although there is nothing new in the plot. The story starts with a knight from a Japanese monastery, who is on quest to find an orphaned baby monster named Baby its home. The knight effectively fights against the evil forces met on his way. The monsters are scattered on the map.
The baby monster is his battle companion. He also takes care of the baby monster, feeds it and guides it through the battles. Nurturing of the baby monster is important. Proper care of the baby monster determines how well it fairs in the battle ground. The game boasts of a wonderful camaraderie between the knight and the baby monster.
Another interesting factor in Guardian's Crusade is the choice of battle companions the player gets. There are about 70 choices of 'Living toys' each of which are capable of its own specific abilities. The toys are quite expert in skills like ninja skills and healing, which can be of great help in the battles. The player has to collect as many toys as possible. These toys are quite helpful in the battles. The more you collect them, the closer you get to your goal. It is really interesting to find your enemies shrinking gradually when you become more and more powerful. But the moment you find yourself more involved in the game, it just comes to an end. I am disappointed to say that expert RPG gamers will find it a bit too short.
Sound:
I found the musical scores of Guardian's Crusade a little confusing. The background music hardly complements the sophisticated ambience of the game. Nevertheless, the music goes perfectly alright with the action. There is not even a single situation where the music sounds repetitive.
What makes the game more fun and enjoyable is the interchange of conversation between the characters. Dialogue delivery is pretty impressive.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The chosen - Well of Souls: Action-based RPG
Tech info:
Publisher: Meridian4
Developer: Rebelmind
Genre: Action role-playing
Overview:
Developed by Rebelmind, The Chosen is an action-based RPG game where the player can play upto three characters against a powerful sorceror. The army of the sorceror includes demons, devils and resurrected alchemists. The player can make his character stronger with more power. He can also choose to fight against bigger and tougher enemies. However, the game is repetitive to some extent.
Graphics:
The visual elements of The Chosen are not that great, but they are just fine. Its 3D plot is interesting enough. The atmospheric effects are good.
Audio quality:
The voice quality of the RPG game is somewhat disappointing. The words in the script are not that great as they describe a cliched plot. The voice acting is really pathetic.
Conclusion:
Try out The Chosen if you want to play a simplified RPG. The price tag is quite cheap. At $20, you can almost ignore the cost.
Gameplay:
The Chosen is a role-playing game, where the player is sent on a mission by monesteries to free God's Envoy taken hostage by a powerful Alchemist Marcus. The storyline is simple and yet full of actions.
The best part of the PC game is the choice of characters the player gets to play. The choices are a monk, a hunter and an alchemist. The plot is a familiar one. The hero follows a linear path, fights the enemies to death on his way and collects the loots. The player is given NPCs to assist in his quest. Two monsters are also there to help you. The monsters improve their power and strength as the game moves on.
The cash you earn from killing the enemies is not much. It can hardly leave an option for you to purchase new weapons or repair the old ones. The problem increases along with the game. Even buying an equipment can cost you much. You can revive your assisting monsters if they are dead. But the revival fee is too high. You are seldom
lucky with the loots your enemies leave behind.
The particular thing about The Chosen is its skill system. The game offers three sets of skills called 'offence', 'defence' and 'other'. Each set comprises a series of passive abilities to fight the enemies. However, the player can choose only one ability from each set at a time. The upgradation of the abilities is also not so
impressive.
You can summon powerful demons and creatures in the game. But this happens much later in the game. There is not much variation in enemies. You get only a few choices to select your enemies. You will find most of them repeating in the entire gameplay. Only their sizes vary at different levels of the game. Besides, you will go almost clueless about time changing from day to night. As there is no multiplayer option, the game can be boring for some.
Recommended system requirements:
Windows Vista
1.6 GHz Dual-core Processor
2GB RAM
DVD drive
120GB HArd Disk
GeForce Go7600
Publisher: Meridian4
Developer: Rebelmind
Genre: Action role-playing
Overview:
Developed by Rebelmind, The Chosen is an action-based RPG game where the player can play upto three characters against a powerful sorceror. The army of the sorceror includes demons, devils and resurrected alchemists. The player can make his character stronger with more power. He can also choose to fight against bigger and tougher enemies. However, the game is repetitive to some extent.
Graphics:
The visual elements of The Chosen are not that great, but they are just fine. Its 3D plot is interesting enough. The atmospheric effects are good.
Audio quality:
The voice quality of the RPG game is somewhat disappointing. The words in the script are not that great as they describe a cliched plot. The voice acting is really pathetic.
Conclusion:
Try out The Chosen if you want to play a simplified RPG. The price tag is quite cheap. At $20, you can almost ignore the cost.
Gameplay:
The Chosen is a role-playing game, where the player is sent on a mission by monesteries to free God's Envoy taken hostage by a powerful Alchemist Marcus. The storyline is simple and yet full of actions.
The best part of the PC game is the choice of characters the player gets to play. The choices are a monk, a hunter and an alchemist. The plot is a familiar one. The hero follows a linear path, fights the enemies to death on his way and collects the loots. The player is given NPCs to assist in his quest. Two monsters are also there to help you. The monsters improve their power and strength as the game moves on.
The cash you earn from killing the enemies is not much. It can hardly leave an option for you to purchase new weapons or repair the old ones. The problem increases along with the game. Even buying an equipment can cost you much. You can revive your assisting monsters if they are dead. But the revival fee is too high. You are seldom
lucky with the loots your enemies leave behind.
The particular thing about The Chosen is its skill system. The game offers three sets of skills called 'offence', 'defence' and 'other'. Each set comprises a series of passive abilities to fight the enemies. However, the player can choose only one ability from each set at a time. The upgradation of the abilities is also not so
impressive.
You can summon powerful demons and creatures in the game. But this happens much later in the game. There is not much variation in enemies. You get only a few choices to select your enemies. You will find most of them repeating in the entire gameplay. Only their sizes vary at different levels of the game. Besides, you will go almost clueless about time changing from day to night. As there is no multiplayer option, the game can be boring for some.
Recommended system requirements:
Windows Vista
1.6 GHz Dual-core Processor
2GB RAM
DVD drive
120GB HArd Disk
GeForce Go7600
Saturday, November 8, 2008
City of Heroes - Try it
Fantasy Recreated
Players get to strike their fantasy chords here. Think of how many time you have fantasized about being a super hero. Here is your chance to play one. The game allows so many different character customization features. So you can easily customize the look of your hero and give it a shape of the picture in your imagination. I prefer Spiderman!!
It's so Easy to Pick up and Play!!
You can learn the basics of this MMORPG game by quickly rushing through the tutorial area at the beginning. The tutorials will prepare you for the main game. Here you can learn to use the powers of the hero - fire, ice, energy, stone, dark powers, etc. Once you get use to the hero's powers, it'll be easy for you to enter the main game world.
Play it Your way
Once you enter the starting city, you need to select a class among several options - scrappers, fire-fire tankers, etc. You can check if you want to keep your selected class. The classes are stable and well-balanced. I like to explore the game with fire-fire tanker. You can also get to play solo if you wish. If you want to go for fun group play, the City of Heroes contains the classes with different roles to play. The fire-fire tanker attracts mobs easily due to its capacity to cause damages by far. But scrappers and blasters are better damage dealers anyway.
Too Many Repetitions
One of the main shortfalls of City of Heroes is that it gets repetitive too quickly at times. There is a lack of depth in this MMORPG game that disappoints players. Besides, there is no PvP element in the game - one of the most sought features by MMORPG gamers.
Overall
City of Heroes is, without doubt, the best MMORPG game. It is available for a monthly subscription fee of $14.95. A bit hefty, but there's a bonus too. You can get a free comic book of City of Heroes Universe worth $2.95. In all, this is the best deal about playing your superhero character your own way.
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