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Assassins Creed Identity goes official for mobile devices
Ubisoft took the wraps off Assassin’s Creed Identity for iOS and Android. The latest installment of the popular gaming franchise is currently soft launched on iOS in Australia and New Zealand – worldwide availability is pegged for next year.
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Assassin’s Creed Identity offers proper RPG gameplay in Renaissance. The game’s Unity engine graphics are stunning for a mobile title.
Gameplay is impressive too – it offers open world experience and many of the tricks that are available on the franchise’s console titles. See for yourself in the video below.
Assassin’s Creed Identity is a free download. Users will be able to spend real money on character customizations and quicker upgrades.
What do you think about the new game? Drop us a line with your thoughts in the comments section below.
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‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2′ for iOS and Android game review
Another superhero movie, another superhero movie tie-in game. We see these kind of games pop up quite frequently and rarely do they ever do justice to the movie, let alone to gaming. But people keep making them because, well, who doesn’t like money?
The previous The Amazing Spider-Man game for mobile was mediocre at best (to be honest, the movie wasn’t significantly better). This year, we have a sequel for the movie that promises to be bigger and better than the last one and like clockwork, there is a game that goes along with it. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game is now out on iOS and Android and we decided to take a look at it, expectations set firmly to ‘Low’.
Gameplay
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sees the return of our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, solving crimes and taking out bad guys before bed time. The story of the game is of course based on that of the movie, with a few extra things thrown in for good measure.
The basic gameplay should be familiar to anyone who’s played the Batman Arkham series on PC or consoles. You enter a mission, which is usually saving someone or solving some crime, and then go to the locations marked on the map. There, you will usually face off against bad guys. The combat is similar to the Batman games, where you just mash one button to relentlessly hit the enemies. There is a button that you push whenever an enemy around you is about to attack (indicated by red markings above him) and you dish out a quick response. There is not a lot here to do other than keep hitting the attack button, which keeps the combat fairly simple and straightforward. Occasionally you will come across some boss fights, which are a combination of hitting the attack button mixed with some quick-time events. Again, fairly simple and straightforward affair.
Other than going around punching people, there is also a lot of web slinging to do in this game. This has always been the most fun part of Spider-Man games and that’s the case here as well. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense because you can just release a web mid-air and it will just stick to some invisible object in the sky and let you move around, but it is a lot of fun. Also, since it is Spider-Man we are talking about here, you don’t have to worry about falling because even if you do he lands safely on his feet like a cat.
Being Spider-Man also means you can stick to practically any surface. You can literally run up and down vertical surfaces like it’s no big deal or just stick to a wall with your back and admire the view.
To enhance his abilities, the game offers you these serums that you can use but unfortunately, they all cost in game currency and when you are out of those you have to pay real money. There are also extra suits here to unlock, which cost a LOT of money, more than the game itself, for that matter. As is usual for Gameloft games, there are a lot of IAPs here and they are priced far too high for anyone to take them seriously.
One absurd drawback with the game is that it does not work offline, so you need a constant internet connection to play. If you’re on a device without 3G, such as the iPad or the iPod touch, and out of Wi-Fi range, you can’t even start the game.
Graphics and Sound
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 features some sharp new graphics that are a significant improvement over the previous game. Things such as Spider-Man’s suit and the details in the buildings look great. The city itself is also quite big and there are plenty of places to explore. Only thing letting the visuals down are the spotty textures and some low resolution assets in places and an inconsistent framerate, even on something as powerful as the iPad Air. Other than that, the visuals are pretty good.
Sound-wise, you have to deal with the game’s less than spectacular voice acting and dialogue. The dialogs are all cheesy and Spider-Man’s wisecracks get tiring very quickly. The voice acting isn’t particularly great, either. Overall, nothing too impressive on the sound front.
Verdict
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a decent game in and of itself, even if you ignore the movie tie-in. There is a good amount of fun to be had here, particularly when you are swinging around the city, which is by far the most entertaining mode of transportation in any game. The rest of the gameplay is adequate, if not equally exciting. The visuals are good but the voice acting and dialogs aren’t. Overall, a decent game for the price but would be a better deal after it goes on sale.
Rating: 6.5/10
Pros: Web slinging is fun, simple and intuitive combat, attractive visuals
Cons: Framerate issues with occasional spotty textures, overpriced in-app purchases, tacky dialogs and voice acting, does not work without internet connection
Pros: Web slinging is fun, simple and intuitive combat, attractive visuals
Cons: Framerate issues with occasional spotty textures, overpriced in-app purchases, tacky dialogs and voice acting, does not work without internet connection
Angry Birds Star Wars 2 adds 8 new characters
Love Angry Birds Star Wars? Well you’ll be happy to hear that Rovio has
added 8 new characters to their latest iteration of the popular
bird-flinging franchise.
The new guests come part of the Carbonite pack.
Angry Birds Star Wars 2 throws the lovable birds into the Star Wars universe yet again. You can check out the epic trailer below:
The 8 new characters also come with their own special powers. Rovio
has also teased that players will have a chance to win new Telepods, but
we’ll have to “stay tuned” to see how we can go about doing that.
Anyone here excited for the new Carbonite Pack?
Angry Birds Star Wars 2 throws the lovable birds into the Star Wars universe yet again. You can check out the epic trailer below:
Anyone here excited for the new Carbonite Pack?
Grand Theft Auto 5 claims the honors for best-selling game of 2013
Grand Theft Auto 5 is last year’s best-selling video game. Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc., the company who owns the wildly popular
gaming franchise announced the achievement during its 2014 fiscal Q3
earnings report.
The news should hardly catch anyone by surprise, as the game racked up more than $1 billion in sales in its first three days of official availability. GTA 5 took the best-selling video game crown with more than 32.5 million units sold.
As expected, the strong sales of the game contributed to strong financial results for its publisher. During the fiscal Q3, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. reported net revenue of $1.86 billion – a massive increase over the $415.8 million for the same period the previous year. Additionally, the publisher increased its financial outlook for the fiscal 2014.
As expected, the strong sales of the game contributed to strong financial results for its publisher. During the fiscal Q3, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. reported net revenue of $1.86 billion – a massive increase over the $415.8 million for the same period the previous year. Additionally, the publisher increased its financial outlook for the fiscal 2014.
Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier coming to iOS, Android and Windows Phone
Gameloft in association with Marvel is developing the gaming version of
the upcoming superhero movie Captain America: The Winter Solider.
Gameloft will be bearing all the production expenses and the popular
gaming firm will be releasing the official game in March for the iOS and
Android platforms. The video trailer also
says that the game will be hitting the Windows Store, but there is no
official word on when that might happen.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier game will be a combination of combat action and flexible tactical game. The gameplay is all about Captain America who is leading a team of SHIELD agents in a comic world.
You will be playing the part of the superhero, who fights to save the world from the Marvel villains. With the multiplayer mode you can team up with your friends and compete in different leagues.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier game will be a combination of combat action and flexible tactical game. The gameplay is all about Captain America who is leading a team of SHIELD agents in a comic world.
You will be playing the part of the superhero, who fights to save the world from the Marvel villains. With the multiplayer mode you can team up with your friends and compete in different leagues.
GTA V review: New Grand Theft Auto triples the intensity
I live in Los Angeles, but I didn't do any of that stuff there. Nah, it all happened over the past 48 hours while visiting Los Santos, the virtual seaside metropolis cunningly depicted in "Grand Theft Auto V" (Rockstar Games, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99). Oh, did I mention I also committed dozens of felonies?
For
the most part, it's illegal business as usual in the latest edition of
"Grand Theft Auto." There are vehicles to swipe, schemes to plan and
banks to rob. Unlike previous installments in the wildly successful -
and violent - M-rated series, "GTA V" centers not just on one but three
criminal protagonists: former partners Michael and Trevor, and their new
protege, Franklin.Nearly a decade after their last heist went terribly wrong, middle-aged Michael is living comfortably bored in witness protection in a ritzy Los Santos mansion, while the unhinged Trevor is dealing meth and smuggling guns on the outskirts of town in Blaine County. Meanwhile, Franklin is hustling on the streets as a repo man for an unsavory car dealership owner.
The three men and their
double- and triple-crossing ventures are ingeniously interwoven in both
the narrative and gameplay of "GTA V," which allows players to almost
seamlessly switch among Michael, Trevor and Franklin throughout the
proceedings. With the tap of a few buttons, "GTA V" briskly sweeps
across Los Santos from one anti-hero to another.During missions involving all three dudes, the flip-flopping is key to avoid getting wasted by the Los Santo Police. For instance, one particularly high-pressured holdup of an armored car involves swapping between Michael and Franklin blasting at waves of cops on the ground, and Trevor picking them off with a sniper rifle from a rooftop.
It's not so much a gimmick as it is a flawless innovation on the established "GTA" formula.Besides the usual felonious shenanigans, there are leisurely diversions spread across Los Santos, including customizing rides, investing in the stock market, racing jet skis, watching TV, surfing spoof sites online, playing tennis and patronizing strip clubs.
With an obsessive attention to detail, the city of Los Santos - last visited in 2004's "GTA: San Andreas" - and its outlying areas feel more alive than any virtual world I've ever visited. Rockstar Games has masterfully crafted a stunning make-believe take on modern Southern California that rivals the dragon-infested realm from "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim."
However, this Los Santos is not a perfect clone of L.A.The urban areas don't feel quite dense enough when compared with Liberty City from 2008's "GTA IV." And the rendition of Beverly Hills is basically across the street from downtown. Also, a few tired L.A. cliches - plastic surgery, seeking fame - are referenced so frequently the game almost veers into goofy "Saint's Row" territory.
Fortunately, any shortcomings with "GTA V" feel about as important as a random stranger crossing the street in Los Santos. Rockstar Games has created such a fascinating place for Michael, Trevor and Franklin to explore and wreak havoc, I think you'll want to visit for more than a weekend. I know I do. Four stars out of four.
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