sexta-feira, 7 de setembro de 2012

Understand why Dead Space is considered the most violent game of this generation



Dead Space is one of the scariest franchises ever released on the current generation of consoles. This statement is reinforced with relevant arguments about the high levels of violence coupled with highly somber mood surrounding the player from beginning to end of the story. But the success of this series goes beyond a single factor.

Dead Space (Reuters)
Yes, Dead Space is a scary game, but more than that, it's a horror game developed well. Elements such as the camera next to the player, a claustrophobic feeling and mobility not very agile character (because it uses a heavy metal armor) increase the tension, and the Visceral studio spared no effort to make the game "politically correct." Check out some reasons that make the Dead Space series is considered the most violent of the current generation.
Parasites of alien bodies
According to the history of the game, the Necromorphs are beings that parasitize the human body, which causes a mutation in the same instant. This transformation is nothing gentle and very painful. All have infected their bodies torn, and his bone structure is completely changed in the process. Thus are born with four arms monsters or creatures with giant tumors that explode. Describe the process of transformation into a text is not very effective. Throw and draw your conclusions.
Members around the corner

Dead Space (Reuters)
In addition to mutations of aberrant monsters, the protagonist Isaac Clarke is also not the most good ones when it comes to survival. Your arsenal includes weapons sharp and classic flamethrower assault rifles.
The weakness of the Necromorphs is only one: cut the limbs to immobilize him. This motivates the player to cut off the arms, legs and heads of some creatures around the landscape. And also gives trample the corpse of the monster newly defeated. The sound of a steel boot crushing human flesh in the game is amazing.
Neither the kids escape

Dead Space (Reuters)
Do you know any game played by adults in which children can be cut off and die? Dead Space is so, this being the greatest evidence of the escape what is considered politically correct in games. There are no children in GTA, a game quite violent, for example. And when a child appears in a horror game, it is not always slaughtered with bullets and stomps.
Dead Space (Foto: Divulgação)

But in Dead Space, the producers did not care about that and created the Pack. These monsters are mutant children that attack in packs (hence the name) and have large claws that slice your character in a few seconds if something is not done to stop them.
But do not stop there: even babies estam mutants present in the game. In Dead Space 2, there are babies who are crying and if the player approaches, they explode like landmines.
Agony in the limit
Dead Space (Foto: Divulgação)

Many moments of the game put Isaac in agonizing situations. Since gigantic monsters that pull the leg to machines that can pierce your eyes, there are several moments of agony in which the player will feel a shiver down the spine. All properly planned by developers.
Therefore, the series Dead Space is considered as the most TechTudo by this violent generation. The third title in the series is coming with the right to cooperative gameplay. Indeed, one reason for which the co-op was implemented, according to the producers, it was because the single player mode was too scary. Even the game's creators think they got heavy on the content of their franchise.

Battlefield 3 quadruples the number of servers on consoles.


After complaints from users who had trouble connecting in Battlefield 3, DICE, the game producer, announced that it has quadrupled the number of servers of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


A blog post on the official Battlefield 3 said: "We heard their wishes for more official DICE servers. At the moment, effectively quadrupled the number of them on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, "and reported that DICE just search for servers in seeking to find them and favorite them.
Since the company brought to the islands to function renting servers, many users do not pay to play complained of difficulties to get a good connect to server. Now DICE claims that these problems should not bother most.


Battlefield 3 quadruplica número de servidores nos consoles (Foto: Divulgação)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will have a collector's edition with helicopter


The U.S. GameStop store revealed at a conference for employees, collector's editions for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, not taking anything for information falling into the internet and be confirmed. There will be two editions for consoles with lots of extras and an exclusive version for computers. The game comes out on November 13 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.


The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions have the Care Package for $ 179.99 (£ 360) and Hardened Edition for $ 79.99 (U.S. $ 160), they bring basically the same things, but comes in a Care Package a much bigger box and a remote control quadricóptero fact, the MQ-27 Dragonfire Drone.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Care Package Edition (Foto: Leviathyn)


Both editions include a copy of the game in a Steelbook case standard, plus the bonus maps 2025 and Nuketown Nuketown Zombies, 2 coins Challenge Coins that function as an access key to digital content, official soundtrack, skins for weapons package Weapon Camo and two Player Card Backgrounds for your Killcam inspired bonus maps.
The Xbox 360 version will exclusively a zombie clothing for your Xbox LIVE avatar and a miniature vehicle CLAW game as an accessory. On PlayStation 3, players receive two dynamic themes based on maps Turbine and Zombies.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Hardened Edition (Foto: Leviathyn)
For players of the PC, the Digital Deluxe Edition brings almost all of the consoles, the game, the two bonus maps Nuketown, the official soundtrack, the package Weapon Camo and Player Card Backgrounds. The main difference is that they also get a free download of the title Call of Duty: World at War



Hearthfire, further expansion of Skyrim, lets have a home and family



Producer Bethesda announced Skyrim: Hearthfire, further expansion of its famed RPG that promises to add even more content to the gigantic adventure. In this expansion, which comes out on September 4 for Xbox 360, players will employ new features like own a home and build up a family.

Skyrim: Hearthfire allows to build homes (Reuters)
Hearthfire allows the player to buy a house ready or even build from scratch in any territory of the huge map. You can also create simple houses and grand mansions, everything depends on your available money and status, more or less like the world



Inside the houses the player will be able to maintain a number of benefits, such as a section weapon, alchemy lab, stables for their horses and more. Is it still possible to adopt children to form their family and protect the house from outside threats.
As is usual with the expansions of Skyrim, the new content will be exclusive to Xbox 360 for some time, possibly 30 days, and then reaches the PlayStation 3 and PC. Skyrim: Hearthfire will cost 400 Microsoft Points (or about $ 10) and requires the base game (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) to work.



Counter Strike: Global Offensive


One of the most popular games of all time is finally back. In this review you will see that Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO) still carries the elements that made the series a phenomenon in Internet cafes and promises that cause nostalgia in his legion of fans.
CS Reloaded

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Reuters)
The look of Counter Strike: Global Offensive shows up far more real than the previous version. As the scenarios are the same, the idea for Valve to rebuild the old classic worked perfectly. Thus, that fans who could prove more reluctant to change felt more at ease.
The characters are also more realistic. Both the clothes and the weapons - which is obviously now hanging in character - give an air of new game to fans of the series. The system also yields light and shade compliments. A curious fact is that your own shadow can deliver the place where you are hiding. Even the puddles of blood - that were a jumble of pixels - gave rise to a rounded shape very realistic.
And in a comparison between versions for PCs and consoles (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) is difficult to notice a big difference between the graphs. However, with a more in depth analysis, you can see that PCs still take a little advantage.


Sighting system by CS: GO has not changed much (Reuters)
A more agile CS
The gameplay that popularized the franchise stays intact. The targeting system is still limited to only zooms in rifles, the jumps are still limited and crouch is one of the best ways to deceive and surprise your enemies. Since the movement was a little faster than normal, giving the feeling of characters lighter.
What was also agile was to find a room for their matches. Unlike previous Counter Strike, you need not look for a server to start the contest, simply visit the Quick Match option that you are automatically sent to a room available.
The downside is that you can not choose the matches and the needed maps. In other words, you just fall in a game already rolling and the scenarios already determined by other players. In these cases, the ideal is to create a game and invite your friends.

In the new Counter-Strike, it is faster to find a room for their games (Reuters)
Keyboard and mouse on consoles
Counter Strike has always been a popular franchise in PCs And just can not say it was exclusive to consoles as the Xbox version of the game received in 2004 - which ended up not being a sales success. But Valve decided to bet their chips on the current generation consoles and released via DLC versions of Global Offensive for Xbox 360 and PS3.

And if that was not enough the perfect conversion, the game received support keyboard and mouse for both versions. In our tests, the PlayStation 3 version was very well suited to accessories. The game has options to set the mouse sensitivity and even reverse the shaft.
The limitations somewhat frustrated
If you're an old fan of the franchise, you know that Counter Strike has never had many game modes and support for up to 64 players in a single match. With that, there's nothing to be disappointed in Global Offensive. But if you grew up with games like Call of Duty and Battlefield, faced with a game that has only four game modes and ten players per room, can be very frustrating.
Another negative fact is the few game options and offline single player. There are still players who prefer to play alone until you have some experience. CS: GO even has a mode where you can set up a match full of bots (players controlled by the "machine"), ideal to train your skills, but you also do not like very much.


Limitations of Counter Strike: Global Offensive may displease (Reuters)
conclusion
Counter Strike: Global Offensive Classic is back with a new look. For longtime fans of the franchise, there is nothing to complain about, because Valve has managed to put virtually the same game a little faster and with fewer bugs. But if you are adept at more robust games like CoD and Battlefield, CS GO can cause some frustration due to the limitations of the game.


Resident Evil 6 will have several DLCs



After Capcom have commented recently that the consoles version of Resident Evil 6 was completed, the senior vice president of the company, Christian Svensson, spoke about the PC version and what we can expect in terms of DLCs. The game comes out for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 2, although no date of arrival to computers.

Resident Evil 6 (Photo: Playback: Rafael Monteiro)
According to Svensson, the producer is not really ready to talk about his plans for the DLC, but as mentioned Resident Evil 5 received considerable chunks of content even a year after its launch. According to him, Resident Evil 6 will follow the same path.
On the PC version, the vice president said just now that the console version was completed is that work will begin on the computers, "soon" in his words. "The source code is being analyzed now, but he still should have support for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8, I believe that with DirectX 9," said Svensson.

Lollipop Chainsaw is a fun game full of nudity, profanity and zombies



Lollipop Chainsaw is a mixture of violence, profanity and sexual appeals that conviction. Since it was announced, Lollipop Chainsaw draws attention for its storyline full of eroticism and foul language. But besides being a well of controversies, like the game for its gameplay and storyline insane efficient and at the same time, fun. See the full review.
Zombies, blood, profanity and nudity. Nothing else

Lollipop Chainsaw (Reuters)
For those unaware, the game was developed by none other than Suda 51. The producer is one of the most creative minds in the world of games and carries a reputation for developing games with exaggerated plots, filled with violence and with a language unfit for well under 18 - is the excessive swearing or sexual references.
Lollipop Chainsaw is no exception to this letter, and already shows that came from the synopsis of the game. Besides cheerleader, Juliet is a hunter of zombies. And on the very day of his birthday, a classmate opens the gates of hell. It is up to the blonde protect their planet from the evil forces.
And if that was not enough so bizarre, Juliet still has the help of adjuncts beyond exotic. Starting decapitated by her boyfriend, whose head accompanies the young throughout the journey. Relatives of Juliet also give the air of grace in the game, since your father's sister jealous somewhat insane.
All this contributes to a web cast that however crazy it is, entertains and keeps the player entertained throughout the game. Lollipop Chainsaw also has the advantage of being subtitled in Portuguese - this includes heavy dialogues full of expletives and sexual appeals.

Lollipop Chainsaw (Reuters)
Do justice with chainsaw
The name already delivers great game mechanics. Armed with a chainsaw, Juliet detonating need all kinds of zombies on the way. The blonde still has a combo system and some sort of weapon sights for some enemies - mainly those flying - but your saw is basically a big supporting role in the plot.
Lollipop Chainsaw tries to escape a little from linearity with simple puzzles and some rare moments that come to confuse the player in relation to its main path, but nothing that impairs the ability to lose more than half an hour looking for a solution. This is perhaps the major downside that accompanies most games producer Suda 51.
However what is lacking is the lack of a multiplayer mode. Although the main plot does not give opening for a company - only to head hanging from her boyfriend - the presence of the family of Juliet would be a good excuse for other characters in a fun way at best estilho Beat 'em up.

Lollipop Chainsaw (Reuters) (Photo: Lollipop Chainsaw (Reuters))
Cut zombies is fun!
The major aim of the game works in a way that deserves much praise. Unlike 90% of the games, use the chainsaw on Lollipop Chainsaw is easy, fast and effective. Therefore, you will rarely use the combo system blows through. These can be purchased with coins, as well as the evolution of its attributes.
But the targeting system is not one of the best, a time which is not always the shot reaches the desired target. In other words, reaching the head of his enemies is not so easy and accurate. However this is only a supplement to the game a few times you use your weapon, unless it is mandatory.
The movement of the character also helps a lot in time to dodge the attack of his enemies - especially when fighting against bosses is phase. The system also stun enemies helps to perform combinations of moves that generate more gold coins and silver.
Visual unsalted
If Juliet exudes beauty during their journey against zombies, the game's graphics are not as attractive as the protagonist dressed in schoolgirl. That's because they demonstrate a simplicity in the scenarios and environments.
Lollipop Chainsaw (Foto: Divulgação)


conclusion
Lollipop Chainsaw is another game that recreates the simple fact smash zombies along the way. With a bizarre plot while fun, the game makes the joy of casual gamers looking for a way to have fun without worrying about complex puzzles or difficulty exaggerated. Pity that the lack of a multiplayer mode that prevents contaminates fun friends.