The Resonance: December 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Criterion Games Genre: Racing Release Date:Out Now Platforms: PC,PlayStation 3,Xbox 360

DVD Cover

The Need for Speed series has undergone massive changes over the years. Or is it an identity crisis? The series has delved into arcade-style police chases, illlegal street racing, undercover operations in open worlds, drag racing, and, most recently, simulation. Under the direction of Criterion Games, the esteemed developer behind the Burnout series, Need for Speed is about to get another tune-up.
Taking a cue (and the name) from the earliest entries, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is a high-speed game of cat-and-mouse. As the cop, your job is to chase the opposition through 100+ miles of open roads and stop them at all costs. As you undoubtedly guessed, your job as a racer is to get away as fast as you can.The career mode is split between the two sides and features full progression on and offline.

Hot Pursuit will not be the simple game of bump-and-chase that you remember though. Both sides will have access to plenty of toys. As a cop, you can set up roadbloacks, shoot an EMP pulse to disrupt a cars’ functionality, and even call in aerial support. Racers aren’t completely helpless and can go into overdrive, or use decoys and a signal-jammer to mess with the cops’ radars.

Criterion Games repeatedly touted connectivity as a core concept of Hot Pursuit. With icons for Friends, News, Store, Photos, and Feed, the opening screen of the game looks more like a page from a social network than a traditional menu. The developers aren’t satisfied with encouraging online-play with friends. At any given second, they want you to know what your friends are doing, how you measure up, and what you can do to stay on top.

As I watched two developers play, Criterion’s stamp was firmly evident. Hot Pursuit is screaming fast, with long, arcade-style drifts and over-the-top antics, like ramming through a roadblock at top-speed and driving away with only a busted bumper. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is another rerouting of the series, but it looks to be headed in the right direction.

Dragon Age II

Must Try Game For RPG lover!!

Dragon Age II is the upcoming sequel to the Dragon Age series and is set to be released on March 8, 2011 in North America and March 11, 2011 in Europe. Unlike Dragon Age: Origins, the main character's race cannot be changed; however, the gender and class can be modified. Hawke, the main character, is a fully voiced Lothering refugee who rises to power. Dragon Age II is set in the same world as Dragon Age: Origins.

Plot
Dragon Age II centers around the main character named Hawke,known to be a survivor from the Blight and the Champion of Kirkwall, who rises to power throughout the story. The story spans over a decade throughout the game and the player writes the history that will change the world forever.
Choices that the player made in Dragon Age: Origins can be imported and reflected in the world of Dragon Age II.Choices from Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening will also be imported.

Features
The protagonist of Dragon Age II is a human character named Hawke,whose class and gender can be changed.Dragon Age II boasts a new cinematic experience,based on an updated engine and a non-linear framed narrative story, mainly based on main character's decisions.Romance is reportedly possible with party members or with non-player characters throughout the game.New combat experiences and spells have been added.Dragon Age II is set in a new area known as Free Marches, which is referenced in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening but not shown.Unlike Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II features a fully voiced main character.A new city called Kirkwall and a new dialogue wheel based on the dialogue system from the Mass Effect series have been added.In addition, races such as the elves, dwarves and qunari are being redesigned.The game takes place across a decade,and saved information can be imported from Dragon Age: Origins as well as Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening. This data will reportedly affect the story of Dragon Age II.

^{Check out this official website for more information:http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2}

Friday, December 3, 2010

HuJaN..

Skang niey musim hujan..aktiviti luar terbatas..huh..
Knalah jdi katak bawah tempurung..

Call Of Duty Black Ops:Latest Call Of Duty Series

Call of Duty is the Goliath of the video game world. The series has sold millions of copies and catapulted itself from a solid, World War II shooter to the sprawling multiplayer playground and Hollywood-style campaign that we know today. Call of Duty: Black Ops takes much of what made Modern Warfare 2 great and slightly expands and modifies it. That's not to say that there aren't mistakes to be found within Black Ops, but I think Call of Duty fans are going to be happy with Treyarch's latest effort. You begin the game as Alex Mason, a soldier being interrogated for information that he can't remember. You play through Mason's memories in search for information. Sam Worthington, Ed Harris, and Gary Oldman deliver expertperformances and really nail their respective characters. There are twists, some of which work better than others, and the plot seems to get bogged down and slightly disjointed towards the middle. But unlike Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops does a wonderful job of cleaning everything up for the finale.