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Gaming…Thursday? #8: From Dust

August 23, 2011 Leave a comment

Lots of you have been asking me why my delay on the 8th installment of my Gaming Saturday series is so long so here is my explanation paired with a new game…Wait what?…You didn’t ask me? You know what, just go to hell and never return, I’ll continue to write these no matter if you read them or just seek the noobish mistakes I make when writing English.

 Who of you hasn’t dreamed of being a got at least once? Having powers to shape the world anew? You know what, all of you should play From Dust right now. Why? Let me tell you!

In the newest god-game published by Ubisoft you play the role of the breath. An immaterial being that is able to move materials from one place to another. Of course you are in dept of the people who summoned you on their search for their ancestors and so you help them reaching their goals. The game is explained that simple yet it allows a deep gameplay especially in the later levels. You can tell your people to civilize around a totem forming something like a “base” for them. But first you have to make sure they will be able to reach it. There might be a stream of lava blocking the way. Do you want to build a bridge from sand so you can pass?. Careful the lava might find another way downtown, harming your village leading to the death of “your” people. Your people need to traverse the sea? Jellify all water and dig it out so they can walk on the ground of the sea while you laugh like a maniac, feeling like Moses…and then realise that the water will liquefy before the tribe reaches the other side, making the water-walls clash on them, leading to a certain death.

Playing god suddenly feels less enjoyable but really challenging when the beautiful yet fragile world gets faced by the cruelty of the nature. You always have to find the balance between creating a wonderful and functional world with your terraforming abilities and between creating something too fragile. Water washes the sand away and lava sets your whole world on fire if you don’t care, and you’re more likely to get caught by the cruel nature the nearer you get to the creation of utopia.

Besides the story mode there are also a couple of challenges but there’s one thing really missing in my opinion. Some sort of challenging endless mode . If you wish you can play any map endlessly but most get boring after about an hour because you solved every problem that might show up. Another missing thing is a really cool multiplayer mode, yet I have to say that I prefer a missing multiplayer to a really unworthy multiplayer mode.  Although some little flaws I really love this god-game that has a small touch of a physics-game.

Don’t forget to watch the videos people on youtube I provide you. Until next time, bye.

Categories: Games, Gaming Saturday

Gaming Saturday #7: Ghost Trick

August 9, 2011 Leave a comment

Hey there, I know it’s not Saturday anymore by far but I actually don’t care at all. The League of Legends servers are down due to the Skarner-patch and I’ve been waiting for Skarner to be released for over three patches now so I’m too excited to play something else.

As you can already see by the box-art I posted, today’s game is called “Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective”. In Ghost Trick the player controls the ghost of the recently died Sissel. Sissel lost his life during a murder and lost his memory when he died. Unfortunately he can only travel through the world by using cores certain objects have in the ghost-world. But soon…with the help of a possessed desk-lamp he figures out that he has the powers of the dead and he uses those to save a girl named Lynne. His powers are described really fast but they offer deep gameplay. Sissel’s ghost is able to manipulate every object he currently possesses and by touching a dead human he is able to rewind the time to 4 minutes before the death occurred and then manipulate the surroundings to save the person that would have been dead.

I will stop talking about the  plot here because it is really to spoil the gaming experience if I say too much. The plot is written very well and you keep wondering yourself what is going on until the last chapter, sometimes it took only a split second to change the way I think that stuff has happened. At the beginning I had a motivation problem but after my friend Rio convinced to go on I trusted him and gave the game another chance. Suddenly I hit a point in the game where nothing made sense anymore and I really wanted to know everything so I didn’t stop playing anymore.

I think everyone out there who has the ability to play Ghost Trick should at least give it a try. Especially if you played and liked Ace Attourney/Gyakuten Saiban because Ghost Trick is produced by the same developer. The riddles in the game are sometimes challenging but easy enough to be manageable without a walkthrough. The plot is literally amazing and somehow makes sense in the end.
I’ll leave you for today with two trailers of Ghost Trick and wish you a lot of fun playing it on your own.

Until we meet again
~Mirodir

Gaming Saturday #6: Bloodline Champions

December 20, 2009 2 comments

I know it’s already Sunday evening but you should better be happy that I posted anything. As you’ve seen, today’s game is called  Bloodline Champions (BLC)

As you may have seen in the trailer, you can only sign up for the beta yet. The beta isn’t even released so why do I write about it if i don’t even played it? The answer is pretty easy: First I read a lot about this game and it seems to be really awesome and second I want give you a chance to discover the game early so you are able to participate in the closed beta.

But what is this game about? If you watched the trailer and payed attention you should guessed the most. BLC is (like LoL) a MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena). The main differences to other games in this genre are your endless amount of mana (there is no mana) and the fact that every skill is a skillshot which means you have to aim carefully and your projectiles won’t chase the enemy. If you wanna know more about the game, watch this instruction video or visit the website where you can also sign up for the closed beta. It’s not sure yet if the game will be free to play or if you have to buy it but the beta will be free.

Gaming Saturday #5: League of Legends

September 5, 2009 2 comments

Because I started to revive my blog on a Saturday it’s also a gaming Saturday.

I guess at least 50% percent of you have played DotA once. This game is a DotA-spin-off like Demigod or Heroes of Newerth but LoL is much better.
In LoL you are a summoner in a team of five (it’s usually 5 on 5 like in DotA). The summoner can’t be seen nor attacked ingame. As a summoner you control one champion (hero) and fight with your team against the opponents champions. I don’t want to write a lot here since the game is still in closed beta (I’m in! :D !), so all you have to do is watching those two videos and see how cool LoL is.


If I can invite someone to game I will make a contest here at the Miroblog, and the winner will recieve the key so be sure not to miss it.
I’ll also tell you when the game is released.

Gaming Saturday #4: The Sims 3

August 16, 2009 Leave a comment

Today’s game is a bit more popular than the ones before.

sims3-cover-1 I guess everyone has heard of “The Sims” in his or her live at least once. Some people hate it, some love it.

Create Sims with unique personalities
Every Sim is now a truly unique person, with a distinct personality. Will your Sims be evil, artistic, insane, and romantic kleptomaniacs? It’s entirely up to you. Influence the behaviors of your Sims with traits you’ve chosen and watch how their traits impact their relationships and the neighborhood around them. If your Sim is a hopeless romantic, take them to the bistro in search of love. Take your Outdoorsy Sim fishing in the park or lead your evil Sim to the graveyard to converse with less than savory characters after dark. If your Sims are in the right place and the right time, who knows what might happen? Combine over 60 personality traits to create millions of unique Sims and control their lives.

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