Reviews of Rakoo's Adventure

After Warner is another big consoles editor who arrives on iOS with new game This is Rakoo's Adventure, a runner who is not infinite, and features a small orange raccoon who fell madly in love with a young and adorable creature in his dreams, but that really exists (and who does not hesitate to make him the eye!).

The independent studio Old Skull Games signed with the Japanese giant Namco Bandai to give us a very effective adventure game. Rakoo's Adventure is a fun game, based on a simple concept, but works fearsomely good. The most difficult levels asking for training, but the gameplay is very reachable which makes effective way to younger like the most seasoned players. A nice surprise for the iOS game library.

Across 32 levels of Rakoo's Adventure , you are invited to pick flowers while avoiding obstacles and enemies. These are extremely varied, often has wild boar, but also birds, bees, all in a visual and sound very engaging atmosphere. As a bonus, in each level, You have to catch the three gold medals, but gather enough flowers to get to get 100% in the gauge concerned. In the course, you can also unlock upgrades (flowers are the currency of the game) and bonuses to be stronger and destroy everything in your way. There are in-app purchases also which concern reserve your flower or life not restart a level.  

Crysis 3 gameplay video showing the performance of CryEngine 3

Crysis 3

Electronic Arts offers a new video of Crysis 3, featuring gameplay clips that put forward the changes made by the studio Crytek count on its engine CryEngine 3. The result is quite impressive. Having based its reputation on its graphics performance, Crysis series, however, lost some of its appeal in terms of freedom of action in the second part. Team development studio Crytek has come back to more open environments and more focused on nature with Crysis 3, while providing enhancements to its graphics engine developed internally, CryEngine. EA released a new trailer to watch the third installment of the FPS overboosted. The gameplay clips show the graphical improvements made ​​since the previous section, appreciating the details and the particle effects. The animations are also more fluid as a whole, and work on the faces (like late trailer) wants much more pronounced than in the past.

If the studio has put the package at the graphics, it is clear that it will potentially a lightning war for PC to take advantage of the small details. The video also accuses the framerate drops at times, especially at the end with lots of explosions. When you think that the CEO of the studio, Cevat Yerli, said that Crysis 3 would use 99% of the performance of the PS3 and Xbox 360, remains to be seen whether all is sufficiently optimized to avoid delays in-game. Crysis 3 will be released February 21, 2013 in Europe on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 Double XP This Weekend Online

Treyarch has recently announced that it would offer a weekend of double XP for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, allowing to glean more experience within three days. New great success of this end of year for Activision, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is widely practiced in multiplayer. And it falls rather well, since the developer Treyarch has just made its Nuketown Zombie map available for download provided that you have acquired a collector version of the game, or you have a Season Pass. The developer just make an announcement that is open to all players of Call Of Duty Black Ops II: this weekend double XP operation will be deployed on PS3 and Xbox 360, allowing earn more experience under the conditions of each day. 

Indeed, as highlighted on the official site Call of Duty Elite, each day will lead to specific targets to double the experience gained. It will first issue a maximum of capture zones. This will be doubled to 50, 100 and 200 dominations. The second day, it will retrieve a maximum of medals: 250, 500, 1,000 and 2,500 points that can double their bet during this time. The third day he will make the most of kills: 250, 500, 1,000 and 2,500 points count double. Operation Double XP will start Friday, December 14 and will end Monday, December 17, 2012.

Turn your smartphone into a portable console with PhoneJoy Play

In order of always gain comfort in video games on smartphone, here is the, PhoneJoy Play. it is a device that allows you to shrink stall their mobile device and use it as a portable game console with buttons, triggers and analog sticks.

Games on smartphones and tablets have a disadvantage in comparison with production dedicated to the handheld: controls. Indeed, PhoneJoy Play appropriate to use the touchpad and the type of game, when visibility is completely obscured by your fingers. To address this concern, many manufacturers have offered their solutions based control buttons that connect to smartphones and tablets. A new project has been launched on the funding platform Kickstarter, PhoneJoy Play device offering a rather clever and at first sight rather ergonomic. 

The PhoneJoy Play product has the feature to turn your smartphone into a handheld, allowing full visibility and greater ease of use, especially over the long term. The device consists of two blocks with 14 programmable buttons, 2 analog sticks for autonomy announced more than 20 hours.

The advantage of the hardware (PhoneJoy Play ) is centralized in his side retractable, which allows it to adapt easily to many different sizes of smartphones, as shown in the video below. Supports all iOS and Android devices and more than 300 games. Securities that are not compatible, it is possible to configure the buttons on the joystick based touch screen controls, via an application for iOS and Android.

Finally, it is stated that PhoneJoy Play can also connect to a tablet via Bluetooth 3.0 and can be used on PC, Mac and Linux, or work with your TV or projector via the appropriate connector to transpose the image of your mobile device. The project PhoneJoy Play has now exceeded $ 20,000 on the 50,000 needed to complete the development of mass production.

Amazon Announces GTA V (Grand Theft Auto V) Output At 19 June 2013

The next game in the most popular license Rockstar: Grand Theft Auto, aka GTA is probably the most anticipated episode. Announced as revolutionary, and offering a huge hunting ground, communication about the title goes crescendo, and yet Amazon could have ruined somewhat by surprise. Because the information did not come from the editor itself, but the site selling Amazon. It's almost a tradition on the platform, the system is available to pre-order to show approximate times for deliveries (to reassure the consumer, but also a legal standpoint).

Thus, on the Amazon site in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom), for any preorder of GTA V, it was announced that deliveries will take place from 19 June 2013. A date which coincides with the announcement of some of Rockstar remained vague on the estimated output next Spring.

Grand Theft Auto V

Note that, as the publisher also announced the PC version is not affected by this date, only versions PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will release the game at this time. Whether it's a lack of attention or a voluntary announcement from Amazon, the date has very likely to be accurate, the seller now accustomed to such antics. Of the previous revelations of this kind at Amazon, just proved wrong so far. Offering shipping costs and a reduction of 2% in the pre-order, one could almost also wonder if it is not simply a marketing campaign orchestrated.

Nintendo Wii U A Console For Test The Interest Asymmetric

Attractive Gamepad for Wii, Uthe Wii U suffers from unequal use of the touch screen controller. The experience of the game goes to great titles as banal. Promising, but still it requires to find his way and its price.

A new Nintendo console to install in our living room, it does not happened since 2006. At the time, there was some air in excitement, impatience for see who had been called Revolution during its development. Six years later, the Wii U feels the coffee. We spent a great week in his company. Our impressions.
Work in progress

Before you even look at the console itself indicate that we were able to use a non updated. This last provision, today, 30 November 2012, when the official release of the Wii U. So we had a console in the hands of its private eShop, his Mii Ware, its YouTube channel, its video service, etc.. In other words, a console that serves as a console and nothing else. In 2012, this is a lot but not much. Also hope to finish this introduction, the update is deployed improve the loading time of the interface of the Wii U. Pass settings for a game or even start it is rather slow. A little more even with the Wii.

Accordingly Box & Finishing

Now for a quick tour. Externally, the Wii U has the air of Wii a bit more massive. It offers video output owner, introduced with the Wii, an HDMI port to enjoy HD and four USB ports, which is a good thing to be able to connect external hard drives, since the storage is limited to 32GB in its maximum. difficult. without access to the eShop whether downloadable games and DLC will be very space consuming. However, it did not seem possible to install games on the local disk, as can be done on an Xbox 360 or a PS3.

The optical drive - format eat disc as on the Wii - will tend to make a little noise, joined in this task by the large fan positioned at the rear of the beast. Moreover, according to several websites, which iFixit, inside the Wii U has a lot of empty. We can not say that Nintendo has sought to optimize its industrial design. The power adapter is another proof. Without reaching the size of that of the original Xbox 360, it's huge and accounts for nearly a third of the volume of the console. In the rest of the box there are other elements more or less incidental. All - cradle, joystick, console and even small shims to keep the vertical console - gives an impression of finishing honest but a little rebate anyway. So every shake of the Wii U pad is accompanied by a small bell hawser which comes from the slight play in the keys and the directional pad.


The star of the day

Wii U Gamepad has also his right to independent charger. We can either connect directly to the controller to continue playing in the loading or connect it to a docking station, which is reminiscent of the 3DS first of the name. Moreover, the mablette the Wii U has in common with the first models to offer a range 3DS quite small. Count about 3 hours before seeing the flashing charge indicator. It's short.

Ergonomics of Wii U Gamepad

However, apart from a little time for adaptation given the layout of the buttons vertically analog sticks, the handling of the joystick is nice. Its a bit light plastic Because of its weight advantage for long gaming sessions The touch screen of 15.7 inches diagonal it is reactive , while being confronted with MonoTouch interface is sometimes a bit surprising in an era where the multipoint is king.

Resolution of 854x480 points, approximately 158 dpi, ratio 16/9, is very satisfying to play. Even when small icons tend to be rasterized and elements the graphics like surrounded by a little fuzzy.

A Wii U Gamepad, the uses

In use, the Wii U Gamepad however deserves its role as star of the console. If we sought to develop a classification, one could say that the screen is used in three ways. As extended screen, as screen competitor and then like remote display. In the first case, there displays additional information on the main screen. This may be an inventory or even, in some ways, a way to see beyond the limits of the TV display.

The screen competitor is typically at the heart of asymmetric multiplayer gameplay as touted by Nintendo. A player sees on the joystick interface different from that of his comrades who watch them on TV. Finally, the remote display is a duplicate of the primary display. The best example is of course a single player game New Super Mario Bros U. In this context, the "Wii U Gamepad" can simply replace the TV if you want to release it for other purposes. This is also the time that remains a little frustrated. Frustrated that the "Wii U Gamepad" is just a controller and not a stand-alone console. Frustrated over not being able to get away from the Wii U count three or four meters, a little more without hindrance. Even frustrated not being able to enjoy on the Wii ... With the issue of sudden heart of a member of the editorial novice in terms of console: «why can not I just have the controller? I already have a Wii.»

The ambiguity of the relationship Wii U and Wii U Gamepad

In other words, the inexperienced eye does not necessarily see the contribution of the console beyond the joystick. The fact that the Wii U is given to be at least as powerful as the Xbox 360 does anything. Because, ultimately, HD graphics (but not Full HD) are nice. They flatter our retinas pixels accustomed to increasingly smaller, but their contribution is not always obvious. ZombieU yet very honest graphically is the latter. Just Dance 4 is also the kind of game that can accommodate fairly detailed decorations. In fact, the Wii U arrives too late to enable be seduced by its graphics as we are accustomed to HD and both the Wii was a UFO on this point.

In short, Nintendo still has work to understand that the Wii U, is not that the Wii U Gamepad, is an inseparable pair, which requires the power of one to the other drive. We can even say that the Wii U without his gamepad does not much attractive. What therefore focuses attention on the Wii U Gamepad. However, Wii U pad is used differently in different games, with varying inspiration. Rather less for adaptations of games already available, which should, however, tend to be less frequent. This means that the interest of the Wii U Gamepad, in some games is not always obvious and therefore does not warrant that the player opts for the Wii U. Conclusion serious consequences for that console launches.


Sometimes worse, the use of Wii U Gamepad gives the impression that the tablet is such a good idea, some kind of gimmick, as could be the systematic use of the Wiimote. Fortunately other, it becomes clear that it is a success and a real good idea. However, publishers, Nintendo and the first will be careful in future to avoid the confusion introduced by the double screen. Sometimes we just do not know which one to watch. The TV or the gamepad? And this starts with the configuration of the console, there is still evidence of the design work and teaching on the one hand and the need to get used to each other.

A promising potential

Ultimately, the Wii U is a console that seems full of potential. The problem is that much of it is not yet present. Beyond gaps related to non updated versions we tested, which did not offer multimedia services online, Wii U still lacks games that envy and leap. Worse, we know from experience that a large part of the seduction potential future based on Nintendo and a small group of publishers will be able to produce titles engines. All is not lost, however, major titles already exist. ZombieU, Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros U are good contenders for this as a spur to the act of purchase. However, at present, the price of the Nintendo console still seems a bit too high to crack without thinking.

Strengths of Wii U



- The Wii U Gamepad when used with relevance
- Nintendo and Zombie Land, sold in a pack with the console.
- The reuse of Wiimotes

Weaknesses of Wii U

- Price (A $ 299)
- The finish of the mablette
- The Wii U Gamepad that sometimes seems unnecessary
- The limited storage space on the entry level model

New Super Mario Bros U available on Wii U Launch Video

Super Mario Bros U

Nintendo has released a final trailer for New Super Mario Bros U, to mark its release on the new Wii U home console available today in Europe. Extracts briefly present all the possibilities of new adventures of the famous plumber.

Officially available in Europe today, the Nintendo Wii U console comes with a line-up of games rather varied. Among them, it is obviously necessary to rely on first-party productions such as New Super Mario Bros U, which was also offered to the first buyers of the console to the HMV store on Oxford Street in London. Nintendo profits for the European launch of the game to broadcast a trailer which comes last on the different points of gameplay. There are of course the famous multiplayer co-op mode, the main appeal of the game, However, it will be possible to play 5, the last player using the touch interface of GamePad to form platforms to help / hinder his comrades.

The game is not without its challenges, since a series of challenges will be offered to the craziest of us, requiring a maximum of skill and reflexes. You can also see a map of the world that can navigate its way between levels, a feature we have not seen since Super Mario World on the Super NES.

Wii Mini Exists In Canada, But Not (Yet) In Europe

Wii Mini Exists

That was not a rumor, but an indiscretion. Wii Mini exists and has been presented in Canada. For Europe, Nintendo does not have information on its availability. Wii Mini was not a rumor. She exists and Canadians can even Preorder now on the site BestBuy. They receive from Dec. 7, 2012. It is offered at $ 99. Over a version with reduced dimensions, it is primarily a model « light » . Indeed, it does not have an Internet connection and is not compatible with GameCube games. For Europe, it will be, according to a statement released by Nintendo in Europe 1. It could happen on our continent in early 2014, but the manufacturer does not confirm this.

Nintendo offers a game for buying a 3DS XL at Christmas

Nintendo 3DS XL Christmas

Nintendo decides to mark the holiday season by offering buyers a free game console 3DS XL. Indeed, it is possible to select from 5 games on the service of the Japanese Club Nintendo. The holiday season fast approaching, many of us dig ourselves head on gifts to give our loved ones. In the field of video games, it is possible to do good business, especially on Steam and Origin platform last week, or on arcade sticks and flying in sales at Mad Catz. The Japanese manufacturer Nintendo intends to be a hit with its Wii U (which has accumulated 400,000 sales in the first week in the United States), but also has good plans to offer players to mark Christmas.
Indeed, the Kyoto firm offer people who bought a 3DS XL between July 2012 and the end of the year to save the code on their handheld Club Nintendo online service, allowing them to select a game 3DS free from a selection of five titles:

Super Mario 3D Land
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles
New Art Academy
New House of Style
Deluxe Freakyforms


The game will be offered as a code to download service on the 3DS eShop and before 31 January 2013. The deal, which takes effect in France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Russia. will close on 15 January 2013, which will include the lucky ones who will be happy to offer a 3DS XL at Christmas to take advantage of this gesture rather enjoyed.

ESPN Sports Connection

ESPN Sports Connection

A new Nintendo console, a set of multi-sports events to practice in the sun, it does remind you of anything? Before you even enter the joystick, bake Sports Connection in its Wii U freshly unpacked book as an aftertaste already seen.

Let us the new Wii Sports this generation, until the hypothetical (and very likely) Wii Sports U? Even casual approach, even simple graphics, very friendly atmosphere. On their way to attack the clone. It does not escape you: Ubisoft decided to release the heavy artillery and invest heavily on Wii U with no less than six titles at launch line-up. But in the world gaming, quantity rarely rhyme with quality, alas, and Sports Connection is probably very lame duck scope. Six events are available as input both solo and in multiplayer. But beware: the only player arriving with his dapper new Wii U can only access three of them, the other three applicant must Wiimote coupled with a Wii MotionPlus as a ticket. Half an hour in search boxes later, its controllers, accessories, passport and vaccines as a rule, the action can begin.

Sports Connection invites the first player to go through the box customization by creating a virtual avatar. Not the Mii that you put so much time to make your image. It will be a little more generic character and no charisma to choose from five available templates. This brief formality, the fun can begin. And there is the drama.

Speak immediately to the only test that emerges is little time in the middle of this sad bunch: karting. While the frame rate is more asthmatic than chopped steak. Of course, the races are devoid of any interest that may cause any pleasure. But at least the title is almost playable. Finally, if you forget to GamePad handling gyro which makes it almost impossible to simply drive straight. No item in Mario Kart on the horizon to spice up the wad that one takes. Only a small boost to recharge slip. The bare minimum, and yet ...

For the rest, almost everything is put in the trash. Tennis is a far cry from the one proposed by Wii Sports, football comes down to a series of QTE or vague scribbles on the tablet to manage its defense, the golf is pathetic platitude and baseball for its part should back the rate of insomnia in Europe significantly. For each of them, made ​​use of the joystick so special console (when necessary) is limited to draw lines to the right or left to return balls. There have been more hilarious.


But the palm of shame back to the football game. Gameplay miserable atmosphere nonexistent players idiots ... is difficult to align two passes with these puppets to lead soles, especially as the game goes on and fire up the same button. The sounds atrocious come only add to the ridiculous scenes, IA regularly spends next to the ball without seeing it, including the goalkeeper, and the fun is clearly missing. Worst Not content to spend half of their time to shuffle them along the ground as if they were practicing, the players are in the trunk corner flag at the slightest touch. Probably ashamed to participate in such a fiasco.

Graphically, Sports Connection is simply outrageous. As the vice grows to afford rowing during both the parties that during the loading time (which sometimes exceed the minute World Record). It evolves each time in environments as different as day and ... the same day a little later. A look in the credits is the solution of the mystery: the title was developed by six studios around the world and cleverly patched before going to the press and to be aligned on the shelves. Who are we kidding-it?

Difficult to get a place in the sun during a launch console. Unfortunately for him, Sports Connection may not overshadow anyone. Even your cousin not require four years, the title will not fulfill its purpose, as this stack test indigent is painful to see. Sold $ 50, the colt Ubisoft can not even qualify as a tech demo, as it is ugly and lousy. A melting pot tasteless, devoid of any notion of fun, except perhaps to many, if you love to laugh. It will cause to reopen the debate on the right to oblivion.

Xbox 360 offers low price 8 package With games consoles for Christmas

Microsoft has announced the availability of not less than 8 Xbox 360 bundles for the holiday season, including different storage capacities and several games that marked the year 2012 on the platform.


The holiday season approaching and it shows in the video game industry. In fact, Nintendo recently announced its plan offering good 3DS game for anyone who buys a 3DS XL console before 15 janviers 2013. It is now the turn of Microsoft to put the package at the end of the year to boost sales of their Xbox 360 console. U.S. manufacturer announced no less than eight different bundles, offering negotiated rates vary but mainly interesting for those who have not got their hands on the console, especially very good games that are provided at the same time.

Retail packs available for Christmas

Pack Xbox 360 250GB Skyrim / Forza Motorsport 4

This bundle is available at $ 269.00 and includes a black Xbox 360 S console, a 250GB hard drive, a black wireless controller, a wired headset Xbox Live, one month free subscription to Xbox Live Gold and The Elder Scrolls games V: Skyrim and Forza Motorsport 4 standard edition.

Pack Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Dance Central 2 / Kinect Sports

This bundle is available at $ 349.99 and includes a black Xbox 360 S console, HDD 250 GB, a Kinect sensor, a black wireless controller, a month's free subscription to Xbox Live Gold and games Kinect Adventures, Dance Central 2 and Kinect Sports.


Pack Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Disneyland Adventures

This bundle is available at $ 259 and includes a black Xbox 360 S console, Kinect sensor, a black wireless controller, a month's free subscription to Xbox Live Gold, and play Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Kinect Adventures.

Pack Xbox 360 250GB Call of Duty Black Ops II

This bundle is priced at $ 279 and includes a black Xbox 360 S console, a 250GB hard drive, a black wireless controller, a wired headset Xbox Live and play Call of Duty: Black Ops II standard edition.

Pack Xbox 360 250GB Forza Horizon

This bundle is available at $ 259 and includes a black Xbox 360 S console, a 250GB hard drive, a black wireless controller, a wired headset Xbox Live, one month free subscription to Xbox Live Gold and Forza Horizon in standard edition.


Pack Xbox 360 4GB Nike+ Kinect Training


This bundle is available at $ 299 and includes a black Xbox 360 S console, Kinect sensor, a black wireless controller, a month's free subscription to Xbox LIVE Gold and the game Kinect + Nike Training.


Pack Xbox 360 250GB Halo 4

This bundle is available at $ 259 and includes a black Xbox 360 S console, a 250GB hard drive, a black wireless controller, a wired headset Xbox Live and Halo 4 standard edition.

Pack Xbox 360 320GB Halo 4 limited edition

This bundle is priced at $ 550 and includes an Xbox 360 S limited edition Halo 4, a 320 GB hard drive, two wireless controller limited edition Halo 4, a wired headset Xbox Live, Halo 4 standard edition and five additional exclusive content.

ZombiU Video Game Developing Wii U November 30, 2012

ZombiU Tested From A Commercial Version

Best Price $59.96 & ships for FREE

The friend knows to be there when Ubisoft Nintendo needs it, especially the release of a new console. An asset on the paper that has not always been delighting players like Red Steel buyers to remember its output. It was there a pile six years. This privileged status will obviously put the game in the first line and to ensure good visibility, but he shoulders strong enough to assume the status of a flagship console?

Subject

Zombie games, he graduated in cartons each year for ages and the trend will not be reversed. To stand out from the mass ZombiU however, can not really rely on his or her world history, because it is certainly one of the most generic games out in the genre for a long time - even when it is voluntary part, but we will return later.

GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL


The player is directly released into the streets of London in full invasion of the undead, but too much information. Its only reference is the voice of a mysterious survivor who will guide them to a shelter first, then through a series of dangerous missions that unfold gradually the strings of the plot. The situation is hopeless at first, then come some glimmers of hope as the mirage of a possible escape from this hell or design a cure. In fact, things will unfortunately not so simple. The scenario has the merit to exist but surprises are rare. Above all, the game is an unusual coldness in the atmosphere. And there are very few cutscenes in ZombiU, the main character does not speak, it also undergoes frequent monologues unconvincing. The music is rare, too discreet. Anyway, we did finally attaches little to events around or the fate of humanity. But it is actually not so bad, because here the rest of the world does not matter: survive and find enough to survive will be your sole obsession.

SURVIVE OR DIE SLOWER IN ZOMBIU

More than a FPS that would tell us a story, ZombiU is primarily a survival horror. A hard, true, and probably the purest representative of the kind that we have seen on consoles for an eternity. However, this does not mean that the game is perfect - it is even far - but it is clear that its developers have chosen to focus on survival rather than action or performance, and that leaves to go against the grain of the direction taken by the tenors of the genre.
A choice that illustrates the many gameplay elements reminiscent of other titles, Dark Souls in mind, but ZombiU also brings his personal touch.

In ZombiU, there is no such hero is a first important thing to know. It will play a survivor randomly generated by the console after each death, which can be confusing for those who tend to focus on the main character of a game, or even identify with them. We will therefore skin Tim mechanic, 43 years a little paunchy Kate, secretary of 24 years, without having had no other choice than to return to this hell. For the other surprise is that a player's gameplay will give way to a dead zombie still fierce with the precious rucksack containing all the objects recovered when hard was human. We must therefore go skin to its former "self", and that almost no weapons to recover his property. But be careful, die twice, and everything will be lost forever! Principle ruthless - guilty of some minor inconsistencies scriptwriting too disturbing in the end - it will soon integrate not to bind many deaths as fast as frustrating. To go further in this vein, note that masochists can try mode "Survival" which is to try the whole adventure with a single character: death causes immediate termination of your backup.

For ZombiU is the antithesis of current action game where you can die every five meters, with impunity, and being sure that the console will automatically Checkpoint recorded close to the death. The backup should be "old" in finding a place to sleep, and they are not many. This sometimes makes some trips stressful enough, especially when one is in bad shape and fifteen minutes from the nearest bed. Also in the same vein, if the player has a health bar, the slightest bite will be immediately fatal. We can therefore collect a few scratches, but a zombie too close not fail us shred the carotid, causing immediate game over. Also note that the ammunition is scarce, the explosions attract infected around that bat that is used regularly in melee to save bullets takes forever to defeat if only one death Undead ... Yes, ZombiU is exactly this kind of game.

London is a large cemetery where you can move freely in almost ZombiU. Understand by this that all environments are accessible at any time if they can open the right doors as a MetroidVania and connected to a large "central hub" which is none other than your hideout, one of the only areas that are relatively safe. Without card at the beginning of the adventure, travel from one point to the other is long and tedious, it is also common to lose, difficult to recognize the scenery when everything is so dark. This playground complex will be an opportunity to get lost (especially at first) but also to explore much. Architecture that will prove still be an asset in the long run since it will often return rummaging particular area later to open a door or trunk once obtained the necessary key. You'll regret against some loading time too long to come break the rhythm, already slow, when the console is loading a large area.

PATIENCE YOU WILL LEARN THE WII U GAMEPAD you will use

You will understand, to take as long as possible in such a way, we must learn to be careful not to say deliberately slow, and use it wisely each object found. The key to progress is to be meticulous and well prepared before leaving the main hideout, but before entering each new area. ZombiU stress also preventing the player to stop the action to use the objects in the bag for example. Attention it is possible to delve into its inventory or pick a door if the emergency requires, but the zombies will not wait quietly until you finish to eat you. Good to know.

While ZombiU is not the scariest game of the genre because of gaps in the coating, it is at least somewhat sadistic with multiple tips like this, and the use he makes of copy gamepad the Wii U. In fact, the gameplay is completely designed for the player often has eyes on his shelf. To watch the map, to perform certain interactions necessary touch or to dip into his backpack. But as the action continues permanently on the screen, with sounds not very reassuring as a bonus, we assimilate quickly this funny gymnastics of lowering and raising the head every fifteen seconds, like a paranoid teenagers in teen movie (and rightly) lost in a dark forest that would look constantly behind him. The thing is quite amusing, but in hindsight because at the time the lot will not malignant.

Gamepad, once again, just very quickly become your best ally in a hostile environment. Compass, paper, microphone, camera, touch shortcuts formidable ergonomics: it can do everything and shows an undeniable ffectiveness of this game; After a few minutes, it seems to be used for months. A scanner as Samus in Metroid Prime, it allows for example to switch to infrared vision and identify in the dark key elements of a room. Objects, enemies, doors, keys: almost everything can be found in no time, and the frequent use of the scanner will quickly become an asset to the cautious player who can then intelligently forward instead of running into the pile. It comes anyway often die. Thus, large groups of zombies can be feints using flares, borrowing a hidden passage, or rusant to attract one by one in a quieter corner.

Difficult or discouraging at times, ZombiU has at least the merit of providing a line of progress and once all the possibilities of gamepad tamed, the streets filled with corpses seem a lot less intimidating. By managing its equipment, storing reserves in the trunk of the main base so as not to become completely naked after a game over, taking the time to explore each new area to find the sewer "warpzone "which instantly takes you back to the hideout, we learn slowly to survive for periods of longer and longer. Moreover, the game recognizes each time you put the time to die, a way to motivate not lacking cynicism.

The question of life is a point where the game Ubisoft did not blush. Expect the next ten hours at least to see the end of the tunnel, with a large variable depending on the time you take to fully explore environments that are full of things to find. Naturally, the structure of the game that this time will also include a lot of trips not always exciting to go get his material on his old body, or simply trying to find his way to a new goal. Despite certain qualities in its concept, ZombiU suffers rhythm problems and a lack of epic passages. Enemies would also deserved to be more varied, making some fights redundant.


To extend the experience, you can count (a little) on the multiplayer mode of the game allows two players to compete in local conditions a bit special. Whoever has the gamepad hands is almost omnipotent and shows zombies on the map to kill the one who has a Classic Controller (or a couple wiimote / nunchuk). There are two game modes: one where we just chaining kills, and a second with control areas. The cards are few, it will be at most a pleasant bonus but will by no means a reason to buy. Also in the field of multi, note that the title uses the online features of the Wii U to share information with other owners of the title on the canvas. Cuckoo Dark Souls.


NEXT GENE?

The last question that is obviously lips is that of realization. New console requires much waiting to see what will give first Wii U on technical, especially when it comes to exclusives. Expect to be disappointed, for the ZombiU banal observation is disconcerting. The game is not particularly beautiful nor ugly. It is just any one. With the technical review of a production of Xbox 360/PS3 five years ago, the title of Ubi simply the minimum and it goes without saying that those who hoped to take full eyes here will be disappointed. For perspective, we can not say that either ZombiU needy visually. It just plays without worrying too much about graphics, and with a proper fluidity, we focus on the rest of forgetting this. The extensive use of the gamepad in ZombiU does not allow to switch control of the gamepad on the TV screen as in other titles Wii U. You should know, but given the exclusive status of the game, obviously prefers this situation in reverse: it is proof that the developers have thought the A to Z game for us to use this mablette proves effective here its usefulness.

Conclusion About The ZombiU

Finally more stressful scary, ZombiU is a true survival horror, an endangered species. The game Ubisoft shows rough and brutal at first contact, but it also offers a line of progression pleasant and very successful use of the gamepad Wii U counteracts some frustrations. Failing to shine the console at its launch by offering a technical demo of choice or to reuse a charismatic hero in yet another trilogy, will serve ZombiU laboratory sensations for a new console that still has everything to prove. Lab sometimes empty and cold, this is not necessarily the place for the first time, but it is clear that the desire to get out alive at all costs eventually takes over. At a time when death does not mean anything in a video game, ZombiU manages to makes us feel this real fear of Game Over, which is calculated every step, every gesture. He deserves at least your curiosity just for that.

Jak and Daxter The Trilogy in March 21

Jak and Daxter The Trilogy will be available on Playstation 3 from March 21 in store or download on the Playstation Store.

Sony has confirmed the arrival in March 21 for Jak & Daxter The Trilogy This compilation will allow you to (re) discover the versions given to taste of the day (720p, stereoscopic 3D, 100 awards including 3 Platinum, etc..) in Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak 2: Outside The Law and Jak 3.

Available in all good creameries, this compilation will be sold at around $39.99 . Each of the available titles can also be downloaded via the Playstation Store in the Playstation 3. Then it will cost $14.99 per unit.

Jak and Daxter The Trilogy

 

If you're looking for a review of the games themselves, I suggest looking up the original reviews for the games here; Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Jak II Jak 3. I will simply be reviewing the new features for the trilogy package as a whole.

1. HD: The visuals in this game have definitely had a huge overhaul. The frame rate is a smooth 60fps, with hardly any hiccups or slowdowns. The character models look much more detailed and fine tuned. Environments look beautiful as well, and seeing many iconic locations remastered with detailed HD graphics can only be described as nostalgic. I hope they keep up the good work they've done with updating these PS2 classics when they make the Ratchet & Clank Collection.

2. 3D: For many, this won't matter since the number of 3D TVs in households is still a slim number, but for those who do (myself included) it's a feature well worth mentioning. They did a great job making the visuals really "pop". The multiple layers are well placed for dynamic depth perception. It' really been a joy to play the trilogy in 3D so far. You can adjust the depth to your liking, but I found the default setting to be just about right.

3. Trophies: If you're looking for a few challenges while replaying the trilogy, Naughty Dog's got you covered. The trophies range from challenging to pushover, but it's still been fun collecting them, as they have you doing things you might have otherwise never tried. The platinum trophy should give gamers a pretty big challenge to obtain, but with games like these, you'll enjoy every moment of the effort.

Naughty Dog's Jak Trilogy has long been a staple of the platforming world and replaying these games is a stark reminder why. It's a steal for $40, but for any less it's a must own! They just don't make games like these anymore, and they probably never will again, so it's definitely worth picking up a copy and reliving the joys of playing the original trilogy. 

Most pirated games 2011 revealed

The most pirated game of 2011 was PC title Crysis 2, according to technology blog TorrentFreak.

It was downloaded illegally an estimated 3.2 million times after its release in March last year.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, FIFA 12 and Portal 2 made up the rest of the top five most pirated PC games.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 was the most downloaded Wii game while Gears of War 3 took top spot on the Xbox 360 list.

The PS3 isn't included in the list as far fewer games are illegally downloaded for that console.

TorrentFreak says the number of downloads of the top titles in each category is slightly lower than last year.

Super Mario Galaxy 2, released in 2010, is the most pirated Wii game for the second year in a row.

Meanwhile, Fast Five was the most pirated Hollywood film of 2011.

TorrentFreak estimates that the movie was illegally downloaded more than nine million times last year.

The Hangover II, Thor, The King's Speech and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 were also in the top 10.

The data for the estimated download numbers is collected by TorrentFreak from several sources, including reports from all public BitTorrent trackers.

PC game downloads on BitTorrent in 2011

1. Crysis 2 (Estimated 3.9 million)

2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3.6m)

3. Battlefield 3 (3.5m)

4. FIFA 12 (3.3m)

5. Portal 2 (3.2m)

Wii game downloads on BitTorrent in 2011

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1.2 million)

2. Mario Sports Mix (1m)

3. Xenoblade Chronicles (950K)

4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (870K)

5. FIFA 12 (860K)

Xbox 360 downloads on BitTorrent in 2011

1. Gears of War 3 (890,000)

2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (830K)

3. Battlefield 3 (760K)

4. Forza Motorsport 4 (720K)

5. Kinect Sports: Season Two (690K)

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