Sometimes, you can have too much of a good thing.
I have been a rabid gamer my entire life. One thing that is constant about my gaming habits is that I will fall hard for a game, play it for about two to three weeks straight and then it will disappear into the ether, until I decide to pick it up again for another go around.
Risk: Factions is a game that managed to buck this trend.
Most games, there is a clear goal in mind. Save the princess, destroy evil, stop the evil supercomputer from taking over the planet, you usually have some clear cut goal on what you have to accomplish to complete the game.
Typically, your path to the end of your quest keeps you on the straight and narrow. Not once will you break some sort of law or fall out of favour with the powers that be, unless of course you are fighting against the powers that be. In which case, its a different story.
But sometimes, the main goal of the game pales in comparison to what that game allows you to do. Sometimes, there are no limits to what the player can do in the game world, leading to some… unfortunate circumstances.
And the funny thing about this is the game typically rewards you for it.
I am possibly going to offend many JRPG fans today.
It’s not because I don’t like role playing games from Japan. I have a collection of RPGS dating back to Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior on the Nintendo. Role playing games from both sides of the pond have found their way into my game systems and onto my television set for nearly two decades.
The reason many fans of Japanese RPGs are likely to come after me in droves is because I am about to open fire on a game that has been applauded by fans of RPGs, strategy games and war stories alike.
Today, I’m Cracking the Case on Record of Agarest War by Aksys Games.
It has been almost two weeks since Mass Effect 3 came out and already, we are seeing a buzz in the Internet community.You can check out the full article here - http://gamentrain.com/2012/03/jeffs-jabs-rose-coloured-glasses/
While the praise and fortune around ME3 will probably continue for weeks, months, maybe even years, only now are we starting to see the complaints of gamers who have completed the trilogy.
Mass Effect 3 definitely lived up to the hype, but on a complete glance at the game, there are a few things that stand out for leaving gamers around the world feeling a little empty. After all, this is the end of Commander Shepard’s adventure, at least that’s what developers of the game have told us in the past.
There's no use trying to understand a nightmare. Sometimes, the strangest of images and stimuli will pop into your head as you sleep. You could be chased by demonic hell-spawn or dropped from the sky by a flying rainbow pig.For the full article, be sure to go to http://www.gamentrain.com/.
The important thing to remember is that dreams can't hurt you and your nightmare will at some point end... Or will it?
What if your nightmares were recurring? what if you couldn't wake up until you accomplished some sort of goal? What if dying in your dreams meant you died for real?
This isn't the Nightmare on Elm Street, this is the strange tale of Catherine.
Where every story has a hero, every hero needs a villain. In the world of video games, this villain is most likely your final boss.For the complete article, check out http://gamentrain.com/2012/03/jeffs-jabs-resume-for-a-final-boss/
A final boss is the ultimate of evils, the greatest challenge that a gamer must surpass in order to complete this game. They will pull out every trick of the villainy trade to try to grind your progress to a halt.
But a true final boss is much more than an end game challenge for the hero. Like every masterpiece, a villain will have motivation, style, class and will always be memorable.From
Ganondorf to Sephiroth, there are a few things all great final bosses share…
