Batman: Arkham Asylum

How many games are using Batman as the main character and how that success? That's the first question that arises when we read the news about the plan-making Batman Arkham Asylum game a year ago. At that Eidos still has not purchased by Square Enix and staying as the game publisher. Answering this question, it's rarely the caped crusader has a successful game based on human imaging. Most of the Batman games on the market success story and the runway wearing character from Batman The Animated Series. Perhaps this is because the character of Batman  illustrated considered difficult to form realistic in video games. Batman Arkham Asylum will change that view by presenting gameplay and a very neat story and an epic for the human form of Batman, not the animation.

Batman Arkham Asylum story opens with a scene that Batmobile raced toward Arkham Asylum, in the Batmobile looks chattering Joker figure is not clear in the conditions attached. Batman figure apparently was transporting eternal enemy to Arkham Asylum, where dangerous criminals undergoing therapy. After arriving at the Arkham Asylum Batman met with commissioner Gordon, the figure of the anti-corruption police and a close friend of Batman. Batman felt something was wrong from the beginning of their visit to Arkham Asylum, Joker too fast for him giving up just yet damaging Joker Blackgate prison. This is what makes Blackgate jail inmates transferred to Arkham Asylum and Batman did not like it.

Sure enough when the Joker left entirely to the guards Arkham Asylum, Joker immediately fled to the Arkham Asylum who had been commanded by Harley Quinn. Joker also announced that he had put a bomb at some point the city will he destroyed if the police or regular army had set foot in Arkham Asylum. Faced with unfavorable conditions choose to pursue Batman Joker in Arkham Asylum, and this is where your adventure as Batman begins.

Batman Arkham Asylum have story ideas fresh enough for a Batman game. How it would be like a Batman must fight in a place that it was full of people who hated him. Not just one but all the enemies of Batman's enemies, the Joker as the main enemy of both the core story.

Plus the first value comes from the gameplay. Batman Arkham Asylum has a hodgepodge gameplay. This game has some freedom style games that use the concept of an open world, the concept is supported by some secret and hidden content that we can access when we are reaching or have certain points in the game. This causes us to often check the area around or back and forth to the area previously explored. So for the problem Longevity Batman Arkham Asylum game is guaranteed.

Above plus the new terms of the area and how to play, wait until you're faced with the enemies and fought with them. Batman in this game has three basic movements to fight. The first movement is to attack, then counter attack and the last is the stunt attack. Every movement can be combined in such a way that could produce enough destructive attacks. Try to do counter then forwarded to the stunt followed by a long combo. Certainly you will see the final attack that pretty cool. Combo-combo-owned batman we can also upgrade experience acquired as Batman, so start simple combo movements to the complex combo is here.

We had also had a chance to tell you that Batman Arkham Asylum gameplay mixed enough, never in the battle hodgepodge elements had already seen. The reason we are given many options to defeat the enemy. Starting from frontal attacks to attack crept Solid Snake style. Rocksteady Studios also not forget to add sliding movement which followed a typical style kick Batman. So Batman is in this game is not a figure of Batman reliable gadgets gadgets-for battle. Batman is very strong power even with his bare hands could rip Batman iron lid that blocks the vents, so why are we not using energy to kick Batman's enemies?

Another plus comes from the characters and the voice of business in the in-game voice. For this one advantage we have to thank Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill and Arleen Sorkin managed to turn the character of Batman and his friends very well. Watching cutscene in Batman Arkham Asylum was like watching a scene that was Batman The Animated. So for now forget about Christian Bale's voice growling or late Ledger's sinister chuckle, because Batman Arkham Asylum is a different world with The Dark Knight. For the business vote, Batman Arkham Asylum has everything you need to pamper your ears. All material sound in this game has a quality that can given two thumbs at once, especially when combined with the ability to voice the character, Batman Arkham Asylum atmosphere became very wearing. Ever listen to growl Crocc Killer in Batman Arkham Asylum? I swear, we do not want to see the creatures at night.

This game has a feature called detective mode. With this feature we can see through walls, see what our enemies, to see what weapons they had brought, seeking a way out and many more. This game also has exploration system that is easy to understand, you simply turn on detective mode, all objects that can be invited to interact can be seen. This game also has a relatively easy puzzle, the article several places that have made platformer elements quite easily with the hook grapling firing features.

The only weakness in Batman Arkham Asylum game actually comes from the Unreal 3.0 engine which is very famous. Rocksteady Studios because it seems less mastered the use of these engines. If at first glance Batman Arkham Asylum has incredible graphics, but try to see detailed textures and lighting that is sometimes too vibrant. Also this game suffers the same disease with the other games developed using the Unreal 3.0 engine, the shadow moving irregularly. So practically Batman Arkham Asylum has graphics are ok but not exceptional. It was graphically presented Batman Arkham Asylum graphic is only equivalent to Gears of Wars was released three years ago.

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Need For Speed: Shiftt

The Need for Speed has always been guaranteed a certain quality racing game for a decade. But although the Need for Speed series is very well known, in the era of PS2 and PS3, games Need for Speed flying less than the PC era. When Need for Speed: Undercover sales drop, the more convinced that EA NFS fans needed something new. To meet these demands return back EA Need for Speed series to the most basic roots, and so was born a Need for Speed is a racing circuit with simulation gameplay.

Unlike the series of Forza and Gran Turismo is the initial target was already racing simulation, Need for Speed: Shift start everything from scratch. EA seems to not want to throw all typical Need for Speed, for it retains EA development base gameplay is arcade, but adding elements simulation

When I first played this game, you will undergo a test lap. When I drive a car is very rough and uncontrolled, then this game will suggest the type of easy to use, packed with aid so that you can keep playing. But if you successfully complete the lap with perfect, this game will offer advanced settings you use. Despite its advanced control, simulation elements offered by the Need for Speed: Shift is still far below the Forza and GT series.

Weakness in the apparently intentional, because playing Need for Speed without seeing a car pull unreasonable or Nitro is too fast. The cars in Need for Speed: Shift does not have realistic damage. You can make a BMW car dented, but the damage was limited to mere cosmetic. With the features in this game is not wrong, when NFS: Shift could be called the perfect marriage between arcade and simulation gameplay. All were supported by a balance between these two elements and the gradual pleasure of simulation and arcade elements.

Need for Speed: Shift wear RPG gameplay element. In essence we will get EXP which depends on the time your performance race. If you managed to constantly be in the prescribed lines and turned steadily, surely you will get high points as an accurate driver. Whereas if you hit enemies with aggressive and turning the barbarian way, then the points will increase your agresif. Until a certain point these two points we can see the results, whether you're a driver or an agresif rider accurate.

If you have an orientation to drive with accurate, then you will get the design and the additional equipment based on these points. Whereas if you drive carefully and you will get points accuracy. Both these points have a different way so if you want to get them the only way is to repeat the game with a different playing styles.

Because a system like an RPG game, then you will have a level indicating the level of your level. Unfortunately, the level provided by the NFS: Shift only reached level 50. When you reach that level there is nothing you can do. Fortunately, the disappointment is slightly relieved by the presence of 70 + cars that can be used.

Another disappointment is in NFS: Shift is, the same mode short career with the time you take to raise the level. Imagine to finish this game 100% you only need about eight hours. Eight-hour time was very briefly when compared with the experience of playing Need for Speed series of options.

Online mode in NFS: Shift is fun to play. There are two modes that we can use to play online. The first mode is a versus mode that allows us to quickly collided with seven drivers at once. The second mode is the Duel mode drivers. In this mode we have to catch drivers in front of us, pursuer and pursued buffer replacement switch play. If you win a lot of events there is a possibility Duel driver you can follow Duel Driver Championship.

Need for Speed: Shift is an interesting improvisation of the NFS series, ranging from the visual, cars, circuits, they have added details and effects. Remarkably, all these additions are not sacrificing framerate. NFS: Shift also has a scene that decorated prerender throughout the game. Prerender scene is very cool and detailed, unlike the previous NFS NFS, which tends to look like a cartoon. NFS: Shift smoothly collection of generic NFS soundtrack that you would not have felt out of place with its genre. For sound business NFS: Shift has an amazing collection of sound, imagine every sound machine has characteristics of each, so that eventually our goal to listen to the Ferrari engine sound across.

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Heroes Over Europe

Before you start playing a game, maybe this is a question we must ask first. Are you the type of gamer who wants to know everything in detail, from the dashboard of a boat until the buttons are detailed in a plane or you are the type of gamer who just wants to use a simple controller, flying straight away and finish enemy after enemy visible? All that really depends on the mission given in the game. For a more casual gamer, it might be more interested to play this game with a similar playing style as well as arcade game. Well, Heroes Over Europe is more focused on style arcade game, where you only need to direct the enemy planes and dropping away. Unfortunately, because the game is not too good, plus a few specific errors in this game, has made games that should be good, be not too good.

Before you start playing the online mode, there are 14 missions that you can run. Serving the picture was still impressed though not good enough really. As a game, you will be given a direct order and characteristics of each person who gave the order you can hear directly from his voice and the history of that person.

Game for themselves do not follow the chronological storyline there and they prefer to go through a couple of years there just to tell the story and that of course would be a bit troublesome for people who are trying to find out how the story goes. Each successful mission you complete, will automatically open the new ships, which each has its own characteristics. There are more suited to be the engine of air combat and there is also a more suitable vessel used as a tool to remove the bomb and ran away just like that.

As usual, given the mission would surely have known by the veterans of this game like a plane. You will be assigned to protect certain forces, destroying ships at sea, killing a soldier and AA guns in the mainland, mainstay kill enemy soldiers from the air and dropped a bomb straight into collection tanks there. Sometimes, you also will get a mission where you have to fly through the streets and undulating flight between the existing buildings.

The mission provided here is actually quite a standard for simulation games flight, but unfortunately, this type of mission is too often used so it will seem a bit bland though you've managed to run the mission. Very often you will face a situation where you have to feel safe, but you will come back again another same enemies, but with higher numbers, or sometimes even come back the enemy with a body size much bigger for you beat.

Even so, there are some additional given here. Supplement is you can get some special attacks that can instantly kill and clean the ceiling of the enemy aircraft. By directing you to the enemy target that is, automatically there will be a gauge that is slowly but surely began to fill. As already half full, it is possible you can enter Kill Ace mode. In Ace Kill, time will slow and allow you to direct your weapon and kill the enemy. Of course it would be more stable again if you can meet the first gauge. Because the gauge is full, even if you've managed to kill some enemies, Kill Ace mode will not go away immediately.

Keep in mind, AI here is less reliable, so you have to do it all their own. With a game like this, do not be surprised if up to a point, gamers are bored and do not intend to continue the game anymore.

There are other several other elements that make us somewhat disappointed with this game. These elements is when you're riding bomber very large, bi-planes or planes that have a high level of agility, it just feels the same and there is no difference at all. Well, for gamers who want to feel he exclaimed full control plane, there is an arcade mode and professional mode. By activating the professional mode, then automatically you will get the freedom to control the aircraft in full and in accordance with your wishes. But according to our advice, should not have tried. The reason, given the level of difficulty because some games are not very fit, will surely make things more difficult, unless you really are a seasoned pilot.

Once again, as we said before, the graph is here is not too well.  Starting from the blast effects, the effects of damage to the ship, model ship to the environment around you look very ordinary and even music can not make a gamer is not going to feel something good enough to remember. This game really did have something to be proud of, but unfortunately not supported with lots of things that make this game fail.

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NBA 2K10

Although until now EA Sports has always been a pioneer in most sports games, the NBA 2K franchise is still remains a game they have unmatched quality. With a very good picture, games outside and inside the field of fairly steady and the number of features available, NBA 2K is always successfully put its competitors who always tends to produce games that are not too good. Now, after 10 years to act in the world of gaming, 2K Sports will still seem to continue their dominance in the sport. After all this time, 2K Games is also getting help from the Sony, so this game will certainly have a very big improvement and will not disappoint gamers as well.

Of course for the veteran NBA 2K9 will always questioned how the game of basketball itself as being in the field (in the NBA 2K10). We must admit, this game has one game tempo is faster and good enough to play. One change that must be recognized by gamers of all is the turbo system or run fast no matter if you are in defensive positions or attack. 2K10 has added a new energy system where you will be running by relying on two bars given in the game. This bar has two stages. The first stage of yellow and blue second stage. Yellow is a bar that shows you the energy to run and the blue color is your stamina. If you spend a second bar, the characters are you using it will need a break before starting to play again. This is a pretty good way to keep the game will not be like the basketball version of the arcade game where the characters can be used continuously as if spurred not have the stamina.

Changes are also made on the playcalling system (a system where you will provide specific instructions to change the way you play). When the NBA 2K9, there were only 8 types of commands you can use, so this time you will get 24 types of commands you can spend to change the game so that you can turn the situation around the game. It's just that, with the existence of too many choices is, of course, will require some time to choose what order would you use. As it will be as vulnerable enough for you because the enemy can easily win you the ball and put the ball into the hoop without any means of your obstacles. So, it's good you own the right to determine what command would you spend.

There are also some things that seem not changed by the 2K Games. In the previous game, gamers can easily put the ball lay-ups or put the ball in the style of jumping. But this was not maintained in the NBA 2K10 because very often we get the ball we were holding and while we were doing lay-ups, the ball should bounce into it instead of the ring and actually taken by the opponent. Things like this will surely damage the glorious moments of you and it is not impossible that such a destructive and even demoralize you. This time, when you look at the game in this game, every time you want to do a movement that suddenly, the opponent can easily steal the ball and immediately took him away.

Speaking of defense issues, this time feature lockdown defense is back again and this time even more better when compared with the previous. Of course this will only happen when you watch someone who was holding the ball. Well, when your opponent was carrying the ball, you can keep the enemy with a very tight and if you can guess the direction of the enemy fled, it is not possible you can force him to do the double team or even out of the field and lead the team moved the ball to you. Only the biggest problem here is the ball carriers tend to be more straightforward and fast in this game and even they often do not need help from anyone.

For a given AI problem, actually we think AI here is pretty good and effective. But they also often make stupid mistakes that could result in defeat for you. If you ask AI to keep one of your opponent, sometimes he'll just stand still and not doing anything against the holder of the ball. Even the AI is also often movements headaches. Take, for example, AI justu often give the ball to another player who was in a position out of bounds. It's confusing.

Another problem emerges here is 2K10, which very often can damage your timing has been set up in such a way. If you're carrying the ball in the field or are trying to make shots while jumping, this will not be a problem. But the difference as if you've moved to the bottom of the ring, his framerate sometimes be decreased in such a way and will cause you confusion and it is not likely to cause you to lose the ball. This really feels conspicuous in Xbox360 console.

NBA 2K10 for this, one thing that really made us chuckle was amazed offered graph. This time, not just the players look so realistic, but almost every move they do look solid. All things start from the pass from behind his back to attempt to steal the ball is falling freely look so natural, cutscene before the game started well and looked so good when it is animated on the field was quite stable and did not disappoint at all.

Other elements can also be an additional value for this game is the reaction from the audience when you're playing. If you managed to score three in one shot, then the audience will be instantly cheered. If you are a guest team and the position you now is to win, then you will often hear a groan from the audience or even the audience was silent instead. When this happens, usually the speaker will try to improve the spirit of the audience. So extraordinary is not it?

Latest features attached to the NBA 2K10 NBA Today that can provide the latest news, info exchange of players, status and many more topics of conversation are given here. That way, Harlan, Kellogg and Miller will look much more natural and not so rigid anymore like the previous version.

One mode else can you use as a place to develop characters that you use the development mode leagues and teams, which allows you to develop and prepare your team to play together with other gamers. Then there are modes where you can create and shape the careers of the characters that you create and train a character in order to compete with the mega star. If you still had the ability not good enough, eventually you will be sent back to the development league team to improve your skills again.

All these modes are given a fairly exciting fashion and fun to play. The challenge that you will get more and more and you can also create and train your character to become a star in the world of basketball as Michael Jordan or any other characters.

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Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince is the sequel to 6 of 7 books authored by JK Rowling and should be recognized, both the novel and the movie is selling like peanuts. In addition to his debut in a book or movie, Harry Potter, of course, is to debut in the world game and has recorded a 6 game with the same title with the movie. Admittedly, too, that rarely made a game based on the successful film version. Fortunately this one is not included in it.

Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince told him about the 6th year Harry at Hogwarts wizarding school, where he will be back adventure in a world filled with shades of magic along with his friends, Ron and Hermione. This time, besides having to deal with the enemy, Lord Voldemort, Harry must also deal with romantic nuances that have started burning inside him (not surprising, considering the age Harry was hit puberty).

For gamers who read his book, of course will know with certainty about the way the story of this game. But we will try to translate it as accurately as possible about the 6th year at Hogwarts Harry. But definitely, everything in the series to-6 times this has begun to be serious. As usual, Harry's archenemy, Draco Malfoy is still the culprit of all the fad for so long. Not anymore.

Notes for gamers who have not read the book, maybe this game will not be able to tell more clearly about what is happening. So, advice from us before playing this game, gamers should read it before playing the game fun and have been made with this in such a way that can have its own appeal.

Like in previous games, you will do a lot of activities related to the magical world, ranging from making potions, learn magic to defend themselves, fly using broomsticks, wizard-style duel with another character and do a lot of exploration to reveal very very secret at Hogwarts this many (if gamers still remember the words Dumbledore himself said that he did not know all the secrets at Hogwarts).

In between all these activities, perhaps our activities according to the most unique and exciting is the activities you to create potions. In this activity, you will have 16 kinds of materials you can use to create a potion that you want in a first person perspective. When you play, you'll get an indicator on the right that shows what material you use, and until the stage of colors do you have to stop pouring the material. If you pour excess material required, you will be a screen full of smoke and you'll be prompted to press LT and RT buttons simultaneously for a while to remove all the smoke.

Another element that is not less interesting here is flying. In the Half-Blood Prince, Harry has been appointed as captain of Quidditch and of course have a duty to try to bring his team to victory. In contrast to some previous games, this time all you have flights arranged by the computer and you just try to adapt your movement to try to sort through the star to be getting closer to the Snitch (which is usually golden ball into decisive victory or a decisive completion of the game). If you can not follow the path that has been given by this game, slowly but surely, you will be asked to repeat the game because you have been deemed a failure. So do not look lightly on this one.

Elements of the fight in the wizarding world is also quite interesting. If the fight earlier in the Order of the Phoenix extremely difficult, precisely this time a little easier, but still is far from word perfect. Here are 6 magic tricks you can use. There Stupefy, Protego, Expelliarmus, Petrificus Totalus, Levicorpus and Charging and everything was arranged with the help of your controller. Also different from previous versions, this time you will find the bar before the blood that is not included here.

In addition, now you will receive assistance from Nearly Headless Nick to find the way to your destination. Different from the previous where you only get a few footprints will take you there. Now Harry is already able to run, an additional unique and good enough. We never try, where we made Harry ran at full speed but because it collides with another student who was in the vicinity, Harry actually fell.

Need to be recognized that Harry Potter game is far from word perfect. It is true that this game has a design environment is a very good school, but unfortunately the face of each character that is sometimes just looks like a robot who is learning to speak. But only up to our disappointment there alone, because in general this game is good enough for a standard game of Harry Potter.

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