Archive for March, 2008
Frontlines Fuel of War First Impression
Trauma Studios from the Battlefield 1942 mod Desert Combat is back with a brand new game. Frontlines: Fuel of War is a first person shooter (FPS) set to year 2024 and we are on the edge of a third world war. The reason for this war is because there is not much more gasoline sources left and I guess USA were never to happy about those Chinese electric cars. So here it is USA and EU VS the red union China and Russia.
You start out as an American soldier near the Russian border. The solders are tough and everyone likes to kill so in this game you must show no mercy. Each single player map is spited into sub missions. So you got you main mission and many different sub missions you can do on your way. The battles in the game a really intense and there are so many things going on at the same time I am almost surprised that there is no frame drops here. Frontlines: Fuel of War is not a very realistic game and it doesn’t matter so much if you get hits a few times. If you for example pick up a grenade launcher and shoot you will hit exactly where you aim so it is really arcade style here. There is also tons of different weapons to choose from and robots which you can control with a remote. The graphic is average but I think the game would be great when it firsts comes out.
Faith and a .45 First Look
Faith and a .45 is a third person shooter and looks little bit like Gears of War, but Faith and a .45 takes place in the 1930’s. Faith and a .45 is set in the Great Depression and it reminds me of a road movie featuring Bonnie and Clyde stylish characters. The developers for the game are Scandinavian and they are pretty new at the gaming front but I still believe this game will do well. The game features good action and a very good story says the director Søren Lundgaard in his blog.
The game is about the hero Luke and his lover Ruby. You control Luke and ruby follows you wherever you go. She is like a second squad member. You will have some squad control features in the single player mode so that you can control Ruby better. Luke and Ruby has a very strong emotional bond and if you ask ruby to cover your ass while you run undercover she will give you a kiss when all the bad guys are dead or if you die she will give you a kiss of life which brings you back to life. You can also work together with ruby and perform many useful combos. If you for example got a tank with gas you can throw it up in the air and over to your enemies and Ruby will shoot it while it is in the air and blow your enemies to pieces. So far the game got many strong sides to it and the AI is really good it will be exciting to see how well this game goes.
Experience 112 For PC
There are tons of copy cats in the gaming industry and there are very few people which try something new. All the big companies keep pumping out with games which look like clones of each other. Lexis Numerique the developer of the coming and refreshing games Experience 112 breaks this line and tries something different.
Experience 112 is a adventure game where you follow Lea Nichols, a young woman that wakes up on a mysterious ship stranded on a mysterious island. It looks like she has been a part of some scientific experiment but you don’t know anything yet. The new and exciting thing with Experience 112 is that you don’t play Lea you play a person which got access to all the ship computers and security cameras. So when she wakes up and leaves the room you have to change to another camera. She soon finds out that you are there though and she asks you for help to get out of the ship. You also have to open locked doors, use lights to make her go in the directions you want, active different machines and even control small robots with a remote control. You will also be able to communicate with Lea by simple camera movements. If she asks you about something you can simply move your camera up and down for yes or shake side to side the camera for no. I am really looking forward to this cool but different game but it is still now known exactly when the game will be out.
Conflict: Denied Ops (Xbox 360)
Conflict: Denied Ops are a coming FPS to Xbox 360. The game can remind us a little bit about Call of Duty 4 but it won’t come close to it though. The main hook in Denied Ops seems to be character switching; each level employs a two-man squad, with a sniper and a heavy gunner whom you can switch between on the fly as the situation warrants. If you go in small places it is best to be a gunner but a open wide spaces you should really go for the sniper. You can also upgrade you weapons with different parts or simply get new weapons.
The squad commander role is not as easy as you think you will probably have problems getting the characters to do what you want. The game will probably be out this month and I really hope they manage to fix some bugs first. It can be very hard to aim because the buttons are so sensitive even if you just press them a little bit you will turn around 360 degree’s. The game got some promising features also like a good story and great graphics overall. I will be very excited to see how this game will do when it hits the open market.