Gears of War: Judgment, First Impressions

Gears of War Judgment becomes, once again, to be a shooter in the unusual third person in which a squad of disproportionately muscular men and women only vaguely female face an unknown enemy monster that came out of the ground and wants to kill all the world. Damon Baird still lieutenant of the squad kilo, we count the events of the day of the emergency, when the Locust Horde decided to take the surface to the assault. These are my first impressions of Gears of War Judgment.

The Gears of War franchise has always held a special place in my heart. I can not count the times I've played the campaigns or the amount of times I've failed miserably in Horde mode. When I heard that the trilogy, which said they were not going to make more deliveries, will have a new game, I received the news with mixed feelings. First, they would release another Gears. Furthermore, they had one more chance to break Gears.

Where are my grenades?

The highlight and one of the things that will hurt the old fans is that they have chosen to change the control scheme. Looking standardization, Gears of War Judgment get me fighting the controller for a while, instinctively looking my grenades in the crosshairs. This is more of an emotional level complaint than mechanic but can hinder how it will fit the fan base of the original trilogy to this new release. And the fan base is not quite ready to fit anything without complaining.

The rest of the most notable changes are in the new multiplayer mode. Dubbed as "Overrun" confronts us to ten waves of incredible difficulty. Our goal is to defend an emergence hole sealing locust onslaught. When the seal loses its integrity, players fall back on a posterior position to defend from the advancing horde that appear from the newly reopened hole. In the third and final phase, the Gears must defend a transmitter that is ordering an attack with the hammer of dawn, representing his last chance to reject their brutal enemies.

Overrun mode of Gears of War Judgment presents also the new class system. Maybe demystifying the COG soldier is able to employ with equal efficiency a sniper rifle than a retro-lancer, Overrun has four classes, each with different gear and special abilities. This forces a team to be much more coordinated and enhances the sense of belonging to a squadron. As a final note, Overrun is extremely difficult, with the level of the enemies grow exponentially after each wave. For a moment you are defending yourselve from Therons and tickers, a couple of waves later you have a Corpser digging under your defenses and eating your transmitter.

From Lieutenant to war criminal

Braid Damon leads the cast of Gears of War Judgment, supported by Augustus "Cole Train" Cole as another character who returns from the last delivery. Cole, unfortunately, lost some prominence, especially in the first chapter, in favor of the other two members of the squad kilo. The story is told from the perspective of the statements of the members from kilo amid the locust onslaught.

Garron Paduck play the bitter cast of the plot. Former Army officer and veteran of the UIR, COG enemies Pendulum wars, now joins the ranks of Gears under the command of a lieutenant newbie like Baird. Paduck is a very seasoned soldier who has learned to put his safety and that of his squad to the formalities of military protocol and chain of command. His raspy voice and his war wounds comments accompany the line "no one has to know."

Sophia Hendricks will be in charge of balancing Paduck. Sophia is a cadet at the academy onyx guard. Is the rookie who has not even graduated from the academy, launched into battle with no real experience with the rigidity of a soldier indoctrinated. To top it off, she will join into the squad of the acid pessimistic Baird, and Cole , the thrashball ex-player.

Play it again

People Can Fly have been keen to Gears of War Judgment is replayable. This implemented a dynamic appearance of enemies, making each section contains different enemies and come from different angles. If it was something remarkable during the preview, was only because of the discrepancies in the difficulty of climbing the same stairs twice. The system is similar, so we were told, to the Director of Left4Dead: Try forcing the player to move forward if you are very still, throw harder enemies if things go well and generally fits you.

The other novelty is also added to the replayability of the new Gears of War, is the ranking system. At the end of each section of a chapter, we received an assessment in terms of casualties, headshots, executions and the times you've been knocked down. Depending on how well or badly we have done, we received more than three stars, which accumulate during the campaign and unlock content including additional campaign completely independent, apparently based on the events following the events of Gears of War 3.

To top it finished, to add difficulty to the campaign or to offer more content, along find pieces of history "classified information", parts of the truth Baird omitted during his judgment. These "classified missions" represent a choice between increasing the difficulty to obtain a better assessment at the end of the chapter or continue the mission unchanged. All missions have a small classified Baird narrative explaining the circumstances that have led him to omit this information during his testimony.

Conclusions

After that date, those of you who have decided to inform you about Gears of War Judgment already have your own first impressions. The game is receiving much criticism for his changes and is also receiving much criticism for leaving things equal. In my opinion, is receiving much criticism because it is the first Gears of War that has not Cliff Bleszinski direction or fully developed by Epic Games.

To be honest, Gears of War Judgment has it very difficult. Almost any game reaches its third installment having getting better each before. It usually happens the opposite. Think Fable, Dead Space or Assassins Creed. Gears of War has achieved at least that. Now preparing for a new release. It will not be better than Gears of War 3. It is almost impossible that it will be just as good. But that does not mean there will not be a good game.

What I saw and played in the presentation was a solid game, with a campaign interesting for fans of the series and for newcomers and a challenging new cooperative multiplayer. Yes, I found details that made it feel different from my old and loved Gears of War, but not for stop wanting to play it. Nothing would please me more than to see all the fanboys, who are criticizing the game having only seen screenshots, having to eat his words. Unfortunately, the fanboys never admit anything and the game still has time to be failure.

God of War: Ascension Trailer With The New Co-op Mode

Sony has made available to all its huge public a new trailer for God of War: Ascension, it shows one of the most anticipated game modes from this new delivery the multiplayer cooperative mode called Trial of the Gods.

God of War: Ascension - Trial of the Gods

From the first game in the series of God of War I have been a fan of the epic battles against waves or hordes of monsters and creatures of Greek mythology, really, who does not? If you've played any of these titles you are aware that much of the fun of the series is in this, in combat with swords and chains and spectacular shots to these mythological beasts.

The detail is so spectacular that it would share this experience, these epic battles with a friend cooperatively. Trial of the Gods is the way in which Sony gives us the opportunity to fight minotaurs, nymphs and other monsters of Greek mythology in the company of a friend, as two gladiators heroes in a supernatural battle, and looks fascinating.

As we can see in this trailer for God of War: Ascension, the new two-player mode will face five waves of enemies, one more difficult than the other, and with limited time. As you pass a wave (if you can do it) accumulate bonuses depending on performance time for the next horde.

At the end of the 5 waves we have to face a very difficult boss. Upon the arrival of God of War: Ascension, we are three maps for Trial of the Gods, but Sony says that as time goes on more maps will be offering for the first cooperative in the series starring Kratos.

This game will be available at March 12 exclusively for PlayStation 3.

The second season of The Walking Dead Video Game Ready for Autumn

No, we will not have to wait more than a year as Telltale Games, wrongly, was advancing, but will be this fall when we start receiving chapters in video games of the second season of The Walking Dead.

Telltale Games has corrected initial reports, and has come to confirm that the second season of The Walking Dead in video games will be available this fall. Initially, Telltale Games CEO Dan Connors, had told the British media Eurogamer, we would not see the first game of the second season of The Walking Dead to Fall 2014. A few hours later, in a statement issued at the average American GameInformer, correct and clarify that it was a misunderstanding and that the first chapters will come soon, this fall.

On the arrival of these new chapters to PlayStation 4, nothing is decided. Its officials admit they have had little contact with Sony's new platform, and this time, they can not confirm that they will work on PlayStation 4. In any case it seems more a move for Sony to contact them and provide them with the necessary tools to PS4 not run out the successful episodes of the series.

A few weeks ago, the writer of these downloadable titles, Gary Whitta, confirmed that, so you can wait, they will launch new additional content for the game's first season.

This year is shaping up as a good year for The Walking Dead. At the premiere of the third season of the series in Spain, we must add that Activision FPS released this year called The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii U.

Company of Heroes 2 Will Be Released at June

In war there are lulls, and Sega has decided to delay it's release of Company of Heroes 2 to June 25, compared to a few months after the original date. Relic Entertainment Sega acquired after the last auction of assets of THQ, and it was logical that, with new owners, the title to be suffering its launch.

The title will be release now, simultaneously, on June 25 in the United States and Europe. The game's producer, Jonathan Dowdeswell, said that the acquisition of the license and the study by Sega, has given a tremendous opportunity to work with a new partner who has a great legacy in PC franchises. On the other hand, also a producer, Greg Wilson, wanted to apologize to the fans of the greatest hopes for this game. Clarifies that this extra time will be used to deliver a higher dose of awesome gaming. Anticipates that in a few days will give information about the closed beta of the game.

Company of Heroes 2 innovative uses the graphics engine Essence 3.0, ColdTech weather system and the called TrueSight a dynamic technology used for the visual field. This new installment in the series of war strategy puts us on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, taking command of the Russian forces in their fight against the Nazis. The game recreates 13 of the 15 bloodiest battles of the Eastern Front.

Company of Heroes 2 will be available on June 25 for PC and Mac

Hell will hit Resident Evil Revelations HD

In late May, exactly on the 24th, they will release a desktop version of Resident Evil Revelations, a title that already triumphed in Nintendo 3DS in early 2012. This new release will come with various improvements and, leaving aside the visual logic, also feature a new game mode extreme difficulty for the campaign that has been dubbed as hell. Something suitable only for the best.

Resident Evil Revelations Infernal Mode trailer

Hell mode Resident Evil Revelations places the game difficulty levels recommended only for the best players in the series. What's more, multiply the enemies on the stage, the situation changes location of objects, and opens the enemy called Wall Blister, be mutant carrying the T-Abyss virus that spreads through water.

The version of this Resident Evil Revelations for Wii U includes an interesting off-screen functionality that will make good use of the GamePad. With this feature the experience of the original version of 3DS moves to desktop and can access the inventory and map from the screen joystick.

Resident Evil Revelations will be released on May 24 on the PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 and Wii U, in the wake of the success marked the original title launched in Nintendo 3DS in early 2012.

Epic Games "Wants to Keep Going" with the Gears of War Series on the Next-Gen

Gears of War has been one of the intellectual properties that are born in this generation of consoles coming to establish itself as a benchmark in Xbox 360. Epic Games, makers of the top games of the series, have spoken for the first time the possibility to see the series continue in the next generation of consoles, particularly the Xbox 360 successor. And the answer is yes.

Jim Brown, lead designer at Epic Games, has admitted to Gameingblot average American, if were not for them, they would like to continue to create more installments of Gears of War on the next generation consoles. The answer, it seems to imply that there is already developing a new installment of the series for the next Xbox. Clarifies that much to tell in the series, and that after the departure of Judgment in a few days, want to continue with it.

It should be remembered that curiously Gears of War: Judgment, which launches this March 22, has been developed by People Can Fly, in a move that suggests that the core team is involved in a delivery for the next generation and, not rule, is one of the first releases of the presentation of the new console, rumored to be in late April.

Some days ago confirmed the Season Pass for Gears of War: Judgment, for 1600 Microsoft Points, give us access to six multiplayer maps, two new game modes, weapons and more appearances for welding equipment, and double points experience, permanently, at the time of raising the level of the character. And this is just the beginning of the material promises.

New trailer for God of War: Ascension and Collector Edition

God of War: Ascension is one of the most anticipated games in the world of PlayStation. This is a new release of one of the most epic sagas of Sony for their consoles that brings us to the battle between a mortal who becomes Demi-God and begins an affair with a vengeance against Mount Olympus. The new trailer for God of War: Ascension shows retail collector's edition of this title, which most fans of the series will surely love.

Unboxed: God of War: Ascension Collector's Edition

In addition, the new trailer for God of War: Ascension reminds us that this issue brings a Season Pass for all the extra content that Sony will offer in this game, which is largely related to multiplayer which premieres this title in the series and promises much violence and action in the style gladiator spartan and, coupled with the emergence of various demons and titans.

It is surprising that the collector's edition of the new God of War have a price of just $ 79.99, considering everything entering and simple version (which only brings the game disc) is priced at $ 59.99. It is an offer that is irresistible, especially thanks to this great action figure and fearsome Kratos.

God of war: Ascencion will be available exclusively for PlayStation 3 from March 12. To conclude, this title brings an exclusive demo of The Last of Us, one of the most anticipated titles of the year for PS3.

First trailer of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is filtered

This week Ubisoft have confirmed the existence of the next installment of one of the most successful franchises of the house, Assassin's Creed. We are just days from its presentation, but as often happens in the wonderful internet, it has leaked the first trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, the next game based on stories of murderers and Templars, and this time also pirates.

Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag Official World Premiere Trailer [HD]

The new Assassin named Edward Kenway, or rather, Captain Edward Kenway, a man who among his many adventures on the seas also handles carry the tradition of the assassins, the followers of the saga so familiar from the days of the mysterious and epic Altair.

This new assassin leads to adventures in boats, cannons and many weapons, underwater explorations and of course, many islands and loot treasure without equal, as any story of high seas pirates have to bring.

A mere two days after its official presentation to the guys at Ubisoft have been leaked this exciting trailer and leaked a few days ago that its release date is October 8th. However, this trailer of Assassin's Creed 4 also brings us news that the game will not only be available to the current generation of consoles, but for PC, Wii U and PlayStation 4.

We still await the day of the official announcement by Ubisoft to know all the latest details on this new game, with new murderer and new historical period.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag points in late October with Next-Gen Consoles Versions

A few days ago we did not know anything about a new Assassin's Creed, but in the last few hours some information have been filtering where many details of the game that has already been shown to the press. But pending the next Monday, we have to settle with different information being filtered in forums and websites worldwide. the last thing we know from a screenshot that has gone around the globe, this new Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, would also in the next generation of consoles and your departure date would be for 29 October.

Earlier today Ubisoft confirmed that catches of the cover of the game that had appeared in the network were real, and therefore confirmed that Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is in development for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U . To this must be added another leak, and from a Ubisoft website itself, which stated that the game would appear on October 29 along with other versions for "next generation consoles".

Although it was initially assumed that the new Assassin's Creed will be located in Brazil, it seems that was not entirely true. The last thing that we know from leaks is that places like Cuba, Bahamas and Jamaica will be present as scenarios, and possibly have some stage at Brazil as the protagonist.

In a hypothetical Caribbean 1715, the protagonist would be Edward Kenway, Kenway Haytham's father, appeared in the previous installment of the series. Still clarify that none of this information is official, but the knowledge that the game has already been shown to the press, there is little speculation.

Tomb Raider Review

Tomb Raider is a third person action game in which Lara Croft, a young archaeologist, goes in her first expedition in search of adventure but, instead, is trapped on an island where a somewhat unbalanced individual wants to sacrifice his best friend and anyone who gets in his way to appease some inexplicable storms surrounding the mysterious piece of land. In this Tomb Raider analysis I review  the keys that will make this game a new myth.

Overall, Tomb Raider succeeds on two levels: The narrative is good and gets a connection to the main character rarely seen outside of an RPG, and the mechanics are solid and fun for the duration of the game. In fact, right now I can not think of anything bad about Tomb Raider.

New Lara Croft

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have made a major commitment here. Lara Croft has been in our lives since 1996. For some players this year will meet the twenty-few, Lara is as iconic as Sonic. Even more. When a character receives a redesign and restart your franchise to retell her story from a different point of view, the fans take to the streets with torches.

Tomb Raider present us a different  Lara Croft than we are used to. The whole game is put to use reforge a part of the video game story. With excellent results. I can not tell you how many times that of pure empathy, I closed my eyes and let out an "ouch" during the game. The new Lara is credible and deep, you can feel identified with it and would like to be her at times. Their decisions are brave but justified. All this is excellently integrated into the gameplay.

Lara's movements, and reacts to the proximity of enemies and the things she says to her heart, will evolve as Lara Croft goes from innocent and finally to Survivor. The very model of the protagonist changes at certain points of the game, physically representing the psychological and emotional change. It brought a smile to me when, in the middle of a firefight, Lara began to threaten their enemies the first time demonstrated to be afraid of "foreign".

Nothing new, Everything is Fine

To Game Level, Tomb Raider has a difficult job. The narrative of the game and its protagonist can be very attractive but without a fun gaming experience, it would be a good movie too expensive. Luckily, Tomb Raider is up to the challenge. Unfortunately, the risk was so high that they would not do anything too new. Tomb Raider reuses already proven formulas almost exclusively.

What are you going to be doing is moving between fights. To help movement is both easy and fun, Lara's control system is fluid, dynamic and fun. We require very little and there are only a handful of short sections where you need to go in a hurry. Halfway are stealth sections, some of them very intense. Other times the game jumps straight into battle without your permission. As you get used to is no longer annoying.

The combat is well balanced, which is saying a lot. Not much choice of weapons but each behaves different enough to find them eventually. The shotgun gives you more stuck in short-range, while the gun has that sense of subtlety that does not need a gun. If there is anything to complain about here, is the supernatural ability of enemies to know your exact location at all times. Just an enemy sees you for that with his telepathic powers, alert all their friends, who come to empty boots on feet wall behind which you are hiding.

While the campaign is pretty linear, the amount of collectibles and semi-open maps give enough room for exploration, which is properly rewarded for worthwhile. The tombs are moving puzzle challenges rather than logic. It's a shame, but better fits the atmosphere of the game.

Hell in paradise

As for the graphics, you have to look Tomb Raider with two lenses. On one hand, Lara models, the three that are used during the game, have a level of detail and quality with their impressive animations, especially in video scenes. Moreover, the environments are very nice ... until you get too close.

It is clear where the is interest on Tomb Raider. The balance is difficult but very accomplished. While a picture is generally rich environments are intended to convey emotion. When the camera descends to detail, it is normal that you're setting the protagonists, especially Lara, whose models have a flawless finish.

The level design of Tomb Raider goes along the narrative. Each phase corresponds to a point in history, to a situation where the nightmare that is the island. The objectives are well defined and obstacles, ground to cross or people to shoot are suited to the level expected of the player. From my perspective, this is one of the great triumphs of Tomb Raider: Making always feel challenged but never stuck.

Conclusion

9/10

An outstanding game that lacks only a little innovation to have marked an era. I love the new Lara Croft and I can not wait to see what the next mess mess in which the children of Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix.

Tomb Raider will appear on shelves next Tuesday March 5

As for the multiplayer, if any of you are going to buy this game, I'll be online on Tuesdays from 21:30 on XBOX Live Gamertag with ShishaMushroom, happy to take a few games and try it with you.

Play it if:

Looking for an adventure with a strong focus on the protagonist and its evolution
Today still think Lara Croft is a sexist and offensive stereotype
Want to see an innocent girl to survive and improve despite falling great distances and damage done muchisismo

Do not play if:

Want a Tomb Raider to solve puzzles like those of yesteryear. The franchise has reinvented
You had enough with Uncharted Uncharted
Some 18 hours of campaign you seem few. The game is much longer if you pick something that's on the way

Three random reasons to buy:

The reference to the "arrow in the knee" from Skyrim
Count the number of times incredible Lara falls embankments, cliffs and hills
Not a awkward single mini-game to arrange a radio, splinting an injury or anything else

The Last of Us; How Infected Were Created

The Last of Us is one of the titles that have thrilled PlayStation 3 users, who hope to many looking forward to the launch of this new game from Naughty Dog studios, responsible for the hit Uncharted series. Well today, from these studies tell us a bit more from what will surely be one of the best games of the year, as they have released the first developer diary for The Last of us, showing us how they created the infected , those beings mutants been one of the greatest dangers we will face in the game.

The Last of Us Development Series Episode 1: Hush

This title tells the story of a man and a girl who must survive in a post-apocalyptic world and its dangers,  at first seemed limited to escape from greedy and evil human, who have become this way because the time and situation in which they live, we also have one more enemy to face, those infected.

These hideous creatures were once human, but thanks to being infected with a fungus (guess which mystery disclose during the game) have come to be this way unpleasant and disgusting, besides being much more violent now. Virtually the fungus has taken control of their minds and therefore their bodies. According to the developers explain, the design of these beings was inspired by a BBC documentary called "Planet Earth" and after much research between fungi and diseases that peculiar and disgusting achieved final design. Creepy, but great.

In the previous gameplay video that Naughty Dog had published was the first we saw them, and I was one of the many people who ask, "Why is the character uses a flashlight and is not detected by the infected?" The answer is obvious, these deformed beings can not see. But beyond this, the system of "vision" or perception of the environment is through sound, such as bats, which adds a touch to the game even scarier considering the sounds they make those infected.

Not until June when we can get this title that does nothing to promise a spectacular and scary adventure.