The Lord of the Rings Online: Conquest Review (Xbox 360)

admin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:24:17 +0000

It is amazing how the creation of a single person can sometimes fertilize the imagination of thousands. Thus, a large part of the heroic-fantasy is more or less directly inspired by the work of Tolkien. The world of The Lord of the Rings is now available to all kinds, and there are more and more video games that have been adapted from this universe. The real time strategy game passing by the MMO or the beat’em all, the success of the movies obviously inspired game developers. Today, it is Pandemic which is responsible for adapting this epic by applying a recipe that has been proven with the Star Wars Battlefront series.
Frankly, graphics have not changed enormously since the Star Wars Battlefront series that was released on the previous generation of consoles as you may remember. However, we can forgive many things because the game was destined to the multiplayer mode, but there are textures bugs and aliasing effects that we should not find in a game of this magnitude.
Even if it is possible to take away the camera, the fighting still somewhat confused and it was often difficult to understand where is the action. A slight scramble and your character will fall to the ground and you will have to get him off the ground with difficulty. This draft aspect is embarrassing in the singleplayer mode, but it quickly becomes unbearable in the multiplayer mode.
It should take you six or seven hours to be done with the two campaigns. It’s short, but the title is primarily aimed to the multiplayer mode. Thus, it is possible to find 13 maps of the singleplayer scenario in online games with 16 players or in split screen with 4 players. Unfortunately multiplayer mode only offers four gametypes that have absolutely nothing original.
We find the music of the movies and the voices may not always be the ones from the incumbent doublers, but they generally stick well to the characters. However, it would have been easy to relinquish few lines; it is particularly horrible to bear the chatter of the Ents.
Tolkien fans may be surprised: between the alternative ending that makes the One Ring to Sauron and the presence of Orcs sorcerers on the battlefield, we cannot say that the universe Lord of the Rings is respected by the book. For those who are willing to overlook these inconsistencies, it will be delighting to find the highlights of the saga through the most epic battles.
The Lord of the Rings fans and Battlefront players certainly had placed too much hope in this Conquest. In conclusion, the game suffers from a few gameplay flaws that prevent it from matching to its models. With fighting sometimes a little confusing and its multiplayer mode that could leave many players wanting more, Conquest is not the hit that was expected. Overall, it must be recognized that all beat’em fans will certainly be happy to indulge their passion with other players online.

GUITAR HERO AEROSMITH (PC) Review

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:22:13 +0000

Guitar Hero III hit broad choice of systems, this includes the PC system for the very first time, and with mixed results the game has many features also game play elements which you will find in consoles. It presented many troublesome issues that were unique to PC, such as slowdown and serious lag this will cause huge problems in the game play.

Guitar Hero Aerosmith is an exit from the other series, the focus is on just particular band opposed to using a varied mixture of tracks. The track list offers a great array of the history of the band, going back at least three decades to the present year. Regrettably there are few noticeable omissions, such as Deuces Are Wild, Janie’s Got A Gun and some others.

Besides the Aerosmith tracks, you get some “openers” these tracks start out with each tier that leads to the Aerosmith tracks. The “openers” are covers and openers of rock tracks new and old, back in the 70’s to the 90’s. The most recent track is “Sex Type Thing” by STONE TEMPLE PILOTS.

Each stage represents different periods of the bands career, starts from the humble beginnings when they played in the bars leading to their Super Bowl and beyond. Each tier gets introduced with a short video this features interviews with band members relating that part of their career.

Certainly the ultimate pleasure that you will receive when playing Guitar Hero Aerosmith depends on exactly how much you love this band. Yet there are tracks from different bands, Aerosmith dominates the song list.

Additionally, PC version has some issues with lag and slowdown; this means you will have to scale its graphical settings very low to keep the lag minimum. Unfortunately, with all graphic toned right down, slowdown is still an issue, causing missed notes flowered by a lot of frustration.

Graphically this game looks same as your console version that if you’re PC is able to handle the specs. The interface of the game is clean and clear, it has an avatar of Aerosmith while performing onstage every time you play the bands son g, and they look very garish and frightening.

CONCLUSION:

Aerosmith Is not everyone’s cup of tea mostly fans will enjoy but others might pass. Regrettably the Problems plagued the PC version will make gamers avoid the game. Unfortunately the same problems experienced in Guitar Hero II has prevailed again these issues are performance and lag. The game identical to Guitar Hero III, except the added Aerosmith avatars, making it looks a bit scary. The game gives an excellent retrospect of Aerosmith’s career, offering new and old master tracks out of their story history, the band also threw in few tracks from different artists. On the other hand a few tracks are missing, yet some are included that don’t make much sense. Making a Guitar Hero game with just one artist is very gutsy move, especially one that appeals to certain fans only. Also the PC version comes with some technical problems making it impossible to play some times.

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