Space, the final frontier.. blah blah. You may find yourself – as I have – disappointed that you did not end up being an astronaut like you planned to at age 6. All the cardboard, crayons, and football helmets I could find never got me to the moon… or even out of orbit. Fortunately Crowd Control Productions has made a wonderful MMORPG: Eve Online.
Having just released its newest expansion Dominion (and patch 1.1.1), Eve seems to be barely a wrist into their bag of tricks. Unlike the 2 month old demigods in WoW, the rookies of Eve will find themselves absorbed in a world not too much different than our own… for being set hundreds of years in the future.
The original premise is pretty easy to follow. Humanity, in all its greedy splendor, has raced through our own galaxy securing space, planets, and precious deposits mainly for corporate growth. At the end of this expansion, things again turn to war. Until one day a giant wormhole opens up in the far reaches of our known space to reveal a sister galaxy which later becomes known as New Eden. The first settlers find harsh conditions to face. Soon they are subjected to the worst imaginable fate, the collapse of the New Eden gate, and permanent separation from the worlds they called home.
Read on to learn about the game and how to acquire a free trial.
First thing I thought when playing this game was, yawn. The load time is well over 5 minutes. The loadout screen reminded me of Runescape, only Runescape takes a lot less time to load. However, I doubt anyone is interested in how long it takes to load, and rather how good the game is. I’m going divide it into my usual categories. Gameplay, Story, and Graphics.
Gameplay:
Gameplay is lag intensive, yes. However, it if you ignore that, it is very good. I couldn’t help comparing it to the PC game. Simple point and click, but there’s something elegant about the combat system. Whether it’s the many talents, or the party interface, it kept me interested. And it takes a lot for a flash game to keep me interested.
Story:
The story varies from the PC game a little, but it was very interesting all the same. The only problem was the way the game started. It bored me. The flash game had a lot to live up to, and in the end, it failed too. It’s worth a play if you don’t have the actual game, but if you’ve already played Dragon Age Origins, your going to be sadly disappointed.
Graphics:
The graphics were the high of the game. For a flash game, they are amazing. They even have different skins in for the character creation (like the real game) and the armor and weapons also change when the quality goes up. The pause screen is very like the actual game also.
So here’s how it ends up.
Gameplay: 5/10
Story: 7/10
Graphics: 9/10
Overall: 7/10
A good game in all, and definitely worth a play if you have the hardware to do it. You can find it here. The game has a good amount of gameplay in it. At least an hour or two (considering it is flash based).
Iji information has been added below, continue to the full article to check it out. The game is being offered by download for free at Daniel’s Base – Iji.
I came across this simple game where giant robot looking monsters are destroying your city and you have to run across the tops of building trying to escape as mayhem is unfolding. It gets pretty addicting, and it’s kind of hard to stop playing. Here’s the link. Good if you need to waste some time and the music suits the situation you are in in-game.
For those of you that visit flash sites on the regular, Kongregate and Newgrounds are probably places you frequent, when looking to waste some time. This game caught my eye because of its high rating at NG and then it’s great looking art style when I started playing.
Read on for a short description and a link to the game.
The gaming world has evolved within the past few years. With many great releases like Killzone 2 or the very interesting games for the Wii, its hard to keep track of every great game. In this edition of Face off we will be reminiscing about those good old days of single joysticks and bad graphics. Yes, we’re talking about the Nintendo 64! From a huge selection of N64 cartridges, here is my personal picks for the most enjoyable N64 games ever created.
Although this online service through Zsnes has been offered for awhile now I just recently got into playing SNES games online with friends that dont live close to me anymore. They took compatibility for what they called netplay out in the latest versions of the emulator due to instability mainly, but if you get the 1.42 version and set it up successfully you can still play one of many games over the internet with friends. All you both need is the same emulator, rom (with the same file name), and a host (one of the two players, router configuration will probably be needed.)
Read on for more information, a step by step guide, and a list of all working games.
Since the beginning as I first made my discover of what emulators and roms were, I have been plagued with using a keyboard to play them. I did know there were USB controllers you could get at various electronics stores I just never brought myself to be able to put out the money for them. The other day I was wondering if you could simply hook a PS3 controller up to a computer and get it working. After a little research I found that people had already figured it out by replacing the original USB HID drivers with an open source version called libusb. There were some issues with this (peoples mouses and keyboards stopped working, and Vista users could not use this method) but after awhile I came by an article with all the information I needed. Apparently, a Chinese programmer created a PS3 controller driver that works with peoples standard USB HID. He called it Six Axis Driver (click here to get the download). Unfortunatley this only works in the 32bit version of Windows.
Read on for a step by step to make sure you get things right.
Battletoads was a great game when I was a kid, and I can still have fun playing it with friends today. For the most part Battletoads popularity was due to extremely difficult game play, exaggerated fighting moves (heads, fists, and feet would enlarge into gigantic versions while performing attacks), and also the variety of level styles they had. Although after its release in 1991 many more versions and sequels followed, I will still favor the original Battletoads for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Continue on to see a brief overview, history, and where to find downloads.
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