Run 2 - Run, Fight the Gravity


Run 2 is a flash game made by Joseph Cloutier that has a unique concept of running game. The game main concept is avoid and run, but while running player can jump to other platform side and the screen will rotate. Well, fighting gravity is it? Let's learn more about Run 2. Run run run!

Run 2

Run 2

Basic Control of Run 2 is only using keyboard. Press left and right to control, and space bar to jump. Thats it.

The objective of Run 2 is to run! Run through each level and collect the bonus item on each level. Each level has obstacle and will require some timing and precision to complete the level.

You can choose either to Run and to Skate. Run is easy to control, but jump shorter, while skate can jump longer, but control harder.

Run 2 is a sequel of its previous version, and having a huge improvement both on graphic and gameplay. While the objective is still the same, also with the 'fighting gravity, the whole graphic was totally remake. Now the platform where we run is in 3D, not just a thin platform. Also, in Run, we're running on a square tunnel, while in Run 2, the game has become an open world with lesser platform for character to run. It requires us to jump from one platform to another to pass the level, not just simply avoiding the hole. The maker of the game also added a bonus item on each level, and making the trail to get that item harder than just finishing the level. The basic feature of the game also being improved. There's a spot called no-rotate zone, so when you jump into the platform, it will not rotate.

Run 2 also have a level editor, so you can make your own running path and can run in it yourself. To make a path, simply use your mouse to put the platform at where you want. Press and hold spacebar and drag to rotate the map.

Well, at first, i admit that Run 2 looks boring. After some review on Tribes Ascend or Diablo 3, and look after this game, no wonder i'm a bit lazy. But guess what, when i try to play this game only to collect the resource for review, it spent 1 hour -_- Actually this game is fun and addicting (not mentioning frustrating :P) Yeah, Run 2 is different from the previous version. Run 2 is much much harder than Run. Run 2 requires more timing and precision in jumping, thus making this game addicting also frustrating. After browsing the net, i also found that if we collect 60 bonus item (one on each level) we can get impossible badge, which unlock some other feature of the game.I search on the net and found that if you get the impossible badge, you can run on skater, and skate on runner level. Also, you are given ability to jump midair. That give more motivation to complete the game right?

A lot of peoples comment on the net also proved that the game gives a lot of fun and is addicting. So, wanna try? You can play Run 2 here or the other site.
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Enchanting Minecraft Basic Tutorial


Make your item stronger by enchanting, and you'll rule the game 

Enchanting Minecraft is one of game mechanic in minecraft. The use is of course, to enchant some special effect / bonus to weapons, armor, or tools. How is it done, and what is the requirement, is what i want to explain in this section. Enjoy ^^

Enchanting Minecraft

Enchanting Minecraft

First of all, i will explain about the requirement of enchanting minecraft.
  • Enchantment Table Enchantment Table is a block. It consumes player exp in each use, but in return, you can enchant your weapons, armor, or tools to become stronger or giving special bonus.
  • Experience level Experience level is required in enchanting. The amount of Experience taken is depend on the level of enchantment.
  • Bookshelves Bookshelves affect the enchantment level of item. Below i will give the detailed information about bookshelves.

    Enchanting Minecraft instruction
    To enchant an item, place Enchantment Table on the ground. Right-click on it and put an enchantable item from your invent onto the square under the book icon. After that, a random enchantments will appear on the right menu. The available option will be highlight, otherwise will be grayed.

    If you want to get different enchantment (because it's random every time you put into the table) simply replace and place it on the table again. After you've done enchanting the item, the item will glow and the special power you choose will be enchanted on the item. The enchantment process can be done once, and cannot be undone.

    Now, i'll explain about the use of Bookshelves. Bookshelves determine the enchantment level available for enchanting. It's random actually, but the more bookshelves around the Enchantment Table, the higher level is available.

    The formula of Enchanting minecraft > (1..5 + (b/2) + 0..b) × s 
    b = number of nearby bookshelves (maximum of 30) 
    s = slot factor 

    And here's the table of bookshelves use

    Tables of Bookshelves

    Bookshelf Placement
    How to get 30 bookshelves around the Enchantment Table? The requirement for placing bookshelves so it works perfectly is it have 1 cell free from enchantment table. The space between the two object must be Air. Even if torch is stand between the two object, the connection will be broken and bookshelf will no longer give effect to enchantment. So how to place the bookshelf properly? Here's the optimal way.

    Enchanting Minecraft Bookshelves

    From the pic, we can see that the two-stories bookshelves circling around the Enchanting Table without touching it. Also, there's nothing between the table and bookshelf. Thus, we can get the optimal of 30 bookshelves for enchanting.

    Enchanted item names
    Somehow, the name is generated randomly from the following list of words. There are possibilities of three to five words from the list and appened to each other. The name does not explain the effect at all actually :P Well, here's the list of name

    scrolls klaatu berata niktu xyzzy bless curse light darkness fire air earth water hot dry cold wet elder ignite snuff embiggen twist shorten stretch fiddle destroy imbue galvanize enchant free limited range of the towards inside sphere cube self other ball mental physical grow shrink demon elemental spirit animal creature beast humanoid undead fresh stale 

    Well, that's about the basic of enchantment. Maybe i'll write about the detailed one later. End of Enchanting Minecraft. Thanks for reading :)
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    Crysis 3 - Combination of the Two Previous


    Developer of Crysis game, Crytek, finally announce that they're starting to develop the newest version of the Crysis game, Crysis 3. From the last 2 parts, there are difference in the area of play. From Crysis 1 the location is in some tropical island with a dense forest, and on Crysis 2 the location is in some big cities. Now, Crytek is trying to combine that 2 settings in Crysis 3.

    Crysis 3

    Crysis 3

    The main character, known as Prophet, is back to New York after his Crysis 2 appearance, only to find that New York has been covered in Nanodome, which makes plants grow all over the city like a tropical forest. Also, there are swamps and river across the city. Based on the picture released by Crytek, Crysis 3 main character, Prophet, use Crossbow as his main weapon, which he will use while conquering the deep forest of New York. Also, Nanosuit, the high technology armor that is used since the first episode once again getting some improvement to increase it's power.

    In Crysis 3, New York city will be divided into 7 district, known as Seven Wonders. Players must travel through that 7 districts and fight through it with some diffrent strategies. There, he will fight an antagonist Cell Corporation. One of the Cell Coroporation action to fulfill their goal for global domination is by building Nanodomes, which is actually works as a decoy to ease the Cell's work.

    Crysis 3 is rumoured to be released on 2013 (so long T.T) and the developer promised to make Crysis 3 something that can give a great experience for gamer.

    Crysis 3 Bow

    Crysis 3 Bow

    Description of the feature of Crysis 3 (based on the official web of Crysis 3)

    Advanced Weaponry - Crysis 3
    Crysis introduced Nanosuit, which is an advanced weaponry. And it gives you the booster for being stronger and tougher.

    Adaptive Warfare - Crysis 3
    The key of Crysis 3 is to adept to the surrounding condition. In Crysis 3, you're conditioned as a player who are against an entire city and hostile terrain. Practice to take the advantage from the enemy, to take them down. You got some help from the nanosuit, but in the end, experience will talk much.

    Become The Hunter - Crysis 3
    In previous version of Crysis, the main character fight to defend his country. But now, as the entrance of the antagonist Cell which is human, now the defender will turn into the hunter.

    Seven Wonders - Crysis 3
    The Seven Wonders in Crysis 3 is intended to make the player experience different element of the game, and requires the player to adept with different condition on each wonders.

    Power of the Cryengine - Crysis 3
    The key of Crysis success, Cryengine nevertheless has become the main actor of giving a great graphic quality to give pleasure to every gamer who play Crysis.

    What sucks is, the game is not released yet. 2013, another year of wait until we can play this third sequel of great game. Reading the review is amazing, imagining the game is fascinating, but unable to play it now is quite depressing. I can only say, soon, we must play this game lol ^^
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    FEZ - Simple and Addicting


    A puzzle platformer games with a  unique main character wearing a fez and obsessed with collecting hats, lol

    FEZ

    FEZ

    FEZ,is a video game developed by Polytron and are using a 2D perspective shifting. The mission is to solve puzzles, and of course to complete the levels. FEZ first show up is at 2008 Independent Games Festival, and quickly nominated for two awards: “Excellence in Visual Art” and “Design Innovation”, finally winning the first category. The mastermind behind FEZ, Phil Fish, then created “Polytron Corporation” as a banner for FEZ which then he would develop and release FEZ. Before it’s released, FEZ had already received some great achievements, like  showing at PAX Prime 2011 as  one of the PAX 10, etc. Now, FEZ only operated at Xbox 360, but the developer will consider to bring it to other platform if it sells well.

    The game-play of FEZ itself is rather simple but unique. It’s primarily map traversal, item collection, and discovery. The main character, Gomez, by any chance,  gains the ability to rotate a 2D world. Yep,  actually Gomez lives in 2D world. But, the ability to rotate the 2D map in 90 degrees, based on the (Y) axis of the screen, reveals that the environment is actually 3D. The unique is, despite the ability of rotating the 2D map, Gomez can only interact with obstacle and item which were in the same ground as Gomez. For example, if Gomez is standing in the background layer, he can’t access the foreground layer. Gomez will appear shadowed, and will become silhouette if he completely hidden behind the foreground object.


    FEZ Screenshot



    FEZ Screenshot

    Gomez has no health, so he will automatically dead by falling, etc, and will immediately re-spawn on the stable platform he recently stood on.

    The mission is to collect cubes. There are total 64 cubes (32 Gold Cubes and 32 Blue Anti-Cube ), and to obtain that, you’re required to solve puzzles and follow the instructions.

    After completing the game, you can start a New Game + , which gives you the ability to view from a first person perspective. WOW. By the way, there are several puzzles that require the first person view in order to complete it. New Game + also gives you the ability to fly!

    The other thing about FEZ is, it contains some hidden language, carved in stone and glyphs throughout the game. And still, some of them still being decrypted. The hidden languages usually leads into some clue or secret that reveals more challenge to the game itself.


    FEZ Trailer



    From the trailer, it shows the 2D world is actually a 3D world, but still maintaining the 2D for the gameplay. The graphic is not as much as Crysis, or Skyrim, but the concept is unique. The review from a lot of site gives FEZ a perfect score, which shows that FEZ is really a good game to play.

    Maybe some of you will reject the game because of the game because the graphic quality is not like skyrim, or the gameplay is rather simple. But,  by conquering the game all the way to it’s core, thou shall  get the pleasure and satisfy. Enjoy!!
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    Sniper Elite V2 - Brings the World War


    "One bullet can change history"
     
    Sniper Elite V2

    Sniper Elite V2
    Rebellion Development will soon release their latest project Sniper Elite V2, which is the sequel of its former release, Sniper Elite. Sniper Elite V2 gives you an epic event of World War II at the major clash between Germany and Russia, it will be a game worth to play. So let's find out what it is like to be the WW2 marksman.
     
    In Sniper Elite V2, you are controlling Karl Fairburne, an undercover American OSS agent which given a mission to recruit a rocket scientists from Germany whom involved in the V-2 rocket programme. As a marksman, you are given a mission to solve, and of course, to kill Nazi. The location of the game itself is the same as it's predecessor - the Battle of Berlin in April 1945.

    Sniper Elite V2 Screenshot

    Sniper Elite V2 Sniper

    Sniper Elite V2 is a third-person shooter that focuses on stealth, killing enemy in silent and undetected by the other enemies around. The aim while using the sniper scope is first person, whereas the movement and other action is in third person view.  The view itself changes when you shoot your bullet. After pressing the trigger, the view will change from scope into third person, which will trail the bullet until it hits the target. Upon reaching the target, it will turn into X-ray body, from there you can see the bullet pierce through several human organ.

    About the detail of the game-play, Sniper Elite V2 introduced Advance Sniping Simulation. It means, you are not supposed to simply aim the red-dot at the enemies body, but things like gravity, bullet penetration, velocity, aim stability, wind, etc, does take effect. The other cool thing in Sniper Elite V2 is the mortal kombat - like X-Ray Kill-cam, which shows the bullet crush the enemies body. Also, "One bullet can change history" as Sniper Elite V2 motto means that players is given the chance to choose the afterward of the game-play. Whether it will be a brutal open battle, or a stealth killing which will be more safer, is all up to the player.

    Sniper Elite V2 Trailer



    The awesomeness of the game can be seen from the trailer. The graphic, from the aiming of the commander, and the release of the bullet, until when the bullet pierce through of the commander’s neck, is pure awesome, giving you another real life experience of gaming. And also, we can assume that, killing the commander first is more mental-breaking than killing the rest of the army first before killing the commander, am I right? The decision also affect the difficulty of killing the enemy. You can take down the enemy one by one if you use stealth. Or by using open confrontation, you will attract much more enemies which can give you a hard time defeating them at once.

    Available in PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, Sniper Elite V2 by Rebellion Development will give you one of the biggest shooter game to play, which will be released on 4 May 2012. There's also special DLC by Rebellion, which give you special event " Assassinate the fuhrer " by pre-ordering the game now. Yes, you're gonna assassinate the fuhrer!


    Sniper Elite V2 in Action
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