Monday, 9 September 2013

Minecraft Review


Minecraft Review

Formats: PC/Mac/Xbox 360
Developer: Mojang
Publisher: Mojang
Released: Out now

Minecraft you should of heard of it, right? It was publicly released for the PC on May 17, 2009, as a developmental alpha version with gradual updates. Minecraft was published as a full release version on November 18, 2011. Minecraft received a number of awards from the 2011 to still now. The game has sold over 12 million copies on PC, and over 33 million copies across all platforms.

Minecraft is a blocky sandbox world what looks beautiful, you can build anything you want, the core gameplay of Minecraft is surviving in a hostile world and exploring, you'll quickly see that this game has so much more to offer than just architecture.



You can start anywhere like in a forest, a desert island, or the peak of a snow-covered mountain. At the start is very peaceful only one enemy in the daytime that can blow you up and at night there are many enemies that will attack you. Speak to anyone who has played Minecraft for the first time, and they’ll be able to recall their ‘first night’. Some spend it mostly running across grassy plains, chased by skeletons and zombies some dig a hole in the ground with their bare hands.



Minecraft servers - each one has a unique, persistent online world that players can join - are incredibly varied. Some exist in perpetual daylight, and allow players to create and place any blocks they like without having to build tools or gather materials first. Others Minecraft servers are Player vs Player (PvP) one type of game is the Hunger Game is a event, begun by Cliff Jameston and mlamascese52, is a Minecraft style battle royal, inspired by the Hunger Games book series / movie. They will be hosting the matches on Cliff Jameston's server and will use a pre-made, downloaded map that will not be available to participants until the time of the games.

My summery Minecraft is an amazing made game where you can explore a world build amazing building, once you start playing it, it will be so hard to stop you think just one more block and it will be a other hour, with the all the servers you can meet a lot people who Minecraft and there so many mods that will make you game fun with extra things do or to make you game harder and I will do some review on some of the mods like Feed the Beast.




Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Forge of Empires Review

Title: Forge of Empires
Genre: MMORTS | Theme: Historical
Graphics: 2D | Type: Browser Game
Publisher: InnoGames
Developer: InnoGames

Forge of Empires is a browser-based MMORTS made by InnoGames. Relive history as you rule over your empire through the stages of early human civilizations.

You starting with-in the Stone Age and work you way to the Late Middle Ages, watch your empire progress through the ages. Manage your city, produce resources, and build an army to conquer surrounding providences.  A screenshot Forge of Empires with-in the Bronze Age the HUD is clean simple and easy to work with.
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Story

You are the Emperor in Forge Of Empires, where you begin building your Empire from a tiny village and help it become the most advanced Empire in history.

You begin with a small settlement with a few huts and a small population. By accepting quests from your advisers, you begin to build the settlement into a village until you are eventually able to begin training soldiers. You must play a balancing act between available population and their happiness to increase the amount of soldiers you have available.

Forge of Empires has only 2 major resources for you to worry about while playing, supplies and coins. Coins are gathered from your residential buildings and supplies are gained from your production buildings. The residential buildings are the different types of homes you can build for your citizens depending upon what your current research level is at. The more advanced your research level, the better the home you can create which provides more income, but it takes longer to generate income.


Combat

Combat in the game is done by a turn based combat style similar to tactical RPGs minus the use of abilities and things like that. Characters go turn by turn on a board that has hexagon looking tiles which represent different types of land.



Forge of Empires is an interesting game which has a very nice environment and soundtrack, along with smooth and eye-easing animation. There are many new features, such as a single player campaign and PvP tournaments, as well as the usual features you would expect from a strategy game such as diplomacy and technology research.

Pros Cons
Template for a game that could turn out well if features are fleshed out more The multiplayer aspect feels a bit hollow and is too focused on single player
The ability to shape your town how you want Slow resource collection
Easy to understand mechanics with a low learning curve  Slow leveling