Battlefield Hardline: Why campaign mode might finally match multiplayer. Really.
Added: 15.08.2014 14:45 | 49 views | 0 comments
There is traditionally no lonelier disc than that which houses a Battlefield game's single-player campaign. However epic, shiny and bombastic those solo stories have become, they've remained in charge of the secondary fiddle, consistently drowned out by the orchestral furore of multiplayer magnificence. But now, just maybe (whisper it), that might be about to change.
Battlefield Hardline's campaign is being made not by usual developer DICE, but by Dead Space studio Visceral games. That fact is very, very significant. Because while multiplayer-minded DICE has often seemed to struggle in translating Battlefield's open, emergent online play into a satisfying offline campaign, Visceral has a hell of a track record with the all-important pacing, structure and set-pieces.
That shines through in Battlefield Hardline's Gamescom demo. Now focused around a single, rather human cop, rather than legions of faceless Marines, its tale of undercover investigation and moral ambiguity feels a far cry from the vast but unengaging conflicts of single-player Battlefields past. Previous games have impressed with their breadth, but been found lacking in terms of agency and involvement. Hardline takes the opposite approach, scaling things in, but ironically providing much more scope for experimentation and improvisational play. In fact, it's built out of the stuff.
You see that 'far cry' line above wasn't a mere figure of speech. The action I've seen this week seems to take inspiration from Far Cry 3's fantastic, dynamic camp raids in all the right ways. Watching an assault on a junkyard play out twice, in stealthy and loud variations, the parallels are obvious and very, very heartening. A small sandbox. A non-linear objective with optional bonus tasks. Multiple means of entry and escape. More nuanced AI than usual, with multiple levels of alertness and aggression, leading to more layered interactions. It's great stuff, right down to the climactic, Metal Gear-style, hide-and-seek evasion, leading to a custom zipline escape from a guard tower.
And there's more going on than that, and it’s all very cool. Click on through the following slides and I'll fill you in.
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| Freeze The Bad Guys
Added: 11.08.2014 10:07 | 15 views | 0 comments
We have a challenge for you. Sweet Anna is on a journey and her mission is to save her sister. She can't do that unless she defeats all the bad guys. Will you give her a helping hand? We'll tell you how to play this exciting game. You will have to use the mouse to move the wand around. Click on the left mouse button to freeze the bad guys. When a bad guy appears you will have to freeze him quickly. Make sure that you are fast enough or else he will disappear and you won't get the score.
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| Build Your Own Tedious, Samey Point-and-Click with Adventurezator | Hardcore Gamer
Added: 09.08.2014 11:13 | 5 views | 0 comments
Buying games on early access is kind of like speculating on housing developments. You see the frame of the game, without its façade, but also without many of its most important features. In some cases you can see right away that a game will be solid your Prison Architects and Rusts but more often than not you have to wait and see what the finished game is like. You dont need to wait for Adventurezator, though.
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| CliffyB Wants to Re-Earn The Trust of Gamers with Blue Streak; Talks Keyboard and Mouse and More
Added: 09.08.2014 1:13 | 9 views | 0 comments
Cliff Bleszinski has recently unveiled his news studio, Boss Key Productions, and his new project, named Blue Streak, and today he sent out the first installment of the studios mailing list, talking about whats going on at the studio, the developers hes hiring and the ones he has his eyes on.
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| Back to Bed Review | SkipScene
Added: 07.08.2014 4:13 | 8 views | 0 comments
Back to Bed is a 3D puzzle game where you play as the subconscious of a sleepwalker named Bob. Your main (and only) goal is to get Bob back into his bed while avoiding any hazards. You can pick up and place giant apples to block Bobs path, or even place a bridge for him. Once you complete all 30 levels, you can replay them with the addition of keys Bob must pick up before he reaches his bedroom door. Click in for SkipScene's review.
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| A Rite from the Stars - 3D Point Click Adventure - Kickstarter Launched, Public Demo Available
Added: 06.08.2014 19:13 | 7 views | 0 comments
Risin Goat has announced that A Rite from the Stars Kickstarter Campaign has just been launched. A Rite from the Stars is a 3D point click adventure game, and the development team has also released its first public demo.
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| IGN's Year of Adventure: Point Click Here!
Added: 03.08.2014 23:30 | 3 views | 0 comments
We revisit Sam amp; Max, Day of the Tentacle, Zak McKracken, The Fate of Atlantis, Myst, The 7th Guest, King's Quest and more.
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| Panchito Chepas Demo Now Available
Added: 01.08.2014 9:13 | 8 views | 0 comments
Today, Spanish-based game developer Pinodrom Studios finally unveiled a playable PC demo of its latest game Panchito Chepas; a satire-infused Point-And-Click adventure. While the game was originally released in Spanish, Pinodrom Studios wanted to acquire more of support Western audiences, as well as the support of English-speaking European gamers, stating It took tame to translate it, but that they are finally satisfied enough to release it in English.
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