Fans of Assassins Creed 2 may be aware of the missing 12th and 13th sequences in the game. While leaving the game incomplete is bizarre and frustrating, Ubisoft’s official statement blamed shortage of time for the missing sequences, adding that they would be released as future DLC. Now, almost two months later, the first instalment or sequence 12, named The Battle of Forli, is out. So is it really worth the extra money?
The Battle of Forli picks up right after Ezio joins the Order of the Assassins. Remember Caterina Sforza, the flirtatious woman you met at the docks outside Forli just before leaving for Venice? Teaming up with Machiavelli, Ezio must protect Caterina and the town of Forli from an assault. The Orsi brothers are leading the attack and it is up to you to stop them. Things heat up even more when Ezio realises that the attack may have been a decoy set up by the Spaniard in order to get his hands on the Piece of Eden.
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“Games are hobbies, not a profession,” mother yelled theatrically on hearing my ‘audacious’ plan of enrolling in a game design school as part of my education. This should have surprised me, but surprisingly, it didn’t. What actually astonished me was how little time it took to convince her that making games is a real business; a multi-billion dollar industry flourishing in all its glory.
As to what made my mother change her mind, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe it was my innocent face pleading with her or maybe she likes her son being different from others. If I had to choose, I’d say that the times we are living in proved to be the biggest contributor to her decision. The global nature of today’s society ensures that everyone’s on the same page, albeit not literally. My mother must have researched on the internet or called up a student counsellor, which resulted in her realising that my audacious plan was not so audacious after all.
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Tired of watching bikers ride their bikes for what seems like an eternity in the most gruelling cycling event in the world? Well, Now you can do it yourself (using a controller that is) as Tour De France 2009: The Official Game is now available at the Xbox LIVE Indian Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points giving us the opportunity to get a feel of what these iron pumping men with abnormally large legs actually go through in the race.
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Unlike the first game, Mass Effect 2 won’t allow players to start the next playthrough with all the skills and attributes gained throughout the previous one. Addressing a question on BioWare’s forum, lead designer for Mass Effect, Preston Watamaniuk said that the main reason for this change was that the developers wanted to offer a, “smooth transition into Mass Effect 3.” His exact words after the jump.
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Serious Sam, the much famed classic shooter franchise is back in glorious HD much to the delight of fans. Majesco Europe has announced that a Serious Sam : The First Encounter remake titled Serious Sam HD will be coming to PC and Xbox LIVE Arcade on Xbox 360 later this summer. Developed by Croteam and produced in partnership with Devolver Digital, the game is said to make use of the all-new Serious Engine 3.
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Grand Theft Auto is a series that has revolutionised the action/adventure genre. Over the years we’ve seen the series grow from the first ever Grand Theft Auto game to GTA4, and the team at Rockstar have set an example in showing us how a series should develop. In the previous instalment, we saw the entry of the series into the next generation of consoles. Playing as Niko Belic, gamers were reintroduced to Liberty City. Modeled after New York, Liberty City was a living, breathing city. The sheer level of detail in the game was at times difficult to fathom.
After the success of GTA4, one would have figured that Rockstar would take a break from the series. But our prayers and their profits convinced them to work on another GTA game; this time however taking a whole new turn. Say hello to Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS. Yes, for the DS.
Chinatown Wars is the story of Huang Lee, who comes to Liberty City to avenge his father’s (a triad boss) mysterious death and deliver the symbolic family sword to his uncle. Things don’t turn out as easy as Huang had imagined. He gets ambushed, the sword gets stolen and he is left to die. The story is not very unique and could have been worked upon, but the gameplay easily makes up for the shortcomings. The developers have gone retro this time, sticking to the birds-eye perspective that we loved in GTA and GTA2. However, it is to be noted that though the perspective is above the action, everything below - buildings, objects, cars, etc. are in 3D. The camera does an awesome job of following you around and can be repositioned at any time with the press of the left trigger. The controls are crisp and the game overall looks great.
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