Most anticipated games of 2014

Part Two

The Crew

Ready to put your next-gen console through its paces to see what it can do? Why not takeThe Crew out for a spin. Designed from the ground up for the new hardware, this new open-world racing game is set in the United States—by that, we mean the entire country. (It'll take you 90 minutes to drive coast to coast.) A single-player campaign mode features missions that involve infiltrating criminal organizations, but The Crew also offers online multiplayer for racing against friends and strangers.

Dark Souls II

A sequel to the notoriously challenging 2011 action-RPG game Dark Souls, Dark Souls IIretains the previous game's controls and extreme difficulty level, but puts you in a world that's twice as large. (It's a completely different setting than the prior game.) Sure, the early going is reported to be "more accessible" to newcomers, but rest assured that the game was designed to be hard. Note that while the PC release has been delayed slightly, the PC version should be much stronger out of the gate than the previous game (which required modding to improve the graphics).

Halo 5

Halo 5 (if that's even you're real name) has been confirmed for a 2014 showing, but it's still unclear if the rather diminutive and humble numerical extension is the final indicator for the next installment of the series. We know next to nothing about the next game, but we do know that Master Chief was doing his best Tusken Raider during the Xbox One's reveal early last year.

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Sweet baby Lucifer, this game is soooooo long overdue. We haven't had a decent single player Lord of the Rings (LOTR) title since the criminally underrated LOTR: Return of the KingRPG six years ago. Shadow of Mordor places you in control of a recently slain ranger that is revived and is granted wraith abilities to seek out his vengeance. Half-ranger, half-wraith all badass. The open world title takes place between The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings and looks absoloutley stunning. Here's to hoping it doesn't get delayed.

South Park:The stick of the truth

You may remember this title from our 2013 game preview, but months of repeated delays (partially due to the bankruptcy of original publisher THQ) for this spin-off from the long-running Comedy Central TV series appear to be over. While there have been previous South Park-related games, The Stick of Truth is the first major release that aims to capture the outrageous R-rated fun of the TV show. The game is an RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment (Dungeon Siege III, Fallout: New Vegas) with heavy involvement from series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (including the script and voice acting). Players control the newest kid in South Park, who will have to befriend Butters, Cartman, and the gang and fight villains such as the school's goth kids.

Most anticipated games of 2014

Part One

Age of Wonders III

The last installment in the Age of Wonders fantasy turn-based strategy series came way back in 2002, but, after a delay from its original fall 2013 target date, the next version looks ready to reach PCs early this year, thanks to a cash infusion from Minecraft creator Markus Persson. Much of the original development team is still involved, and longtime fans will find many changes, including full 3D graphics, additional RPG-like elements, and much more in what the studio has described as "the largest game in the series."

Game of Thrones: A Telltale Series

There's nothing that's not fucking brilliant about the decision to allow Telltale Games to create an episodic Game of Thrones series. After the universal praise for The Walking Dead andFables properties, Telltale has promised to stay true to the visceral fantasy setting of Game of Thrones. They've reiterated that there will be no shortage of bloodshed and swordplay, but they'll definitely make the series a Telltale production. 

Alien: Isolation

The last time we featured a game based on the Alien film series in one of our previews, thiswas the unfortunate result. We have higher hopes for Isolation, which comes from a different developer (The Creative Assembly, best known for the Total War series), uses the original 1979 film for inspiration, and (appropriately enough) moves into the survival horror/stealth genres, rather than serving as yet another shooter. Set 15 years after the events in Alien, the single-player game focuses on the character of Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda, who is alone and trying to remain alive while hunted by a single xenomorph. Early reports suggest a tense, claustrophobic, and unnerving experience. Note that despite its presence on the other next-gen consoles, Isolation will not be released for the Wii U.

Destiny

The world will finally get a chance to see what Bungie has been working on since handing over the reins of the Halo franchise to 343 studios in 2011. Destiny has made some of the most ambitious claims about what it hopes to accomplish in 2014. Looking to marry the socially driven MMO experience with the tightly honed, shooter mechanics of games like Halo sounds like a wedding we'd like to crash. Destiny is promising a socially integrated space opera of the first order and we're hoping they succeed. 

 

Dragon Age: Inquisition

The third major release in BioWare's fantasy action-RPG series (following 2009's Dragon Age: Origins and 2011's lesser Dragon Age II), Inquisition should land on both previous- and next-generation consoles (plus PC) this fall. The developer aims to blend gameplay elements of both prior releases in a world that is much larger than either predecessor (though still not as open as competitor Skyrim). Combat and romance have been overhauled, and there will be more customization compared to DA2.

Titanfall

"Have you seen Titanfall?" is a meme that quickly began to spring up on forums everywhere for the ubiquitous and near universal praise the game has received. Respawn Entertainment's first title hopes to dethrone Activision as the FPS ruler. Made up of ex Call of Duty developers, Respawn is banking on creating a frenetic marriage of massive mech combat and jetpack enabled run and gun FPS action. This game is going to be massive and is an early contender for GOTY. Mechs, everyone loves mechs.

The Sims 4

It's time to brush up on your Simlish. EA's massively successful and surprisingly compelling furniture-buying/TV-watching/house-cleaning/sleeping simulation The Sims returns for its fourth go-around this fall, and it already seems to have learned at least one lesson from the publisher's disastrous SimCity reboot: it will be a completely offline, single-player game. (Of course, your Sims 3 saves won't carry over to the new game, but that's a different story.)Sims 4 will have a greater focus on emotions—whatever those are—and will undoubtedly be followed by a half dozen expensive expansions in the coming years.

Christmas Games

The holidays are coming and everyone begins to feel the Christmas cheer.To get even more into the spirit of the holidays,there are many video games that have a special Christmas feature like Sims,Wow,Silkroad,Animal Crossing,Chicken Invaders.


The new The Sims FreePlay update also introduces the following Christmassy items and quests:

Gifts Galore – Get your Sims ready for the silly season with four FREE Christmas presents delivered to your Sims door
12 Days to Save Christmas – Help Santa find his Elves by completing “The Missing Xmas Elves” quest by Christmas Day and unlock adorable PET REINDEERS
Deck the Halls – Add some Christmas cheer to your home with all-new Christmas décor you receive free during “The Missing Xmas Elves” quest
New Year’s Eve – Bring in the New Year with a BANG! Complete the “10… 9… 8…” quest to receive Fireworks for your Sims!
Christmas tree-You can buy one from the store.It can be used to summon Santa Claus. In order to do so, a Christmas tree needs to be placed near a fireplace and a plate of cookies. If all Sims are asleep, Santa will appear around 3 AM and leave a present for the family.(in The Sims:Livin' Large)t's one of the requirements for Santa Claus to appear. Sims can turn on the decorative lights on the Christmas tree. Players should be careful though, as leaving the tree on for too long will set itself on fire.(The Sims 2)It is only used as a floorlight with high environment score, but Sims won't do anything about it.(The Sims 3)

GTA San Andreas Game Mechanics

It is vital for any game to be successfully received by the user, it must have game mechanics methodical and careful thought.
In GTA San Andreas identify several game mechanics: walk, mission vehicles, gangs, guns, radio stations, friends, schools, training, attack, the attack statistics, acquisition of items.

Mission Mechanics

The main mechanics of the game in my opinion are the missions These are present in all games in the GTA series and they are defining.

• The main missions

Each mission begins with a mechanic who informs us about the kind mission and information necessary to meet the performance .During a mission there are present more game mechanics such as the player's interaction with different people, vehicles, weapons, money.Sometimes,the player collects "action points" in these interactions.

It is very important for the player to perform the task in order to move to the next (here intervening the action mechanic).

 • Side Missions

These side missions are designed to make the game more varied, more attractive.You can drive a Taxi, extinguish fires, catch criminals (the police), save people (as a doctor on the ambulance, steal from houses, pimp prostitutes, drive trucks and trains (in order to deliver a commodity at the time) and the flight school (airplanes and helicopters), driving schools (for cars and motorcycles) . In these missions will appear more game mechanics such as the player's interaction with different people, vehicles, weapons, money.

• Missions vehicles

This type of mechanics are in all GTA series. When the player approaches an object, possibly a vehicle ,he will be given to the opportunity to participate in the mission.

 

Vehicle Mechanics

The vehicle mechanics are among the most important in this game. There are many types of vehicles in GTA: SA, ranging from land, sea and aer.In San Andreas,the player can take about any vehicle that is not busy, can steal the occupied ones,he can even modify them.

Here,there are present mechanics for entering and exiting a vehicle. For a vehicle in motion, the player must locate it, and then often times shooting in the car or stop it from moving.In both cases, the driver usually freak out and abandon the car.A problem may appear when trying to stay in front of the car, if the car has high speed, the driver can not stop and our character and ends at hospital.If the police are around ,  mechanics for "wanted level"activate.Also,  a problem may appear if the car driver is from the rival gang, here intervening band mechanics.

If the player wants to modify the car, it must first find  a garage or "Pay 'N' Spray". Once inside, the player has many options available, repairs,changing paint, some upgrades or change the layout after.In this mechanics, the player loses money.

Attack Mechanics

These mechanics implicate that the player must attack an object or person (especially a rival gang). These mechanics are present in most missions.The player either shoots people, or participate in a brawl.

Available to the player are a lot of weapons for brawl: shovels, baseball bats, swords, chainsaws etc.The damages are related to muscle damage of the player.These attacks often leave the player vulnerable to future attacks.Each of these has a value and a set of damage
For shooting people there are also a variety of weapons: 9mm, shot-gun etc.Each firearm has a number of bullets after they remain empty.
      The losses were the mechanics of weapons and also statistical mechanics, and we can show how efficiently handles the player bullets available.
Your character can also use grenades, molotov cocktail, pepper spray.

Pressing L1 while holding weapons, players can easily view the status of qualification of the weapon owned. When CJ takes every weapon at first,it has the status of "poor", but with  use, he updates his skills to "gangster" or "Hitman".        

GTA San Andreas Review

GTA San Andreas game was created by the company Rockstar North and definitely lives up to the Grand Theft Auto name.If you like gangster stories from the'' 90, surely this game will appeal to you.Movies like  "Menace II Society" and "Boyz N the Hood" are clear influences here.

The action takes place in the '90s in San Andreas State within which there are three cities: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas and the surrounding areas.The main character, African-American CJ Carl Johnson returns home from Liberty City to Los Santos to attend the funeral of his mother.

When he arrives,he gets intercepted by a gang of corrupt cops (rival gang). He manages to get home and get to terms with his old gang, Grove Street Families and works with his friends Big Smoke and Ryder.But while gaining more territory, CJ learns that his friends betrayed him.They managed to catch his brother , Sweet, and afterwards he was arrested.The only way to his brother release is to help  Tenpenny(corrupt cop) with its dirty affairs.

 San Andreas is structured similarly to the previous two games. The big game is made ​​up of RPG elements and driving, which offers the player a vast space to act.

On foot, the player can walk, run, swim, climb or jump, also he can fight other characters.You have to go on missions for different individuals . You'll go drive certain individuals,  kill people (especially the rival gang) etc. But you can also play  side missions such as catching criminals (the police), saving people (the doctor), stoping a fire (as a firefighter).

The game has 200 cars, 11 airplanes 9 helicopters, bikes, you can change cars,rob houses, buy clothes, food, play arcade games, you even can make debts.By killing members of a rival gangs,you can start a war.

A new rule is that you must take care of your physique, occasionally having to eat.You can't die in the water, you can swim.

 

The newest addition to the game is that you can play with a friend, but not entirely.There are certain conditions which we will not reveal now, but in consequence with a friend can wreak havoc in your car or on foot some of the game .

The decor is very well captured, unique .It's very realistic giving the impression of ghetto.

 
Architecture of the game is incredible, and these new effects are great.In warm areas, you can see the shiny effect caused by the sun.When it starts to rain, the game gets a very realistic look, the rain was very well designed.When you reach top speed in a car, the screen becomes a little blurred, giving the impression of extreme speed.

The characters are very well done, realistic hands except that sometimes look weird.

When it comes to  graphics, it is impressive, but it is a problem.If your system, Play Station, PC is older some elements do not look so good until you get very close to them for the texture to load.

 But if your PC is new,you will not have such problems. In terms of graphics, the engine used to realize  GTA: SA is exceeded. But if you should consider the color palette used, then it kind of turns the wheel, because it's a pleasure to walk around dawn or at sunset and admire the colors you come and countries, when the weather is soft and warm.

Cinematics are excellent but the number of polygons and ineffectiveness cut your little enthusiasm, but these are issues related to the engine's limits and no to the owner's intentions.

The sound is very well done, in the game there are many dialogues between characters..They imitate very well the sound of a car engine, mototciclete etc.You can listen to radio as well as in other games in the series, especially rap, other genres are less clear .

Usually when a game tries to make a million things,they do not stand up well.  But GTA San Andreas manages combining a lot of elements ans to be a strong game that will not disappoint, with a few noticeable problems.GTA San Andreas has a very strong history and a narrative story, well-written dialogue, voice expressed extraordinary, impressive graphics, sound game, and the game is very fun and varied.