Alone In The Dark Trailer
The Alone In The Dark series is considered the creator of the surival-horror genre, not Resident Evil as you might think. It has been quiet for years, but we finally get to play a new game in the series. Watching the footage I must say they got the right atmosphere, but this game is more action-oriented than previous titles. The scene is New York Central Park, one of the largest, and well known, city parks in the world. A dark secret has surfaced, threatening the city. You, Edward Carnby, must uncover and destroy the evil forces that have total destruction in mind. The trailers I’ve seen show a lot of action, including driving, climbing, and shooting stuff.
Press the play button to start the Alone In The Dark trailer. Ignore the annoying beeps every time the lead character swears. They obviously want to protect you from corrupting your soul by hearing the word f*ck.
I find this quote by EuroGamer to be very fitting:
“At sea in an ocean of blockbusters, Alone in the Dark has no choice but to punch above its weight: high production values, biblical clashes between good and evil, and precociously elaborate game mechanics unite, embraced by a rigid but versatile single location and tempted in every direction by a developer unafraid, perhaps even desperate, to sling every idea at the wall and hope the majority stick.”
Click here for the full review.
EVE Online - Dawn of the Empyrean Age
EVE Online is already at its eighth expansion title, and the end isn’t in sight yet. CCP just launched EVE Online : Dawn of the Empyrean Age, an expansion pack that promises intense factional battle, a feature many EVE players have been waiting for. The expansion is free, like all of the others released in the past. Change is coming to EVE Online, will you adapt?
CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, today announced the launch of the eighth free expansion for EVE Online, its popular massively multi-player online game (MMOG). EVE Online: Empyrean Age destroys the peace of New Eden as long suppressed political tensions between the four major Empires of EVE boil over into direct conflict. Stalwart starship pilots join the newly mustered militias and make solitary strikes deep within enemy territory. By choosing sides in this epic war, players have the power to direct the course of the conflict. New players can quickly immerse themselves in the EVE universe by diving into large-scale factional battles.
You can read the full press release on MMORPG.com.
Or go to the official EVE Online site for all the juicy details.
Dracula Origin Short Review
Dracula - Origin is one of those adventure games that almost gets drowned by its pixel hunting action. But it stays afloat because of its atmospheric setting and excellent story line. It does seem hard to convince adventure game developers to keep the pixel hunting to a minimum. I wonder when they finally get the clue. The graphics aren’t state of the art - but they present the atmosphere of Bram Stoker’s classic novels quite nicely. The story takes place in Europe and the Middle East. Although this game is based on a Bram Stoker novel, it basically borrows the basis of the stories and fills it up with fresh Victorian mystery. A nice approach that works well, the story keeps you interested all through the game. Puzzle lovers are treated to some pretty hard puzzles. As common in adventure games, the puzzles aren’t all that logical. People will be searching for walkthroughs on the web soon enough. Still, that shouldn’t keep you from enjoying this game, as it is a solid title.
From Gamespot:
Good storytelling never goes out of style. For proof, check out Dracula: Origin, a point-and-click reimagination of Bram Stoker’s classic novel from Frogwares that delivers a gothic tale as atmospheric and chilling as a London fog. While you couldn’t ask for a more done-to-death story, the treatment of this legendary material is both respectful and innovative, with familiar characters and scenes being mixed in with all-new escapades set across Europe and the Middle East. Too many pixel hunts and logic puzzles that occasionally stray into “good luck solving this without a walkthrough” territory cause a few problems, although these frustrations aren’t enough to ruin a great Victorian spook story.
