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Brutal Legend – Review

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

This is an action adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions, published by Electronics Arts. It is developed for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Brutal Legend will be released on October 13, 2009. Tim Schafer, the director of this game, created this game by his own past musical experiences.

Playing Game

Brutal Legend is an action and adventure game. Brutal Legend uses open world having 64 km2 area. The player stuck in a fantasy heavy metal world. Three tools are used for combat transportation, “The Separator”, a broad axe called, “Clementine”, his Flying V guitar and “The Deuce”, a hot rod that Eddie builds. These three tools can be used in combination. There are different allies for Eddie, you’ll find them during the game play. Each ally will have separate and special co-op move they can perform with Eddie.

Plot

The story of Brutal Legend follows the story of Eddie Riggs. Brutal Legend begins one night, the leading guitarist falls from a part of the set, Set is constructed by Riggs, Eddie catches him, but the piece of scenery breaks off and lands on top of Eddie. Eddie is the “chosen one”, it is still not clear that he is the savior or the destroyer of the world. The creator of this game Tim Schafer says that the name of this game was one of the very first things he thought of, over fifteen years ago. He was riding a bus, thinking about a game that would be the complete opposite of what they were working on, The Secret of Monkey Island. And Brutal Legend leapt into his head.

Art design

The art design of Brutal Legend is based on the work done by Frank Frazetta and is inspired by heavy metal. The design of Brutal Legend is inspired by the designs of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth.

Carole

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Battlefield: Bad Company – Review

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

This game is a first person shooter game, also known as, “Bad Company”. EA DICE developed this game. The rules of this game are changing and games are developed in a style that always engage the player in the war. This game is released in the U.S. on June 23 2008 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Second version of this game named “Battle field : Bad company 2” will also be released for Microsoft Windows platform. A fictional war is played between United States of America and Russian Federation and the player is in this war. There are some new features in the game like destroyable environment. Country names of Europe and Middle East are fictional in the game.

Plot

The story of this game revolves around the four man squad of military in a fictional war of United States of America against Russian Federation.

Characters

The squad contains Private Preston Marlowe, Private Terrence Sweetwater, a brilliant soldier.

Story

When Preston arrives, he is ready for his first mission with his new squad. The Legionnaire is a ruthless mercenary commander of “Legionnaires”, The Legionnaires are the most dangerous army in the world.

Multiplayer

Battlefield: Bad Company supports up to 24 players. Multiplayer mode can be achieved on PC dedicated servers. This game has Attackers vs. Defenders scenario.

Ranks

There are 25 ranks in this game and each rank is from the U.S Army.

Awards

In this game, there are different awards for the players. If you have killed multiple enemies then you will be awarded with the trophies. If you gained curtain trophies, then you’ll be awarded with the patches.

Features

Destructible environments

In this game 92% of the environment is destructible.

Vehicles

In this game, Battlefield: Bad Company, player can use different military vehicles, armed cars and attack helicopters.

Carole

When real life is not enough

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