The Capsule Computers community is growing each and everyday. More and more members are starting to become more active and contributing to the site in many ways. To show our appreciation Capsule Computers will start posting reviews that are written by our members in our Forum here on the main page for everyone to see & read.
To kick off our first Community review we have bdavid81 who has reviewed EA/Visceral Games newest action title : Dante’s Inferno. Check it out and leave a comment below. Big thanks once again to bdavid81 his efforts have been rewarded 😉
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DANTE’S INFERNO REVIEW – XBOX 360
Overview:
Developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts, Dante’s Inferno is bringing the action to Xbox 360. As gamers, we’ve already come to refer to Dante’s Inferno as a blatant God of War clone. Frankly, it’s true – but is that really such a bad thing?
Story:
Forgive the comparison yet again, but unlike God of War, you’ll find the story in Dante’s Inferno to be the weaker portion of the game. The game differs from the epic poem, The Divine Comedy, and you play as Dante, Knight of the Crusades. You return home to find Beatrice’ soul being taken by Lucifer, and you’re willing to fight through hell to save her.
Dante will have to fight through the Gates of Hell, then proceed through the Nine Circles of Hell. As Dante, you must stop Lucifer from his attempt to break free of hell, by redeeming the soul of your lovely Beatrice.
Graphics:
Environments are often very impressive in the game, yet very similar. Walls and ladders are constructed of bodies, tortured souls, and bones. Detailed surroundings are stunning to take in, with lava pits, fiery waterfalls, and much more. Closer inspection does however reveal from very weak texture work in some portions of the game. You won’t find yourself wanting to stare up close as the walls and floors though, as you’ll be much too busy punishing and absolving the many minions of hell.
The camera is pretty standard and follows Dante’s to give you a somewhat unobstructed view of your objective. At times, you’ll need to keep an eye out for a well hidden ledge or fountain to destroy. At times, you may curse the camera as it could clearly be more player-friendly, but it would rather make things more difficult for you. Consider this a developers guideline flaw, rather than a flaw of the game itself.
Gameplay:
The most important part of a game is obviously how well the game plays out. From the beginning, you’ve got your basic attacks, quick/light attacks, heavy attacks, and the Holy Cross that I adore so much. Just like God of War (Sorry, I just can’t help it!), the game is very linear, and it pushes you to defeat enemies in a specific area, progress further, and repeat the process. You will encounter some basic puzzles that are required to move ahead, but nothing that should take you more 3-5 minutes to solve.
Upgrades to Dante’s’ move-set are purchased using the souls of your slayed enemies. The player chooses which powers to unlock on either the Holy Grid or Unholy Grid. You can either balance between both evenly, or focus on completing one grid first. As you progress up the grid, powers become much more expensive, for example requiring 6500 souls for a single upgrade as opposed to 1000 near the bottom of the grid. There are a few areas that appear to be unlimited re-spawning enemies where, if you’re good enough (and patient!) you could easily farm souls to upgrade Dante early in the game. However, it’s not required.
Boss fights are quite challenging, and all require a specific pattern to be defeated. Often, you’ll be limited to a relatively small battleground, yet the boss is rather massive, therefore you’ll be using your blocking and rolling techniques quite a bit. With larger enemies, and during general movement, you’ll encounter a ton of quick-time events (QTE’s), most of which offer more than a gratuitous time-frame for the player to complete it successfully. The most common QTE will be found on large enemies on which you must choose to punish or absolve – which allows you to gain an extra boost of souls towards holy or unholy power.
Nearing the end of the game, you’ll be required to undergo a specific number of challenges, similar to those non-essential challenges in Bayonetta. Optional challenges are great, but these are required to progress to the overall goal. For lesser skilled players, this is a genuine product of poor game design.
Overall:
Impressive environments however there isn’t enough variation in the design. The ambient sound effects of screaming people become annoying rather quickly, though some pieces of the music itself are quite good. The difficulty curve is all over the place from being too easy, straight over to being entirely too frustrating. While the true hardcore fans may overlook its flaws, this one comes into the game as a rental recommendation, rather than a purchase.
BioShock 2 Launch Trailer From: 2KGames released a few days ago . The trailer runs for 3 mins and showcases a spectacular opening intro movie and very interesting fight scenes, especially the part one with big guy. Looks like the action is going to be even more fierce and faster this time around. I could go on and on about this as I’m very excited about Bioshock 2. Watch the trailer and let us know what you think about it and what your looking forward to do most in the game !! Do you SAVE or do you SACRIFICE those poor little sisters 😛 The choice is yours/
Sega’s YAKUZA 3 – coming exclusively to PLAYSTATION 3 from 12/03/2010 in Europe has a new gameplay trailer. It looks pretty awesome. The more I look at it the more it reminds me of another legendary game that I think millions and millions of Sega fans would like to see make a come back. That game is Shenmue. Take a look at the video below and let us know what you think of it 😉
Sega has released 2 great looking trailers for their up and coming action shooter Aliens vs Predator. Survivor and Hunt. Both are multiplayer trailers.
Aliens Vs Predator arrives in store on February 16th
ALSO there is a RUMOR that the Aliens Vs Predator DEMO will be available THIS THURSDAY 3rd of FEB. Stay tuned for more infomation on this.
Information below and videos below :
Aliens Vs Predator : Survivor Mode.
Survivor mode is a 4-player online coop mode where 4 marines try to survive for as long as they can against an endless stream of progressively stronger Aliens.
If youre after a more stealthy multiplayer game go for Predator Hunt. In this mode one player is selected to become the Predator Hunter, the rest of the players take the role of the Marine prey. The Hunter must use the Predators stealth abilities and advanced equipment to pick off the prey and score points. The Marines will need to defend themselves from this threat and if possible, to kill the Hunter.
Fishpond is Australia’s Biggest Online Store for Books, Movies, Music, Toys AND GAMES !! They have a huge range of products to choose from and at VERY LOW prices. If you live in Australia you can also take advantage of their FREE Delivery if you spend over $50.
At the moment Fishpond have a special promotion for Capsule Computers members that will give you an extra $10 OFF your next purchase. All you need to do is make your order and then enter the voucher code “CAPSULE” and receive $10 OFF.
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Check out this amazing trailer for Dante’s Inferno that premiers at this years Super Bowl. Dante’s Inferno is developed by Visceral Games / Electronic Arts. This game is absolutely AMAZING !! Make sure you have pre-ordered your copy.
In EAs Dantes Inferno, you must journey through the nine rancid, writhing, violent, befouled, fiery circles of Hell to rescue Beatrice whom Satan has stolen for his bride.
For a limited time get Ghost‘N Goblins: Gold Knights for iPhone for only $.99 US Because Capcom loves you, they’ve slashed the price 80% on their lance flinging platformer.
Awsome 3D graphics, play as two different heroes, truck loads of bad guys and boss fights, and tons of weapons.
Act now or turn in your official Sir Arthur boxer shorts in shame.
Check out this ultra cool Red Steel 2 Hero Speed Art Drawing animated video clip from Ubisoft. Look at how much effort goes into making something so amazing as this artwork. Sometimes we just look at a drawing and take it for granted. Take a moment, sit back and see the brilliance of a true artist at work as the image materializes right in front of your eyes. Once you’ve done that make sure you make your way over to Red Steel 2 on facebook for a chance to win some cool prizes. Including this HERO Speed drawing shown below.
Red Steel will be slicing its ways into stores March 25, 2010
Com2us need BETA TESTERS for their first fully-features MMORPG for the iPhone/iPod Touch !!
They have asked Capsule Computers to send out this invite to all of you to join the beta testing.
IMO contains a massive online world with over 30 zones, special guilds, party system, friends list, and chatting.
There will be 3 unique classes, over 50 skills, and a trading shop.
Check out the image below and follow instructions from it.
It’s finally arrived. Dragon Age: Origins – Return to Ostagar is available for download from Xbox Live Marketplace for only 400ms points. Grab it now. Click on the link after the details below :
The battle of Ostagar laid waste to your order and claimed the lives of many great men and women, including the brash King Cailan and your mentor, Duncan. Now, there are rumors that a fellow survivor of the battle has escaped from captivity and is seeking the Grey Wardens’ help. The time has come to make your return to Ostagar and exact revenge upon the darkspawn. Includes: (1) A return to the battlefields of Ostagar, now thick with darkspawn encamped amidst the snow. (2) An opportunity to regain the lost arms and armor of a king. (3) A second chance to add Dog to your party. To find the survivor: (1) Play through Dragon Age: Origins until after the village of Lothering. (2) Travel to Bann Loren’s Lands along the Bannorn’s northwest border.
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Dante’s Inferno Xbox 360 Review by Community Member : bdavid81
The Capsule Computers community is growing each and everyday. More and more members are starting to become more active and contributing to the site in many ways. To show our appreciation Capsule Computers will start posting reviews that are written by our members in our Forum here on the main page for everyone to see & read.
To kick off our first Community review we have bdavid81 who has reviewed EA/Visceral Games newest action title : Dante’s Inferno. Check it out and leave a comment below. Big thanks once again to bdavid81 his efforts have been rewarded 😉
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DANTE’S INFERNO REVIEW – XBOX 360
Overview:
Developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts, Dante’s Inferno is bringing the action to Xbox 360. As gamers, we’ve already come to refer to Dante’s Inferno as a blatant God of War clone. Frankly, it’s true – but is that really such a bad thing?
Story:
Forgive the comparison yet again, but unlike God of War, you’ll find the story in Dante’s Inferno to be the weaker portion of the game. The game differs from the epic poem, The Divine Comedy, and you play as Dante, Knight of the Crusades. You return home to find Beatrice’ soul being taken by Lucifer, and you’re willing to fight through hell to save her.
Dante will have to fight through the Gates of Hell, then proceed through the Nine Circles of Hell. As Dante, you must stop Lucifer from his attempt to break free of hell, by redeeming the soul of your lovely Beatrice.
Graphics:
Environments are often very impressive in the game, yet very similar. Walls and ladders are constructed of bodies, tortured souls, and bones. Detailed surroundings are stunning to take in, with lava pits, fiery waterfalls, and much more. Closer inspection does however reveal from very weak texture work in some portions of the game. You won’t find yourself wanting to stare up close as the walls and floors though, as you’ll be much too busy punishing and absolving the many minions of hell.
The camera is pretty standard and follows Dante’s to give you a somewhat unobstructed view of your objective. At times, you’ll need to keep an eye out for a well hidden ledge or fountain to destroy. At times, you may curse the camera as it could clearly be more player-friendly, but it would rather make things more difficult for you. Consider this a developers guideline flaw, rather than a flaw of the game itself.
Gameplay:
The most important part of a game is obviously how well the game plays out. From the beginning, you’ve got your basic attacks, quick/light attacks, heavy attacks, and the Holy Cross that I adore so much. Just like God of War (Sorry, I just can’t help it!), the game is very linear, and it pushes you to defeat enemies in a specific area, progress further, and repeat the process. You will encounter some basic puzzles that are required to move ahead, but nothing that should take you more 3-5 minutes to solve.
Upgrades to Dante’s’ move-set are purchased using the souls of your slayed enemies. The player chooses which powers to unlock on either the Holy Grid or Unholy Grid. You can either balance between both evenly, or focus on completing one grid first. As you progress up the grid, powers become much more expensive, for example requiring 6500 souls for a single upgrade as opposed to 1000 near the bottom of the grid. There are a few areas that appear to be unlimited re-spawning enemies where, if you’re good enough (and patient!) you could easily farm souls to upgrade Dante early in the game. However, it’s not required.
Boss fights are quite challenging, and all require a specific pattern to be defeated. Often, you’ll be limited to a relatively small battleground, yet the boss is rather massive, therefore you’ll be using your blocking and rolling techniques quite a bit. With larger enemies, and during general movement, you’ll encounter a ton of quick-time events (QTE’s), most of which offer more than a gratuitous time-frame for the player to complete it successfully. The most common QTE will be found on large enemies on which you must choose to punish or absolve – which allows you to gain an extra boost of souls towards holy or unholy power.
Nearing the end of the game, you’ll be required to undergo a specific number of challenges, similar to those non-essential challenges in Bayonetta. Optional challenges are great, but these are required to progress to the overall goal. For lesser skilled players, this is a genuine product of poor game design.
Overall:
Impressive environments however there isn’t enough variation in the design. The ambient sound effects of screaming people become annoying rather quickly, though some pieces of the music itself are quite good. The difficulty curve is all over the place from being too easy, straight over to being entirely too frustrating. While the true hardcore fans may overlook its flaws, this one comes into the game as a rental recommendation, rather than a purchase.
Rating: 7.5 Capsules Out Of 10
Go To Hell.
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