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Street Fighter: Where Fighting Games Began
There are video games that include twitchy, reflex-heavy combat. There are the ones that take that and toss in depth, so that it’s easy to pick up but takes a long time to master to maximize the replay value. Then there are games that elevate the art of virtual fisticuffs to an art form and a science at the same time. While its competition has become better and the technology powering it has marched forward a
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All the Work That Goes Into Character Design
As video games have evolved, the characters that players control in them have changed too. Whereas it was possible for a game developer to put together a fully functional game with a poor excuse for a plot and even worse excuses for characters, these days this is harder to get away with. Whether they’re Android games or the latest console hits, a small bit of influence from the RPG industry has managed to lea
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A Day in the Life of a Video Game Character
Me and my roommate Chris have been through all the games in our comprehensive library, from Ace Combat to Legends of Zelda, to little-known titles such as um… “alternative” Japanese games.
So it was last Tuesday that we found ourselves replaying that old classic, Metal Slug. Midway through an insane rampage against the undead Nazis in level 23, Chris suddenly asks,
“I wonder what this guy do
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When Your Character Is Your Car
The whole idea of RPGs is to get out of your humdrum life and become someone who is vibrant, exciting, and engaging. OK, I’ll admit that getting the chance to blow away zombies is kinda cool too.
So who do you want to be? The reason that nobody wants to play zombies isn’t because Z is at the end of the alphabet, it’s because they are boring to play. Fun to blow away, but boring to play. With an RP
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Fight Aliens, Date Women: Galaxy Angel
While they’re often accused of having less gameplay than even free hunting games on the Internet, not all dating sims have a complete and total lack of “traditional” interactivity. Yes, most of them stick to the formula and relegate player input to picking responses at specific points, but not all of them. One of the more successful titles to deviate from the standards formula was Brocolli’s
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How to be a Ninja in Metal Gear Solid for the PSP
There are games where your goal is go all out like Rambo and blow shit up in sight, like the Battlefield series. Then there are games where stealth is more essential to firepower, and your survival and that of the free world depends on the fine art of being a ninja.
Metal Gear Solid is one of those games.
Just like all its other iterations, the PSP version is all about not getting caught. In fact, all the various O
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Other Games That Can Use an FPS Viewpoint
When it comes to games, it’s all about the eye candy.
Sure, you can have an engaging game with an epic storyline, or you can have a totally rad concept that no other game developer has thought of. But without an exciting visual presentation to complete it, you might as well be writing a novel or a script for Hollywood.
Which is why game publishers are outdoing one another in the graphics department. They com
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Why Character Designs should be Great
In the past two decades or so, computer graphics have been through an epic evolution. But way back in the 2D pixel art era, gamers have always displayed particular fondness over those charismatic characters. How much more these days, when computer graphics have gotten a taste of fresh and innovative technology? Indeed, many of today’s online games’ characters have become immortalized with their stunning 3D vers
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Want Good Character Development? These Single Player RPGs Deliver.
Online games cannot match the level of character development of top-notch single player RPGs. Here, we will discuss three single-player RPGs and one aspect of each respective character development system.
Fable II:
When the Fable franchise was announced, it set for itself a high bar that it never lived up to. Promised online features never materialized and the morality features never seemed to fit into the natural
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Better Gaming Through Psychology: What Your Character Might Actually Say About You
Everyone has played Mario, Zelda, Sonic, and other games with cookie cutter characters. In games where you make your own characters though your input says something powerful about you. Why does this matter you might be asking yourself about now. How we think and play effects every game you play.
This isn’t just apparent in First Person Shooters and RPGs but in a lot of other games as well. The way you de
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