Sunday, October 2, 2011

Latest Gaming and MMORPG Updates

Latest Gaming and MMORPG Updates


AstroN MMO Review

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:35 AM PDT

AstroN is a 3D Sci-Fi shooter MMO where players command starships. Chose from three races, each with their own ships and distinct features. Work together to defeat computer controlled enemies and complete missions, or battle against other players in five game modes!

 

 

Publisher: GameIs
Playerbase: Low
Graphics: Low Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Medium
PvP: Various Modes
Filesize: 165 MB

Website: http://astron.gameis.com/

Pros: +Low system requirements. +Action oriented gameplay. +Cooperative and competitive game modes. +Keyboard controls.

Cons: -Dated visuals and interface. -Low playerbase. -Repetitive gameplay, must grind same stages constantly.

 

AstroN is a sci-fi shooter with action oriented combat. Like the browser based Pirate Galaxy, players can only move their ships in two dimensions, but the environments are in 3D. AstroN is a simple game with low system requirements and a small file size. It was developed by the same studio behind Carom3D. Players can create a character from among three races, each of which starts with a different kind of ship. Each mission stage takes place on a different world which players access through a launch pad in the main city. AstroN also has five different kinds of battle missions which are the PvP modes in the game.

Races:

Shrewdo - They have the fastest ships in the whole universe.

Acron - The most energy efficient race. They possess many special weapons and advanced technologies. Acron worship the God Rahkiel.

Bellico - A hostile species which has destroyed many civilizations. They have simple but powerful weapons. The durability of Bellico ships constantly recovers, even during battle.

Battle Missions

Communication Center - Two teams compete to destroy the opposing team's base while defending their own.

Resource Struggle - The three factions defend their mining vessels as they generates resources. Harass the vessels of other factions to delay them.

Convoy Mission - One team has to escort the cargo ship as it moves while the other team must destroy it.

Planet Invasion - Attacking party must destroy defending team's command ship. Defending team must prevent this.

Keydisk Struggle - Three factions defend their keydisks until the end. The side with the last remaining keydisk wins.

 

 

 

AstroN MMO System Requirements

Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP
CPU: Pentium Celeron 1GHz
RAM: 128 MB
HDD: 500 MB
Graphics Card: 32 mb

Recommended Specifications:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or higher
RAM: 256 MB or more
HDD: 1 GB or more free
Graphics Card: 64 mb or more

Asda Story MMO Review

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:14 AM PDT

Asda Story is a 3D fantasy MMORPG with anime styled cartoony graphics. Play as a beginner until level 5 than chose to become either an Archer, Wizard, or Warrior. Each class has three skill trees and two additional class tiers. Asda story is heavily quest driven and has a unique soul mate system.

 

 

Publisher: GamesCampus
Playerbase: Medium
Graphics: Medium Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Medium
PvP: Faction Warfare
Filesize: 695MB

Website:  Click Here to Visit ASDA Story

Pros: +Plenty of quests, fast leveling early on. +Instanced dungeons. +Excellent item imbuement system. +Dozens of skills per class. +Solid interface.

Cons: -Dull graphics, recycled monster animations. -Lots of running back and forth. -Only 3 classes.

 

Asda Story sticks closely to the tried and true MMORPG mold but does manage to add several interesting features. The Soul Mate system allows players to use special skills such as teleporting to their soul mate and even leveling up their soul mate while he or she is logged off. While there are are only 3 playable classes, each has three unique skill lines:

Fighter
Impenetrable Shield – One handed sword and shield skills. Primarily defense oriented.
Berserker – Spear related skills. Heavily damage oriented.
Last Survivor – Two handed sword skills, specializing in area of effect (AoE) attacks.

Archer
Dragon Slayer – Crossbow related skills. Medium damage, medium attack rate.
Bloody Song – Bow related skills. Low damage, fast attack rate.
Soul of Master – Ballista related skills. Heavy damage, slow attack rate.

Mage
Hell Fire – Fire spells which specialize in direct damage (DD.)
Heavenly Light – Light spells which specialize in healing and weather related spells.
Flooded Land – Water and Earth spells which specialize in buffs and shield spells.

 

Last Note:  ASDA Story has been Shutdown in other words Asda Story Service Closure as per the words of GameCampus Forum of ASDA Story by [GM] Sabre.

You can Visit ASDA 2 MMO review instead.

 

 

 

Asda Story System Requirements

Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP/Vista
CPU: Pentium3 1Ghz
RAM: 256MB
HDD: 1 GB free
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce2 MX,  ATI Radeon 7500
DirectX: 9.0c

Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows XP/Vista
CPU: Pentium3 1Ghz or above
RAM: 512 MB RAM or more
HDD: 2 GB free
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce3 Ti or above TI Radeon 9200 or above
DirectX: 9.0c or Better

Asda 2 MMO Review

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:57 AM PDT

Asda 2 is a 3D anime style fantasy themed MMORPG that continues the epic saga of a mystical land divided by warring Gods. As a standalone sequel to AsdaStory players become heroes fighting for the Light or Dark side in a battle for control. Duel rivals in PvP brawls, participate in faction wars, summon pets to assist in combat, and even find true love. Join the ranks of the coveted Royal Knights and save the world.

 

 

Publisher: GamesCampus
Playerbase: Medium
Graphics: High Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Medium
PvP: Factions / Duels
Filesize: 1028 mb

Website: http://asda2.gamescampus.com/

Pros: +Improved graphics and gameplay. +More realistic character designs. +Simple, quest driven progression. +Multiple pet options. +Soul-mate feature. +Fishing. +PvP duels. +Cool dance emotions.

Cons: -Veteran players must start over. –Lots of grinding necessary to advance. -Acquiring pet eggs can be difficult. –Mounts/ vehicle access is limited. –Costumes are only available to users with coupons.

 

Asda 2 is the second installment to the popular Asda Story. It picks up where the original game left off with a truce being finalized between the warring factions. Unfortunately the peace is short-lived. Violence has once again erupted among the Light and Dark causing chaos within the realms. Players must choose their side and begin their journey towards knighthood. Fight in PvP duels or large scale faction based wars. Collect and summon a variety of pets to aid in battle. Similar to Legend of Edda players determine their own destiny as an emerging hero. Stop the ongoing hostilities from ruining a beautiful world.

The game has vastly improved with new classes, multiple jobs, challenging monsters, and an enhanced soul mate system.

Classes:

One-Handed Sword Warrior – Equipped with a one-handed sword and shield this class has the highest level of defense. Capable of inflicting serious levels of damage to foes warriors are ideal tank leaders. Jobs vary from traditional Swordsmen to Templars.

 

Two-Handed Sword Warrior – This class is notorious for destroying their enemies' defenses. Special skills that cause damage reflection or additional weapons such as the grenade set them apart from other heroes. Available jobs include Barbarian and Warlord.

 

Spear Warrior – Weapon of choice is the mighty spear. Speed enables these warriors to perform multiple critical blows rendering their opponents helpless. Their high levels of sheer strength make them a mage's worst nightmare. Class jobs vary from Lancers to Gladiators.

 

Crossbow Archer – Archers are capable of the highest amount of immediate damage among all the classes. They also possess skills that deflect enchantments making them a nuisance to mages. Jobs include Shooters to Marksmen.

 

Bow Archer – Uses an assortment of weapons to delay an adversary's movement and inflict wounds that will cause them to slowly bleed out. Weakening their opponent is their specialty. This class is deadly to warriors during battles. Jobs range from Trapper to Ranger.

 

Attack Mage – Attack Mages use darkness and the element of fire to take down opponents. Various flame engulfing spells make them a great ally to have in a party. Perform jobs titles of Magician to Warlock.

 

Support Mage – This class performs spells associated with earth and water. They are also great at providing buffs or protective shields for their fellow comrades. The ability to freeze enemies gives them an edge in dire situations. Jobs range from Mystics to Guardians.

 

Healing Mage – Healing mages can manipulate climate and the powers of light to help heal friends. Their undeniable healing abilities make them a must have addition to any party

 

 

 

Asda 2 System Requirements

 

Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz
RAM:  512 MB
HDD: 6 GB Free
Graphics Card: nVidia 6600

Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.3 GHz or better
RAM: 2 GB or more
HDD: 10 GB Free or more
Graphics Card: GeForce 9400 GT or better

 

Gotham City Impostors Beta Begins October 5

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:33 AM PDT

Beta testers have just been informed by email the schedule for the upcoming PC beta of Gotham City Impostors.

Steam codes have been emailed out to those who were accepted today, and although the client can be downloaded now, the beta itself won’t begin until next week — and even then, it will only be available at select times.

The beta will be playable nightly beginning Wednesday, October 5. It’ll last only until October 9, and is playable from 7PM – 12AM Eastern for those five days. As it’s a closed beta, testers won’t be free to share information about the game.

Once the beta has officially begun, testers will need to open the game to get a CD key that will then need to be redeemed after logging into Games for Windows Live.

Gotham City Impostors is a downloadable, multiplayer first-person shooter set in the Batman universe. It was first announced in May and is being developed by Monolith Productions, the developer of the first two FEAR games, No One Lives Forever 1 and 2, and both Condemned games. It’s not expected out until early next year.

As the beta is only on PC, you’ll need to make sure your computer is up to snuff. Below are the minimum and recommended system specifications.

Gotham City Impostors

Minimum specs:

  • Dual Core CPU 2.5GHz or higher (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent)
  • 1.5GB RAM
  • 6GB HDD
  • 256MB DX9 SM3+ Video Card (GeForce 8600 or ATI X1800 or better)
  • DX9 compatible Sound Controller
  • Windows XP, Vista, 7 with latest updates
  • Broadband 64KB/s

Recommended specs:

  • Quad Core CPU 2GHz or higher (Intel Core 2 Quad or AMD equivalent)
  • 2GB RAM
  • 6GB HDD
  • 512MB DX9 High-Performance SM3+ Video Card (GeForce 8800 or ATI X1900 or better)
  • DX9 compatible Sound Controller
  • Windows XP, Vista, 7 with latest updates
  • Broadband 1MB/s


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Assault Fire (CN)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 11:31 PM PDT


Early last month, I did a small preview of this game with some in-game videos (link), and this time round I am back with a new update on Assault Fire. Developed using the Unreal 3 Engine by China’s biggest online gaming company, Tencent Games, a new mode called “Mecha Storm” was added just a few days ago for the Alpha Testing Phase.

Although there is only 1 map for this mode now, I did enjoy the newbie-friendly shooting aspect of this mode. As you all might have read previously, I am not exactly keen playing online shooters given the face the fact seasoned players with tactics can easily pawn newbies like me. The Mecha Storm mode is more for casual players, similar to the Monster Spawn PVE mode found in my previous post.

Fora few rounds, players will play as Humans while a few others will play as the Mechas. Mechas have slightly different weapons with gatling guns as the normal attack with rocket missiles as the secondary, both highly immense in raw power. With much slower normal movement speed, Mechas are gifted with a hover ability and a short sprint action which will knock into Human players, killing them.

Playing has Humans, there will be mysterious small portals scattered around the map at fixed positions. Once in awhile, there will be question mark signs spawning there, which players will be noticed. These signs will provide players with a random extra weapon (flamethrower, rocket launcher etc) which deals much more damage to Mechas compared to the default sub-machine gun. Before I forget, Assault Fire has a leveling system as well.

Given that this is still the Alpha Test Phase, more modes are in development and Tencent Games’ first foray in using the Unreal 3 Engine, Assault Fire is panning out pretty well for me despite critics saying the graphics and actions are kind of underwhelming. Tencent Games is really slow in expanding their reaches into the English market, with Perfect World currently the expansion king, hence I doubt we will see this game reaching English shores any time soon.


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Portal 2′s Tardy DLC Comes Out on Tuesday

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Portal 2

Though it took longer than expected, the first downloadable content pack for Portal 2 will soon be here on all three of the game’s platforms.

Portal 2: Peer Review, as it’s been officially titled, was announced shortly after the game’s release in April. It was scheduled for a summer release, and when it began to look like Valve wouldn’t meet that date, it reassured fans it would be out by mid-September. That date, too, came and went, but we now have an actual, hard date, and one that’s far too close for it to slip once again.

Peer Review will be released on Tuesday, October 4 on Steam, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Or rather, its global rollout will begin then, so depending upon where in the world you live, there may be a bit of an additional wait.

The DLC is free on all three platforms and includes content for fans of both the solo and co-op campaigns. The story of P-Body and Atlas — the two co-op robots — continues in Peer Review “as you puzzle your way through a mysterious new co-op test track and once again match wits with GLaDOS.” A new Challenge mode is introduced for both single-player and co-op, and accompanying leaderboards will let you compare your scores with other players.

Coinciding with the announcement, the last of three soundtrack volumes has been released as a free download today. You can grab all 64 songs comprising the three volumes (and a number of ringtones for iPhone and Android devices) here.


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