Game Time: Guitar Legend. Get On Stage

Posted on December 9, 2007 
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Game Time: Guitar Legend. Get On Stage

You are sure to have heard the phrase “Rock-and-Roll is dead” hundreds of times. It is true that the era of heavy guitar riffs, long hair and aggressive lyrics is long gone. The following fact can serve as the proof: even the idols of rock-music the band “Metallica” have had their hair cut and have changed their image. One has to keep up with time. They say, that rock died together with Kurt Cobain - the last star on the horizon of heavy music. It might be that way, but it would be unjust to say that rock is not claimed for nowadays.

But let us not plunge into the detail of the divisions and subdivision of rock music and argue which band plays real rock. Let us get down to the game devoted to the dream of about every second schoolboy – to become a rock star and gather stadiums by his masterly guitar riffs.

Game Time: Guitar Legend. Get On Stage Game Time: Guitar Legend. Get On Stage

Gameplay

Having chosen one of the three heroes you start a rock guitarist career from garage concerts and eventually you become more and more popular by performing in small clubs at the beginning and then in huge clubs etc. Each stage of your career consists of 5 songs which you have to perform as brilliantly as you can. The quality of your performance affects not only your further fate but the amount of money you earn (and the money in the game are used instead of game points). Moreover, the quality of your performance affects the title your get after every song. 

You won’t perform as a lone guitarist on stage. Your task is to perform the major guitar part of the composition. The songs you are going to perform can be easily recognized ( the game features the all-time hits like Heart-Shaped Box (Nirvana), Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)), that’s why it will be easier for you to hit the motive. Having floundered you will “brake” a song very realistically which can be quite frustrating and disappointing. Don’t worry and try to come into the rhythm as soon as possible.

Graphics

Game Time: Guitar Legend. Get On Stage  Game Time: Guitar Legend. Get On Stage

In spite of the simplicity of the idea, Guitar Legend looks quite OK in the respect of graphics. The heroes you are offered move naturally and are brilliantly made. You might even get some kind of 3D illusion. As was mentioned before, there are 3 heroes in the game. The punk-girl Kat Nilds with the motto: “You know that you are a rock start when you get up with a hangover” (the fact that a number of rock idols have problems with alcohol consumption is known, but JavaGames notifies you about the overwhelming consumption and the problems it may cause). The seconds hero is “Saw Rob.” He looks like a typical rocker – long hair tied with a headscarf, a shirt with a scull, tattoos etc. His motto: “Sing 50 songs about a dinner with a Satan…I’m out!” The third hero is Exel Carnaby, a real fop, dressed in the Britpop style -  tight jeans and a gangster hat, a tie and striped shirt. This guy says: “It is OK to climb the ladder until you are too old.”

Conclusion

The game is the second one by Gameloft dedicated to rock-music and it is great! It is great that this way we are not allowed to forget the powerful period in the music culture and the legendary rock hits. The dynamic gameplay and bright graphics add to the brilliant impression from Guitar Legend. The game is a must for rock fans and people who wanted/want to become rockers.

Juiced 3D - 3D Mobile StreetRacing

Juiced 3D - 3D Mobile StreetRacing

Posted on December 2, 2007 
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Juiced 3D   3D Mobile StreetRacingIt is peculiar that illegal races appeared during the “prohibition” in the USA in the 1930s. it was the time when gangsters needed additional drivers’ mastery, because they frequently had to drop cops. The cars, of course, were slow and unreliable. Nowadays streetracing is a huge industry of tuning companies and even manufacturer companies.

Streetracing get more and more legalized. In Europe and the USA there are a number of official contests. It looks like the discipline might one day become an Olympic one.
On one hand it is good, because illegal racers are a great threat for other participants of traffic and pedestrians. On the other hand, the legalization of streetracing deprives it of that feeling of romance and adrenaline rush, because the police chase is an inseparable part of night races.

Juiced 3D   3D Mobile StreetRacing

In the game I will write about you won’t have to fight the law. You will race in tough rides totally legally on specially created tracks. It looks like the way streetracing will look like in the near future.

Juiced 3D   3D Mobile StreetRacing Juiced 3D   3D Mobile StreetRacing

The Gameplay

The fact that the game is a streetracing one, but not a rally is seen only from that you have personal contact with rivals who are going to challenge you and provide the possibility to load your car’s nitro system. The other attributes of streetracing – night and the police – are absent. It makes me depressed, but doesn’t make the game worse than its competitors.

One of the pluses of Juiced 3D is the presence of various game modes including Bluetooth multiplayer. It is much more interesting to race with your friend that compete with soulless bots. In order to race with a friend, you both must have the game installed, and both the phones must support Bluetooth. One of you creates a server, the other connects – that’s it!

Juiced 3D   3D Mobile StreetRacing Juiced 3D   3D Mobile StreetRacing Juiced 3D   3D Mobile StreetRacing

The single player as well provides various modes: Quick Race, Arcade mode, Career mode. The most important is, of course, the latter. It is the career mode where you unlock new tracks, races types and cars. You can use these unlocked things in Arcade Mode. You choose track, race type and car. In Quick Race everything is random selected.

In Career Mode you can tune your car and see the statistics in between the races. In order to make your car more aggressive and increase its performance you have to earn some money winning races. At the beginning the prizes are not that high - $100. But the cost of tuning is appropriate, that’s why winning a few races will be enough for the first visual and performance upgrade. Each new bumper, spoiler or hood you install will make your car both more attractive and will increase its performance (seems like due to the increasing aerodynamics of the car).

There are a lot of streetracing kinds. 6 of them are represented in the game:

The existence of automatic accelerator makes the control of the car much more convenient. You won’t have to press gas constantly – the car accelerates automatically and you have to turn, brake and press nitro-acceleration button. Nevertheless the simultaneous braking and turning is not a simple issue. The gameplay facilitates the process because the cars are undamageable – the crashes only decrease your speed. It is better to overtake your opponent right from the beginning of the race and later on try not to crash in order not to lose speed.

The Graphics

3D mobile races always please the eye and this game is not an exception. At the same time the advantages of Juiced 3D over the similar projects are not that multiple. The weather and day/night shift is almost avoided – the sky is always grey and the lightning conditions suggest early morning or afternoon. Nevertheless, the landscapes are superb – it is various buildings etc. The background has a number of layers which makes the landscapes look better. In options you can which the screen to the horizontal position which makes you see the race better, but also complicates controlling your car. Cars are good. During a race you see ¾ of the car. You can admire the tuning of your supercar before and after a race, in the garage. You can rotate it. Although the car resemble the existing models they bear neutral names: Veloauto, Tormenta etc. The car moves according to the speed and installed equipment – the physics in the game is realized brilliantly. The number of special effects is poor and the only peculiar of these is the flame coming out of the pipe when nitro is pressed. The game heroes are good. You can see clear detailed faces on avatars.

The Sound

There are two very similar tracks in the game – the first in the menu, the second – during a race. It is hard to say if tranquil and calm music is appropriate for cruel races, but it doesn’t tense – after some time you just stop paying attention to it. All the major “racing” sounds are present in the game – crash sounds, braking sounds in turns, nitro sound etc. The only thing that is missing is the roar of engines. The vibration works in crashes and nitro-accelerating.

The Conclusion

I wouldn’t say that Juiced 3D is something out of ordinary. It is just an ordinary modern 3D mobile races. The major pluses – the multiplayer and various modes. The minuses – complacency, low realism and minor control problems. But in general these disadvantages of the game won’t disturb the fans of races enjoy it.

Scroll-Shooter with Explicit Background Images - Erotic Galaxy 2

Scroll-Shooter with Explicit Background Images - Erotic Galaxy 2

Posted on November 19, 2007 
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HeroCraft announces the release of the scroll-shooter “Erotic Galaxy 2.” The major difference of “Erotic Galaxy 2″ from the similar shooters is the erotic backgrounds. What can distract a team of a space fighter while fighting for their lives? Of course, the site of a few stunning girls in minimal clothes or even without any.

The decision to take the girls with them might have been a mistake, but now it is too late to change anything. All you can do now it to pull yourself together and concentrate on certain combat solutions and carrying out certain tasks.

These tasks are quite numerous – alien worlds, dangerous asteroids and the attacking extraterrestrial space fleet. Only the absolute synchronism of precisely calculated maneuvers and sniper shooting will b able to save the spaceship that is lost in the depths of the space. Nevertheless, the naked beauties will help you release the tension in short moments between the battles.

 

Game peculiarities:

 

You Won’t Believe Mobile Gaming Market Gets That High

You Won’t Believe Mobile Gaming Market Gets That High

Posted on November 11, 2007 
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The number of mobile phone users who will want to download at least one game on their device will become twice as big as it is now by 2009. The recent figure is 460 mln. The data are provided by HITechBlog with the source being the research company Juniper Research (the UK).

juniper research

The most significant growth is going to take place in the developing countries, in particular according to the experts’ expectations in India its number will grow 4 times as big as it is now to 40 mln users.

The predicted sum of the total revenue of the industry in 2009 according to the analysts’ expectations will be around $10 billion versus the current $5 billon. In comparison to 2006 the market has grown by 61,3% and the company claims that by 2011 the market of the mobile gaming will overcome $57 billion.

The major tendencies of the market are:

At the moment in the majority of west European countries the number of game downloads has overtaken the number of  ringtone downloads.

The most promising market for mobile games is the Chinese and South-East Asian market. The market is expected to grow 2.1 times from $2.7 billion in 2007 to $5.7 billion in 2012.

The total revenue from advertisement in mobile gaming will grow from $90 million in 2007 to $1.2 billion in 2012.

Juniper Research is a research company which focuses on the research of the area of mobile and wireless technologies. The company was founded in 2002. The headquarters are situated in London.

According to HITechBlog the cost of Juniper Research’s report on the mobile gaming market makes from $3000 (individual user) to $6000 (corporate license).

Now You Can Have Old Tetris With New Features

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Now You Can Have Old Tetris With New Features

Posted on November 7, 2007 
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Now You Can Have Old Tetris With New Features

Pyramids, pharaohs, scarabs, lotuses… - it is the mysterious Egypt. It beckons by its unsolved mysteries and invites you to take plunge into the world of myth and enigma. Don’t even try to resist it! Let yourself get absorbed by this magic world and build a wonder of your own. It is not that easy to do: the blocks of different shape and color fall faster and faster! Listen to the advice by the marvelous priestess and feel a pharaoh.

Now You Can Have Old Tetris With New Features

The legendary logic game got even more colorful and captivating. The unique design in the style of the ancient kingdom of great pharaohs draws in by its realism and incredible graphics. The bright color spectrum of the falling figures won’t let you be bored.

The peculiarities of the game:

Genre: logic

Now You Can Have Old Tetris With New Features

You can download the game free at the wap-site http://wap.mobilearena.ru/netris

Establish wap-connection with the address and save the downloaded application. You can use the link unlimited number of times.

Nokia Launches Independent Artists Club

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