Dungeon Keeper 2 Retro Game Review

Dungeon Keeper 2 Review (PC)

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   Dungeon Keeper 2, a game from 1999, lives up even by today's standards as a classic Dungeon building game. Dungeon Keeper 2 has several upgrades and improvements over the predecessor, such as redone spells, additional rooms, and overall controls. In this game's story, you are tasked with collectible all of the portal gems, in order to open a portal and launch an invasion on the surface world. Along the way, you will collect pieces in the campaign at set intervals to summon the horned reaper aptly named, "Horny". He is no longer an inhabitable creature, but rather, a summoned creature, who will wreak havoc on your enemies.

   The game play from the original Dungeon Keeper is mostly the same, but more streamlined and less on the micro-management scale, allow for more control and focus on the game play. The new creatures in this game are more humanoid, rather than animal creatures, having people such as rogues, black knights, and others who can be summoned with the right rooms and conditions. 

  Spells in this game can also be upgraded to include stronger, more powerful variants. The summon imp spell, for example, can be upgraded to summon level 4 imps, which are quicker and stronger then level 1 counter parts. You can also store a limited amount of gold in your dungeon heart as well, a problem that was fixed in the original.

  The single player campaign in this game has well done maps and script events, with the narrator (in his evil voice), giving you a voice over on what you must do in the level. His voice is also good for periodically making funny remarks about you, or your dungeon, and livens up the gameplay. Other aspect I really appreciate, is the use of cultural references, and the voice interacting with you directly, telling you to go to bed if it is late at night, for example.

 Another aspect I enjoy is the multi player, which allows you to fight up to 4 other dungeon keepers in different maps, or you can make your own map with the level editor, and share with your friends, allowing for near limitless game play.

  Overall, this is one of those classic games that everyone should try at least once, with it's humor, excellent interface, campaign, and even multiplayer. This game will definitely have you attention if you are a fan of building dungeons, managing creatures, and being evil!

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Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM Facebook Game Review

Yu-Gi-Oh! arrives on Face book, does it hold up in transition?

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   Yu-Gi-Oh BAM is a variation on the popular collectible card game series, featuring quicker card games, dueling with friends, custom decks, card collecting, challenges and much more! Also featured as some of your favorite characters from the show, such as Yugi, Joey, Marik, Seto-Kaiba, and much more, including it's own story in text format and various extra challenges along the way.

   Starting off in the game, you will begin with a starter deck to begin with, following the story and unlock more chapters, cards, and earning coins, which can be spent on purchasing more cards to customize future decks. Game play is a bit different than playing an actual game of Yu-Gi-Oh!, such as only attack settings, rather than being able to switch a card from attack to defense and so forth, but most of the core game is intact. Spell cards are also featured, and can be deployed in the same manner as the original game, however, instead of 5 channels to lay down your monsters and spells, the game board is set to only 3, to speed up the games. Also of note is that the standard decks have been lowered to 15, making game play quicker as well, having to make more strategic use of your deck layouts. BAM suggests 10 monsters to 5 spell ratios, which makes sense, because of the lower amount of cards that can be played. 

  You can earn cards by playing the story chapters, completing objectives (which are needed in order to increase your level), dueling friends, or doing arena duels, which allows you to play against random people.  Dueling with others give you "card pieces", which is another currency needed to purchase booster packs and certain cards. The final currency given is the "Duel Points", only received from either purchasing them with real money, and completing certain objectives. All of these currencies can be used to purchase cards or booster packs, and some cards are added and removed in the rosters at certain intervals in updates.

  Overall, a person who enjoys Yu-Gi-Oh or collectible card trading games in general, will enjoy this game, and especially if they have friends who enjoy the same kind of games too! This game does a great job of keeping to the source material of the TV show and manga interpretations, and the cards and effects are very similar to their real life counterparts!

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Factorio, Indie project needs your help!

Factorio: Build a factory on an alien planet!

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 Said about Factorio

 ... I have been unable to stop playing. 30+ hours so far - bill, Factorio Forums

Dang it, now I'm hooked on this game.- Sacheverell, Content Manager for the official Minecraft Forum

Great game, can't believe this is an alpha. Excited for the full release. - rymn, FacePunch Forums

This looks pretty cool. Factorio, indie game where you make factories on other worlds. Hope it succeeds :) - Nathan Adams, Minecraft Developer

I loved your game as I did not love any game ever. (As a gamer with 15 years of experience) - Mindreader, Factorio Forums

Motivation

We are geeks and we like to build stuff. We have spent a significant portion of our childhood and youth messing with lego, programming and playing games like Transport Tycoon, Civilization or Simcity. Games which didn't have impressive graphics, but still were a lot of fun to play. They were all about designing, building and creating things. About figuiring out how to solve little puzzles (Hmm how do I extend this train station?) and about managing what you created (Arrgh i need to upgrade all these roads into railroads!). We loved these games and we spent many nights staying up and playing them. 

Then there came the idea for a game where you build your factory. You wouldn't have slaves or drones to give orders to. You would have to setup everything yourself. Automate a lot and make sure that things will scale up well. What if you found yourselve on a deserted place or maybe an alien planet alone with no equipment. Would you be able to survive? Would you be able to start from the scratch and build your tools and machines from the ground up? 

Game

Factorio is a 2D game about building factories on an alien planet. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure and fighting alien enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, apply management skills to keep it working and finally show your close combat skills in encounters with planet inhabitants who don't really like you.

Demo

A public demo is already available. No signup, no fee, just download it from http://www.factorio.com/demo and play it now:) The demo contains a short 3-level introductory campaign. There is a very limited set of concepts and game elements in the demo compared to what will be in the full game and what is currently in the alpha. Main purpose of the demo is to give general feeling for the game and allow players to test whether the game works well with their specific system.

Alpha

The game will be released in its current state as an alpha in mid March 2013. The alpha will be available to all backers. The alpha is already playable and contains following things (however not graphically finished or polished):

• 2 extra campaign levels in three difficulty settings
• singleplayer freeplay (couple of hours playing on a procedurally generated map)
• researching technologies for unlocking recipes or improving existing structures
• programmable signals to get fine grain control over your factory
• logistic robots to ease transportation in big factories
• more game content
  • assembling machines to automatically craft things
  • transport belts to ground to allow belts crossing
  • filtering inserters
  • laboratories to perform research
  • steel processing
  • entities variations (chests, inserters, etc.)
  • ...
• more weapons (flamethrower, rocket launcher, landmines)
• map editor
• lua scenarios scripting
• moderate modding support (all game element properties are defined as data)

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Skylanders starter kits and more!

Skylanders Starter Kit!

Skylanders figures, accessories, merchandise, starter kits and more!

   Check out today's merchandise showcase for Skylanders! Get some starter kits, accessories, and much more for the Skylanders fan! Some items offer free super saver shipping, which is free shipping on eligible products over 25$ (See site for details!). So get some great gifts for your children, as well as backpacks and shirts featuring their favorite Skylanders heroes!

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Portal Shirts and Apparel!

Portal Shirts, Costumes, and Apparel Showcase!

Check out some awesome shirts and apparel from the hit Valve series, Portal! Some items have Free Super Saver Shipping, which is free shipping on all eligible products over 25$!

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Marvel Avengers: Alliance Facebook Game Review

Marvel: Avengers Alliance Game Review for Facebook

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  Marvel: Avengers Alliance is a turn-based role playing game from Playdom, featuring a huge number of Marvel heroes and villains in a game style similar to old Final Fantasy turn based game play. You can create your own S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent using a limited selection of hair styles and colors, and he will level up through combat, and can be accompanied by 2 other Marvel Heroes. Using research, you can unlock items, equipment, and new suits for your own agent, which changes his class type, and allows you to purchase new and powerful equipment to keep up with your enemies!

 earning S.H.I.E.L.D. points will allow you to research these items, as well as train (level up) heroes, and purchase certain items, such as suits and so forth. Command Points are points used to recruit new heroes to join your side, and each have different point values, from low to high cost. You can earn more S.H.I.E.L.D points by visiting allies, as well as earning Distress Calls. Distress Calls are a free action used in combat to summon a friend to help you in missions, which can turn the tide of a tough fight.

 The combat in this game is turn based, and with each turn you are allowed to attack with your equipment (your own character), or your heroes' special attacks (depending on hero), with each action costing a specific amount of stamina. If you are running low on stamina, you can recharge it, but you will cost a turn to recharge it, or you can use items and distress calls if your turn is your agent. Each character has their own class, which has a counter class, and using these strategically can mean the difference between success, or failure.

 Another aspect to customization is the training feature, which will open up "Iso slots", which are slots that allow you to purchase and add stat boosters, which are a permanent upgrade (unless replaced). These slots allow you to add more power to your heroes, enhancing their strengths or bettering their weaknesses.

 Marvel: Avengers Alliance features a large story, setup in chapters and episodes, where you will do most of your game time, and allow you to unlock more story arcs with each successful completion. The missions are presented on a city map, and the combat scenarios presented are shown, allowing you face low,medium, and high threats of standard enemies. Sometimes you will be allowed to deploy heroes on deploy missions, which will net you an item after x amount of turns, but will occupy the selected hero until it is done. Mini-boss and Boss fights are also shown in each mission, allowing you to fight super villains and henchman from Marvel Lore, such as Magneto, Loki, and many more! Completing these fights will also net you items, although completely random, like Deploy Missions.

 For Player versus Player enthusiasts, there is also tournaments, which allow you to fight other players and their selected heroes for exclusive items! You can purchase player versus player specific items to give you a boost in these season tournaments, to help give you an edge over your competition, and you will need it. My only complaint about these tournaments, is that they need to add a little more balance over certain heroes, but other than that it is pretty fun!

  Overall, I found this game to be a fun distraction that adds lots of play time to this facebook game, as well as challenge! Definitely for the classic role playing game fan, as well as any fan of the Marvel Universe!

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Gaming related Energy Drinks!

Gaming Grub! Get some Energy Drinks!

   Today's gaming grub is all about energy drinks! Get some flavor-full drinks of your favorite gaming franchises or collect them as a display! Check them out today and see more gaming grub to power up your gaming for those marathon sessions we all love to do!

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Dead Space 3 Review - Spoiler Free

                   Dead Space 3 Review - Spoiler Free!

  Dead Space 3, the latest in the Franchise, takes a different turn from it's predecessors, but manages to keep the game feeling like Dead Space! The addition of crafting workbenches (replacing the shops), customization of your weapons, cooperative game play, resource gathering, and multiple new game plus modes adds for a lot of replay value

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   Story  

  Dead Space 3's Story takes place not too long after the events of the second game, and also features a "previously on Dead Space" extra's feature, in case you haven't played the previous games.  This extra gives you a quick warm up, but I still prefer you play the previous entries to get entirely caught up on the events that came up to the third game's events. The story doesn't change that much between single and cooperative modes, but John Carver, the second player and key character to the story, offers more insight and extra dialogue when playing with a friend, as well as "Cooperative Missions", which adds more details on John Carver's back story.

Game play

 The game play is where this game really shines, and offers more in this game than the previous installments.  The aiming and controls are improved upon, as well as a dodge and crouch button to evade enemies, and overall just feels better.  The weapons in the game are a different beast now, as you can now craft your own weapons, and include a second weapon underneath, adding to a lot of customization features, with all the weapons from the previous games at your disposal. You can find these weapon parts by progressing through the story and optional missions!

 Crafting these weapons, suit upgrades, items, and more require resources. You can find these resources off of enemies, boxes, spare part boxes, and using scavenger bots. Scavenger bots can be deployed just about anywhere and found by progressing the story. When you deploy them, they will scurry about and collect items, and after a time they will return to the nearest crafting bench and you will get a tally on how much you collected. "Ration Seals" are a special resource I have found by using the scavenger bots, and these are used in buying the resource packs, which will give you more resources and special assembly parts only achieved through this method. You can also buy them with real money using your platform's currency (Microsoft points, Playstation wallet, etc), if you prefer to do so, but the big thing here, to quell any concerns regarding the micro-transactions, is that they are entirely optional and doesn't require purchase to get everything in the game!

  Another item you can find and craft are the microchips, and these alter your upper and lower weapons. Microchips alter the damage, firing speed, reload time, and clip size, and are found throughout the story and optional missions. Once you acquire any part, including weapon parts and more, you can spend your resources to create more of these parts, and share them with your cooperative partner, provided they aren't exclusive unlocks, like MK-V parts or progress unlocks.

  

  Also new to this game is the optional missions, which deter from the main path and allow you to explore new sections of the game, often providing new weapon parts and resources along the way. There is also "Cooperative Only Missions", which require a partner to explore, and open up more of John Carver's Backstory too.  These missions are really fun, and are worth your while to explore and find new parts, chips, and much more!

  You can also find artifacts as well in this game, which offer more back story to the universe of Dead Space, and are also part of the progress unlocks, which will give you new and exclusive items, such as powerful chips and new suits! As you complete these progress unlocks, you will gain access to these powerful items, and add the challenge to unlocking them all, and by playing the harder difficulties and New Game Plus game modes! New Game Plus offers a regular replay option, which lets you keep your items and play on harder difficulties if you wish, or play the new options, which include a "classic Dead Space mode", a "Hardcore mode", and a "Pure Survival Mode".

  Overall, Dead Space 3 is a great game that features high replay value, lots of collectibles, cooperative play, and great fun overall. I recommend this game to any Dead Space fun or survival horror fan in general!

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World of Warcraft Action Figures!

Check out today's awesome collection of World of Warcraft action figures, featuring some of your favorite heroes and villains. Some items have Free super saver shipping, which is free shipping on all eligible products over 25%, see Amazon for details!

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God of War Action Figures

                Sweet Kratos action Figures!

   Today's Action Figure Showcase is all about God of War and Kratos! Collect your own action figure of this angry, hellbent Spartan to display! Also featured are Hercules, Hades, and more! Some items have free super saver shipping, which is free shipping on all eligible products over 25$ (see site for details!)

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Minecraft shirts, hats, wallets and more!

             Minecraft clothing and apparel Showcase!

Check out some of the awesome Minecraft hats, clothing, apparel, wallets and more! Find some awesome Creeper shirts and more characters on shirts and much more! Some items have free super saver shipping, which is free shipping on all eligible products over 25$ (see Amazon for details!)

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