Making the list of top 10 games for pc 2008 was quite easy as I too had been making this list for myself so I could bring them and start playing. The reason was quite simple, I got a mean gaming CPU last summer and was excited to put it to test with the best of the games out there. So I thought why not sort out the list of top 10 games for pc: year 2008? I thought of looking up to Gamespot for the same reason as the source for this. Based on the rankings given by the Gamespot I’ve managed to bring this list. And I accept the list mainly because I’ve personally played more than 6 games in the list, and trust me; they are ALL AWESOME. So lets get started with the top 10 games for pc (2008).

10. Far Cry 2

Released on October 21, 2008, this game is a sequel to Far Cry 1. The first one had a lot of greenery and un countable mutants, but this time its a different story line and an entirely different arena to play in. The game is set in the deserts of Africa. You happen to have Malaria and are on a mission to capture a Notorious Drug dealer for which you’ll have to contact and earn reputation from many middle men. What sets Far Cry 2 apart from 1st part is its game play, there are hundreds of ways in which you can play a mission and tons of guns to play with. A cool feature is you can set the plants and grass on fire using a flame thrower and let the wind spread it and kill your target. You can even pull the bullets out of your arm and snap the bone. The assassination can be done during the nights to avoid attention and 24 hours day/night cycle is totally brilliant. Far Cry 2 scores really well in the case of graphics and game play and addiction. But it lets you down in the story line. What the heck! why do you need a story line to go bang the bad guy with a rocket launcher? Just get the gears and start pulling the trigger, the game is worth playing, and hence stands 10th among the top 10 games for pc in 2008.

9. Call of Duty: World at War

If you have spent your childhood playing arcade games like Contra, and if you have liked even 10% of earlier Call of Duty, I’m sure you’re gonna fall in love with this game. Gamespot gives COD world at war a staggering 8.5 ranking for all platforms. The game is just awesome. You begin as a soldier of Russian army and other armies one at a time unarmed and surrounded by enemies. You get saved by other soldiers and are given a weapon to enter into the battle. The game is fully mature and the guns and tanks are sure to sweep you off your feet. There are endless explosions and flash bombs which are made very very beautifully. The multiplayer in COD world at war still retains the gameplay from the COD modern warfare, so the ones who are used to the multiplayer gaming of COD modern warfare, then there would be lot more fun for them in COD world at war. COD world at war is the picturization of World war 2, and thus you’ll get weapons like Bayonet and Flamethrower with which you can burn down the Nazis . The game runs very smooth in any gaming rig and is sure to kill your precious time, so get addicted wisely. That was our 9th game among the top 10 pc games of 2008.

8. Left 4 Dead

Now for the people who wake up, brush, eat and sleep with Counter Strike, there is a game made with the same engine. Yeah! Left 4 Dead was made with the Counter Strike Engine and you can imagine that the game play has to be equivalent to it. What’s game all about? Zombies, zombies and loads of them. You’d be thrilled by the opening cinematic, cos that in itself can be turned into a great movie! You can play any character among the 4 given to you, and great thing is you get a chance to save your friends from zombies and don’t worry they’ll save you when you get too intimate with the zombies. The AI of zombies is very well written. Until you see them they’ll all be just standing in a corner humming the zombie song ( ) and as soon as you throw the flash light on them, all of them start rushing towards you! The game is hell of a fun to kill them all on a spree as the blood splashes across the floor and best part is you get to burn them with the Molotov’s. Yeah go play this game in the midnight and is no less than racing a car without a helmet!. Thats our 8th game in the TOP 10 PC GAMES OF 2008.

7. The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria

In the list of top ten pc games of 2008, we have a game for the people who always die to wear the ring and die again to keep it on their finger! yes! I’m talking about Lord of the Rings. As you might have guessed by now, LOTR online is an online multiplayer game which brings millions of people into a single virtual world. The great thing to talk about this game compared to other online games are the fact of how beautifully the worlds have been designed and decorated. You’d never get bored of exploring the lands of Moria because you can never get tired of beauty that has been put in the making of these beautiful maps. LOTR online has a great story line which will keep you gripped throughout the game and creating and using the legendary equipments in the game is absolute fun. The objectives in the missions that you take up keep varying and thus keeps the game compelling. You get to unhide thousands of treasures which then are necessary to level up in the game. LOTRO is fun to play as you never know when an Ogre might attack you from behind and you can get your hands dirty in battle. LOTRO Mines of Moria stands at the 7th place in the ten top games of 2008 for PC.

6. Crysis Warhead

Ok! Do I have to tell ANYTHING about this game? People went mad and haywire when they saw the trailer of Crysis! I mean I literally waited for this game to come out even though I knew very well I din’t haven had enough RAM to watch its HD trailer! With the advent of Crytek engine and some other cool physics integration, this game has shattered and found a new way of making games. I never imagined of cutting trees and killing eagles with my gun! And forget destroyable infrastructure and multi layered and ultra realistic explosions!. Crysis Warhead gets much better than Crysis with the escaped aliens on a flee all around the world and our dear Hero Nomad has to stop them all before they wipe the humanity out of the face of earth. The Nano suit gets even stronger in this game and you get to be nearly god like!. The considerable improvement has been in the AI of the aliens that keep floating above you. This time when you fight off the aliens, you are sure to get a chill. Crysis Warhead’s gameplay is similar to the earlier game but has added maps and play modes in the multiplayer mode. Crysis Warhead stands at a top 6th position among the top ten pc games of the year 2008.

5. Fallout 3

Now who doesn’t like the games of future? On the 5th position among the top 10 pc games of 2008, we have Fallout 3 from Bethesda Softworks. Set in the year of 2227, where world has seen many nuclear warfare and people are dwelling in the tunnels or vaults as they call it in the game, your task is to find your dad who has come out of vault into the open land. The most attracting part of the game is the scenery and the backdrop that is painted in the game. Washington DC’s post apocalyptic view is just mindblowingly brilliant. You’d see wastelands everywhere and you’d also encounter enemies spread across the land. The best part of the game is the fact that the player can choose as to how the game proceeds. Player can choose any destination to go and any mission to play. The game proceeds according to the choices made by the player. Bethesda has introduced VATS combat system which makes the first person experience even more realistic and intense. The freedom of choice means you can complete a mission in more than one ways. All in all Fallout 3 packs all the graphics and the gameplay that is required to glue you to the seats for next week. Go grab the 5th top among the top ten pc games of 2008.

4. Dead Space

Now if you were once horrified by playing Doom 3, then better don’t even think of playing this game. This game goes to be way way better than any first person or third person horror game. The story almost remains the same but its the game play and the graphics which makes all the difference. You are Isaac, an engineer who are supposed to repair the ship with which the earth has lost contact, and as soon as you get onto that ship you discover that something is utterly wrong. Infection has turned all the crew into monsters and they all want you to become one of them. So they start attacking you. The age old way of shooting the head to bring down the zombie might not work in this game, as you’d have to cut down the legs of the undead to bring it down. This kind of varied tactics for various creatures makes the game even more interesting. This makes it stand 4th among the top 10 pc games of 2008. Better thing about the game is the fact that there is no HUD elements to be seen, the Suit wore by Isaac acts as the HUD. The glowing spine indicates health and on need you can make him shoot out a 3d holograph which gives you even more details. All in all the game is really gripping and gruesome. It ain’t meant to be played by the weak hearted people.

3. World of Goo

For all those who were expecting a first person shooter or glass shattering racing game at the top 3rd position among the top ten pc games of 2008, you’d be disappointed. At this position we have a game whose installation is only 70mb big! World of Goo! Designed by only 2 people (mostly) This game surpasses all the limits that were enforced on a 2D game till date. Whats the game all about? Its only about connecting the dots and reaching a point. Now thats where all the fun lies, the structure that you make with goo balls wobbles and swings in an astonishingly realistic ways. The developers have used a combination of physics engine and open source graphics engine to bring you this visual treat. The game sounds are damn funny and you can actually enjoy that whenever you get hold of any goo ball. By the looks of the screenshots you might say yuck! But try solving one level of World of Goo and you’d know how beautifully the game is made. The game is also available for WII. If you have a mouse on your computer, then you should definitely give it a try!. That was our top 2nd pc game of 2008.

2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Sometimes you just can’t get rid of the bests, when someone asks you what would be the best portable music player, you don’t have to think to answer “I-Pod”. Well, once again Blizzard Entertainment pushes their creation upon us and we rank it as the top 2nd best pc game of 2008. Wrath of Lich King expansion for WoW as the name suggests is about the Lich King being left free and unleashing his wrath. We always know that every other World of Warcraft is much better than the previous one, but how does this one stands aside from it previous ones? Lets see. Now when its the case of MMORPG games, especially in this case, there is nothing for the new players. So if at all you are entering the game now, you might say it all looks the same. Yes it will. The difference would be noticed by the players who have at least reached level 55. So if you are not at that level, probably this expansion might not do much to your gameplay. Added benefits here are the beautiful atmospheres and environments and the dungeons that are made available for everyone. Newest gameplay added is the Death Knight Class. Playing in the Death Knight Class is just brilliant. If you are a big time fan of World of Warcraft, then WOLK is not to be missed at any cost. Go give a try for the 2nd in the top 10 pc games of 2008.

1. GTA 4

I assume the end of the world or the end of the good is very near! Out of every million other game out there we choose Grand Theft Auto 4 as the top 1 among the top 10 games for pc 2008. Tell this to the fans of GTA and we’d be punched in the eye. Everyone who has played GTA knows how good every other GTA game is, ever since the GTA1, there has just been a constant innovation in every other release of the game. And as good as GTA San Andreas was, GTA 4 scores even better. Now when this game was released people slept, ate, slept, ate and slept in the queue to grab a copy of it. The number of sales on the first day of release has made a Guinness record. For the good part of the game, you get to play as Niko Bellic who comes to the Liberty City to meet his cousin and to find a person whom he has been searching since a long time and gets himself trapped in an un ending series of crimes. The graphics is breath taking compared to other GTA releases and you have more control of the character this time. The physics is brilliant in case of characters and vehicles too. Day night cycles are very beautifully made and the gun battles take a different height and can compete well enough with any third person shooter game out there. Although it requires a lot of resources on PC, but it still needs to be given a try. I’d rather suggest to go get GTA and play it on PS 3 as the porting from PS3 to PC isn’t that bug free. But if you do have a gaming rig, then Man!!! If you don’t have this game on your PC, You could’ve given that money to charity!

Well! That’s the end of our list of TOP 10 PC GAMES OF 2008.

Those interested in serious games have long been preoccupied with defining serious games themselves, and the outcomes are rarely illuminating. On his member blog at Gamasutra, Raymond Ortgiesen criticizes the term ‘serious games’ but also goes on to bemoan serious games developers’ tendencies to ignore the progress made in traditional videogames in terms of immersion and player engagement.

Didn’t Far Cry 2 touch on the poverty and power struggles in  Africa? Didn’t Bioshock try to challenge our notions of freedom (“A man chooses, a slave obeys”)? And how many countless games have been satirical but serious critiques of western society (Fallout, Grand Theft Auto)? Now, those games aren’t perfect. They haven’t all even accomplished what they set out to do, necessarily. But they try and they becoming more potent with each iteration. Why aren’t they called serious games?

Ortgiesen argues that serious games developers should take the current crop of videogames as their starting point, rather than reinventing the wheel – and he also notes that ‘It’s not as if the “serious games” crowd has a large repertoire of successes to claim either’. While I agree with this in principle, the fact that publishers see little demand for big-budget educational games means that serious games developers have far more limited resources. And while Far Cry 2 and Bioshock lay a strong claim to provoke intellectual discussion, I’d say that the concepts presented in these games are more a narrative framework rather than a thesis or a selection of facts and skills for the player to absorb.

Similarly, an analogy to film and literature isn’t ideal – whereas Schindler’s List could be described as a more serious or more educational film than Die Hard, is it really a more comprehensive visual treatment of its subject matter than a BBC documentary about WWII? However, I sympathise with Ortgiesen’s argument that the ‘serious game’ term ‘does nothing except erect a big wall between developers who are trying to accomplish the same goal’, and perhaps the best way for a developer to create a mainstream educational game is to not label it as such.

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Se você é como eu e detesta essas fuleragens todas(nerd), e vai passar o carnaval inteiro na frente do pc, tenho umas dicas para você não passar o carnaval assistindo Globeleza(pelamor né). Vou indicar aqui somente os jogos que eu tenho:

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Far Cry 2

FarCry 2

Mais um ótimo jogo da Ubisoft, este é o Far Cry 2, pra quem jogou FarCry1, a primeira coisa que vai reparar é que não tem ilha paradísiaca, não tem camisa florida(rs), não tem monstros a partir da metade do jogo. As coisas estão bem diferentes em Far Cry 2, que marca a estréia da franquia nos consoles: Jack Carver(camisa florida), protagonista do original, não aparece desta vez, enquanto a ilha tropical que encantou os olhos dos jogadores ficou a milhares de quilômetros de distância. O cenário, agora, são as planícies das savanas africanas, enquanto os inimigos se dividem entre seres humanos e a própria vida selvagem local.

Eu gostei do jogo porque ele tem um enredo bem Freestyle, afinal é você que faz seu próprio caminho para as missões, pode comprar suas próprias armas, rouba jeeps das gangs africanas, etc. Um ponto ruim do jogo? O personagem tem malária.

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Mirror’s Edge

Mirror's Edge

Mirror’s Edge é um outro jogaço, que eu tô sofrendo pra passar da fase dos runners inimigos fdpENFIM, como você já deve ter ouvido falar, é um jogo inovador, uma jogabilidade nunca vista antes, em que o jogador pode explorar todo o cenário, corre em uma parede vira e pula pra outra. Enredo? Bem, na minha opinião não é dos melhores. No game você controla Faith, uma “traceuse” que deve lutar contra um governo opressivo em um mundo minimalista e estéril. “Traceuse” é o nome que se dá a mulher que pratica o Parkour, uma atividade com o princípio de se mover de um ponto para outro da maneira mais rápida e eficiente possível, usando principalmente as habilidades do corpo humano.

Conheço gente que diz que é escroto porque ela não usa armas(?). Como assim? Ela não COMEÇA com armas, mas basta você ser rápido e roubar de algum inimigo na hora da porrada. A física do jogo é muito boa, com certeza as melhores fases são as que você corre por cima dos prédios fugindo dos tiros de helicópteros. Um ponto ruim do jogo? Se tem, eu ainda não achei.

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FIFA 09

FIFA 09

Um jogo que não poderia faltar é o FIFA, além dos gráficos perfeitos, a vantagem da série sempre foi a licença oficial que lhe permite ter times, ligas e estádios com seus nomes reais, ao contrário de Winning Eleven, da Konami, que acrescenta elementos oficiais a conta gotas. No entanto, o futebolístico da Electronic Arts, vem, ano a ano, avançando também na mecânica de jogo, e nesta edição, o foco é criar melhores experiências e mais adaptadas para as respectivas plataformas. E agora tem a novidade do modo Be a Pro, uma das novidades de FIFA 08 em que se permite jogar com um único atleta virtual, foi melhorado. Agora, existe um modo de carreira, cujo objetivo é ser convocado para a seleção nacional, virar capitão da equipe e levar o time a ser campeão mundial – e, assim, virar uma lenda do esporte. Mas agora, também é possível trocar de posição – e continuar ganhando experiência com isso. Há também uma versão multiplayer online do modo Be a Pro. Um ponto ruim do jogo? Não tem a liga Paraense(?).

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CoD 5: World at War

Call of Duty 5: World at War

Eu acho que já até falei aqui sobre esse perfeito jogo da Activision né? Bem, mas qual Call Of Duty que não é perfeito? Mas o World at War(5) tem muitas coisas especiais. Pra quem jogou o Modern Warfare e não gostou, ou esperava mais, a série Call of Duty voltou às origens. Assim como os três jogos anteriores a Call of Duty 4, o novo CoD 5: World at War vai ter como pano de fundo a Segunda Guerra Mundial, focando agora nas batalhas contra o Império Japonês ocorridas através do Oceano Pacífico. Além disso, um fase maior vai abordar a invasão da Alemanha pela União Soviética. Os produtores também prometem um jogo bem mais realista, com várias cenas que podem mesmo incomodar um pouco os mais sensíveis (como a ocasião em que um comandante japonês apaga o cigarro no olho de um prisioneiro antes de matá-lo) .

Pra quem é sanguinário e não mantém sua índole em games, aí vai uma dica: Pegue uma Shotgun e dê um tiro bem de perto nas pernas, braços ou cabeça. Não só a Shotgun, como outros rifles arrancam membros e despedaçam as pessoas(Veja como esse jogo é light). Um ponto ruim do jogo? O final é triste. Mas não vou dar spoiler aqui né.

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Guitar Hero III

Guitar Hero III

Guitar Hero(Playstation 2, no meu caso) com Joystick(no meu caso rs) ou com Guitarrinha é um daqueles jogos que você chama a galerë, e passa a tarde inteira jogando. Além de ser um jogo relativamente fácil, tem várias músicas pra ficar cantando e tocando ao mesmo tempo(?).

E eu não conheço alguém que não goste. Um ponto ruim do jogo? Enquanto você joga as outras pessoas insistem em cantar. Em inglês. Horrivelmente.

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Bom carnaval pra vocês.

So as i’m a hardcore gamer i have completed many games but forgot to keep the save games while uninstalling the game. So the few that i have kept i want to share with you all guys. 

Here They Are:-

Call Of Duty World At War(completed in Hardened Mode):-Download Link
Instructions:-

XP option:

   Unpack the included file into \Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\

   Local Settings\Application Data\ and accept to overwrite if/when asked.  

Vista option:

   Unpack the included file into \Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\ and  accept to overwrite if/when asked.

DEAD SPACE(all mission save files):- Download Link

Devil May Cry 3 SE(Verjil unlocked):- Download Link

FALLOUT 3(the final ending):-

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Sorry i had to part it coz my net speed is very slow. You will need to double extract it.

FarCry 2 (the final suicide):- Download Link

Prince Of Persia 2008(game completed):- Download Link

PURE:- Download Link

NOTE:-All the above files are archived so you will need a archiveing software like Winrar , 7-Zip to extract the files

THAT IS ALL FOR NOW BUT I PROMISE I WILL POST AS SOON AS I COMPLETE AND OTHER GAMES

Well now that I’ve played both Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2, I’d like to make a comparison between both games.  Yes, they are both different genres but I’ve already heard the question “Which game is better?” asked countless times and I’m here to come up with a good ol’ conclusion.

Before I dive into the good stuff I’ll give out quick info on both games that will be put into account with the final conclusion.

Far Cry 2

• ESRB: Mature
• Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
• Genre: First Person Shooter (FPS)
• Release Date: Oct 21, 2008 1 Player
• Number of Online Players: 16 Online 
• Publisher: Ubisoft 
• 1 Player

Fallout 3

• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
• Developer: Bethesda Softworks
• Genre: Roleplaying (RPG)
• Release Date: October 28, 2008
• ESRB: Mature
• 1 Player
• No multiplayer 

Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 are great games with outstanding graphics and gameplay features that blew us all away when we played them for the first time.  Both games have tremendous replay factor and you can just keep going on and on with new surprises every play through.  But which game is truly better?

Lets find out.

Graphic Comparison  

Far Cry 2 has outstanding graphics with environments that makes you feel like your actually there.

The apocalyptic wasteland is no place for amateurs.  Who knew Washington DC in ruins could look so beautiful?

Explore Africa the way you want it.  Do things the way you want it.

Blow limbs off with a variety of weapons.  Oh the gore!

Would you not want to create explosions this size?

Fallout 3 even has the ability to make you jump once in a while when you hear the blood gurgling scream of the horrid ghouls coming at you.

The graphics for these games are beautiful like mentioned above but graphics are not the only thing that make games great.  This brings us to our next comparison.

Feature and story Comparison

Fallout 3

Story (taken from Fallout 3 website)  - Vault 101 – Jewel of the Wastes. For 200 years, Vault 101 has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you’ve ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.

Far Cry 2

Story (taken from Far Cry 2 website) - Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out “The Jackal,” a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit your their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.

  Main Features:

Fallout 3

Limitless Freedom - Explore the oddly beautiful wasteland the way you want to.  Go North into the farmlands and encounter raiders and deathclaws or even East into DC where you will find super mutants and other radified creatures.

Not only can you explore the surface of Washington DC but you can also travel deep inside the subways of the beloved city.  Possibilities are endless.

Fantastic New Views! – Not only can you explore DC in 3rd person but you can also view it all in 1st person!  It throws you right into the game!

The Power of Choice! – Are you good?  bad?  neutral?  You decide!  Fallout 3 has endless outcomes in every situation that will either raise, lower, or freeze your karma.

Blast ‘Em Away With V.A.T.S.! – V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and rain bullets in a beautiful cinematic view.

Far Cry 2 

Open World – Explore the open world of Far Cry 2 in 50Km2 of seamlessly rendered African landscape.  Take cars, boats, or even gliders to get to your destination; admiring the environment as you go by.  Be careful though, the factions may be watching you.

Map Editor - Tired of the campaign maps?  Create your own with endless possibilities.  The map editor for Far Cry 2 is one of the best made in the last few years. 

Online Multiplayer - Experience the game with others in 16 player multiplayer battles that can leave you with tears in your eyes.

Weapons of Choice – There are so many weapons in Far Cry 2 you can take up the hobby of collecting them all.  Blow your enemy to bits or shoot hundreds of rounds into them.  Hell, you can even run them over with a vehicle if you really wanted to.

There you have it.  A graphic, story, and gameplay features comparison showing you the best parts of both games.  All games have their flaws though so do not think that these two are perfect even though they are pretty close to it.

So which game do you think is better for the consoles?  You decide through the poll and why not leave an opinion on the comment section?

Here’s a cool movie showing off the recently released Fortune’s Pack DLC for FARCRY2. OUT NOW. 800 microsoft points on XBOXLIVE and $9.99 on the Playstation Network.

Here’s what you get:

SINGLE-PLAYER MODE:

Three new weapons- Silenced Shotgun, Sawed-off Shotgun, Crossbow.

Two new vehicles- Unimog, Quad

MULTIPLAYER MODE:

Four New maps- Cheap Labor, Last Resort, Lake Smear, Fort Fury.

The single Player weapons and Vehicles are also available in Multiplayer.

Nachdem der umstrittene SecuRom Kopierschutz bei Spore und FarcRy 2 schon hohe Wellen geschlagen hatte, war es nur natürlich, dass die Protestaktionen der ehrlichen Käufer von Computerspielen mit Crysis Warhead weitergehen.

Crysis Warhead ist eine Fortsetzung von Crysis, welches 2007 durch seine sensationelle Grafik die gehobene Zockergemeinde zwar glücklich machte, an den Kassen jedoch trotzdem mehr oder weniger floppte. Die Hardware Anforderungen waren zu hoch, das Spiel hatte zuviele Bugs – welche dann auch noch viel zu langsam entfernt wurden - und vor allem der Mehrspielermodus war vielen Spielern zu kompliziert (und die vielen Cheater nervten).

Mit Crysis Warhead wollte Crytek die Fangemeinde beruhigen. Das Spiel ist für unter 40 Euro zu haben und sollte eigentlich weniger Bugs haben und mit ein paar Features im Mehrspielermodus auch die Onlinegemeinde wieder versöhnlich stimmen. Doch auch Crysis Warhead wurde wieder mit dem umstrittenen SecuRom Kopierschutz ausgeliefert.

Seit Anfang November geistert nun das Gerücht durch die Lande, mit dem Patch 1.1 zum Crysis Warhead sei der SecuRom Kopierschutz nicht mehr da. Das ist so allerdings nicht ganz korrekt. Wer das Spiel kauft und installiert, installiert automatisch auch den SecuRom Kopierschutz auf seinen Rechner. Das nachträgliche Update auf den Patch 1.1 schaltet lediglich die Zwangsonlineaktivierung ab. Das ist zwar auch ein riesiger Fortschritt für den ehrlichen Käufer, ein Auslieferung ohne SecuRom wäre aber immer noch die beste Lösung.

Ranking Octubre

Tras el éxito que hemos tenido en nuestro primer mes de vida, hemos decidido designar un “juego del mes” a aquellos juegos con mayor puntuación en los medios. Tendremos unos datos útiles a medida que recopilemos las notas de los juegos más importantes y podremos opinar en consecuencia. ¿Qué juego se ha llevado la puntuación media más alta del mes de Octubre?

Además tenemos en el horno una sección original que tendremos el gusto de presentar en pocos días.

Ranking de Octubre:

1. Fallout 3 9′3
2. Dead Space 9′1
3. Far Cry 2 9
4. Fifa 09 9
5. Fable 2 8′9
6. Warhammer online 8′5
   
7. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 7′4

Fallout 3

Así podemos decir que el mejor juego del mes de Octubre es Fallout 3. Un gran juego de acción con gestión estadistica del personaje (o lo que es lo mismo, toques de rol) que está vendiendo mucho y que está funcionando muy bien con el boca a boca entre jugones.

Un muy digno segundo puesto para Dead Space uno de los candidatos a revelación de la temporada por ser considerado el “tapado” del catálogo. Una excelente unión de géneros y una estupenda puesta en escena.

Y el tercer puesto compartido para Far Cry 2 y Fifa 09 con dos juegos que ofrecen originales novedades en sus géneros. El primero, un shooter con libertad para afrontar las misiones y características que lo hacen único y original. Y el segundo un juego de fútbol que ha recuperado su corona con unas opciones de personalización; nuevos movimientos y jugabilidad dignos de un fuera de serie.

Los demás, grandes juegos también, forman parte de unos de los meses más prolíficos que recordamos en cuanto a lanzamiento de buenos juegos.

Consluta las valoraciones del mes de Octubre:

Valoración de la prensa de Fable II

Valoración de la prensa de Fifa 09

Valoración de la prensa de Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

Valoración de la prensa de Far Cry 2

Valoración de la prensa de Dead Space

Valoración de la prensa de WAR

Valoración de la prensa de Fallout 3

*Gracias a todos por vuestras visitas y de manera muy humilde, gracias por el seguimiento que está teniendo el blog. Pronto nuestro análisis propio de Endwar, un juego que ha desatado polémica entre los amantes de la estrategia clásica que creen que es un juego comercial y los partidarios de la evolución del género de la estrategia que lo consideran revolucionario. Como veis, aquí no paramos.

FarCry2

Ubisoft nous propose sa dernière création en terme de jeu avec FarCry2.

Vous êtes le héros et votre mission si vous l’acceptée sera de vous rendre dans un village africain aux mains de dangereux brigands…

Le suspens est intense et la quête originale.

Serez-vous à même de vous en sortir et de relever le défi de vous infiltrer dans ce village gardé par de féroces personnages…?

Le seul bémol c’est que vous n’avez pas la main sur l’action. Vous avez juste le choix des armes et des instruments à utiliser… mais le jeu et le concept restent vraiment bien réalisés. Le graphisme est bien développé et l’animation en 3D est fluide!

C’est à vous de jouer!

Bon jeu et bonne découverte…

(Via Veni Vidi Bloggi)

Ubisoft has quietly released the first patch for Far Cry 2, bringing their first-person shooter sequel to version 1.01. The game will update itself automatically upon launch. For those of you who need a manual update, the patch can be found on The Patches Scrolls.

Multiplayer
- Server’s IP address now displays in lobby, beside the match’s name (for direct IP join to work)
- Dedicated Server can now be launched in command line.
- Improved match start conditions.  Ranked games can now also start if the player max is attained and everybody but the host is ready.
- Fixed a bug causing random crashes when joining a game.
-  Ranked matches in progress will no longer display in the match list.
- Fixed players with same name by using identifiers instead of names.
- Fixed crash when creating a LAN game without a network cable.
- The diamond pool is now always validated after class upgrades, reset or rank up to avoid getting more diamonds than you are supposed to for your rank.
- When creating a dedicated server with PunkBuster enabled, then close it to create another but this time with PunkBuster disabled, PunkBuster will still be considered ON, on this new server.
- Fixed a problem where a player could get stuck (and couldn’t get killed) after pressing the interaction key while wounded and getting rescued by a teammate at the same time.
- Fixed players getting disconnected if they have too many user maps and try to enter the map rotation menu in a Player or Ranked match.
- Vehicles will now always respawn even if they are never used.
- Fixed users not being able to see a match if the host switched match mode after a rank.
- Fixed a glitch that could make a player invisible to another.
- Fixed incorrect check for negative values when adjusting diamond count.
- Fixed a problem where a player would render through objects if healing a wounded playing while being wounded at the same time.
- Fixed reload not being interrupted on the host when a client picks a weapon while reloading.
- Fixed Field Manuals not unlocking after game mode change.

Singleplayer
- Fixed health not changing with the difficulty level.
- Keyboard controls remapping in single mode now carry into multiplayer mode.
-A buddy will no longer get stuck when healing him while player is receiving damage.
- Stats of favourite weapon are now properly reset between loaded save games.
- The mortar will no longer move the player through wall.
- Mission objectives markers are now show properly after loading a save game.

General
- Fixed glider key remapping.
- Game will now minimize in order to show the website when clicking on ubi.com.
- Dolby 5.1 is now supported for most sound cards.
- Fixed a random crash that could happen when pressing ESC to cancel a Benchmark run.
- Added CPU Intensive benchmark test run.
- Fixed Jackal Tapes and Partner Tapes pages.

I started playing two new games this week, and both of them are excellent so far. Both Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 start extremely strongly, and combined it’s been the best 4-5 hours of gaming I’ve had this year. I suspect both might be less compelling the farther I get in, but they have something important to say and genuinely new experiences to show players. It might just be becuase I’ve been thinking about it recently, but both games remind me strongly of elements of Deus Ex, but in very different ways.

The core mechanics of Far Cry 2 are extremely exciting and well implemented. The key word for Far Cry 2, and for once it isn’t a cliche, is Immersion. The opening interactive cut scenes really set the mood, with a real sense of body awareness and environmental integration. You really do feel like you are in war-torn Africa, and all of the elements emphasize both the YOU part and the AFRICA part. For instance, you suffer a malaria fit from first person, and then the primary antagonist (maybe, I’m not very far) points a gun in your face. And then once you get out into the world, you can freely wander around an awesomely realized world. The environmental effects and lighting are the best looking I have seen, and it runs great on my 8800 (unlike Crysis). Oh, and then you get into combat, shoot a onrushing jeep with an RPG, watch it flip into a field, set it on fire, and kill several enemies and zebras. That NEVER gets old, and Far Cry 2 is the best open-world pure shooter I have played.

Fallout 3 also starts with some very interesting interactive cutscenes, principally you being born. Your movement tutorial takes place when you are 1 year old. From the very beginning, it starts throwing a lot of choices at you, and they’re all interesting and important. The skill system is straight out of Fallout, and the character advancement is WAY more satisfying than oblivion so far. Also, they do a really good job of letting you stumble on media and materials from the post-apocalyptic world. There are compelling character interactions and moral choices, and I’m very much looking forward to where the story goes. Fallout 3 is so far the best choice-based game I’ve played this year.

The main fault of Far Cry 2 is a lack of non-combat characters and actions. There aren’t really many conversations, and after the beginning 99% of the NPCs in the game will shoot you on sight. The main fault of Fallout 3 is a lack of immersion and versimillitude. The combat feels a bit detached, and many of the animations are pretty crappy. The interesting thing is that while both Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 are GREAT open-world first-person games, both are great at the one thing the other is lacking. Perhaps combining them together would make the best game ever, but for now we’ll just have to be happy with two (so far) great games that complement each other nicely.

This recent month has been a huge explosion for the gaming industry. Many big title games have been released. These games include Fable2, Fallout 3, Farcry2, Guitar hero world on tour, Red Alert 3 , and Saints Row 2.Not only was October a big push for the Christmas sales but November will be also. Next month World of Warcraft Lich king, Call of Duty 5, Skate2, Shaun White Snowboarding, Left 4 Dead, Resistance 2, Gears of War 2, and Mirrors Edge.

Mirrors Edge trailer

Not only are the sequels great games but many new games such as Mirrors Edge look very promising. So you better start sucking up to your parents if you want the best games by Christmas day!

Je voulais absolument acheter un jeu de PS3 cet après midi, alors direction la Fnac et j’ai opté pour Farcry2. Bon à presque 70€ le jeu je suis un petit peu déçu quant au réalisme de ce dernier. En effet BattleField Bad Company est bien mieux fait (jouabilitée, réalisme, dialogues) par contre Farcry2 est très bon niveau graphisme, c’est propre quoi! Si vous êtes fan des murs qui ce détruisent, des arbres qui ce coupent, des bruits sourds de guerre et des balles qui sifflent oubliez ce dernier, c’est juste de la boucherie version FPS & sans aide à la visée alors je peu vous dires que pour avoir une tête faut s’accrocher. Voilà je le test encore un peu ce soir, s’il ne me plaît pas plus que ça, une vente sur Ebay sera à prévoir… Je reste EA Games, Bad Company!

MapleStory is said to be the world’s first side-scrolling online multiplayer role-playing game and Mapleglobal is built for players mainly outside of Europe, Southeast Asia and East Asia. [Over 50 million… yikes]

Hmm, I don’t think the punishment fits the crime: come’on Japan, and all over such a teabag-ass game as well. Ever heard of FarCry?

ATI has released Catalyst 8.10 Hotfix driver for Far Cry 2 on the 18th October 2008. Notes can be found here.

This Hotfix improves performance for the DirectX 9 version of Far Cry 2 on CrossFireâ„¢ compatible systems.
This Hotfix also improves performance for the DirectX 10 version of Far Cry 2 on both single and CrossFireâ„¢ compatible systems.

I didn’t post about this earlier because I just got the game yesterday.

Far Cry 2 gameplay revolves around the player character’s quest for the notorious Jackal, a war supporting weapons dealer, through a fictional region of Africa and is open-ended, with the player being able to ally with anyone he/she chooses. The player’s choices are completely unfettered, giving a sandbox style of gameplay and allowing the story to progress at the speed the player chooses.^{[7][dubious – discuss]}The player can choose from a wide range of weapons to make his way to the target, accomodating play styles ranging from head-on assaults to stealthy infiltrations. Instead of using individual maps, the game takes place in a sprawling African landscape, with terrain ranging from savannah to jungle.^[8] The gameplay area is 50 km² (20 sq miles).

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It had mixed results. Some say the gameplay is boring with repetitive quests or something like STALKER. Another said the graphic compared to Crysis is very mediocre. I’ve not played the game yet but have gone through the intro. Meaning I am not able to comment much about it as of now. Anyway, lets get to the point and do some benchmarks using the included Far Cry 2 benchmark’s tool.

From the graphs I am only getting around 37 FPS with my current rig. That can’t be right. Even when the benchmark was running the video was very jerky. Felt very disappointed especially when you have 4870×2.

This is before installing hotfix and without any Anti-Aliasing. Very poor result right.

So yesterday I installed the hotfix and the result was very impressive! Check out the picture below!

From 37FPS and jumps to almost 70 FPS ! That’s almost double the FPS gain by just applying the hotfix! How awesome can ATI be Now these graphs are with “Very High” DX 10 setting. Next will be on “Ultra High” with 3 different demo runs on small, medium and long, 1680×1050 resolution and 2xAnti-Aliasing.

* Average Framerate: 69.29
* Max. Framerate: 103.31
* Min. Framerate: 46.06

* Average Framerate: 78.01
* Max. Framerate: 146.41
* Min. Framerate: 44.95

* Average Framerate: 76.40
* Max. Framerate: 143.09
* Min. Framerate: 44.05

Conclusion, Far Cry 2’s graphic isn’t demanding as Crysis is but through out the demo runs, it is pretty obvious why as the details aren’t intensive as Crysis. But graphic isn’t everything.

Tonight’s UFC 90:Silva vs Cote accessorised with some pretty prominent gaming franchises. Titles front and center tonight, were Ubisoft’s FARCRY2 (worn by many of the fighters and training staff), and THQ’s SAINTS ROW 2.

Did we mention that the next big UFC event UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar is sponsored by GEARS OF WAR 2?

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Toronto ON – Console Creatures was recently invited to the Hazelton Hotel for a briefing on Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2 which was recently released this week.  With this sequel being one of Ubisoft’s biggest productions to date, we get a walkthrough and demonstration on game-play and the ever so impressive map creation mode. The walkthrough was graciously dictated by story designer Patrick Redding with game-play demonstrated by art director Alexandre Amancio. 

During the first half of the demonstration, we were shown what sets this game apart from its predecessor and any other FPS out now.  With an open world with available side quests, Far Cry 2 borrows elements from the likes of sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto IV to provide an incomparable freedom to the player.  Providing 50km (squared) of terrain to explore without any loading, allowing your actions (through side quests and main objectives) to influence how the story unfolds as well as how and from where a player can approach a mission objective.  The game also provides a wide array of vehicles for your exploration in the form of various cars, boats to hang gliders, all of which can be repaired by yourself in the game when damaged.  

These objectives and side quests can come from the various “buddies” that have been implemented in the game that play a part in the way you approach various scenarios.  These buddies offer you extra incentives to your main objectives as well as side quests for you to complete.  When you are in critical condition during a mission, the buddies will come into the conflict zone and rescue you.  In doing so, the buddies have been activated into the mission providing you with back up as a fully independent player on your side.  Caution must be heeded though since your buddy will be capable of dying no longer giving them a role in the game going forward. 

The same non-scripted intelligence that is given to your buddies is also given to your enemies as well.  All of the characters in the game have been given the ability to react to the environment around them and how you are playing the game at that moment.  This provides the player with a more random yet calculated enemy keeping every replay of a mission fresh as you will be unaware how the enemy will react every time. 

As the AI reacts to the environments around them, the environments itself is rich in detail and reaction as well.  With the custom designed DUNIA engine, the game allows for real time day-night cycle that includes random weather effects and fully destructible environments right down to the leaves on the trees.  Any fire started under the African sun (or a Molotov) will also react to weather conditions at the time.  The drier the air is and/or how strong the wind is, any fire started will react appropriately to the condition with unprecedented realism. 

The second half of the demonstration was devoted to the map creator option in the game.  Never before have I seen a map editor for a FPS game so vast and deep.  You are given a blank slate area to start of with and with over 1000 objects and the ability to change the weather, terrain and landscape textures in great detail.  This makes the potential product from this tool almost limitless.  If you are not about to put the time in, you can randomly create a map for you to tweak and change as you please. An editor will also be able to pick from a line up from various preset environment conditions from desert to jungle to swamp etc. that will adjust what is capable in the specified environments available (I.e. weather, types of terrain and greenery)

However, it’s not only the options available in the map creator that make it so great but the attention to detail that has been provided.  For example when covering an area with trees, the trees will be implanted in those areas to reflect realistically the growing patterns of a tree in that environment.  Also when adding rock textures (or any other for that matter) to hills you can provide the indication to only reflect these textures after a certain altitude point is passed in the land elevation.  In addition, the option to age the terrain an indicated amount of time has also been provided. 

On top of the all these options and getting some hands on with the game, it will be rich in story and loaded with in-depth dialogue.  But I was left wondering how touchy and political the story would get providing a realistic back drop of a war torn African nation.  Regardless, the game played well and will keep you intrigued throughout with a solid expansive single player and a limitless multiplayer with the map creation tool. 

We chat with Jérôme Leclerc-Couture, the International Product Manager Assistant at Ubisoft about some of the finer game details of just released FARCRY 2.

SEAN C.

FarCry 2 / 9

Puntuación media de la prensa online española: 9

1. Vandal: 9′4
2. 3DJuegos: 9′4
3. Yahoo Juegos: 9′2
4. Comunidad Xbox: 9′2
5. Meristation: 8
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Referencias de prensa extranjera:

• IGN: 8′8
• Eurogamer 8

Sin duda estamos ante un extraordinario Shooter que nos pide cierta adaptación. Libertad de movimiento pero con los problemas que conlleva estar en África; vehículos limitados y milicias bloqueando casi todas las vías; una enfermedad que nos dará problemas durante todo el tiempo…

Es curioso como las dos webs de referencia extranjeras distan bastante de la opinión de la prensa española. Supongo que tiene mucho que ver el sublime doblaje y el original concepto que hemos celebrado practicamente todos. Far Cry 2 sale en un mes bastante surtido de nuevos lanzamientos, pero para comprobar su calidad solo hay que mirar las webs del sector o nuestro análisis (9′2) .

Meristation parece que se desmarca poniendo un 8, también han tardado más que los demás en analizarlo. ¿No les habría llegado el juego? ¿Lo habrán jugado más en profundidad? Quien sabe, pero la media baja gracias a ellos. Un 9. El post ha sido actualizado al publicarse un nuevo análisis.