İlk oyunu bekleneni veremeyen Red Steel, ikinci oyunu ile Wii sahiplerinin gözdesi olacak gibi görünüyor…

I love playing video games…  who doesn’t?  I have refrained from playing for a very long time though since my busy schedule gives me no choice but to drool over this very missed luxury.  I cannot however say that it has been like that recently.

On the eve of our preliminary examinations on Special Penals Laws, under the good Justice Diosdado Peralta, I called my batchmate, Batch Milfen Alavarado to photocopy his notes.  Since it was relatively late (10:00 pm) we had to go to a photocopy shop that happens to be an internet and gaming cafe.  In waiting for my copies to be made, we were entertained by this very intriguing new game from the makers of the phenomenal “Counter-Strike.”

Left Four Dead Trailer

(source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5spmvBxLp4)

“LEFT FOUR DEAD” is a first-person shooter coop-game that can accommodate four players (in campaign, and eight in versus game mode) in a story of four survivors trapped in a city of super-fast and mutant-strong zombies (horde) and clicks of monsters (smoker, hunter, boomer, tank, and witch).  The object of these four survivors from an infestation of a virus or rabies of some sort (that brought about the fate of the city and its people) is to make their way to a pick-up point where they can be rescued by the authorities and lead them to safety.  Although the mission is quite simple, delivering it is otherwise.  It requires skill, patience, teamwork, and reflex to actually overcome the challenges awaiting for the characters and a dash of luck would not hurt a bit.

No Mercy: The Apartments

(source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbzyt79iSR0)

This is a review of Shaun McInnis (Game Spot Associate Editor) of the game:

(source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWhI2eD4r44)

Machinima.com has these Six things to say about the game:

(source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPbR8a5gVL4)

The game was awarded (in both PC and XBox versions) “Best Online Multiplayer Game” (2008) plus “Best Use of Sound” and “Best Shooting Game” for the PC Version by IGN.  Gamespy also award it as “Best Multiplayer Game of the Year” (2008) with Spike TV also commending it as the “Best Multiplayer” and “PC Game of the Year ” (2008).  Likewise, Bi-tech awarded it the “PC Game of the Year” (2008).  The French site, NoFrag has awarded the game “The Father of all FPS” and “Best Multiplayer.”  Gamespot has nominated the game in various categories and awarded it “Best Cooperative Multiplayer” and “Best Shooter;” and the Totally Rad Show declared the game as”The Raddest Game of 2008,” (Wikipedia).

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I would not be surprised if this game would flood the computer cafes throughout the country (and the world).  It has an amazing plot, and superb graphics not to mention the commendable and meticulous attention to details.  This game has now created a new species of gaming.  In the event of a Left for Dead Movie, it will for sure be a blockbuster.

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S’il y a bien une promesse que les développeurs de cette génération de consoles n’ont pas su tenir c’est bien celle d’une IA (Intelligence Artificielle) de qualité. La plupart du temps bête et primaire, quasiment identique à ce qui se faisait sur la génération précédente, l’IA des adversaires (et encore plus celle des coéquipiers gérés par la console) fait peine à voir. On nous avait pourtant promis monts et merveilles à ce sujet : des ennemis intelligents, réagissant en fonction des situations, pouvant élaborer des stratégies etc…

Cette vidéo de Far Cry 2 est un brin caricaturale (véridique mais caricaturale quant au sujet) mais a le mérite d’illustrer ce véritable problème qui existe encore dans les productions vidéo-ludiques actuelles. A quand une IA vraiment poussée, réagissant à nos actions et non aux stimulis imbéciles d’un code informatique l’obligeant à répéter inlassablement le même geste ? Je n’en sais rien mais probablement pas pour cette génération.