Saturday, June 12, 2004
Extreme Games Assault Cup (EGAC)
Extreme Games Assault Cup (EGAC)
If you know Unreal Tournament's Assault Mode, it will take you a whole 2 seconds to understand the concept of EGAC.
Just a couple of weeks after EGSC there is a big league just around the corner.
Players are free to form their own, custom teams in EGAC. That means we will see lots of inter-squad Assault teams which, from my point of view, is very interesting and serves the competition in Extreme Games. Assault Cup feautures tiny bases which are hard to defend... but on the other hand the attackers only have 6 minutes to attack so it's pretty balanced. Right now there is only a temporary beta map in ?go #egac so there is no way to tell how the final map will look like. 3 bases are still missing plus you can't fly thru the tunnels yet.
Settings aint ready yet as well. Judging by the map layout I would say that it will use turf style flags which are fixed instead of the usual carry-and-drop flagging. When I went there to test the map I could pick up flags in center... so It's pretty easy to tell that the arena settings aren't completely done yet.
All in all it's an interesting concept. EGAC is player-run, has new bases, new settings, new team sizes (6 players per team) and teams.
If team sign-ups go well, it will be impossible to predict the Cup winner. It will be interesting to see how well players adapt to the new gameplay with is very fast and without many bells and whistles.
I'm off to watch portugal-greece now - 1:0 greece 6th minute ;)
If you know Unreal Tournament's Assault Mode, it will take you a whole 2 seconds to understand the concept of EGAC.
Just a couple of weeks after EGSC there is a big league just around the corner.
Players are free to form their own, custom teams in EGAC. That means we will see lots of inter-squad Assault teams which, from my point of view, is very interesting and serves the competition in Extreme Games. Assault Cup feautures tiny bases which are hard to defend... but on the other hand the attackers only have 6 minutes to attack so it's pretty balanced. Right now there is only a temporary beta map in ?go #egac so there is no way to tell how the final map will look like. 3 bases are still missing plus you can't fly thru the tunnels yet.
Settings aint ready yet as well. Judging by the map layout I would say that it will use turf style flags which are fixed instead of the usual carry-and-drop flagging. When I went there to test the map I could pick up flags in center... so It's pretty easy to tell that the arena settings aren't completely done yet.
All in all it's an interesting concept. EGAC is player-run, has new bases, new settings, new team sizes (6 players per team) and teams.
If team sign-ups go well, it will be impossible to predict the Cup winner. It will be interesting to see how well players adapt to the new gameplay with is very fast and without many bells and whistles.
I'm off to watch portugal-greece now - 1:0 greece 6th minute ;)
Friday, June 04, 2004
StepMania - Dance Dance Revolution Clone for PC
StepMania - Dance Dance Revolution Clone for PC
We played 2 hours of StepMania today... and in case you're wondering:
StepMania is a PC counterpart to arcade dance games like Konami's famous Dance Dance Revolution series. Although Konami already released a PC port of DDR in 2001, I'd always prefer StepMania:
It's free, constantly updated, includes all modes of DDR, can handle a virtually unlimited amount of songs, supports add-on packs, custom characters and sound files and so, so much more. If you're looking for a fun game which requires you to stand up and get active, download StepMania and buy a dance mat or dance pad. Lots of fun guaranteed.
We played 2 hours of StepMania today... and in case you're wondering:
StepMania is a PC counterpart to arcade dance games like Konami's famous Dance Dance Revolution series. Although Konami already released a PC port of DDR in 2001, I'd always prefer StepMania:
It's free, constantly updated, includes all modes of DDR, can handle a virtually unlimited amount of songs, supports add-on packs, custom characters and sound files and so, so much more. If you're looking for a fun game which requires you to stand up and get active, download StepMania and buy a dance mat or dance pad. Lots of fun guaranteed.
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Viper Racing Grand Touring Championship
Viper Racing Grand Touring Championship
I just can't seem to beat my Personal Best in Sega Rally 2 (4:04... duh) this summer, that's why I am always looking for new racing games. Arcade or simulation - who cares as long as it is fun to play.
Viper Racing by Sierra is one of these racing sims that are unsupported and nearly forgotten. It's a great game with a hard single player mode if you choose to play the simulation mode. On the other side, the game also offers an arcade and intermediate mode for those of us who come from the consoles and Need For Speed Underground ;)
The game features just one car: the Viper (who would have expected it?). During your single player career you can of course buy car add-ons and also customize your power monster on 4 wheels with some paint and racing stripes...
Overall, it's a solid racing sim, nothing fancy but lots of possibilities to play with your car setup.
What I didn't know about Viper Racing yet was the fact that a small online community also released a set of new GT cars and tracks. I installed them in a couple of minutes and it's lots of fun to drive the Ferrari 360 GT1, McLaren F1 GTR and Porsche 996 GT1 RS on tracks like Monza, Mugello and Assen which are pure eye candy compared to the generic tracks that came with the original Viper Racing.
However, if you look for sensation of speed, Viper Racing wont be your game. You can choose the bumper cam and it still feels like 100kmh when you're actually in 6th gear and going 300kmh+.
I'm sure gonna try online racing with it, at least until GTR comes out.
I just can't seem to beat my Personal Best in Sega Rally 2 (4:04... duh) this summer, that's why I am always looking for new racing games. Arcade or simulation - who cares as long as it is fun to play.
Viper Racing by Sierra is one of these racing sims that are unsupported and nearly forgotten. It's a great game with a hard single player mode if you choose to play the simulation mode. On the other side, the game also offers an arcade and intermediate mode for those of us who come from the consoles and Need For Speed Underground ;)
The game features just one car: the Viper (who would have expected it?). During your single player career you can of course buy car add-ons and also customize your power monster on 4 wheels with some paint and racing stripes...
Overall, it's a solid racing sim, nothing fancy but lots of possibilities to play with your car setup.
What I didn't know about Viper Racing yet was the fact that a small online community also released a set of new GT cars and tracks. I installed them in a couple of minutes and it's lots of fun to drive the Ferrari 360 GT1, McLaren F1 GTR and Porsche 996 GT1 RS on tracks like Monza, Mugello and Assen which are pure eye candy compared to the generic tracks that came with the original Viper Racing.
However, if you look for sensation of speed, Viper Racing wont be your game. You can choose the bumper cam and it still feels like 100kmh when you're actually in 6th gear and going 300kmh+.
I'm sure gonna try online racing with it, at least until GTR comes out.
