Dungeon Defense: Soooo purple
Unreal Tournament 3: Very Spooky..
Dungeon Defenders: AHH Lava!!
Tranformers War on Cybertron: Hey Optimus Siege is a kind of real time strategy game where there are two sides. The person playing is always the attacker and the defender is always the computer. The player sets up his army, which then walk in a straight line at the enemy. If they defeat the defenders the soldiers then march to the enemies base and destroy it. Once destroyed the winning credits appear and the player who wins gets an assortment of gold as well as bragging rights.
Before bragging rights however the gamer has other options during setup. Besides the army the player can equip themselves with heroes who have different special powers on the field. These powers come in handy when trying to press the advantage or as a strategic defense.
Heroes can also be purchased at the browser screen where the player picks battles. It will cost the gamer real cash however. The browser view is also the place where battles are chosen and the latest news of the players exploits are shown like taxes or battle reports. Finally, the player may invite his or her friends to join the game and play alongside them.
Social games for many of its players are a misnomer. There really isn’t any socializing to be had in this game like many other face-book centric games. Developers haven’t really found a way to bring gamers together other than multi-invite and spamming “Achievements” on pages. If two people could actually be playing this game at once it would be far more interesting. As it stands its a very click and win system. There is also something to be said about micro-selling.
Micro-selling can be a big part of a developer game. A excellent example is Gunbound because a player can simply buy the more extravagant and powerful gear from the start. However, the player that doesn’t want to spend real world cash can earn that same goal through tons of playing. While in Siege the extra heroes seem to only be bought through the system rather than earned as well. It makes the game feel like a chore.
The other part that feels like a chore is playing battle after battle. Watching a few warriors battle it out on this map is cool the first few times but with one map and not much variety it wears on the gamer. The developers will hopefully see this flaw and the few others mentioned and make the needed changes to give this game some extra spunk.
Siege has a decent start into the social games put onto the internet. It has small armies killing one another. The game boasts some strategy from both an offensive and defensive position. It feels at its best though unfinished. There needs to be more player interaction and far more variety or it wont be accepted by the multitudes.
Fate starts us off with a great cutscene that doesn’t necessarily have much to do with the plot. It explains why two of the three members are together in the party but seems to have seemingly nothing to do with the plot. Gamers start in the small steam-punk village of Ebel City as the leader of the team. Vashyron, Zephyr, and Leilana are mercenaries for hire who fix problems in the tower they live on.
Out of combat exploring the world with these characters is easily done. Players move with the left thumb stick and talk to there surroundings be it item or person with the A button. The buttons stay consistent with A always being the initiate button while B serves to cancels commands. The Y button opens the party menu. The shoulder buttons cycle through characters on the screen which means the player can explore as there favorite character. All together exploring and managing the party isn’t overly complicated.
However, combat in this game is complicated. Players must learn through a 11 step tutorial to learn how to fly across the battle field with guns blazing madly. The combat is complicated but the buttons are simple. Without becoming to involved, all the face buttons have a simple function as well as the shoulder buttons as well. The left thumb-stick controls character movement and the right thumb-stick moves the camera. The gamer will have an easy time with the interface though the health bars may be confusing at first. With little time spent in the game Resonance of Fate’s combat interface will be easy to pick up.
The other very simplified part of Resonance of Fate is exploring the world. The gamer puts down hexagons to electrify the locales around them. Once done, if anything is underneath the newly powered panel something like treasure or a entire city at some point may pop up. It was a clever way the developers could have the players both explore and feel like they are getting to become apart of the world around them. There always seems like a grand ambition as one plays the game.
The developer Tri-Ace must have known the ambition behind there game would confuse players. Even though the world seems intricate yet somehow vast, the simple controls actually enhance the experience. Inside combat, the controls are simple enough to grasp too. Because the gameplay is complicated and strategic, controls aren’t complex. If they were, the gamer would be simultaneously be thinking of strategy and then how to perform it on the controller.
Controller or not the gameplay can become far more complex at times. Regardless though, this game is fun. Gamers will analyze battles up and down then act according to there plan. Developers made it for the players who like to think and players will do just that.
