THE EYE OF JUDGMENT
Genre: Action, Puzzle
Publisher: SCEA
System: PLAYSTATION®3
Release Date: 10/2007
Players: 1-2
Max. players online: 2
Required hard disk space: 1903
GAME DESCRIPTION
Sony Computer Entertainment introduces a new concept in trading card games with THE EYE OF JUDGMENT™ developed exclusively for PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Utilizing Hasbro® and its Wizards of the Coast subsidiary’s trading card expertise, the immense power of the PS3® system, and the PLAYSTATION®Eye, Sony’s groundbreaking next-generation USB camera for PS3, THE EYE OF JUDGMENT provides a visually stunning experience that adds a third dimension to the trading card game genre.
Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, JAPAN Studio, THE EYE OF JUDGMENT presents a new style of gameplay where collectable trading cards, embedded with a CyberCode, are brought to life in the 3D game through use of the innovative PLAYSTATION Eye. Players compete by selecting a card and placing the coded card in front of the PLAYSTATION Eye for their respective creatures to come to life and battle on screen. Players take turns placing cards as they jostle for control; the winner is the first player to conquer five of the nine squares of the “9 Fields” battle mat. The gamers task is to conquer the board by deploying their cards more skillfully than their opponent.
Players have four ways to play THE EYE OF JUDGMENT, single player against their PS3, against an opponent in two-player mode, against an opponent online, or letting the PS3 play out a round with the cards the player owns. THE EYE OF JUDGMENT comes with a starter deck of 30 character and spell cards manufactured by Hasbro. Pre-constructed decks and booster packs, sold separately in stores, can be purchased to strategically build the perfect deck using the 110 cards unique cards available.
KEY FEATURES
- A revolutionary new way to use the PS3 system, based on traditional trading card games and given a new dimension in 3D by next-generation technology.
- Developed in collaboration with Hasbro and its Wizards of the Coast subsidiary that produces MAGIC: THE GATHERING.
- Four ways to play – player vs. PS3, player vs. player offline, player vs. player online, PS3 vs. PS3 using players own deck.
- High Definition 3D animated characters and vehicles come to life seamlessly into the on camera view of your tabletop.
- THE EYE OF JUDGMENT will be bundled with PLAYSTATION Eye, 9 Fields mat, stand, a starter deck of 30 cards, and a booster pack of 8 cards. More than 100 different characters and spells will be offered via additional booster packs and pre-constructed decks, available at major retail chains.
- THE EYE OF JUDGMENT is a socially engaging title that will appeal to gamers of all ages and abilities.
NBA Street Homecourt (PS3)
I have nothing against the PS3 launch titles. I could play Fight Night or Resistance till my thumbs fell off. That said, I was starting to get jealous of all the games showing up for the other next-gen machines. Well, the second wave of PS3 titles has hit and while it wasn’t quite the tsunami gamers might have been hoping for, it did deliver some quality stuff. Right up along with Virtua Fighter 5 is NBA Street Homecourt. EA’s first trip back to the blacktop in two years is an impressive one. Street vets may be let down by the slim variety of game modes, but the additions to the series will put a smile on the face of anyone who’s ever dreamed of rattling a rim.
Thanks to the power of your $600 monster, it’s no surprise that this is the nicest-looking street to date. The cartoony look of past games has been replaced by more photo-realistic action. Framerate is solid and even when things got intense, there was none of the occasional stuttering that I saw in the 360 version (I guess that’s what that extra coupla hundred bucks buys). The animations are all distinct, so it’s worth your while to dig deep into the game and the controls to come up with things you’ve never seen before.
Of course, that’ll mean learning a whole new set of controls. In an odd twist, the right stick — which has evolved into the key controller element in most sports titles — has been just about phased out. You use it to pass the ball to a teammate when you want to retain control of the passer. That’s it. If you’ve spent the past couple of years right-stick tricking your way through V3, you’ll have to unlearn some skills or you’re going to be whipping your Sixaxis against the wall. The practice mode will help you get a feel for the new lay-out, but you’ll still need to put in a mess of three-on-three minutes before you’ll feel totally comfortable.
What hasn’t changed is the basic goal of the game — fill up your Gamebreaker meter. Once it’s maxed out, the Earth’s gravitational pull on your players becomes even less of a hindrance. Sadly, while the dunks you get to make are a treat for the eyes, the cueing up of Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” every time you go into Gamebreaker mode will bum out your ears. I also wasn’t all that impressed with the ball-handling tricks during the Gamebreakers. At worst, they look like bad break-dancing moves from an ’80s hip-hip documentary. At best, they kind of look like some Capoeira moves that Eddy Gordo might bust out on a Tekken foe.
Helping you get to fill up your Gamebreaker meter and letting you do all sorts of absolutely nutty stuff on the court is the new Trick Remixer. Using the Square and Triangle buttons in combination with the R1 and R2 gives you an almost limitless number of tricks to perform. And once you get the feel for things, you’ll hardly miss any real right stick functionality.
Happily, you don’t need to constantly be in Gamebreaker mode — and listening to Herbie Hancock — to witness some of Homecourt’s coolest moves. New this time around are the double dunk, where if you time your move correctly, your man will grab the ball as it’s going through the hoop the first time and send it back for a second time. During a Gamebreaker, you can actually pull off a triple dunk. Maybe even cooler, though, are the jump-off dunks. Here, one of your guys will drop to the ground at the top of the key and let you use him as a launching pad to jump off for the dunk.
Guild Wars: Eye of the North (PC)
Set largely in the dungeons and caverns of the lands of Tyria that players first explored in Guild Wars Prophecies, Guild Wars Eye of the North has 18 multi-level dungeons, 150 skills across all 10 Guild Wars professions, 10 new Heroes, 40 new armor sets, and even more items, weapons and titles.
Guild Wars: Eye of the North is designed to be playable as long as gamers have the full version of any of the Guild Wars titles: Guild Wars: Prophecies, Guild Wars: Factions or Guild Wars: Nightfall.
Developer ArenaNet Publisher NCsoft Genre RPG Release Date August 31, 2007 ESRB Rating Pending GameSpy Score N/A
