Nintendo will release Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 on DS in UK and Europe on October 7, it confirmed today. Joker 2 is a turn-based RPG spin-off of the blob-starring Dragon Quest series that Japan goes mental for with each new game,カバル RMT. This one sees the player working to scout out a team of fighters to battle their way to safety on a mysterious island. As Nintendo explains: "After the Albatross airship crash lands on a faraway island, you must capture and train the wild monsters you hunt down - building a team to help you battle other monster scouts in the annual race to become the world's greatest monster scout,Lineage2 RMT." It adds: "Rescue your fellow airship passengers and crew members who've gone missing and solve mysteries on the island to escape for good. With over 250 monsters on the island, including final and secret bosses from previous titles in the series,RMT, there is plenty to get your monster teeth into. You can also synthesise new monsters - allowing you to create and breed even more powerful monsters with exactly the right skill points for your needs."Online monster battles and trading features are in, and it even lets you "connect with owners of Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie and Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies via Tag Mode to scout out monsters from even more faraway lands".
2012年11月20日星期二
Remnant Knights Anime Me This!
By Neil Kewn (Murxidon) – OnRPG JournalistI am not a fan of anime. Not in the slightest. I would like to say I share this opinion but these days I’m almost certainly in the minority - people love the Japanese art style and there are plenty of MMOs around that cater for it. OnRPG itself has a sub forum devoted to anime, and I can’t seem to read a thread without seeing at least one member hold an avatar of their favorite manga character. Logging into free-to-play MMO Remnant Knights for the first time, I wondered if the cutesy style and bright colors would discourage fans of the more visceral, realistic MMORPGs (like me, for example). Of course, graphics aren’t everything, and there’s a lot more to Remnant Knight’s than meets the eye.Published by GameSamba, the game doesn’t drop you into the middle of a rent-a-world expecting you to fend for yourself. You are a member of one of two different schools, the Dragon or Owl institute. The former specializes in physical achievement whilst members of Owl enjoy spell casting and intellect over brute force. Accounts are limited by school, so if you create a character in Owl you can’t create another in Dragon. The creation process allows you to pick a Major (similar to real college but without the exorbitant fees), and this will act as your chosen specification. The Gun Circle deploy long range weaponry, The Magic Circle can use their powers to attack enemies or to heal allies and the Fight circle enjoy being in the thick of a battle. The school you choose determines your starting area and your faction, in a sense.As a member of Owl Institute, teacher and student introductions were the first order of business. These act as a helpful tutorial, along with pop up prompts that show basic gameplay tips. The play style isn’t drastically different from most MMOs so there isn’t that much to learn if you are familiar with the genre. Killing enemies and completing quests earns experience that grants Skill Points when you level up. These are spent improving abilities, and you actually complete semesters and move up grades as you level.Remnant Knight aims to be accessible. Quests are quick to complete and you are always given directions as to where to go. Unfortunately the quests aren’t as novel as the narrative, with kill and collect quests taking up a large portion of your time in the early game. The tasks given to you are predictably strange. Hunting Gingerbread Men, disposing of murderous trash cans and finding Halloween costumes aren’t the type of quests you would find in a more mature MMO, but it goes hand in hand with RK’s cartoony style and childish nature.As shown in the screenshots, Remnant Knights visual style is heavily influenced by anime and cartoons. Employing an art style more reminiscent of Toontown Online than Flyff, the world of Kasmari consists of houses made out of cake and more primary colors than you can shake a stick at. You would be forgiven for dismissing the game as an overly simplified casual title, but thankfully there’s enough depth, dynamics and fun here to dismiss such claims. The story is written by renowned comic book writer Jim Krueger, and is one of the game’s most appealing features.Combat is fast and fluid in Remnant Knights,ドラクエ10 RMT. Attacks are effective but not too powerful, and the quick animations and limited cool downs help give a nice sense of flow to battles. Often you will face groups of enemies placed close together. A Tension bar fills with each kill, granting you access to more powerful and over-the-top attacks that can dispose of troublesome mobs with ease. The main enemies in the game are called Skalari, beings from another dimension that apparently only “youths” can see. They often drop orbs that instantly recover HP and MP, helping keep downtime to a minimum.Performance wise, the game isn’t strenuous on systems and the frame rate holds up well. Fortunate, as those great animations and spell effects really add to the aesthetic of the game. One of the reoccurring issues I had with the game was actually with its launcher, which can best be described as “useless”. It often becomes unresponsive and sometimes refuses to patch. The actual installation process had its own problems, as I suffered from a widely reported issue regarding incorrect version numbers stemming from installing the game in the wrong directory. Try installing to the root of your hard drive if you are having similar problems.The Samba Shop is where players go to get their premium fix for an otherwise free-to-play game. Stocking clothes, consumables, accessories and mounts, there are products that will appease the aesthetically challenged or keep those who just that want a little boost happy. The store doesn’t do a particularly great job in explaining what all of the items do, and some of them actually expire after a certain number of days. Otherwise, it is well stocked with items that won’t spoil the game for the free players. Interestingly you can complete surveys and offers to earn Samba points instead of paying for them with a credit card.Remnant Knights is an accessible MMO that is both fun and rewarding to play,maplestory RMT. Despite being relatively new the game has everything you would expect from a modern day MMO game. Player versus Player combat is here including a school versus school competition called “Marble Battle”, in addition to banking, auction houses and pets. Not all of this is available at the start, meaning the more you play (and the more you level), the more features you unlock. The game is currently in open beta so it is in need of a little polish, but Remnant Knights would make a fine addition to anyone’s anime MMO collection and is definitely one to keep an eye on. Feel free to give it a shot for yourself,カバル RMT.Graphics – 3 Controls – 4 Features – 4 Customization – 3 Community - 3
2012年11月14日星期三
Read the Dead Island comic now
If you didn't make it to the San Diego Comic Con last month you didn't get a copy of the Dead Island comic Deep Silver was giving away there. That's okay though - it's online now. Deep Silver has made the full Dead Island comic available as a digital comic on Marvel's site. It serves as a prequel to the anticipate FPS that "introduces journalist Roger Howard, who has travelled to Banoi to investigate the illegal exploitation of the island's resources." According to the blurb,DQ10 RMT, Howard's investigations in the Royal Palms Resort hotel leads him to discover "a terrible surprise that no one could ever expect...". Zombies, maybe,ドラクエ10 RMT? Just a hunch.Dead Island takes place on a holiday resort that's been overrun with zombies,aion RMT, and sees players using whatever objects they can lay their hands on to survive. Check out our most recent Dead Island preview.Read the full comic through here. Mike Jackson
The Stanley Cup Rides Shotgun on Road Tri
When faced with a choice between who rides up front -- your best friend or The Stanley Cup -- always ALWAYS choose ... THE STANLEY CUP!!Last weekend -- the cup spent a day with NHL star Dustin Byfuglien -- who played on the Chicago Blackhawks squad when they won the championship this year,メイプルストーリー RMT. ,aion RMT; Dude was rollin' around Roseau, Minnesota when he decided to make a gas run -- and brought Stanley along for the ride. The person who took this photo was just filling up at the gas station when the car rolled in -- with Stanley buckled up for safety in the front seat. Shockingly -- it's not the most random place we've seen Stanley ... earlier this year he kicked it with Justin Bieber, hit the club scene in Hollywood and rode a float in a gay pride parade.
2012年11月5日星期一
War of Angels Heaven or Hell
By Bryan King, OnRPG JournalistWar of Angels, developed by NJ Interactive and published by Neowiz, is an MMO fantasy roleplaying game with a unique set of features, including a guild city system, as well as aerial and underwater combat. Players can link up to explore massive scaled dungeons, chat in town, and fight with other players in order to rise to the top.10,000 years ago. Earth faced the greatest danger to its existence. Dertgotz, a fallen angel who once was a celestial god, was expelled because of his greedy, cruel nature. He marched into the human world with his army of evil. Many lives were lost and much of the land was destroyed. Slowly yet surely, the human world was consumed by Dertgotz's inconceivably vast and evil power. The war for survival against Dertgotz continued for many years. A human hero eventually appeared, and grew powerful enough to rival Dertgotz's might with the help of his trusted comrades. After a long and perilous journey,ダークブラッド RMT, this hero and his comrades were finally able to defeat Dertgotz and his evil soldiers. War of Angels’ character creation isn’t a far stretch beyond anything we’ve seen before. Upon initial creation, characters are able to choose a single class, and then upgrade to a subclass at level 20. As of right now, there are four classes. The Fighter, Rogue, Ranger, and Mage. The Fighter is able to promote to Warrior or Knight, the Rogue is able to choose between Scout or Avenger, the Ranger is able to choose between Hunter and Archer, and the Mage is able to choose between Cleric or Sorcerer. In order to fulfill my fantasies of casting hellish… err… angelic magic bolts from the sky, I rolled with a Mage.WoA doesn&rsquo,メイプルストーリー RMT;t offer much in terms of customization, with a generic Face, Hair Style, Color, Weapon, and Armor Color selector, along with a size selector. However, the amount of effort that went into the armor and weapon selector is quite impressive and provides a good insight on how a character is going to look at later levels.Although War of Angels mixes the best of Eastern and Western developer clichés in MMOs, it at least produces a tolerable MMO soup. The same basic principles from other MMOs apply: hotbars, targeting, casting and combat are all present and standard. However, the added element of Flight adds a whole new dimension of fun.Flight has become an added plane of gameplay in other games such as Perfect World and Aion, yes, but the fluidity in War of Angels is surprisingly well done, and provides an enjoyable experience throughout the entire game, because wings are available from level one and onwards. Another cool element about War of Angels lies in the Deathblow system, which allows players to gain a reservoir of energy from killing monsters. You are able to fill up to three tiers of this Deathblow energy, with each additional tier providing a greater and flashier killing strike.I found questing in War of Angels to be quite a unique system, as choosing various replies to NPCs can determine your player’s alignment and what faction you join later on in the game. For example, gladly accepting all quests you come across will most likely increase your character’s disposition to “Good”, but if you gladly tell an NPC to “screw off”, your disposition will lower. This will determine what side of the grid your character will fight on inside late-game RvR, as well as your guild’s affiliation.The coolest implementation of this system was being asked by an NPC to deliver a package to another. In most MMOs this would be a boring and pointless gopher mission. But in War of Angels the NPC kept stressing how important it was for me to return the package unopened. Of course, my curiosity got the best of me, and I opened it. Inside was great armor for my level, gold, and potions. However, this did not go unpunished, and my disposition dropped by a lot, leading me towards fighting for the faction of “Evil”. To be honest… I was okay with this. Can anyone say &ldquo,aion RMT;Hell’s Angels”?In conclusion, War of Angels’ gameplay is simplistic in nature, but every decision you make could shape your future, which provides a whole new level of fun and immersion. Being able to take combat to new planes of air and sea also allows for a whole new level of fun gameplay. There is a guild building system that has a ton of features, as well. Guild leaders are able to establish bases for their members that provide plenty of perks, and although I wasn’t able to test this, the general consensus of the population was that it is a fun toy to fiddle with and has resulted in some great guild “decoration” events run by veteran players.My first impression with War of Angels’ graphics as of the recent graphics update was the amount of work that went into it. I had a short run in with War of Angels prior to their major update, and at the time took little notice of the game’s bland exterior. However, the new update has definitely provided a benchmark for the future of microtransaction-based F2P games, as the log in screen provided a feeling one gets after seeing that ugly girl from high school turn into a world-renown supermodel.The water effects, character design, and general feel of the game has gotten a complete overhaul, and it’s apparent in the new login screen as well as the game’s environments. I am personally pleased to see the new graphics within the game giving a boost to the game’s general feel and UI, and players who left solely due to the game’s aesthetics should definitely come back and try it to see for themselves.In conclusion, War of Angels is a cut above many somewhat generic F2P games. It has features that are very rare within the genre, and provide players with a strong community aspect in terms of guild base creation. Flight based gameplay and freedom of choice while questing also add to War of Angel’s overall value. The new graphics overhaul is what won me over in the end. For those who are looking for a game similar to AION but aren’t willing to pay, your search may end here.Graphics - 4/5 Gameplay – 3.5/5 Features 3.5/5 Customization 2/5
2012年11月3日星期六
Rare GoldenEye duo make millions
Two former Rare developers who helped create GoldenEye and Perfect Dark are set to scoop over £11 million each from selling a stake in their own business. Russell Irwin and Beau Cheslukho founded online advertising company Telemetry after leaving the UK developer three years agoTelemetry records data on the number of people who click through after watching online ads,ダークブラッド RMT. Irwin and Chesluk, alongside co-founder Anthony Rushton, are in talks to sell a 20.4% stake in the start-up Telemetry. If the deal goes through, they will scoop £11.4 million a piece. And, presumably, dance like loons - perhaps even in front of Kinect Sports.Buyers interested in the stake are said to include Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse,メイプルストーリー RMT. If Telemetry is sold for the target price, it will value the three-year-old company at £175m. Mr Rushton confirmed that the company was in talks to sell the stake but refused to identify bidders. Several London venture capitalists are thought to be interested in buying into the company. Deloitte has been brought in to ready the company for sale. They predict the company will be worth $786m (£486m) by 2014.Mr Rushton said the sale would be used to gauge the interest of institutional investors ahead of a London flotation by 2015: "We are growing rapidly and need to sell equity in the business in order to become a $1bn online video company before we float in a few years." Last year's adjusted profits were £5m on sales of £24m,ro RMT, the firm said.The company recently signed a three-year deal to deliver and monitor ads for Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Cillit Bang, Dettol and Strepsils. It has also signed a deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and home to Stella Artois, Beck's and Budweiser. Tim Ingham
2012年11月2日星期五
Starcraft 2 Journey to Diamond League Wk9
By Mohammad Abubakr, OnRPG JournalistIf you missed any of the previous weeks in my journey to diamond league,pso2 RMT, check out the Starcraft II review section. (http://www.onrpg.com/MMO/Starcraft-II/reviews)Games played: 10Initial Rank: Silver - 38Final Rank: Silver - 31Win/Loss: 5/5Facing a Zerg on the map Tal'darim Altar made me think I would be safe from early aggression and free to drone because of the map size. I scouted a large amount of Zerglings in my opponent’s base but continued to drone until my baneling nest was complete,メイプルストーリー RMT.I was hoping that my banelings would be ready by the time the attack came as just two to three banelings should have been enough to fend off the attack. Unfortunately the attack came sooner than expected and one spine crawler with four zerglings were not able to stop the attack. I was forced to concede upon losing all of my drones,ダークブラッド RMT.After reflecting upon that match I felt that I was being much too greedy. I expanded and continued to drone even after I saw a large amount of zerglings. My initial thought was that he produced a large force of zerglings just for defensive purposes but I was wrong. If my opponent wanted to simply defend a small amount of zerglings with one or two banelings would have sufficed. I need to work on my reactions.The following game was my second time going up against drop play on the ladder. I only had experience with drops a couple weeks ago when an opponent used it against me for the very first time, other than that the only time I had seen it was while watching tournaments. My opponent was a Terran player that spawned close by air on the map Shattered Temple. He continued to apply pressure with marine and marauder drops in my main base denying mining time and forcing cancels on the spire. After losing the spire I should have morphed it outside of my main to avoid getting it denied as mutalisks would have allowed me to easily fend off drops.I had overlords to spot incoming drops but my reaction time was not quick enough. He would drop in front of mineral patches so that my Zerglings were unable to attack his units from all sides. This gave him the advantage because his ranged units could continue to attack while my melee units had to get close.The third drop finished the game as I had no chance of making a comeback upon losing my lair. I am quite good at focusing on the mini map in MOBA games but I have difficulty keeping track of it in SCII. This is probably because I have a lot more things I need to focus on, while in MOBA games I only need to worry about positioning for one unit.I played the following game against a Terran on Typhon Peaks very passively and only produced units when defending. Since we were spawned close by ground, the Xel Naga tower helped to warn me about any incoming attacks. I only produced an army when I saw an attack coming and continued to drone otherwise.This helped me to build up my economy and make good use of my limited larvae. His attacks were with small armies composed of marine, marauder and siege tanks. Therefore I morphed zerglings, banelings and mutalisks and with the help of spine crawlers I was able to fend off attacks with ease.After setting up my third base, I morphed a large army and overran his base. While he might have been able to defend, I made sure to kill all of his workers with my banelings. He was smart to leave the game.The next game my Protoss opponent four gated me. I was able to hold off the aggression but since he had walled himself in, I had no scouting information. I forgot about my overlord and did not use it to scout. Turns out he also had hidden starports and was aiming to follow up the four gate with a void ray and phoenix attack. My spire was not complete when his air army showed up and was forced to concede because I had nothing to fight his air army. Once again I have lost a game due to a lack of vision. It might take some time getting used to continuously scouting and gaining information but I feel after I learn to scout effectively these cheese and all-in plays will not be very effective against me as they are meant to surprise opponents.Although I did not play a lot of SCII games this week because of limited time, I think I am making progress. By the end of the week some of my opponents were gold league players. Hopefully I'll be able to join them soon.If there are any suggestions or feedback about this series, please let me know on the OnRPG forums (http://www.onrpg.com/boards/) @ Abubakr (http://www.onrpg.com/boards/member-abubakr.html). Alternatively you may message me in Starcraft II (Abubakr, 109).
2012年11月1日星期四
癌症男子难忍病痛自杀 女友曾不离不弃陪伴
8月8日晚上，晓慧(化名)去男友小伟(化名)租住在合肥的住处探望患淋巴癌的他。可是迎接她的，却是大门紧闭，毫无声息。等到房东将房门打开，晓慧发现躺在床上的小伟已经没了气息，他的身边放着一个空的安眠药瓶。
他走了，留下父母和深爱着他的女友痛苦不已。
房门打开，他已经走了
8日晚上，租住在望城店的小伟一家大门紧闭，看不到灯光，也没有声音，看上去很是宁静。
罹患淋巴癌一年多的小伟，近期被难耐的疼痛折磨，已是不堪忍受，从他家经过的邻居,DQ10 RMT，常能听到他的呻吟声。可是在这个夜晚，邻居什么都没有听到，大家以为小伙子这天一切安好。
晓慧再一次走在去小伟家的路上，自小伟生病以来，她一直不离不弃，陪护在小伟身旁。这条路，一年多来，她不知道走了多少次。
在晚上10点之前，没有人能料想到，这个已经饱受磨难的家庭，将会遭受更大的打击。
“开门啊，有人吗，快开门啊，开门啊！”晚上10点左右，晓慧到小伟家，敲了半天门也没有回应。她更用力地敲门，大声呼叫着。不少邻居都被惊动了。
“可能是出去了吧，别着急。”好心邻居这样安慰晓慧，她却坚持要把房东喊来打开小伟家的门。
终于，门被打开了。小伟走了。
“人躺在床上，没气息了，床边还有空的安眠药瓶。”邻居想起这一幕，一脸不忍。“小伙子得淋巴癌，最近疼得厉害，常去医院急救，前几天刚从医院回来。估计是疼得忍不住了，趁父母不在家才会……”说到这里，邻居唏嘘不已。
一年多来，她不离不弃
据邻居介绍，小伟一家是为了给他治病才从肥西老家搬到合肥租住在望城店的。
“听说是去年查出来的，当时就已经是晚期了,ダークブラッド RMT，住这里是为了到附近的医院看病。这病疼得厉害，开始一疼就送医院，后来医院都……唉……医院说治不了的。”邻居告诉记者。
9日上午，小伟肥西老家的亲戚结伴来到望城店，见小伟最后一面。他们到时,ドラクエ10 RMT，晓慧正在小伟家里陪着伤心欲绝的小伟父母。
“这女孩子真不错，小伙子病了那么久，她一直陪在他身边，不离不弃。”邻家大哥提起晓慧，很感动。不仅是他，在望城店这个小小的棚户区内，晓慧伴在小伟身边悉心照料他的模样，给不少居民留下深刻印象。
“男孩疼得厉害，女孩一边哭一边安慰他。我当时看了都忍不住抹眼泪。”路口小店老板想起晓慧给小伟买东西大方、给自己买东西“抠门”的样子很难过，“她什么都以男朋友为主，要给他最好的。”
“人家说久病床前无孝子，可是这年头，还能有这样的姑娘，一年多始终伺候在重病男友身边，真让人想不到。”
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