Dead Rising 3
General Information: Dead Rising 3 is a Xbox One exclusive title that was first announced E3 2013, 10 June. The game was released 22 November 2013. Dead Rising 3 is a survival horror game where you roam a city infected by a zombie apocalypse.
You play as Nick Ramos, a mechanic. You roam the city after a massive zombie outbreak, you have around 7 days to escape before a military strike wipes out the city and kills all zombies. You meet many other survivors, and build a plane to escape the city.
Different to previous Dead Rising Games, you can save the game anywhere you want. There is no more time limit in the game either, though, players can switch to 'Nightmare Mode' which allows all these features.
Xbox One: The Xbox One next gen consoles has allowed hundreds of zombies to be rendered on the screen at the same time. There are many commands the Xbox One's kinnect can understand and communicate with the game, for example: "over here!" attracts zombies to you.
Singleplayer: Complete the main story, side missions and little challenges. You can find blueprints to create combo weapons (Like Dead Rising 2) but except this time, these weapons are a lot cooler and there are many more, for a fact, over 100. As for vehicles, come on, nothing beats the new RollerHawg, it's a steam roller attached to a motorcycle, it shoots fire! There are also a lot more vehicles. Like previous games, you can find survivors, surrounded by zombies. You must clear the zombies around the survivors to rescue them, but they do not survive all the time. Sometimes the survivors will end up adventuring with you. Overall, this game is kinda like a mini open world. You can go exploring for items and blueprints, change your look (even to a Lego man looking person).
Co-op: Dead Rising 3 supports co-op. You could be playing and be at chapter 1, go into a friends game who is on chapter 4 and finish chapter 4, come back to your game and you would have already finished chapter 4, it's an amazing zombie killing experience you can enjoy with friends through Xbox Live.
Wrap Up: Dead Rising 3 is a fun, endless zombie killing spree, it brings out the awesome features that a Xbox One can.
7.5/10- Lime Game Reviews
7/10- Gamespot
8.3/10- IGN
References: Wikipedia - Game Review Scores
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
General Information:
Ubisoft's latest edition to the Assassin's Creed franchise, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, has taken many by surprise. The game was first announced around 28 February 2013. The game was released 29 October 2013 (US) (PS3, Xbox 360) and 19 November 2013 (US) (PC, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4) (PC requirements down the bottom of page)
Assassin's Creed 3 to many people wasn't a very good game, which when Assassin's Creed 4 was first announced and was featuring more pirates than assassin's, some were a bit weary.
Let me tell you now. If you buy the game, you won't be disappointed! Assassin's Creed 4 is an open world, progression game with over 60 different destinations to travel to including Havana, Kingston and Nassau.
You play as EDWARD JAMES KENWAY a pirate trained by assassin's (So far as I know he doesn't end up getting trained by assassin's) The story is that you are an new employee at 'Abstergo Entertainment'. You are sent into the animus to retrieve the best and most exciting parts of Edward's life. Unlike Assassin's Creed 3, where you were Desmond Miles sent into the animus to save the world. You are sent into a carribean world where you sail your ship the 'Jackdaw' with your crew and you meet some of the most famous pirates like Blackbeard.
There are many new features that weren't in previous games. For example, eagle visions now locks on to targets, free aim, new weapons and so on. One feature that was loved by many in AC3 was sailing, with the game including pirates, there is sailing in AC4.
Single player:
What I love about AC4 is that it is open world, every bit on the world is textured, you can explore anywhere you want, on ground, on sea and even underwater. The upgrades are amazing, there are new swords, pistols and there are many new upgrades for your ship. You can fight enemy ships and choose to board them and steal there cargo or sink them to the bottem of the ocean. You go to islands and do assassination contacts, find treasure (Using treasure maps), Dive underwater and search old ship wrecks, take down forts and then they are yours, no one else (The forts fire at enemy ships) It is your world. You don't always have to do the missions, you do what you please.
Multiplayer:
Multiplayer is pretty much the same as AC3. Besides the Game Lab, new maps and the new game modes. Players can now modify the game modes in the Game Lab.
Wrap Up:
So one word for this game: awesome! If you have $60 and nothing to spend it on, buy Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, trust me, you won't be disappointed, it's one of the best.
9/10- Lime Game Reviews
9/10- Gamespot
8.5/10- IGN
Four Stars (8/10)- Joystiq
PC Requirements:
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Minimum:
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Q6400 2.13Ghz or AMD Athlon II X4 620
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870
- Ram: 2GB
- OS: Windows Vista 32 bit
- Hardrive (HDD) space: 30GB
- DirectX: DX 10
Recommended:
- CPU: Intel Core i5-2400S 2.5GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 940
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
- Ram: 4GB
- OS: Windows 7 64bit
- Hardrive (HDD) space: 30 GB
- DirectX: DX 11
- Lime Game Reviews
