Wooo !! Valve have just announced that Left 4 Dead 2 will be hitting shelves storewide later this year. According to Valve, Left 4 Dead 2 will be a much larger game than the original, and features new co-op and versus campaigns, all-new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, as well as melee combat.
Here are some of the information I gathered regarding the game. Please note that much of this information is preliminary, and may not be consistent with future information.
Game Information
- Release: November 17, 2009
- Platforms: Windows and Xbox 360
- Engine: Source
Highlighted Features
- 5 new campaigns
- 4 new characters
- 4 new melee weapons: axe, chainsaw, frying pan, and baseball bat.
- New ranged weapons: pistols, silenced SMG, new shotgun, new sniper rifle.
- New (heretofore unknown) game mode
- Updated “AI Director 2.0″
- New Infected types (e.g. Charger)
- Missions in full daylight
Other Features
-Will work with community maps from the current one
- A more coherent storyline between campaigns with more tie-ins
- Round characters: over the campaigns, their personalities and relationships will change.
- Still no backstory to the infection.
- Left 4 Dead 1 content may be included in the DVD, so that Xbox players will not have to switch DVDs to play the old content.
- All current game modes will (most likely) be included.
Campaigns
The Parish
The final campaign in the main story sequence. Set in New Orleans, LA, it features daytime gameplay and a primarily urban setting. The goal of the map is to battle through various parts of the city (including the French Quarter) to escape on a military vehicle. Gameplay footage reveals building-to-building tactics as well as an elaborate scene where the Survivors must race across a bridge littered with cars, Infected, and dangerous drops. There also appears to be a much greater emphasis on other humans, as fighter jets can be seen in the background. This comes in stark contrast to the current L4D, which has a decidedly more bleak outlook with almost no show of a cohesive defense against the outbreak.
Other Campaigns
Very few details are available about other campaigns right now, but there are five, total. The first campaign is set in Savannah, where the infection has not completely taken hold yet. Between Savannah and New Orleans, there may be some swamp-based campaigns.
Characters
Coach
A high school football coach who used to play for a college team until he had a career-ending knee injury and decided to get his degree. He’s from the Savannah, GA area, and is used to handling kids and parents.
Rochelle
A northerner from Cleveland. She has a degree in communications and always wanted to be involved in the news. After working for a cable news station as an associate manager, doing meaningless tasks, she was promoted and sent to produce a story in Savannah, where some kind of odd occurrences were happening.
Ellis
A smart, fun-loving, beer-loving, goofiness-loving mechanic with Southern flare. Need we say more?
Nick
A gambler, conman, and all-around picaresque personality in a slick, expensive suit, Nick joins the other three and is unsure about whether or not he can trust them. He’s the most cynical and bitter of the Survivors, and is still trying to figure out the best “angle” to get from the recent zombie apocalypse. Over time, he begins to value his new compatriots.
Weapons
- The axe will be able to crown a Witch if used properly.
- The pan will make a CLANG sound when used.
- The silencing of the SMG (a Mac-10) makes no difference in gameplay.
- The game appears to have multiple types of sidearms. Currently, two 9mm models have appeared in the videos: the Glock 17 and Sig Sauer.
- The new shotgun model appears based on the SPAS-12, but it is unclear if it has any effective difference from the Benelli M4.
- There will be a chainsaw. A chainsaw. Say it again. Chainsaw.
- New ammunition type: incendiary. After picking this up, your first clip will set fire to all Infected hit.
Infected
The Common Infected and current Special Infected will still be in the game. However, there will be some noticeable differences. Common Infected will be harder to kill. In the daytime, they won’t be able to see you from as far as in nighttime, and they will behave differently. They also have a different appearance. Clothing will be more in line with Southern appetites.
The Witch will behave differently during daytime. Instead of sitting, she will stand and wander around, making her much more difficult to crown. She may also turn around randomly.
Two new zombie types have been revealed: the Charger and the uncommon “suited” Infected.
The Charger is designed to defeat camping tactics by rushing Survivors. He is not as strong as a Tank, but can do serious damage. From some accounts, there is less warning when a Charger appears, so he may surprise you and your group, especially from the flanks. He has a habit of charging groups like a bull, tossing and stunning anyone he hits. However, he has trouble turning, and it may be possible to side-step him.
If the Charger grabs you, he picks you up (disabling you) and slams you to the ground repeatedly. Other Survivors must rescue you.
The suited Infected is a type of “uncommon Common” Infected who is immune to fire-based attacks like Molotovs.
Gameplay Changes
The developers have said that they want to change things up and throw off current tactics and exploits without changing too much of what made the original game so enjoyable. This means that there will be some game mechanics changes and some new challenges.
The AI Director (2.0) will have significantly more control. In addition to “his” current tasks of controlling spawns, item locations, and music, the new AID will also be able to control the layout of the map itself, changing the location of obstacles and available pathways. It can also control weather and other effects to completely customize the experience.
In addition to crescendos, the new experience will include “gauntlets”. These are designed to force Survivors to move by placing an objective at the end of a path. This objective must be reached to stop the hordes from coming. Stacking and camping will no longer be viable options for these.
Superficial Changes
- Increased gore
- More complex location damage (shearing of limbs, part of the chest, etc.)
1 more month before FFVII: Advent Children Complete Blu-ray hits the shelves !! Wooohooo. According to the news on blu-ray.com, this movie is estimated to hit store shelves on the 2nd of June. Sony Entertainment has also released the cover art (Front and back) for Advent Children Complete.
The movie will be presented in 1.78:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack in both the original Japanese and dubbed English languages. Special features include:
On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel (Animated Feature)
Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VII (Original Story Digest)
Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VII Compilation (Original Story Digest)
Legacy of Final Fantasy VII (Featurette)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (Trailer)
Exclusive Sneak Peek at Final Fantasy XIII (Wooot ??!!)
Sigh … It’s times like this I wished I had a PS3 or a Blu-ray player.
It was Tuesday night, a night when the maintenance of World of Warcraft takes place. So I had nothing better to do and decided to change the look of the website a bit. To those that did not notice, I actually changed the header of the website yesterday night. It is based on the anime called “Wolf’s Rain”, which is currently my favourite anime. I personally think that this header is not bad compared to the previous one. Although the design is a bit plain, sorry cause my designing skill is not that professional. But do give some comments anyway. It’s getting late now, still have to work tomorrow, so, peace out.
Ok, I’ll start by writing this 1st. I’m gonna keep it short cause I’m kinda tired, just finished work at 9:30 p.m. 1st of all, I would like to apologize for not posting up alot of pictures because I didnt bring my camera there =(. So the pictures i post here are taken from my friend who actually brought her canggih camera and spam photos (Deby, I curi some of your photos ok =D, Thx).
It was few weeks after CNY Chor 1, I went to Cherating for a 3 days 2 nights trip with my boy (Axel) and my husky club friends. It was a long drive there, we took around 4 hours to reach our destination. We stopped at a few rest stops on the way to have toilet breaks and tea break.
We started our journey at around 10 am and reach there at about 2pm. The resort we were staying in is called Ruby’s Resort. After checking in we spent the whole day chilling and relaxing until 6 pm. Then we took our furkids to the beach and have a short walk. Yes, we stayed at a seaside resort. After the walk, we head back to the chalet and clean ourselves before heading for dinner at the resort’s cafeteria. The food there was fairly good but abit pricey though.
Here’s a picture of the beach.
After dinner we continue to chill and relax in our chalet. We spend most of the night chatting away and having some drinks in the meantime.
This is my bed and beside me is one of my friend’s dog. She is called Kosmos.
The next morning we woke up at around 10 am and took around an hour to get ourselves ready before heading the the cafeteria to get our breakfast. After breakfast we went back to our chalet and started a mini casino there. Well, it was still CNY. One of my friend, Deby even brought her mahjong set over. but unfortunately, only 2 person knows how to play mahjong there (me & Deby), due to not enough “kaki”, the mahjong set didnt get a chance to make an appearance. Well, not everyone was gambling, those who dont gamble, like me, will be playing the PS2 that Deby brought. Well, lets just say that Deby brought almost half of her house to Cherating =P.
The casino operated until 6pm when we took our furkids to have a stroll at the beach again. After the walk we had our dinner beside a bonfire. We had BBQ for dinner. How often do you get to BBQ at the beach =P.
We had our dinner beside the bonfire. But we didnt actually use the bonfire to BBQ our food. We used a BBQ set instead. Of course, the furkids were present as well. They were tied to trees or chairs around our dinner place. didnt want them to roam around freely and stealing people’s food. After our dinner, we head back to our chalet and continue to operate the casino. I have no idea what time did the casino closed because I was tired and slept quite early that night. In case you are wondering, the dogs did not sleep with us on the bed. Management rules stated that no dogs are allowed on the bed. So, they get to sleep on the floor instead.
The next morning, after we had our breakfast, we packed our stuffs and head home. The past 3 days were awesome. The resort was super and we’ll be heading back there this june =D.
Oh wow. It’s been REAL long since I last login and post something new. Been really lazy lately, sorry =P . Now that I”m back, its time to update my blog again.
First of all, I would like to say ” SH*T !!! While I was organizing the older posts, I accidentally deleted some !! Now they are gone *sob*” Ok, with that said, now I’ll give you a summary of what had happened during the time I was MIA. Why a summary you ask ? Well I’m currently in the office, so I dont have the ftp client and my pictures and thus cant do a full post. I’ll do so when I get home tonight.In case you are wondering, yes, I’ve gotten myself a job.
Ok, here is ho the summary goes, I hope I ddnt miss out anything.
1. My house got broke in for the FIRST time.
2. Finally get to say “Farewell APIIT, thanks for nothing.” Yes, finally
graduated.
3. Went to Langkawi with my friends and had a blast there.
4. Loafing at home while looking for a job.
5. Had a great time with my boy (Axel) and the husky club at Cherating.
6. My house got broke in for the SECOND time !!
7. Started playing WoW again, for now.
8. Got myself a job as a graphic designer in TTDI.
Well I guessed thats about it. Will further elaborate when I reach home =D. Btw, I also updated Axel’s page, added a few recent photos of him =P.
P.S. Sorry about the older posts, dont think I’m gonna repost them.
For those of you who just loves listening to soundtracks (like me :P), you wouldnt want to miss this awesome soundtrack of Devil May Cry 4. If you are interested in getting your hands on this soundtrack, you can always go buy it, OR you can just simply download it :P. Here is the torrent downlaod link to the soundtrack. The soundtrack consists of 3 discs and the song list are:
Disc 1 - Playing Time
01 Devil May Cry 4 Title
02 Out of Darkness
03 Genocide
04 Mission Start 1
05 The Red Man -With Gun and Sword-
06 Blackened Angel
07 The Red Man -Right Arm of the Devil-
08 The Red Man -The Look-Alike-
09 The Red Man -A Mystery Left-
10 Mission Clear
11 The Hell Gate -Devilish Invasion-
12 Stage I
13 The Time Has Come
14 Stage II
15 Stage III
16 Stage IV
17 The idol of the “Time and Space”
18 Stage V
19 Berial Appears
20 Sworn Through Swords
21 Game Over
22 Berial Withdraws
23 Stage VI
24 The Voluptuous Gloria
25 Stage VII
26 Baroque and Beats
27 Bianco Angelo Collapses
28 Secret Mission
29 Snowstorm Dance
30 Temptation
31 Bael Appears
32 Frozen Frog
33 Bael Knocked Down
Disc 2 - Playing Time
01 The Return of the King
02 Stage VIII
03 Sword of the Devil 1
04 Irregularity Attacks
05 Sword of the Devil 2 -awaken-
06 To The Forest
07 Conspiracy
08 Stage IX
09 Chimera Seeds Appear ~ Battle
10 Imminence
11 Echidna Appears
12 The Viper
13 Echidna Withdraws
14 Assault Appears ~ Battle
15 Stage X
16 Loyal Credo
17 Swipe of Sword
18 Credo Knocked Down ~ Kyrie Suffers
19 Alto Angelos Appear ~ Battle
20 Stage XI
21 Agnus, Again
22 Science will never die
23 Just Out Of Reach
24 Fausts Appear ~ Battle
25 Dante’s Party Crashing
26 Forza del Destino
27 The Dying Wish
28 Stage XII
29 Confronting the Cardinal 1
30 Chorus in the Darkness
31 End
Disc 3 - Playing Time
01 Nero and Kyrie
02 God Rises ~ Death with High Pride
03 Lock and Load -Blackened angel mix-
04 The Gate is Opened
05 Mission Start 2
06 Mega Scarecrows Appear ~ Battle
07 Time Attack
08 Destruction of the Religious Headquarters
09 The Beginning -Lady’s Request-
10 Echidna, Again ~ Battle
11 Echidna Knocked Down ~ Steel Shock, Gilgamesh
12 Dagon Appears ~ Battle
13 Dagon Knocked Down ~ Weapon of Disaster, Pandora
14 Basilisks Appear ~ Battle
15 Berial, Again ~ Battle
16 Berial Knocked Down ~ Inexhaustible Lucifer
17 Stage XIII
18 Agnus Three Times 1 ~ Battle
19 Agnus Three Times 2 -And the rest is silence-
20 Recapture of the Devil Sword
21 Destruction of the Hell Gate
22 The One Who Disregards God
23 Power of Destroyer
24 Divine Power
25 Power of Destroyer -Limit Break mix-
26 The Penetrating Voice
27 Send in the New Star
28 To the Stairs of Trial
29 Stage XIV
30 The Recital
31 Confronting the Cardinal 2
32 The Vicious Flames
33 Sparda’s Will ~ Kyrie Rescued
34 To the Last Battle
35 The Last Blow
36 The Real Reason -What This Right Arm is For-
37 La Vita Nuova -A New Life-
38 Shall Never Surrender
39 Standard Daytime -Everyday-
40 Total Result
At last, Devil May Cry 4 is released for PC. There are several extra bonuses for the PC version when compared to the xbox 360 and ps3 version.
PC features :
Turbo mode will turn-up the action to insane speeds
Legendary Dark Knight Mode will harness advanced PC processing power and fill the screen with an unbelievable number of enemies for extra difficulty
Familiar enemies from the console versions will show-up in new locations
High resolution screen settings allow the cut scenes of the game to run at up to 120 frames per second (up from 60 frames per second)
Benchmark Testing lets users test PC performance to run DMC4 through a series of intense boss fights
PC Settings allow you to customize graphic resolutions, texture sizes, and a frame rate in accordance with your PC
Compatible with Games for Windows, DirectX 9 and DirectX 10
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Pentium 4 @ 3 GHz
Memory: 512 MB (1 GB for Vista)
Video Memory: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 6600 SM3 Required)
DirectX: 9.0c
Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO
Memory: 1 GB (2 GB for Vista)
Video Memory: 512 MB (nVidia GeForce 8600)
Its like a dream come true !! I finally got myself a Siberian Husky after many years of admiration for the breed. For those of you who don’t know what is a Siberian Husky, heres an image of one.
We (me and my family) went all the way to Gombak to meet the breeder and to take a look at the Siberian Huskies he has for sale. He had 4 pups for sale, all 4 of them are male which is just perfect because we were thinking of getting ourselves a male dog anyway. As soon as the breeder brought out the pups, one of them straight away caught my attention. He had the cutest face and a pair of stunning blue eyes. It was love at first sight, and i told myself that he is gonna go home with us, which eventually did =D.
We had a hard time deciding a name for him. My mom suggest that we call him Silver because of his fur’s color, and my sister suggested that we named him Guruguru just for the fun of it which is strongly disagreed with. It was not long later I came up with the name Axel which got the approval of all the family members. So it was decided that our new pup is called Axel. We brought him back to our home on the 28th of June. Its been more than a week now, and Axel is getting naughtier each passing day, but nevertheless, we still love him.
I would like to hereby welcome our newest member of the family Axel the mischevious and naughty Siberian Husky =P.
Images of Axel can be veiwed at Axel’s page or just simply follow this link.
Publisher : Capcom
Developer : Capcom
Release Date : 8th July 2008
DMC fans without a PS3, rejoice ! For DMC 4 will be hitting the PC soon. From the producer of the original Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 4 comes the next installment in the hugely successful stylized action series that has so far achieved global sales of nearly seven million units.
Now coming to your PC, this version will benefit from having more modes and more visual customization options to help enhance their demon-slaying action. Turbo mode turn-ups the action to insane speeds, while Legendary Dark Knight Mode harnesses advanced PC processing power and fills the screen with an unbelievable number of enemies for extra difficulty.
Moreover, familiar enemies from the console versions now show-up in new locations in the PC version. The high resolution screen settings allow the cut scenes of the game to run at up to 120 frames per second (up from 30 frames per second in the console version of the game). Slider options are available to manage various visual effects seen throughout the game. Devil May Cry for the PC will have both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 modes, and will also be compliant with the Games For Windows program.
Gamespot have the demo / trial version of DMC 4 for PC. You can go download and try it. I’ve downloaded it already and it is 1.34GB. You will also need a gamespot account before able to download the demo trial version. The demo / trial lets u choose between 2 game modes.
1. 10 minutes of gameplay
2. A complete boss fight with no time limit. But you cannot continue or re-load if you die during the boss fight, you have to start from the beginning again.
Although this isn’t the latest news, but i thought i ought to post it up just in case some people didn’t heard about it before. As some of you may already know, Final Fantasy VII has been voted as one of the greatest games of all time by gamespot (Woohoo !). Yes!! THE Final Fantasy VII. The one that was released for the PSX in 1997. I’ve played it once and fell in love with it ever since.
Right now I’m having my semester break and I managed to come across FF7 pc version, so i decided to download it and try playing it again. Although the grahics of the game is considered lousy compared to recent games, but i still managed to get over it, because for me, the graphics of the game does not determine the quality and “goodness” of the game =D. In my opinion, Final Fantasy VII is so far, the best in the Final Fantasy Series, no other Final Fantasy was made as perfect as FF7. FF7 has the best story, best character design, best soundtrack and the best gameplay (the materia system) in my point of view.
The game was so good that Square have once considered of remaking the game for the PS3, they even remade the original intro for FF7 rendered in real time on the PS3 hardware. However, Square Enix denied that the game would indeed be remade, reiterating many times since then that the technical demo was just that, a technical demonstration, and did not indicate that a Final Fantasy VII remake project was in the works. However, when pressed, the reps also noted that further plans for content based on FFVII haven’t been set, per se. They affirmed that the resulting reaction from fans over the demo footage and the content related to FFVII shown at the party has been overwhelmingly positive. As a result, provided fan reaction continues to be feverishly positive over the demo, and the very notion of a FFVII remake is certainly something Square Enix would bear in mind when planning future projects. At this point, I believe that it is not a matter of if a FF7 remake will happen, but when.
So far, according to my personal view and many other player reviews, FF7 has the best plot and story. I’ve played the game once, and i still remember the story of the game. I can tell you the whole story here now, but that will turn this post into the “Great Wall of Text”. Rather than telling the whole story, I’ll try and summarize the whole story and post it here. Basically, in Final Fantasy VII you assume the role of Cloud Strife, a spiky blonde-haired renegade who carries two things with him, the enormous and distinguishing Buster Sword and the memories of his dark, sordid past. As a former member of the military group SOLDIER, Cloud turns to fight alongside the “good guys,” a resistance movement called AVALANCHE that seeks to stop SOLDIER and the group behind it, Shin-Ra, from siphoning all the energy from the planet. The energy, which comes from the planet’s Lifestream, is responsible for all life, so as Shin-Ra seeks to use the energy to power their enormous reactors, their actions are in turn destroying the planet. While the core concepts might not be unique, it’s Cloud’s interactions with other characters, especially between him and the game’s antagonist, Sephiroth, which make the story so special. Seeking revenge on the human race, Sephiroth plans to destroy the world by using the Black Materia to summon Meteor. It is up to Cloud and the gang to hunt him down and stop him. The rest is for you to play the game and find out for yourself =D.
Due to the popularity of the game, there are various Final Fantasy 7 spinoffs like the 3rd person shooter Final Fantasy 7: Dirge of Cerberus, the computer animated film Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children that takes place 2 years after the events of Final Fantasy 7 and the latest spinoff Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core. Other than all the games mentioned above, the main protaganist of FF7 known as Cloud Strife also made an appearance in the Kingdom Hearts series (A Disney and Square Enix Collaboration Game).
Original Cloud Strife from the 1997 Final Fantasy 7
Cloud Strife from the Kingdom Hearts series
Cloud Strife in the Advent Children movie, and probably the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 Remake for PS3
Here is the intro of Final Fantasy VII remake for the PS3
This is the original Final Fantasy VII 1997 intro. Enjoy!
