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Overview
A new RPG Arises, Rise of the Argonauts.
A new game published by Codemaster’s just soon after releasing their Racing game Racedriver: GRID.
Rise of the Argonauts is said to be released this fall 2008. It is NOT an MMORPG and there has been no announcement of multiplayer action. The game will be released for PC ( Games For Windows ), XBOX 360 and PS3.
About Rise of the Argonauts
In Rise of the Argonauts, taking place in a Greek era, you take on the role of Jason, King of Iolcus he is a powerful warrior with great abilities. The tale goes, Jason looses his Wife to be on their wedding day, killed by a arrow of an assassin.
Rise of the argonauts claims to bring revolutionary dialog, a breakthrough in real-time combat systems, visual character leveling and inventory management in real-time.
You will be up against Greek Mythological foes, beasts and fighting alongside Legend’s such as Hercules.
Anyway I would suggest checking out their site http://www.rise-of-the-argonauts.com/
for a game trailer and more information!
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Addicting! Download it!
I advise you to turn on your download(click download) before reading this, its about 800meg and if you don’t download it now, you’ll most probably want to after reading.
I have been playing the GRID demo for the last couple of days. It has shown me a lot and gave great insight to the game. The demo features, 3 modes of game play:
- Touring Cars
- Pro Muscle
- Drift
Touring Cars is your high speed race tracks, the demo has Jarama’s Grand Prix Circuit which is 2.36 miles and you are able to drive the BMW 320SI. You are able to play this track both single player and multiplayer across the internet.
Pro Muscle is your big litre engines and on the demo you are able to drive a Ford Mustang GT-R Concept (below) Which gives you access to the San Francisco Grand Prix race track. This race can also be played online(i know, what are code masters doing releasing all this content?)
Drift i haven’t played much, i don’t usually go for drifting type of games, but it has now become a standard in the racing video game industry, unless your going for a simulator that is. Race Drive GRID Demo allows you to play in a Nissan Silvia on Yokohama Docks Route A1, a Jap track.
As we know Race driver GRID is an arcade slash simulator, a mixture of the two which has actually been done very well, by codemasters.
A message appears on a starting screen of the game stating
“This is a demo and does not represent the final quality of the game”
For a demo there is so much content and is a real tease for the game itself. If you don’t have enough money for the game. At least download the free demo, *chuckle*. It not only features single play but great multiplayer too.
The damage is great(oh be careful online) you will notice all sorts of things that you haven’t seen before dangle from your wreck. Online damage will still be taken into consideration, if turned on in the settings by the host.
You will see the occasional raving lunatic that wants to obliterate your car to smithereens, but you can avoid these guys by making sure you look both to your left and right occasionally.
If you haven’t already download the demo and try this baby out!
As always i recommend http://www.gamershell.com high speed, quick and easy for the most.
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Grid the Game
Grid is a game by Codemasters who also previously created the game DiRT.
Anyway Grid is expected to be released by summer 2008. Anyone that waits for game’s to be released know’s that the release dates are always subject to change, delays etc. But seeing some of the gameplay of Grid and trailers it looks like Codemasters are up to scratch.
The game looks great it has about 50 cars, which maybe less than expected but they each have their own greatness about them. They are said to be 50 of the best racing cars that were made, which means you will have a great time driving them at very high speeds..
The cars each have their own way of breaking apart, meaning when taking on damage from hitting other objects or opponents you hit the bumper and it may fall off.
The damage engine they are using has derived from DiRT, but has been modified and changed alot since that game was developed.
They announced that this type of racer was not going to be an Arcade style racer or and Simulator Type racer. It was going to be inbetween, a cross between the both? maybe. It will have some aspects of a simluator and arcade style. This racing game Grid focuses on the race of racing, not modding your car improving performance, but the actually rush of being in a race. So all the cars will be unlocked ‘out of the box’, no need to play for days and days to unlock new cars.
The game is said to include many racing types, including drifting, and average speed race first to the finish.
Checkout the gallery on grid-game.com for some nice screenshots, and more information.