And A Happy New Year!!!

Redhead Redemption (Android) - Review

Genre: Arcade/Shoot 'em up/Runner

Developer: 9gag/Touchten

Publisher: 9gag/Touchten

Release Year: 2014

System: Android/iOS (... coming soon)

The first android app review for us just because I totally loooove those dirty little bastards! Im talking about the developers on 9Gag that came up very recently with a quite smart app that draws almost all of its features from the out posts on 9Gag. Im talking about Redhead Redemption of course that it started out just as a meme pic and a parody of the classic Rockstar game Red Dead Redemption. 

GAMEPLAY/PLOT: 8.5/10, 8.5/10

The gameplay is quite simple but very addictive you just want to kill all the mathafucka zombies! You gain the role of the readhead that one morning finds out that she's outrun by zombies and she has to survive so she takes her little bro for a reverse piggyback ride and run while he shots endlessly at the hungry creatures! Nothing new here?!? Well its not that innovation that counts .. its just how you present you idea if you ask me! The best thing is all those references to all legendary posts known to us all such as Bad Luck Bryan that reeeally make you think that the developers were grateful for all those years that we made 9gag such a fun place.

GRAPHICS: 9.5/10

The graphics are very cheerful and hand drawn and this fact alone deserves at least on more thumbs up! 2D and a mix of shoot 'em up and runner game RR came to make a difference!

MUSIC: 9/10

The music of the app is what is suitable for a humoristic splatter game like this oldschool and arcade but with a modern feel.

OVERALL: 8.8/10

Just shut up and shoot for god's sake!

Download Redhead Redemption

 

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Top 10 Best Android Games

Heeeeello Kupo!1UPers! One more Top 10 article is here this time way more modern than the last one! As the title reads im gonna propose 10 gaming apps for android devices that in my opinion are the best you can find. Also I tried to pick titles from several genres. Most of you will notice, I hope, that with the coming of the touch operated devices the gameplay had to adapt with that new feature. So, on the one hand, the gaming got more simple than it was because many things got automated because of the lack of the physical buttons. For instance instead of platform game we have now runner games where the character runs by default and you just have to touch the screen or slide fingers on it to perform some specific actions. On the other hand adventure or point and click games got a second chance because of the directness of the interaction. But thats enough of the theoritical part. Lets propose some games! (Dont expect to see apps such as angry birds or Candy Crush Saga.. they are way too popular and obvious or apps with incredible hd graphics we got PCs for that kind of things).

10. Greedy Spiders

This is a one of the most challening games I ve ever played on an adroid device. Grab your coffee, get wrapped in your blanket and concetrate all of your skills in this fantastic puzzle 2d game. Greedy Spiders, in each stage, gives you a web that gets more complicated level by level. On that web there are flies and spiders. Your mission in each level is to cut off every possible route that the spiders have to reach the trapped flies. The first levels are quite easy but as you progress deeper it becomes really really REALLy hard to figure out the right way to cut the web strings ... Its one of the simplest games yet one of the hardest and most challenging!

You can dowload it for free here Greedy Spiders

9. Jetpack Joyride

Simple gameplay fast paced action many coins even more crashes. JJ is considered a runner game where you take the role of Sam a guy who wears a jetpack and goes for a joyride. Sidescrolling as it is all you have to do is touch the screen in order to hover above the ground or stop touching it to fall in order to avoid obstacles. Its 1 hit gameover game so do what you can to find protection or upgrade Sam. Quite fun and addictive.

You can download it for free here Jetpack Joyride

8. Epic Skater

Epic Skater belongs in the runner category like Temple Run, Subway Surfers etc. I included this game on the list because for some reason I just hate the Temple Run series and I looooove skateboarding and this particular is the nearest to the actual skating feeling you can find out there. 2D sidescrolling and random generating stage with 3D character. The gameplay is a s simple as it can get you skate through the town and you have to avoid obstacles cliffs and the like by doing flips grabs and grinds and making points! This game is soooo damn addictive that filled my free time in the army so good! I suggest you try it and im sure you will love it.

You can download it for free here Epic Skater

7. Machine Knight

The Google Play store is full of jrpgs that more or less all of them look alike. Yet some of them tend to get a bit more the public's attention than the others. MK caught my eye because it carries on the  2D graphics legacy of masterpieces such as Wild ARMs or Alundra and Zelda with a sci-fi fantasy plot turn based fast paced battles and a remarkable music score. Really i dont think there is much more to ask if you are a fan of then genre.

You can download it for free here Machine Knight

6. TableTop Racing (TTR)

Get ready to have fun with this Micro Machines clone. a classic miniature racing game with nice 3D  graphics well designed stages power-ups, and challenging gameplay. Unlock new cars make you own collection and just slide on spilt milk! If you like racing games but you are sick of games with expensive fancy cars then this is for you enjoy!

You can download it for free here Table Top Racing

5.  Order & Chaos Duels

Like a true geek there was a part of my life where all of my money were invested in Magic the Gathering cards... OC Duels is a clone of that great card game with the only difference that is less money demanding. Build your deck win your battles earn more cards and just make your card collection bigger and bigger. The good thing is that this app is mostly free but sometimes if you want to get reeeeally better you have to pay ("in game purchases" what a trend huh?!)

You can dowload it for free here Order & Chaos Duels

4. Tower Defence

A well known app genre for android systems. The defence games became very familiar to the android users and this genre has quite a lot of titles to give us. Tower Defence is one of the best if you ask me. Futuristic with a lot of tower upgrades, a lot of strategic way of thinking required, alien landscapes as maps, chaotic gunfire and immense hordes of enemies. The music is well composed giving you a battle rythm thats puts you really in the mood and the graphics are what they should be for such a game! The goal is to position your units on the 2D map in such a way that they will prevent they enemy hordes from reaching and destroying your tower! Simple and addictive!

You can download it for free here Tower Defence

3. Mountains of Madness

We all are familiar with the new handy fever that BigFish started a few years back with the HOG (Hidden Object Games). They got really progressed over the years and adopted elements found on point and click games such as multiple choice dialogues riddles inventories etc. Personally i have played tons of games like those to my PC and i can say they are quite amusing. A real gem for android devices is the one that hears to the title of Mountains of Madness. A really lovecraftian horror mystery story with the classic BigFish touch that all the fans of the legendary author must taste .

You can download it for free from here Mountains of Madness

2. Terra Monsters 

Not much to say for TM. A classic clone of the legendary pokemon series. An rpg with world map battles and monsters to capture and fight with. HD 2D pokemon graphics and angle are all that a pokemon fan and android user needs. Give it a try and im sure you will be totally obsessed with it. Besides... we gotta catch 'em all, don't we?!

You can download it for free from here Terra Monsters

1. Zenonia 4

When an ancient evil threatens to erupt onto the world, heroes of the ages must assemble once again to change the course of destiny. The definition of the action jrpg on HD that will really blow your mind. This game has it all old school classic graphics, real time battles, level ups, a vast world to travel through, japanese authentic battle cries and all that you seek in a game like that. Im not saying anything else! Just mafacka play it!!!

You can download it for free from here Zenonia 4

Ps4 more friendly ... NOT!

 

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Two Worlds Has Stopped Working - (PC - Fixed)

Yet another game in my collection is giving me headaches but this time I ve got EXP on the subject mafacka!

Half an hour ago i installed Two Worlds on PC (win7 32bit) and almost everything went smoothly. Except for when the game after the installation process needed to install its Ageia PhysX drivers. But because I had already installed more recent drivers it needed to unistall them and install the ones that TW needed. So i decided to leave as it is thinking that maybe there wouldnt be any problem with the newest version of drivers. Well i was so damn wrong! 

Apparently the newer drivers is more advanced than what TW can handle so it crashes. So with a bit of a google search i found the solution. Just click that link here and download the PhysX Legacy drivers. 

Those drivers fix all problems related to older games requiring older versions of PhysX drivers. Also they will not affect the newer PhysX drivers.

So, download install and get in action! 

Bayonetta 2 Demo Is Out Now!

Bayonetta 2's demo is out now on the Wii U eShop in both Europe and North America.

The demo contains a couple of stages in Platinum Games' highly anticipated sequel.

Bayonetta 2 is due on 24th October in Europe and North America. Its retail release comes in various editions that include what Digital Foundry called the "definitive version" of the first Bayonetta. Those who buy Bayonetta 2 digitally a la carte will receive a discount on the Wii U port of Bayonetta the first.

In honour of its demo, Platinum released the following new Bayonetta 2 trailer.

Source: www.eurogamer.net

Myst: TV Series And Game Tie-In

Classic point-and-click adventure Myst is set to return as a TV series and an accompanying tie-in game.

Myst creators Rand and Robyn Miller have signed a deal with Legendary Entertainment, the production company behind Inception and Godzilla, to develop the show.

It's unknown whether the series will launch on traditional TV or via a digital plaftorm, Variety reported, such as via Netflix or Amazon Prime.

What is known is that the show will be accompanied by various "transmedia" efforts to extend the brand - such as a new game and a separate tablet offering, all of which will tie into the ongoing series' plot.

Myst was originally released back in 1993 and told the tale of a mysterious island full of puzzles. You played as a character known as The Stranger as he tried to unravel why he had been whisked to the island and who to trust.

The game's success - more than six million copies were sold - lead to the launch of four direct sequels, along with various spin-off games, novels and even a parody game - Pyst.

Source: Eurogamer.net

Resident Evil 4 - Defeat Salazar

I know that bosses can be a pain in the ass especially if you fight them like a barbarian (e.g. all out attacks etc.). But the truth is that every boss in every game has its weak point and a certain to kill it making it almost childish or like every other enemy except bigger.

Salazar boss in RE 4 is no exception. A classic RE boss with long tentacles huge eyes disfigured bodies and all that with accompanies with sounds like a stomach that has intolerance in some food. Well the truth is that if you go from the front and start shooting you will end up dead quite easily. So here is the steps to kill it really really REALLY easily!!!!

1. Buy a Rocket Launcher from the merchant outside the boss' chamber.

2. Once the cutscene ends head to the right side of the balcony. From here you can avoid every attack it has to unleash. The only thing you have to worry about is the right tentacle attack but with hitting the prompts buttons or shooting twice with the shotgun it leaves you alone for a while.

3. From the right side aim and shoot the strange yellow-green eye that waves in the middle of the chamber. (if you do that from the front a huge mouth will open devour you and kill you instantly but if you do it from the right it will not bother you). After a couple of shots at the eye a huge cocoon will open revealing the remnants of the real Salazar.

4. Now if you bought the Rocket Launcher earlier a single shot is enough to just kill it already!!! But if by any chance you missed it attack it heart or brain with what ever weapon you handle the best. (I ve noticed that the cocoon shuts quicker when you shoot it with bigger weapons like the magnum or the sniper riffle, but maybe it has to come to a certain damage amount to close and with bigger weapons u need fewer shots for that. Specifically it takes 3 shots with the magnum to close again).

5. When it closes you just repeat the same process until it dies. Pretty simple huh?!

Tips: If by any chance you run out of ammo or recovery items, you just drop down from the ledge, kill with a single shotgun shot a few spiders, collect some ammo and then back up again.

Adventure Games Strategies

Many are the times that playing an adventure game you find yourself fully loaded with a bunch of phenomenically useless stuff and locked doors or chests with peculiar locks and you literally feel helpless and you don't know what to do. I ve seen it happen a lot of times, so i guess this things just happens no matter what gamer are you good or bad thorough or hollow.

So with adventure and point n' click games being one of my must genres over the years I have concluded in some ways of playing that quite possibly get you unstuck in times of need (don't resort to walkthroughs with the first hassle, try the following and I m sure that the feeling you get is much better than the one the given answer provides). The things im going to propose and suggest are generic rules and don't apply in all of the games or situations but it's sure that will help.

ADVICE:

1. Talk to everyone about anything (if that means about dialogue options or the items that you have in the inventory, it may be boring but worths a shot)

2. Combine every item in the inventory (in the most games of the genre you can combine items that you have collected so try every combination possible)

3. Examine every item that you have collected (a closer look on the accumulated items might give you details, hidden messages or even open/unravel/unpack items to find other items inside)

4. Try every possible (talk/pick up/combine etc) action on every NPC or interactible item on the environment.

5. If the game supports the hotspot finder then use it. You might always miss an important spot.

6. Combine every item of your inventory with every environmental item or NPC.

7. After making some progress even the slightest one, try talking again to every NPC. The progress might have unlocked a new possible dialogue topic.

8. Try everything even if it doens't make sense. Many games don't depend necessarily on logic (see Escape from Monky Island 4 - Flea puzzle) 

9. Every puzzle has its solution. So before fuming try reading every relating file about the puzzle or making every possible combination. I know sometimes it gets so hard that you feel like quiting but thats not the point!

10. Last but not least: SAVE OFTEN & IN DIFFERENT SAVE SLOTS! Some adventure games due to bad development you get stuck if you dont do some things in the a specific order (like Sherlock Holmes - The Awakened). And when i say stuck i mean that the current save game is totally worthless. So it's good to keep several save games as a back up in such a case.

Murder In The Abbey - WerFault.exe Error Fixed

Another game another obstacle! Another pc game of course! :P With this fantastic point n click adventure, I encountered one more compatibility issue. I started installing the game ( the game comes in 3 CDs, at least the one i purchased) and in the end of the installation when it required the 3rd of the disks suddenly this message popped up:

WerFault.exe - Wrong Volume

The wrong volume disc is in the drive. Please insert volume The Abbey into drive E:

If u click try again nothing happens but the message pops up right away afterwards. And if you click continue the whole installation proccess cancels and and then i get an error message from windows saying that setup.exe has stopped working etc etc...

The solution is simple (fortunately).

1. Open "My computer" and right click on the disc icon and click "Open"

2. Find the Setup.exe and righ click and then Properties

3. Select the Compatibility tab and then check the box : Run this program in compatibility mode for:

4. From the drop down menu that gets highlighted select Windows XP (Service Pack 3)

5. Click Ok.

Thats it. That worked for me and I was quite relieved I have to say! 

Another way (havent tried it yet though) is to copy all the components of the 3 discs in files on your computer and select its volume from there when prompted. 

I hope this was a bit helpful so you can enjoy this underrated masterpiece. Enjoy!

Sacred 2 (PC) - "An Exception Has Occured" Error Fixed

Aaaaaaahhhhh *sighs* ... Every goddamn pc game seems to have an error, bug, glitch, or whatever that wants to get on your nerves before you manage and play it. It has been some kind of a ritual. When I install a PC game I MUST encounter an abnormality otherwise .. what the point! If i get my hands on a game that runs perfectly and smoothly then WOW!! Thats the abnormality reincarnated! As you understand having installed Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel on my desktopt I encountered this specific error (the game started a black screen with the game logo and some green letters appeared, but then it was kicking me out to the windows):

An exception has been thrown!

Error#:9

Function: WinMain

Description: App::Setup() failed!.

File: d:/projects/sacred2/source/game/sacred2.cpp

Line:740

Stack unwinding:

-<<callstack>>

As you easily can guess i started browsing the net, being really frustrated, for a solution, a fix. I found out that my error was just the ninth so there more as well but here is what i did and finally, Sacred 2, run smoothly for the 1st time. I can guarantee anything to anyone but at least you can try! 

1. Download OpenAL-Drivers

2. Update your PhysX Software

On the net I found more suggestions as to install the last official patch of the game or to add an exception to the antivirus program for the game! You can try these 2 also if the above don't help!

Even if you overcome that problem it is very likely to encounter several others such as problems with the sound (monophonic instead of stereophonic), the "invisible map", the slight stuttering issue, the usual crashes to desktop and so on! But its almost inhuman to be able to over pass aaaall of these if you encounter them all together. In that case i suggest to play the PS3 version. Totally bug free! Good luck with that! 

1st Kupo!1UP Contest!

Hey guys and gals! 

As I am feeling generous for the 30.000 views id like to thank you by challening you in a really quick and simple contest! So here's the deal:

RULES:

1. I m gonna give you 3 pics of 3 different games and 3 questions concerning each game.

2. You have to answer to the questions and the 2 first winners will win an original retro classic game.

3. Im shipping the games totally for FREE to anywhere so you are not gonna be charged at all. All you have to do is be quick or be d... sorry!

4. You can send your answers here: kupo1up@gmail.com.
5. You can participate in the contest for a month. After one month has passed the 2 winners will be picked up according to your answers and their time and date

CONDITION: The winners, once they receive their price, they are asked to take a photo with it in hand and send it to me!

Let The Kontest Begin

a) Name the game

b) What is the nickname of the fire-tailed
character?

c) What is the nationality of this character?

Top 10 Playstation J-RPGs

Being a big fan of the RPG genre especially of the Japanese ones and of the golden era of the late 90's i decided to make a Top 10 post of the greater JRPGs that were realesed on Sony's Playstation. This Top 10 list of course is according to my judgement and doesnt mean that it is catholic.

10. The Adventures Of Alundra

Alundra is an action role playing game develpoed by Matrix Software, and features the adventures of an Elf of the clan of Elna, The Dreamwalkers. Led by his dreams that they call him the "Releaser", Alundra is caught up in a storm and his ship is washed ashore the beach a a village. The townsfolk blame Aludnra for the monsters that threaten the village and like this Alundra's adventures begin. Despite its many similarities with the classic 2D Zelda series (one lonely wanderer that his ship is wrecked and the townsfolk save him, pointy ears - elf origin,  a whole arsenal likes sword, bombs etc. reminds me soooo much of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening) Alundra has managed to win a place in the Top 10 because of its beautiful graphics, its classic gameplay and its intriguing music. In my opinion the "Nintendo" and "Zelda" fans underestimated it big time back in the days.

9. Star Ocean: The Second Story

Star Ocean is a fantasy RPG that it gives me the impression that its intentions were to look like Final Fantasy VII. Its direction (the photography of the its pre-rendered graphics) follows the same path that FF VII did, and its a very nice mixture of "old" and new weaponry (sword and guns, this is something that japanese developers love it, from anime and games till movies). Its gameplay is treading  on the steps of the most of the turn-based rpg out there. Towns, dungeons, battles and level ups are what you should expect to find in this JRPG. The gods have hurled a deadly meteorite into an unsuspecting planet unleasing such chaos that was never seen before! Now its only up to 2 people from different worlds to take a turn to the most perillous journey that they might never make it back from.

8. Xenogears


Dude i loooove jrpgs and in the PSX era they were just keep coming and coming with no end! Awesomeness! If u want something done right just have a japanese do it for u!!! Now, in Xenogears. A mysterious organization is turning the tides of a century-long war with ancient technology giant combat robots known as Gears. A failed attempt to steal one of these powerful weapons places it in the unwilling hands of young Fei and his dubious allies. Now he is pursued by military governments, royal pirates, spies, the emperor, and his own forgotten past. This is in general terms the plot of Xenogears. With its gameplay following the classic jrpg road Xenogears manages to win a place in this Top 10 and its definitely a game that every jrpg fan that has some respect for himself should play even once in his life.

7. Legend of Legaia

This jrpg developed by Contrail and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, follows the classic path that every psx jrpg of its time that respects its own self does! :Legend of Legaia takes place, where else? in a world called Legaia. Legaia is inhabited by humans and objects called Seru, that once joined with humans, they grant them fantastic powers. Once, Seru and humans co-existed in harmony but about ten years before the game begins, a mist appeared that turned the Seru into monsters and nearly annihilated the human race. Now humans join forces in different regions to hide from the mist! Legend of Legaia is one more jrpg with turn based battle system with a captivative story that really no fan of the genre should miss. Even now that the graphics are quite outdated it worth playing!

6. Breath Of Fire IV

BOF IV is a traditional role playing game with an isometric viewpoint with full rendered 3D environment and 2 dimensional characters. BOF IV like every other game of the series follows the story of a young man named Ryu (armed with the power to transform into dragons) and his teammates that all together try to stop the awakening of an evil emperor that with a dragon form wants to destroy mankind. The thing that makes the 4th installment of the series stick out from its brothers and actually to stray from the path is the fact that it is chinese like designed. The names are chinese like (e.g. Fu-Lu) and the music has a really adventurous chinese feeling unlike all the other BOFs that were set in eastern medieval like worlds with western like epic tunes! If i were you id purchase it right away because very few games are so well designed and with a unique scenario and atmosphere. Its really on of the kind.

5. Parasite Eve

Whoever owned a PS in those days and were a fan of the genre he couldnt have missed (but if he did I pity him) Parasite Eve. Parasite Eve is what I would call a weird combination of Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VIII. Its set in the real world (the world map is that of Manhattan). The characters are fully 3D drawn in a 2D pre-rendered environment and the battles are turn based. A police officer and a possessed woman by an ancient evil that threatening the earth are bond together until something dies. The game beging following the steps of a rookie police officer, Aya Brea, attending an opera concert  that very soon turn out to be a demonic holocaust. A magnificent sci-fi rpg from the creators of the legendary Final Fantasy VII that promises compelling plot and a gameplay that will mark ur gaming existence.

4. Wild ARMs

Well what can i say for that epic title?! I really dont know from where i should complimenting. Though its viewpoint is quite zelda like and even back in the psx era could be regarded outdated WA captivates you right from the moment that the intro starts. Basically thats what made me play it in the first place. Set up in a sci-fi western environment that combines perfectly guns swords and magic Wild ARMs takes place in a wolrd called Filgaia (Fargaia in the original Japanese release). A thousand years before the events of WA a war between humans and the Metal Demons was raging and humans prevailed destroying the enemy's "Mother" but not killing her. They managed though to trap her extracting her heart breaking it into pieces and traping them into 3 statues scattered across the land. The gameplay throughout the world is set in a 2D aspect and the battles are set into a full 3D rendered environment. Definitely a masterpiece and the first jrpg to be released in the PSX and totally worth your time. Over 50 hours of gameplay will make you forget games that till now you were considering a must.

3. Final Fantasy IX

If I could I would put FF VII as well in this Top 10 list but there were other that deserve a place here so FF IX is enough for now. FF 9 takes place in the four continents of a world called Gaia. The most of the population inhabits the Mist continents. The other ones are still uncharted (e.g the Outer Continent). The town are inabited by human and non human anthropomorphic races. The games and we see Zidane Tribal and the Tantalus Theater Troupe planning and kidnapping Princess Garnet while on her sixteenth birthday. Queen Brahne pursuits them while they escape on their airship. Going on, we learn that princess Garnet wanted to meet with regent Cid who is the person that Tantalus team were going to take her anyway. An epic adventure begins where we see a mystic figure called Kuja being the actual master of puppets behind Queen Brahne's erratic and weird, aggressive behavior and the efforts of Zidane and his team to stop Queen Brahne's wars against the rest of the Mist's Continents kingdoms. The game has a full 3D world map and 2D pre-rendered graphics in the towns and dungeons where the players tends to spend the most of the gameplay. The battles are turn based and when the encounters occur at random we are transferred to the Battle screen. I won't praise FF IX at all I ll just say that it was one of the few games that really scarred my gaming childhood in the most fairytale-ish way.

2. The Legend of Dragoon

TLOD takes place in a fictional continent called Endiness. It is a geographically diverse land, with each climate zone being home to a different nation. The main protagonist is Dart that he returns home after his long 5 year pursue of the killer of his parents, the Black Monster. When he returns home he finds out that his village was scorched down by the army of Sandora and his childhood friend was captured. He sets out to find her and along the way he meets with several characters. Main role in the game play the Dragoons. Dragoons are spirits that allow humans to take a more powerful form during battle. Like the previous on the list. the characters are 3D while the environments are 2d pre-rendered. The world map is just an map that you just choose ur destination. There are also towns and dungeons and the encounters are random as well and when they happen we get transferred to the battle screen. Very characteristic is the constant flavor of sadness that leaves embroided to your soul something that very few games can transmit!

1. Final Fantasy VII

Though much can be said for that legendary piece of art I ll try to keep it short. We all are familiar with that rpg title that marked more than one generations. It features all the characteristics of the last two games regarding its gameplay (turn based battle system, 3d characters etc.) and the music is unique. It draws you in and captures you. You take control of Cloud Strife. an EX-Soldier that worked for the Shinra company. Now just an outlaw he joins forces with Avalance a terrorist organization that opposes Shinra for being responsible for the dying condition of the planet,Gaia. Avalance targets and bombs the nuclear reactors fuel that are constantly drain the life of the planet, the lifestream. After making shinra almost incapable of pursuing them they start searching for Sephiroth, Cloud's past mentor but now his sworn enemy. Sephiroth wants to use the planet as his mother's vessel and ship to become the medium that will aid her in conquering the universe. A sci-fi jrpg with a so much authentic plot that like this has never been written. After all it was first on Top 10s throughout all these years for a reason wasn't it?

Nintendo Announced The New 3DS And 3DS XL

Nintendo preffered not to announce the coming of a brand new console, instead she 'd rather update the already existed ones, so they announced the New 3DS and the New 3DS XL (in Japan it is called 3DS LL).

Both models come with 2 new shoulder buttons (ZL and ZR) that they are located next to the old ones, with a new analog stick that the company names C-Stick and it is next to the secondary screen and right above  the four - that are new and colorful - command buttons, and with new faster proccessors while the 3D imaging is improved as well. 

According to Nintendo, the new processors that feed the new 3DS and 3DS XL, they be offering only a faster browsing to the eShop but they will improve the performanceto certain titles offering improved gaming quality when it comes to the graphics part. (for instance, Xenoblade Chronicles that will come to new 3DS and new 3DS XL it won't run to the previous consoles).

The new Nintendo 3DS avails a 3.88 inches screen (the secondary has a diagonal 3.33 inches), while the 3DS XL, has a 4.88 inches screen (the second one has 4.18). Both models has a microSD slot while they also come with the NFC technology (the combatibility with the Amibo accessories may be regarded well known)

Those 2 portable consoles will be published on the 11th of October and they will cost $155 (3DS) and $180 (3DS XL) in Japan, but in Europe they will arrive not before 2015. The New Nintendo 3DS  will come in white and black while 3DS XL in metallic blue and metallic black.

Source: Insomnia.gr

Far Cry Faulty Graphics Fixed

Though i overcame the problem i mentioned in my last post there were another one almost immediately. When i started playing the game i could see nothing but total blue around. The sound were woking perfectly but the graphics were obviously screwed. If u experience the same problem do this little thing

1. Go here and download and install all of the update packs. You shader 3.0 will be working fine then and you will be able to play in full graphics! 

Far Cry Fatal Error 1603 Fixed

Its in my bad luck i guess that the half of the games that i purchase to be problematic! Damn you PC, you and ur f**ing incompatibilities, bugs etc.

Having bought Far Cry quiet recently i just tried to install and guess what?! When you finish with the install wiszard parameters and the beloved bar is ready to fill ..VOILA! Fatal Error 1603! Though internet is free and you can say what ever you want i ll try to keep my mouth shut and i wont say how much i love Microsft and Ubisoft right now!

The truth is I didnt googled the problem too much i just tried something myself and it worked so here is the solution and i invite you to try it to and see what happens. Farcry was released in 2004 and most of the users then we were using WinXP so I though it was a simple compatibility and administrator problem. So here is what you have to do:

1. Go to "My Computer" right click on the cd icon and click "Open"

2. There you will see several files and among them a "setup" one.

3. Right click on it and select properties then select the 2nd tab "combatibility"

4. There there is an unchecked boc that reads "run this program in combatibility mode for". Check it and click ok

5. Do exactly the same with the FarCry icon (the one that is Windows Installer Package, not the application one) and click ok

6. Now right click again on "setup" and click "Run as administrator"

I did all of the above and the game installed just fine. (maybe the steps though from 1 to 5 are unnecessary but it wont harm to be done). Enjoy! 

The Last Remnant Review (PC)

Genre: JRPG 

Developer: Square Enix

Publisher: Square Enix

Release Year: 2008

System: PC, Xbox, PS3

It seems that SquareEnix tries to re-live the thriumph of its golden era (I dont have to say which one that is), while adding some new features in its games but not so succesfully I am afraid. I believe that the biggest mistake that the developers make is that they never listen to what the audience has to propose or even if they do they screw up in the end. Here is The Last Remnant a jrpg with turn based battles that feature some RTS elements. More in depth we have:

PLOT: 8.5/10

The plot is quite classic yet very enjoyable with the classic fantasy world and its kingdoms. In the first intro we see Rush rushing into a battlefield while he searches for his freshly kidnapped sister! In the fictional world of TLR, there are several races such as the Mitras, the Yamas, the Qsitis and the Sovanis. With a few words the plot unfolds around "Remnants" that are ancient powerful magic relics that possess immense magic powers and have been the cause for many wars throughout the history. Each Remnant is bound to a human and only he can use its powers. If a Remnant stays inactive for some time it can spawn monsters! Enough said, I won't do any more spoilers. Play it yourselves!

GAMEPLAY: 6/10

In TLR you get to control a youth named Rush. You venture in 3D invironments in towns and dungeons while the city and wolrd maps are simple images (kinda .. "Naaaaahh" to me). 

The PC version of the game (it is published for Xbox and PS3 as well) has some issues when it comes to the controls part! For instance when you are in a shop and browse through the menu of available items pressing the UP and DOWN arrows besides the highlighted item changes, also the camera is changing angles. Which means that they have put two different functions in a single button! Quite convenient huh?! Damn no! There is not any visible effort  to rewrite the buttons from Xbox to pc but instead its like playing the game through an emulator, for instance you are prompted to hit "A" while you must hit "SPACE"! With other words it is like the company makes you buy an original Xbox controller to make your life easier! The in game menu follows the standards of older SquareEnix games where you will find sub menus as "equip", "party formation etc.

The enemies are visible on the screen and you can ambush them avoid them or get ambushed (you dont wanna do that). Well here comes the sad part! The battle system thought it seems quite promising it ends to be very boring one sided and soooo automated! Its seems like the developers would like to make it extremely simple yet strangely difficult to win a battle sometimes. What do i mean? Here is the thing. When you enter the battle there is no option of escape!! The player has to choose between some automated commands like "attack", or "back em up" or "attack with combat arts". Seriously? All you have to be careful about is not to get flanked (amonst enemies) and all is great! i mean come on?! what happened to equipping/using magic or using items manually or choose characters for their own specific abilities and stuff like that!? Many will say that TLR differs cos it is more like strategy when it comes to the battle part but i disagree! Even if it is that way its quite noobish because i dont know if it is just me but i dont see anything strategic there or anything that would related to Rome Total War for instance (there are the units instead of single characters but thats just not enough)! Unfortunately the gameplay isnt its strong part!

MUSIC/ATMOSPHERE: 8/10

The music part is one of its strong I guess, and each town dungeon and so on has its own music. It is very pompous and magnificent at parts and manages to get you quite well in the mood.

GRAPHICS: 9.5/10

Graphics are wuite detailed and "clean" with lots of colors and drawn and designed with creativity and talent! The only thing is that sometimes it gives me the impression that there is so much symmetry especially in towns! 

OVERALL: 8/10

In general terms TLR is a game worthy of your time and money that every jrpg games must at least once experience if u try to be openminded and dont try to relate it to the FF series!

Good Nurse Joy

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ScummVM (Android): The Curse of Monkey Island

Hello again guys n girls, I know that many times emulators can be a pain with all that bios, plugins, and roms. And i know that many of you crave to have at a pocket distance your favorite old school adventures games so here is a brief how-to guide: 

1. Download from PlayStore the ScummVM app

2. Download from PlayStore the ScummVM scumm plugin

3. With ur pc, download Curse of Monkey Island (you can find it at www.emuparadise.me or from any torrent site. WARNING! you download from torrent sites with your own responsibility) 

4. Connect your android device to your pc. 

5. Create a file somewhere in your phone naming it whatever you want

6. Then copy those files in that folder you created: comi.la0, comi.la1, comi.la2 and the resource folder

7. Run ScummVM on your adnroid device, and when it opens press Add Game.

8. Find the folder that you created and the game will be available by seeing its title on the screen
9. Play!!!

ScummVM (Android) Direct Touch Interface

Being able to play all those legendary titles to your pocket devices is heaven's work really but that drag the pointer and then click feature is really annoying. But hey! why are we here people?!?! To provide you with solutions! Well you can easily turn the trackpad interface to the direct touch interface in no time just follow the steps below:

1. Open the ScummVM app

2. Click on the "Options" then "MIDI"

3. There check the "Mixed AdLib/MIDI mode" box.

4. Click "OK"

5. Restart the app

TA-DAAAA! 

Well the red arrow won't go away but thats the least of your problems isn't it?!