Showing posts with label week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week. Show all posts
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Its Sunday Photo 02 of the Week
Its Sunday Photo 02 of the Week
Yakuza Kiwami � PS4
All the in-game graphics were redone for PS4. And I�m not talking about doing up-rezzes of existing art, oh no. Graphics were completely redone for the 1080p/60 frames per second PS4 environment, and boy does it show.The audio lines were re-recorded by the original cast (in Japanese). Astute fans may recall the US version of Yakuza being the only Yakuza game with a well-intentioned English dub, but given the complexity and uniqueness of the yakuza dialect, Kiwami exclusively has the original Japanese voices, re-recorded with the experience of the many Yakuza games since 2005!You like combat? Boom! The combat in Yakuza Kiwami has been upgraded to the fast and (For legal purposes I can�t include the word I want to here, but it starts with an f and rhymes with �curious�) combat style of Yakuza 0, where Kiryu can change stances on the fly to chain together combos and pull off the outrageously satisfying Heat Actions the game is known for!Substories! Finding substories (side missions) has become commonplace in the generations since Yakuza�s release, but were a bit obscure or difficult to find back in 2005. That�s been fully revamped now, with a clear delineation between the critical path missions and some of the quirky off-shoots of the main story.Majima Everywhere. This is literally the best thing ever. Majima, the one-eyed, mad-as-a-hatter psychopath of the Yakuza series takes on the role of the protagonist�s sworn nemesis. And to punctuate that in Kiwami, there�s a new system where he pops out of the most random of places for impromptu encounters. I�m talking �pops out of a manhole� levels of ridiculous, which is what makes it so great.
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Saturday, August 12, 2017
App of the week Nokia Interactive Rich Reading A new way to learn Symbian 3
App of the week Nokia Interactive Rich Reading A new way to learn Symbian 3
The staff of the Nokia Research Center worked in collaboration with Sesame Workshop (creators of the show Sesame Street ) to create an interactive reading experience through mobile phones, the
The first book is called "100 Day School." It is a childrens story in which Elmo (mascot of the former hit series) talk with the children while they exercise reading. The idea is that the character Elmo will help children to engage them in the book, asking questions about each page and encouraging small to talk about what they are reading.
According to NRC researchers, children who speak more about the book during the reading experience, can improve their vocabulary. They also say that the dynamic works best when parents read with their children, to encourage the habit.
This first book is available in English only. And as technology takes advantage of all this app can be a great opportunity for children who are learning another language, besides enriching the reading experience, parents and children can interact more.
Read with your kids and tell me, what you think! The more people like it, more books will be published.
Nokia Interactive Rich Reading.
The first book is called "100 Day School." It is a childrens story in which Elmo (mascot of the former hit series) talk with the children while they exercise reading. The idea is that the character Elmo will help children to engage them in the book, asking questions about each page and encouraging small to talk about what they are reading.
According to NRC researchers, children who speak more about the book during the reading experience, can improve their vocabulary. They also say that the dynamic works best when parents read with their children, to encourage the habit.
This first book is available in English only. And as technology takes advantage of all this app can be a great opportunity for children who are learning another language, besides enriching the reading experience, parents and children can interact more.
Read with your kids and tell me, what you think! The more people like it, more books will be published.
To download the "Nokia Interective Rich Reading" visit Nokia Beta Labs.
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Friday, April 3, 2015
Its Thursday App Review of the Week 02 Tower of Saviors
Welcome to our second In Depth Review of the week : Tower of Saviors (Free)
Introduction
It is a strategic puzzle card game created by the Hong Kong Studio, Madhead. It is massively inspired by the Japanese game Puzzle and Dragons, but it is only available to North America and Japan.
There is a possibility to link your account to your Facebook one or Twitter which will save your progression in the cloud. So you can resume your game while changing devices (Smartphone to Tablet) or when upgrading your latest Smartphone.
The game is a massive hit and just reached 7M of downloads and just hired Taiwanese actress, Michelle Chen to represent the game.
Basics
The game world is divided between 7 worlds and there are 5 elements with a paper/scissor/rock logic :
- Fire beats Nature
- Nature beats Ice
- Ice beats Fire
- Dark beats Light
- Light beats Dark
There is one territory dedicated to each element plus a special challenging area (various challenges changing everyday) and the main tower which concludes each chapter.
Among the different possibilities of the game, you will be able to change your team composition :
Every 10 levels, you will be afforded a second team composition, so you can adapt depending on your opponent.
In your inventory, you can choose how you arrange your cards (HP, attack, etc...). You can also check each cards profiles and then level them up or make them evolve after reaching the max level.
Game Mechanics
Before each game, you need to choose an ally to complete your team. So you will be controlling 6 cards instead of 5 and it will act as if it was part of your team.
More often than not, you will be offered to partner up with very powerful allies and after a while (~ 5 hours), you wont be able to win fights (unless youre grinding) without such allies.
At the end of each stage, you will be able to make a friend request if the chosen ally wasnt one.
Each successful completed stage will award you 10 Friend Points if your partner is a friend and 5 otherwise.
Battles consist in aligning 3 blocks of the same color. There are 5 different colors representing each elements plus Heart stones which allow you to heal yourself if you sustained damage.
Each turn, you can choose one block and drag it on an unlimited distance but in a limited time frame (somewhat around 5 seconds or less). While moving your stone, you will move others as well and making combos : aligning several 3 blocks or more. The more you make combos, the more damage you will inflict on your opponent.
If you align 5 stones or more of the same color, you will be awarded a super stone on your next turn.
At the end of each stage (from 3 to 7 battles), you will be awarded new cards and experience.
In order to participate to a stage, you will need to invest Stamina Points. When you level up, all you Stamina Points will be restored.
At the beginning and even after a while (~ 10 hours), you wont need to spend money in order to restore your Stamina Points.
Game Store
The game currency is Diamond except for Friends Points which can give your a card for every 200 Friend Points.
1 Diamong will be awarded to you when you complete a full level consisting on defeating 5 stages and the main tower. So far, I have spent 5 free Diamonds to extend my inventory and the need to pay hasnt manifest itself yet.
The friend list is limited to 50 but I havent reach the limit yet either.
Those are the prices of the Diamonds :
Verdict
This is must have for every strategic puzzle game fan. It is a complete free game and it will be a while before paying for anything especially if youre not a ultra heavy gamer. I play around 30 to 60 minutes everyday which is already quite something and I have not spent a single penny so far.
On top of that, the game is Adsfree.
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