Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

In Japan, this game is also known as Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles. It is the much awaited upcoming shooter game and the seventh installment of Capcom's Resident Evil series. The game is slated to be released on the following date and area:
November 13, 2007 - North America
November 15, 2007 - Japan
November 30, 2007 - Europe

Gameplay

Umbrella Chronicles is for those players who wanted more of Resident Evil game. There aren't any slow-moving adventure sections here, just full of shooting action. Unlike the Survivor game, the player is automatically guided through the games' multiple stages and assaulted by zombies at nearly every turn. The analog stick on the Nunchuk can be used to look around, used for camera view, but not move, this seems to be the Nunchuk's only function in the game. Pressing down on the remote's D-pad quickly switches between your available weapons like a pistol, shotgun and machine gun.

Umbrella Corp. isn't vanished yet

Since the graphics are generated in real-time, the game features destructible environments. You can freely shoot on the game, like pictures on walls, statues or other objects, which will break instantly and may even hide some extra weapons or ammunition. You can also shoot at the lights to darken the room, though that will make it even harder to see those fleshy zombie obstacle is coming up in front of you.

Game Plot

The game follows the story behind the downfall of the ever popular corporation in Resident Evil series, the Umbrella Corporation simply by revisiting scenarios from Resident Evil Zero, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It will conclude with an assault upon an Umbrella stronghold. The known playable characters include Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, Billy Coen, Carlos Oliviera, Richard Aiken, Ada Wong, HUNK, and Albert Wesker.

Far Cry: Vengeance

Far Cry Vengeance is an action first person shooting game developed and also published by Ubisoft for Wii. It was released last year December in North America and Australia. It is the second Wii game released in North America to have a M-rated ESRB.

The storyline of the game is similar to Far Cry Instincts: Evolution, the previous Xbox title. Far Cry: Vengeance has pretty much the same story as Evolution, and also features three new levels, new weapons and vehicles, and different controls.

Gameplay

This game takes full advantage on Wii Remote and Nunchuk. The player can make the character jump by lifting the Nunchuk. Weapons are aimed by pointing the Wii Remote at the screen, and melee attacks are carried out by making a slashing motion with it. The zoom on sniper rifle guns will similarly be controlled by moving the Wii Remote towards the television. Split screen Chaos mode is included. The popular map marker mode, as well as online play, are absent from the Wii version of the game, and no WiiConnect24 features are utilized.

The Wii version also includes some exclusive content, such as a new storyline, three brand new maps, including "Tourist Resort, and abandoned World War II base and a petrol refinery," as well as new known weapons that includes, among others, the Bull .44 large-caliber revolver, the AK-47, and a shotgun.

Let's kill those thugs




related games: Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, Call of Duty 3, Medal of Honor: Vanguard

Medal of Honor: Vanguard on Wii

Medal of Honor: Vanguard is the 10th installment in the long-running series of Medal of Honor of the classic World War II first-person shooting game. It was developed by Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio in order for the releasing in the featured game console of Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 2.

Honor these Soldiers

Game Features

In this game, you play as Corporal Frank Keegan, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. Corporal Keegan is transferred later to the 17th Airborne Division after the Operation Market Garden, and before the Operation Varsity.

Vanguard's features are similar to the other Medal of Honor game, the Medal of Honor: Airborne. In this game, you are able to customize the character's weapons, such as adding a scope to a M1 Garand and a larger ammo drum for a Thompson, although these upgrades are only available on certain levels missions only.

At the start of some the levels, players parachute onto a battlefield, and they can roughly designate where they land. Players who land at certain points in a level will be able to pick up weapon upgrades and ammunition. Missions can be played out in different ways depending on where you land and which weapons you obtain.

Content wise, bot versions of the game are the same. However, the Wii version implements the Wii Remote to accomplish such movements as shooting, reloading, making quick turns, jumping, and crouching. These certain actions are accomplished with a standard video game interface on the PS2 version, and also an option on the Wii.

Vehicles have not been included in the final game, as EA wishes to focus on foot battles.




related games: Far Cry Vengeance, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire, Call of Duty 3

Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire

This game is for the Wii from D3 Publisher which was released on September 25, 2007. Dragon Blade follows a young adventurer who seeks six legendary pieces of the "Dragon Blade", each infused with the soul of different guardian dragons. In an attempt to build the ultimate weapon and vanquish evil, the main character of the game embarks on a quest to find and seal away each of the six dragons, taking their souls and abilities in the process.

Gameplay

Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire is a Hack and Slash game that mixes with Beat'em up and RPG aspects, similar to God of War and Devil May Cry.

In the game, the Wii Remote is used as the weapon held by the main character. At first, it is a sword that can only slash and defend, but as you go through deeper in the game, you gain more weapon transformations. Confirmed usable weapon modes are a dragon fist, two dragon fists, a dragon head, dragon wings and a dragon tail. There are twenty levels in the game, and five worlds. To fight, players can lock-on to enemies and either shoot fire with the dragon head or do various close combat techniques depending on which weapon is being used.

"Gamers have been asking for fun, original games on the Wii and D3PA has answered their call with Dragon Blade," said Alison Quirion, VP of marketing, D3PA. "Dragon Blade stays true to its game design roots by focusing on the pure beat-em-up, arcade style action that gamers love while taking full advantage of the Wii controls to achieve as close to one-to-one motion as possible so players will truly experience the action like never before."



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Call of Duty 3 on Wii

Thrills and excitement defines Call of Duty 3

This game takes place in 1944 during the Normandy Breakout. After landing successfully on the France's beaches, the Allies focused on getting the Germans out of France and liberating Paris, which was under Nazi control at that time. As were the case in the previous game, you are placed in the role of several soldiers, and you'll participate in campaigns for Poland, Canada, Britain, and America. Each country's campaign has its unique storyline that is supposed to get you emotionally involved with the characters, but the stories aren't very interesting; there's a soldier with a strong distate for the French, an overbearing sergeant, and a young radio operator who has been labeled a coward. Though the stories aren't particularly engaging, fighting for four different armies works because it gives you a sense of how much effort it took to wrest control of France the Germans and that it wasn't just the US that lost men and women in World War II.

Gameplay

Call of Duty 3 isn't a run-and-gun FPS, but its not as slow-paced as a tactical shooter. You'll fight alongside CPU-controlled soldiers, and you'll generally need to stay behind cover, pick off as many soldiers as you can, and then advance to the next safe spot. Because there's no health bar in the game, you will be needing to watch closely on your screen when you are getting a hit. As you get shot, the edges of the screen turn crimson and close in around you the more you get hit. Should you fall victim to a grenade or a bullet and not die, all you have to do is seek shelter to recover your health. Because the game's artificial intelligence initially appears "smarter" than in a typical FPS, it can be frustrating to be unable to clear a particular section because of cheap tricks like how new enemies will spawn to replace fallen soldiers in outdoor levels. But once you come to grips with the fact that you can't kill them all, it shouldn't bother you much. You still need to be careful not to shoot your fellow soldiers, the game is enabled on friendly-fire.




related games: Far Cry Vengeance, Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, Medal of Honor Vanguard

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

An action shooting video game for Wii developed by Retro Studios published by Nintendo. This is the 10th game in the Metroid series and is the third and final of the main installments in the Metroid Prime Trilogy. The game takes place six months after the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and introduces a new control system based on Wii Remote and Nunchuk. The game was released on August 27, 2007 in North America and in stores on August 28. In August 10, 2007, Nintendo released a preview channel to North American Wii owners via the Wii shop channel, containing storyline and gameplay videos. I have played some Metroid series in the past, full of action and very addictive. In this series, I will not expect much on this, I will just let it to surprise me. I'm excited to play it on Wii, just like playing in virtual reality game.

Gameplay

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a 3D 1st-person action adventure game. Players can point the Arm Cannon with the Wii Remote then the Grappling Beam by moving the Nunchuk. You can choose whether A or B button for firing. The C button executes the Morph Ball Mode, and Z locks on targets in the Combat Visor, you can scan object by using Scan Visor, controls Samus's ship using the Command Visor, and guides along magnetic rails in Morph Ball Mode. There is going to be a lot of movements and pointing that needs to be executed in order to stay alive in this game, I think. Maybe playing with this game more often will naturally generate some techniques and fine movements for me. Familiarizing with the buttons and movements is the key to perform better in this game.

Story Line

The Galactic Federation's network computer called Aurora Unit, is completely corrupted with something like a virus. The Federation believes that Space Pirates is behind all this problem. Samus, the heroin of the game, and other hunters leaps to their defense only to find out that the enemy they are facing is Dark Samus, a powerful villain armed with enormous power that no one can withstand.

Characters

Samus Aran - the heroin of the game. She is a bounty hunter armed with Cybernetic Power Suit with multiple advanced technologies on it. She hunts aliens called Space Pirates and energy-draining alien parasites called Metroids.

Dark Samus - the doppelganger of Samus Aran. She serves as the leader of the Space Pirates in corruption through the use of mind control.



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related games: Call of Duty 3, Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire, Medal of Honor: Vanguard