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Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) is a third-person adventure game which is set in near future New York City. The most important thing to note about Fahrenheit is that it doesn't fall in a specific genre. The game feels a lot like a movie, but the interaction is extensive enough that the player is a crucial part of the unfolding storyline. Lucas Kane is a normal guy working in a bank. One night, in a diner in Brooklyn, he suddenly falls in a sort of state of trance. Like a puppet on strings, he stands up, takes his knife, and goes in the restroom. He carves strange symbols on his arms and then stabs an unsuspecting businessman to death. Then he becomes himself again, and realizes what just happened. Covered in blood, Lucas regains control and awareness, but with no idea why he killed this man. Now, Lucas is a murderer. And this is where the game begins. From here you have a choice. You can just casually walk out, run out, or clean yourself up first, or hide the body, etc. Only as you find out more about the sinister plot that surrounds the murder does the game progress.
In the game you control not only the killer Lucas Kane, but also the police detectives Carla and Tyler. This means that throughout the game you can choose which scenesparts to play first, which characters to continue with first, and the ability to tackle the game from both sides - killer and police. The game does an excellent job in getting you involved in the plot. Since you play both Lucas and the detectives investigating the murder, you feel the sense of urgency as you struggle to put all the puzzle pieces together of each side. The fact that you are have to make a decision, just makes the game that much better. And of course, like in real life, certain choices come with consequences. Make a wrong decision and you are screwed.
The game controls well with an innovative control scheme that mostly work great. Movement is done with the arrows or by holding down both mouse buttons. Interaction with the environment as well as conversations show the possible choices a player can make by displaying icons on the top bar of the screen. You must make a mouse gesture (similar to Black & White's spell casting system), representing the action you want to execute. There's also a timer in conversations, so you must think quickly what option you'll choose. The action sequences are unique. Rather than use the keyboard or controller to throw punches or block attacks, there is a series of flashing lights corresponding to controller positions or keystrokes that one must mimic in a very short amount of time. Depend on how well you do, Lucas will move accordingly. You'll often have to perform long strings of commands while the action unfolds onscreen. Sure, it can be childishfrustrating at times, but it's nice to see how the button combinations match the action sequences on the screen. It can even be an exciting and fun experience. Simply, it works, and it works well. The controls of this game never gave me any trouble and were very easy to use.
One of the innovative features is that the state of mind actually has to be taken care of in Fahrenheit - a bar in the bottom left corner of the screen displays your Mental Health. The Mental Health of the characters can change depending on their actions, their moral choices and the relationships they have with other characters. If they get too depressed, the consequences can be disastrous and they might end up committing suicide and then it's Game Over.
Along the game, one can collect cards that contribute to Bonus Points. These bonus points can be used outside the game to unlock special features such as art galleries, soundtracks, mini-games and additional movies.
My only complaint is that the game is too short. The completion time is just over 10-12 hours, which makes for a very long movie or a relatively short game, but there is a saving grace. Because the game is freeform as much as it can be, the plot alters at certain decisions and you'll want to go back and check out different scenarios.
Overall, Fahrenheit is a great game, it's the fresh air that adventure gamers needed since Syberia was released. So if you haven't picked this game up yet, I would recommend it! I really hope for a follow-up to this game..
Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) is a third-person adventure game which is set in near future New York City. The most important thing to note about Fahrenheit is that it doesn't fall in a specific genre. The game feels a lot like a movie, but the interaction is extensive enough that the player is a crucial part of the unfolding storyline. Lucas Kane is a normal guy working in a bank. One night, in a diner in Brooklyn, he suddenly falls in a sort of state of trance. Like a puppet on strings, he stands up, takes his knife, and goes in the restroom. He carves strange symbols on his arms and then stabs an unsuspecting businessman to death. Then he becomes himself again, and realizes what just happened. Covered in blood, Lucas regains control and awareness, but with no idea why he killed this man. Now, Lucas is a murderer. And this is where the game begins. From here you have a choice. You can just casually walk out, run out, or clean yourself up first, or hide the body, etc. Only as you find out more about the sinister plot that surrounds the murder does the game progress.
In the game you control not only the killer Lucas Kane, but also the police detectives Carla and Tyler. This means that throughout the game you can choose which scenesparts to play first, which characters to continue with first, and the ability to tackle the game from both sides - killer and police. The game does an excellent job in getting you involved in the plot. Since you play both Lucas and the detectives investigating the murder, you feel the sense of urgency as you struggle to put all the puzzle pieces together of each side. The fact that you are have to make a decision, just makes the game that much better. And of course, like in real life, certain choices come with consequences. Make a wrong decision and you are screwed.
The game controls well with an innovative control scheme that mostly work great. Movement is done with the arrows or by holding down both mouse buttons. Interaction with the environment as well as conversations show the possible choices a player can make by displaying icons on the top bar of the screen. You must make a mouse gesture (similar to Black & White's spell casting system), representing the action you want to execute. There's also a timer in conversations, so you must think quickly what option you'll choose. The action sequences are unique. Rather than use the keyboard or controller to throw punches or block attacks, there is a series of flashing lights corresponding to controller positions or keystrokes that one must mimic in a very short amount of time. Depend on how well you do, Lucas will move accordingly. You'll often have to perform long strings of commands while the action unfolds onscreen. Sure, it can be childishfrustrating at times, but it's nice to see how the button combinations match the action sequences on the screen. It can even be an exciting and fun experience. Simply, it works, and it works well. The controls of this game never gave me any trouble and were very easy to use.
One of the innovative features is that the state of mind actually has to be taken care of in Fahrenheit - a bar in the bottom left corner of the screen displays your Mental Health. The Mental Health of the characters can change depending on their actions, their moral choices and the relationships they have with other characters. If they get too depressed, the consequences can be disastrous and they might end up committing suicide and then it's Game Over.
Along the game, one can collect cards that contribute to Bonus Points. These bonus points can be used outside the game to unlock special features such as art galleries, soundtracks, mini-games and additional movies.
My only complaint is that the game is too short. The completion time is just over 10-12 hours, which makes for a very long movie or a relatively short game, but there is a saving grace. Because the game is freeform as much as it can be, the plot alters at certain decisions and you'll want to go back and check out different scenarios.
Overall, Fahrenheit is a great game, it's the fresh air that adventure gamers needed since Syberia was released. So if you haven't picked this game up yet, I would recommend it! I really hope for a follow-up to this game..
Minimum System Requirements
Processor Pentium III 800 MHz or faster, 256MB RAM, 32 MB Hardware T&L-compatible video card, compatible sound card, DVD-ROM Drive, 4.0 GB free HDD space
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PC REQUIREMENT
Minimum Requirements
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghzGraphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows VistaHDD: 6GBInternet: 256k+Optical Drive: DVDSoftware: DX9.0c with Windows XP
Recommended Requirements
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalentRAM: 1.5GbHDD: 6GBInternet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)Optical Drive: DVDSoftware: DX10 with Windows Vista
November 12, 2007 - Crysis is one of, if not the, most stunningly beautiful games we've ever seen. But even beyond that, it's a pretty fantastic shooter. Solid weapons, intelligent enemies, and fairly open level designs mix with nano-suit powers to make this one of the more entertaining ballistic showdowns in some time.
The fact that developer Crytek has figured out how to create a story that doesn't drip with cheese helped immerse us into a "realistic" and exciting near-future. Voice acting is pretty good, the in-game cutscenes are well designed to never take you out of the action, and the aliens are actually menacing and dangerous, unlike the campy Trigens of Far Cry. Crytek has obviously learned a lot about presentation and storytelling since their first effort. I found myself caring about the story that's there and wanting to kick the aliens off of our planet. If they hadn't pulled a Halo 2 at the end, I would have been totally pleased with the story that helps the game progress forward.As with 2004's Far Cry, Crysis takes place on a picturesque island paradise lush with vegetation and surrounded by gorgeous blue water. The impressive visuals are so far beyond Far Cry's that it's hard to even comprehend what Crytek, given another few years of development time, will be able to come up with. It's not only the technical aspects that are impressive; it's the detail of the models, architecture, and textures. Whether it's the frost on the gun barrels or change in color of the nano-suit for different abilities, the little touches are everywhere. When you're staring up through the snow at the oppressive presence of the alien mothership buried in the mountain, wandering through the maze of rock and metal tunnels underneath its surface, tromping through the dense jungle, or simply looking into the face of one of the awesome character models, it's impossible not to be awed at what Crytek managed to do technically.
Thankfully, the art team was given the chance to expand their horizons from simple jungles to include the spectacularly disorienting innards of an alien ship and an ice-blasted mountainside. The inside of the ship is especially breathtaking. The greens and greys are spectacularly mixed with bright alien lights and the thin-skinned aliens themselves. The contrast between the rough rock walls covered in crystals and the heavy technology of the aliens is pretty striking as well. The character models which rival even Half-Life 2's are especially remarkable. There's not as much emotion, but the slight cartoony style chosen allows for suspension of disbelief and sidesteps the creepy Beowulf effect. Like HL2, there's a lot of detail in the facial textures and while the lip synching can be a tiny bit off-putting from time to time, these are some truly amazing representations of humans.
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghzGraphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows VistaHDD: 6GBInternet: 256k+Optical Drive: DVDSoftware: DX9.0c with Windows XP
Recommended Requirements
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalentRAM: 1.5GbHDD: 6GBInternet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)Optical Drive: DVDSoftware: DX10 with Windows Vista
November 12, 2007 - Crysis is one of, if not the, most stunningly beautiful games we've ever seen. But even beyond that, it's a pretty fantastic shooter. Solid weapons, intelligent enemies, and fairly open level designs mix with nano-suit powers to make this one of the more entertaining ballistic showdowns in some time.
The fact that developer Crytek has figured out how to create a story that doesn't drip with cheese helped immerse us into a "realistic" and exciting near-future. Voice acting is pretty good, the in-game cutscenes are well designed to never take you out of the action, and the aliens are actually menacing and dangerous, unlike the campy Trigens of Far Cry. Crytek has obviously learned a lot about presentation and storytelling since their first effort. I found myself caring about the story that's there and wanting to kick the aliens off of our planet. If they hadn't pulled a Halo 2 at the end, I would have been totally pleased with the story that helps the game progress forward.As with 2004's Far Cry, Crysis takes place on a picturesque island paradise lush with vegetation and surrounded by gorgeous blue water. The impressive visuals are so far beyond Far Cry's that it's hard to even comprehend what Crytek, given another few years of development time, will be able to come up with. It's not only the technical aspects that are impressive; it's the detail of the models, architecture, and textures. Whether it's the frost on the gun barrels or change in color of the nano-suit for different abilities, the little touches are everywhere. When you're staring up through the snow at the oppressive presence of the alien mothership buried in the mountain, wandering through the maze of rock and metal tunnels underneath its surface, tromping through the dense jungle, or simply looking into the face of one of the awesome character models, it's impossible not to be awed at what Crytek managed to do technically.
Thankfully, the art team was given the chance to expand their horizons from simple jungles to include the spectacularly disorienting innards of an alien ship and an ice-blasted mountainside. The inside of the ship is especially breathtaking. The greens and greys are spectacularly mixed with bright alien lights and the thin-skinned aliens themselves. The contrast between the rough rock walls covered in crystals and the heavy technology of the aliens is pretty striking as well. The character models which rival even Half-Life 2's are especially remarkable. There's not as much emotion, but the slight cartoony style chosen allows for suspension of disbelief and sidesteps the creepy Beowulf effect. Like HL2, there's a lot of detail in the facial textures and while the lip synching can be a tiny bit off-putting from time to time, these are some truly amazing representations of humans.
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