Wednesday, September 30, 2009

If Prince of Persia Multiplayer is Developed

Multiplayer games are the most interesting and most attractive gameplay viz. There are a lot of multiplayer games developed in the past. Notable ones are Age of Empires, Wolfenstein, Call of Duty, Half-life, Need For Speed. There are many more I have not included here and may be more popular to these. Apart from those I have listen above from past, there are story lines like Harry Potter, Transformers, X-Men which can be made into very good multiplayer games. The games Harry Potter and Transformers are made in to multiplayer as said. But are they worth playing multi-player?

The games like Prince of Persia are greatly admired for single player. The games like this are so nicely design and written that, it just looks like a real life in action. And the task is so clean and nice, just move on. And thinking of a multiplayer design is not so "Aaaaah?" kind of thing.

So lets think of it,
The easier and non-convincing game can be like this,

The different characters would be focusing on a multi-task scenario. Each character is assigned some task and the result will be shared between the characters. In this design, a character is assigned definite tasks. The other characters are assigned some other tasks too. But the key point here is that they cannot exchange or share each others tasks. They only share the result.

But there is much better game design, where the story line is completely different,

The characters have some tasks to do in a scenario. These tasks are not assigned, they are shared. So here, not just the result is shared, but also the tasks are shared. It becomes a complete, real-time strategy game. The strategy is like World of Warcraft, where you try to reach the enemy in different paths. This is so because, both the enemies and allies are human players, not the computer or bots. Its a responsibility of the enemies to restrict the prince and his allies by covering all the paths towards the destination of the prince. And it is the task of the prince to reach his destination. You can use diversion strategies, combined attack strategies, and all kinds of strategies you can get in to your mind.

The game looks very similar to Counter Strike Capture the Flag Mod, but the biggest difference is that the characters fight between themselves with a Swords and Bows.

The latest game in the Prince of Persia series, POP2008 has two characters, they had a very nice chance to make the game multiplayer, that would have been really nice. But never mind, a nicely designed game is always awaited and good to develop one for the developers and good to game for the gamers.

Aion Tower of Eternity Hamachi Networks

This post is for sharing the Hamachi Networks of the game Aion Tower of Eternity. You can create the networks I have suggested here, or you can share your own networks.

Share like this:
  • Network Name: ------
  • Pass: ------
If you want to create new networks for the game Aion Tower of Eternity, you can create the following Hamachi networks,
  1. playaion
  2. playaion1
  3. playaion2
  4. playaion3
  5. playaion4
These networks should be created with password 1.

If you want to know more about how to play games on hamachi, view this post on What is Hamachi.

Age of Empires Conquerors 1.0c & 1.0e Scenarios Server IPs [Share Post]

This post is exclusively created for sharing the Age of Empires The Conquerors Expansion Server IPs, mainly for Scenarios and can be used for sharing other games too. If you have Created the Game server, just share the IP here and wait for other to join.

You generally share the IP addresses in online chatting. Along with those places, you can share the same information here too. The better part will be that, one day, you can share your game information without logging in into any accounts.

Points to Note:
  1. Share here too, not here alone.
  2. Don't expect much till this post gets some age.
  3. This is easy share method, where there is no need logins.
Just post the game information once and that must be enough. This post is all AOE Games and versions, not just conquerors. Give the game and version in your details.

Multiplayer Games are highly unique different than Single Player Games

Q.  You play PC games?
I guess you do.

Q. Single Player or Multiplayer?
If you say single player, you are starting. If you say Multiplayer, you are a Gamer.

Graphics are not important in Multiplayer Games. Counter Strike is the best example. How better the graphics may be, no one wants to play a Multiplayer Game if the game is not so convincing. In the game counter strike, the player tend to play multiplayer a lot more than single player. Also, the bots in single player mode may spoil your game both accuracy wise and strategy wise.

So graphics are important for Singleplayer games and an extra feature for Multiplayer games. So this makes the design of Multiplayer and Singleplayer a lot different from each other. A game with both multiplayer and singleplayer support is very rare to get fame for both modes. Even if it did, only one of Multiplayer and Singleplayer is known to be more successful.

More over, multiplayer game now a days is just go on shooting one another or go on racing with all the arrow keys pressed with lot of anger. It takes a lot more than singleplayer mode to make a multiplayer game. The story line of the multiplayer game need to be written very carefully to make a nice game. The characters must be set some way. I will write a post on multiplayer gaming in games like Prince of Persia.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Is Fallen Earth another Diablo!

Firstly, both the games are very different and are good in their own way. I just felt that the game is Diablo for a small moment when I saw Bandanas, Jackets, skill levels, Dexterity etc... later came to know that this game is Fallen Earth and the former was Diablo. But, I always feel that all the games are being repeated no matter who the developer is and what the game is about. But if the games are really good, then there is no problem to start over with it.

Need For Speed, its a very nice series with lots of nice looks and features, but the game just goes on getting some modifications rather than introduction of some new features. The reason for a nice response from the gamers for few games in its series is the same, lack of innovation. Off course, its after all one series so the games must be in a single theme, so lets take this one off. One thing is that, if someone asks me what to add in the next game, its just a blank face you can see, but there are games being made with lot of innovation.

FIFA, there was a post on the official forums. The thread says stop playing FIFA until you get a nice modification of the game and not a re-release kind of stuff. And that thread looks convincing.

MMORPG's, I guess there is no need to mention actually. Somebody was saying that, before playing MMORPGs the brain is an egg, and after playing one, it turns into omelet. Sounds convincing.

So whats after all creativity! Games are being made from movies and movies are being made from games. This is good, I should say, but not all like this. There are good number of games released long before with very nice story line and creative design. Prince of Persia was a nice game with simplest storyline and still most attractive. Diablo when it was released was a very nice and attractive game too. The lack of games with unique identity would decrease the interest in games. Today, a lot of games are played online and offline not because the taste of all the gamers is different, but for the games themselves are not so different. Now, the games just go like, modify this one and release it again. Not so cool.

Need For Speed Shift PC Patch - LAN and Mouse Support

Need For Speed Shift is the latest in its series released for PC. Many of the gamers might have been waiting for the Patches of the game for many reasons. Now there is a patch for PC. Here is the Download Page from EA's Need For Speed Website, from where you can download the PC Patch for the game Need For Speed Shift for different versions and languages - NFS Shift PC Patch.

This patch is said to be useful for the LAN play of the game NFS Shift and Mouse Support for easier Menu Navigation. This might fix some of the other problems which are reported around the Web, if there are any and if it is capable. And what does this mean, use it and you'll know it.

This is the only patch available at that website. In the same page, you can also see the demo download for the Game Need For Speed Shift is also available.

If you want to share any information on the patch, you can comment here and share what you want other to know about it.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Red Faction Guerrilla Game Crashes and Problems

If you find any problems or crashes with the game Red Faction Guerrilla you can share them here, and you may find some help from other gamers who might have fixed their issues. If you have solved any game problems previously, you can share them here.

The game crashes can be minimized by following small tips.

  1. Don't use any applications that interfere with the game.
  2. Use the drivers given with the official disc, not new, not old.
  3. nVIDIA Physx is said to cause some problems, try to change its version.
  4. Don't use any Trainers or Cheat applications for Red Faction Guerrilla.
If you are facing crash problems, you can give the details about your,
  1. Operating System
  2. DirectX
  3. Graphic Card and its Drivers
  4. Using any mods for the game?
Here are some General Solutions and Fixes at the Official Community.

Single player: If you want to share your game saved profiles, you can go to Game Profiles post.
Multi-player: You can get the Hamachi Networks for this game at Hamachi Networks.