Cool upcoming games 2011

Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2 is the sequel of the popular MMORPG Guild Wars. The new game will feature new game-engine, changes in character development and better PVP system. It will emphasize more on the massively multiplayer part. Guild Wars 1 was pretty good game so I think Guild Wars 2 will be a hit.

Rift
Rift is a fantasy MMORPG that looks very promising. Its release date is just few days from now so I’m very excited! I'll write more later.

The Exiled Realm of Arborea
The Exiled Realm of Arborea or Tera Online is another promising MMORPG game that will be released this year. It will be somewhat unique with its non-targeted PVP system. Really this click to select and then attack system was getting very boring.

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic is an upcoming sci-fi, mmo game based in the Star Wars universe.

Voyage Century - beautiful free to play game

Site: http://vc.igg.com/
Developer: Snail Games
Publisher: IGG

Voyage Century is a free to play, 3D MMORPG set in 16-th century Europe. The game has beautiful medieval theme and the player can feel the spirit of exploration and enjoy totally new adventure.

Sea Battles, Sea Battles, Sea Battles!
The game offers epic sea battles – hundreds of warships fight each other at the same moment! You can feel the real tension of an awesome sea battle with realistic water graphics and beautiful, medieval themed ships.

Characters
At the beginning players can choose from four different character types.
Players start their journey in the city of Athens. The game has more than 40 cities with amazing sceneries but the main part in the game takes the sea.

Video Trailer

Harvest: Massive Encounter – survival strategy game

Harvest: Massive Encounter is an awesome (and I mean AWESOME) real time td and strategy game by Oxeye Game Studio. The game is not your usual tower defense type, but a unique, amazing and epic experience!

Story
Gold rush! Yeah, gold rush in space! Everyone wants to be rich. You also head the opportunity but there are the nasty aliens who stay between you and your success!
Gameplay
Truly epic! But lets start at the beginning. The game starts with a small base with two power plants and some power links. Yep, everything needs energy, so the player will build power plants and links most of the time. The mining is very important, cause it’s the only way to obtain money. And depending on the mode the player will need to build its defense structures - lasers and missile turrets. The lasers are really cool – you can link them to obtain a high-power beam.

Some game tricks and cheats:

• To build a structure faster click on it and choose the option to have all linked power nodes to focus their energy on it.
• To expand the map - build structures at the edges.
• Don’t forget to sell your harvesters when the nearest minerals are depleted.

Site: http://www.oxeyegames.com/harvest/

QuarkStar Mission

Online game - Quark Star Mission.

Harvest Massive Encounter - awesome tower defense game

Awesome but very hard tower defense game. I'll write a detailed review later.

YS Online Trailer

OK, I admit it, the game looks good! I can't understand why the game is down and not available.

YS: The Oath in Felghana

These days I had the chance to play one awesome Japanese game – YS.
The YS series are several RPG games but here I’ll talk only for YS: The Oath in Felghana. I have no background information about the series, so if you are an old YS fan, don’t shoot at me, those are my first impressions only.
The series are centered at the adventures of Adol, our main hero. As every hero, he is cool, his favorite breakfast is fried monsters and of course he has to save the world and the young lady. Yep, there is a beautiful, blondie young lady to be saved.

Gameplay
The game controls are smooth and after some time I actually forgot that the real world is outside the screen. The game world is beautiful but deadly so the players don’t have much time to relax. The average monsters are somewhat easy to be beaten but there are strong boss monsters. During his journey, Adol finds some hidden treasures – powerful artifacts that help him in some tough situations. For example the first boss is unpassable without the Firedragon Amulet. Some places on the map a too high and you can’t reach them unless you use the wind bracelet.

The Story
The game starts with short story as Adol and his friend arrived at Felghana. The game follows the story closely with series of quests that reveal the characters background and motivation. The plot is interesting even without the action but together they form an awesome adventure.

MMORPG
As I heard there is an MMORPG YS Online, currently in Open Beta. I’ll try to learn more and I’ll make a separate post about it. I hope it is as good as the series, I can’t wait to play it!

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