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Deathtrap tier 4 madness

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World of Van helsing: Deathtrap is an excellent strategy game and a lot of fun but near towards the end of the game it starts to become less fun and more frustrating. This is due to how difficult some of the levels are in tier 4. Especially the last 3 levels: Necropolis, Wonded Crag and Inkheart. X35 Earthwalker himself has beaten every level in tier 4 and he will give his views and some advice and tips concerning the levels and what to do.

“The last 3 tier 4 levels defeated me at my first try. They all seemed overwhelming as the enemies literally end up swarming you. Almost any enemy you have faced already will be present and back for revenge. For them, revenge is a dish best served in numbers. By the time you unlock tier 4 levels, you should be at least level 50 by then. The higher your level, the more skill points you can spend on your skills. The skills you bring into these levels are essential. Skills that make your character a man/woman army are needed as you have to be able to handle the battlefield yourself or at least one section on the level by yourself. For example, as the Mercenary having the bash and frost ring abilities are essential and will save your life. I will talk about this as a mercenary character. So make sure to have trap boost, touch of death, frost ring and bash. As other character leaders you must have at least one trap enhancing skill and a heavy hitting skill for serious damage.”

“The first tier 4 level that we will talk about is Necropolis, which looks like a giant cemetery (how fitting). This level is so hard simply because they through many different types of enemies your way. You will have to deal with horde, giant and armoured enemies. This means that splash, concentrated and piercing traps are needed. In the you should handle the giants that come from the top right gate by using ONLY concentrated traps. I used the gun sentry and frost pillar. This slows down the giants while dealing heavy concentrated damage. Make sure to max out the damage and slow for the gun sentry and frost pillars. Activate the top right and left enhancer beacons. Then built two razor launchers next to the top left gate as preparation for later waves. Lastly if you have some essence left, head to the top square section of the level and on the left hand side build a phoenix tower and blast furnace to handle horde enemies that come from the gate at the top gate. You must stay and handle the enemies from the top gate yourself. The next wave just upgrade your razor launchers on the top left path and along that path build lightning pillars build a razor launcher right in front of the enhancer beacon at the bottom left gate location. Handle the monsters from the top gate and only leave when you absolutely have have to. Keep an eye on the map so you can go and deal with the quag devourer champions that come at the end of the wave. Build concentrated traps along the path of the bottom right path for giants that come later. Wave 4 is the worst. The biggest threat are the glacier golem who will freeze you when they die if you are near. That’s why we built pure piercing traps on the left hand side as lots of armoured enemies will show up. Here you must know when to leave the top gate and assist in other places, primarily the glacier golems. It’s up to you now. If you can pass this wave then you can pass the final one. Just don’t panic and make sure to check your map often. I left a quick game play clip below to check out.”

“Wounded Crag is just simply a ridiculous tier 4 level as they it throws more enemies than your traps could ever handle. There is no fixed build for this level as the monsters change which gate they come from each wave pretty much. Good thing is that there are only two types of enemies here: Shredders and Drigiblusa (I hate those things). This means only build concentrated and piercing traps like the frost pillar and lightning pillar. Funny enough, this map only has tower traps slots anyway. You could use Enthropic tower but the giant enemies normally have quite the distance between them making the jump ability of the beam not effective. So that’s the main of it. You must build as much as possible and make sure to have slow and damage upgraded to max on all frost pillars. The lightning pillars need max extra charge and multi-jolt. Any slots that are too out of range for those two towers should be used for a olympus tower as has magnificent range. The strategy is to literally use as many trap slots as you can, building lighting and frost pillars, to damage as much as you can, weakening the enemy for when they encounter your character. Build as best as you can but in the end, it all comes down to your character and the skills you use. You have to manage this map and head everywhere to assist your traps literally. You could in the later waves sell to swap the locations of your piercing and concentrated traps but if you decide to do that then I recommend that you only do that once as towers sell for less of their original value after being used. Check that map frequently for sneaky monsters and always fight near teleporters so you can get to places quick to save the day. I failed to get three stars on this level at least twice, so don’t get discouraged even if you fail the level. See where you went wrong and then do what needs to be done. Hey, I never said that tier 4 levels are easy. So stop moaning and get good!”

“Inkheart is the true monster of this game. This level went over the scale in every way. You must deal with pretty much ever enemy you have faced already. Fast horde monsters, multiple armoured enemies including those glacier golems, giants in abundance, high damaging enemies, many inkwraiths (just in case you missed them) and multiple bosses all want to have a swing at your face. To beat this level, you have to use every trap slot and special trap available. This is non-negotiable. If you didn’t use one then you are dead. The scary part is that even if you use them all, you most likely will still be dead. It’s that hard. Even worse is that they don’t give you nearly enough essence to prepare for death. Your only hope is to use all the salvage recyclers which grants essences during attack waves. For the first wave build at least two salvage recyclers at the start. It’s up to your character to hold of the horde and build up essence. Then as the first wave continues build the other salvage recyclers. The trick for this level is to stall for time as long as possible so that you can get as much essence as possible. So let a lone monster walk as far as it can go. The last monster should be a quag devourer which are slow. So troll this monster as much as possible by running around it to dodge attacks and even take a few because while it attacks it stays still. Use your body if you have to, to buy time. Get hit to low health then run away to quickly heal and then go back and keep dodging attacks for as long as you can. Eventually the amount of essence you have will be well over a thousand! Then when you can no longer stall the creature, kill it.”

“Always get the service station special traps first then get the summoning traps. I suggest maxed out archer posts at the very most front to deal crazy damage then monster cages at the next line of traps, then right behind them more archers. Use the monster cages to shield and protect the archers. Monster cages once maxed out have extremely high health making them the best at stalling for time and holding back the horde. The archers must have maxed area damage and creature limit. On the floor with the line of summon trap slots just in front of the three paths to the gates we must protect, build a monster cage in front of archers. Again, you must use every slot and every special trap. EVERY SINGLE ONE! Off course having all monster cages might work for you or all archer posts. It comes down to your character and style. You may have to reset your leader and trap skills so that you can put as many stats as possible into your summon traps. As for leader skills I had maxed out sigil of inspiration, touch of death and battle roar as once combined with archers make the most powerful combination ever. Sigil grants bonus damage of over 500%, touch of death increases physical vulnerability to 112% while battle roar increases damage by 380%. That’s crazy damage. Crazy damage for a crazy level. I will run by groups of archers that many enemies are coming by and use sigl of inspiration and then head to my area to fight the horde. When a whole army is approaching you and the archers then use touch of death and battle roar and watch your enemies literally melt away. The last wave requires good timing and multi tasking skills. This last wave literally swarms you with numerous enemies all at once. Bosses, giants, hordes and more. It all comes down to you at that point. I trust that my advice has been useful.”

“Some of you might be wondering about my tower stats so I included a picture below”

Overall this will be one serious challenge for any gamer. The last three tier 4 levels are literally a step up from the others. You just have try. We at X35 Earthwalker personally think that the last level especially is too hard and ridiculous in what it throws at you but it can be done as others including X35 Earthwalker himself has done it so give it a try… also go try to do the ‘Earth Walk’!

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WRC 6 – Racing against the world

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WRC 6 is a racing simulation game developed by ‘Kylotonn Racing Games’ coming out the 3rd of March for the Xbox One, PC and PS4. It’s suppose to be the official game of the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship season. So straight away the game has set the expectation bar for themselves. This game needs the tracks, the racers and the conditions at the very least otherwise it will fail in bringing gamers the WRC experience.

This game looks promising as you can race through the 14 official events, key locations in the WRC and take part in the special stages. What’s really cool about this game is that they even tried to replicate the conditions that the drivers had to deal with in the 2016 WFC. You will have to tackle fog, snow, mud, night driving, engine breakdowns, punctures and possibly more. This should make gameplay more intense and in some cases annoying. We hope that there will be a mode where you can control what conditions will be in certain races.

WRC 6 is definitely a step up from the previous release in pretty much every way. There are two new game modes, world wide leader boards, weekly challenges for gamers to take on, play as the best drivers in the championship and free access to the full 2017 esports WRC.

We like the information the game gives you as you race. For example in some gameplay that we checked out, we saw at the top of the screen an arrow will appear before any turns and corners come. The arrows show you not only what direction you will go next but also what kind of turn it is. So if a arrow going right but bends at almost 90 degrees shows up, that means very soon you will have to do a sharp turn right. We like this very much and it will help gamers who have a hard time keeping an eye on the road while checking out mini maps to know where they are going, like with other racing games.

There are multiple ways to enjoy this game. You can hone your skills and take on the game in single player. You can get competitive with other racers from around the world and we all know that racing games have always been very competitive. Best of all you can take on your family and friends as WRC 6 has split screen multiplayer. What’s interesting though is that when in split screen, your opponent is intangible so you can’t knock each other around or get in the way. This is a great idea but we hope it’s a option when starting up matches as being able to block your rival behind you is also a strategy.   

Overall this game looks good and does a great job at creating the WFC experience. The graphics look nice, the environments are well done. The sounds of the cars and friction with the road are all very good. The developers ‘Kylotonn Racing Games’ did a very good job with this game. We wonder what other gamers will say about this game… but regardless of what they you must never forget to the ‘Earth Walk’!

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Chime Sharp. A unique sharp game

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Chime Sharp is an improved version of Chime, developed by ‘Ste Curran, Twistplay’ . It’s a music puzzle game that comes out or already out by now on the 24th of February which is today for Xbox One, PC and PS4. 

Straight away we must say that this game is unique. It sort of reminds us of tetris but with a musical twist to it. The main problem was that unless you know the previous game ‘Chime’ you will have a tough time figuring out what to do. We went to the official website to find information about the game but there was barely anything. Eventually it took us a while to learn that you must cover the grid as much as possible using the tetris like shapes. The more you cover the grid more music you create. This is where the puzzle side of it comes out.

The main difference between Chime Sharp and Chime is that Chime Sharp has more levels and new modes. We only know 2 of the mode: Sharp and strike. We don’t know the difference. Like we said, information isn’t easy to come by. Other than those two main differences is the improvement of graphics. The game does look very nice indeed. The colours and and the surroundings are great to look at.

There isn’t really too much that we can say about this game. It’s simple but unique at the same time. We recommend this game to only music genre gamers and secondarily those who like puzzle type games. Other from that we aren’t sure who else will enjoy this. 

Overall this game has the potential to be fun and the developers ‘Ste Curran, Twistplay’ put some work into it. Now it may be your thing or not but regardless… Always remember to do the ‘Earth Walk’!

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Ghost Recon Wildlands beta. Open soon

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Ghost recon wildlands, developed by Ubisoft, will be released on the 7th of March 2017 for Xbox One, PC and PS4. The game is set in Bolivia but a few years in the future. The country has become the largest producers of cocaine in the world. The ones behind this is the Santa Blanca drug cartel with their vicious tactics and influence has made the country narco state meaning that the countries economy is dependent on the trade in illegal drugs. This has brought forth fear, violence, injustice and lawlessness. Since getting into a all out war is not the solution here, stealth is the way to go. This is where the players, as the Ghosts, come in. An elite US special forces team, deployed behind enemy lines stop this all: the cartel and the corrupt government.

The open beta is available from February 23rd to February 27th. which is a fair amount of time due to the fact that the full game will be available a little more than a week later. In the open beta you’ll have access to the Itacua region of the game which is a good place to warm players up to the game and get ready for the worse to come. We heard that another region is also available called Montuyoc which is said to be much harder than Itacua by a considerable amount. This area is not for new players due to the drastic level in difficulty; however we aren’t 100% sure if Montuyoc will be available though. The open beta is free and available for Xbox One PC and PS4. The beta and even the full game is completely co-op with up to three other players so bring your friends in on the action but if you want to play by yourself then a.i team members will accompany you. You will have access to the full game’s vehicles and weapons to carry out stealthy operations or full blown fights to fight take on missions against the drug cartel.

Now some gamers may be wondering if you get anything for taking part in the beta. Well there is and it’s not a small prize where you just get a ribbon or character skin. If you participate in the open beta you’ll get access to the “Unidad Conspiracy” mission if you play the full game before March 31. For those who are a fan of Ghost Recon may be tempted to really get into the game. It’s not a bad prize at all if you ask us.

We are still very interested to see the leaders of the drug cartel in action as they really do stand out. We like how different they look and seem from each other. Each has an important role and look like they mean business. Their different departments show that this cartel isn’t some little kids game but a fully organised operation that has put some thought to it. The leaders are: El Yayo (head of production), La Reina De La Belleza (head of trafficking), El Cardenal (head of influence), El Muro (head of security) and El Sueno (leader of the cartel). El Yayo is a reluctant worker for the cartel because his family was threatened by them. He may end up helping the ghosts bring the cartel down. El Cardenal is the false preacher who was removed from the catholic churches for preaching forbidden cults. It seems the cartel has him manipulate and trick people with false sermons and messages. El Muro is the personal body guard to the leader. He looks like the typical tough guy who can hold his own in almost any situation. We are expecting a boss battle here. La Reina de la Belleza had a violent and traumatic childhood and this is probably what helped make her what she is today. We couldn’t trust her just from looking at her. Like she has a knife near by. The leader El Sueno has dangerous written all over him. He is brutal but acts religious at the same time which doesn’t make sense. It would be interesting if he has some sort of supernatural abilities. We would actually like that.

Overall we want to see what this game and the beta have in store for us gamers. The game is looking real good so far. The developers ‘Ubisoft’ did a great job so far. Let’s see what happens with this game but whether we see or not… you just can’t forget to do the ‘Earth Walk’!

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Snake Pass. With slithering puzzle action

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Snake pass is a new 3D physics based puzzle platform game, developed by ‘Sumo Digital’, coming out 28th of March for the US but 29th for Europe on Xbox One, Steam, Windows 10, Nintendo Switch and PS4. In this game you play ‘Noodle’ the snake who has a friend, a humming bird called ‘Doodle’. Basically their natural habitat, ‘Haven Tor’ has been invaded by a mysterious interloper who is disturbing the peace and order of the place. So Noodle and Doodle are going to handle the problem.

This game just looks fun. Noodle looks like he is a curios snake but also at times silly. A nice design for a snake and already that makes us like Noodle. We don’t get that same feel from Doodle but we will have to see more of that character from the game in time. As Noodle, you have to slither around, climb, wrap around, twist and reach your way through the levels to reach ledges, collect objects and pull levers. The movement of the snake is excellent and you can tell that some time went into just the snakes movement alone. It pays of here. What’s also great is that you get to swim and go through water like what snakes do. Once in the water you are free to swim and move as you please and that’s awesome. It’s always great for any game to have some realistic features. 

This game has 4 world theme. Each world has their own unique features and hazards just waiting for the player. There are 15 levels to conquer and each one filled with snake based obstacles. This game has a simple but correct learning curve. The levels start of simple and then get increasingly difficult to the point where there may be moments where you scratch your head. We are interested to see what these levels contain and fully look like but we all must wait. What we do know is that since it’s a 3D puzzle platformer, you know that their will be lots of collectibles. We see glowy blue lights, coins and green symbols. So it isn’t just slithering around.

This game looks very nice. The graphics look are great and everything is very colourful. The environments are very interesting as they remind us of super mario galaxy with the whole floating areas and stuff. The sounds are better though, especially the sound of the water and your movements through it. The animations of the snake are all very good. Lots of effort has definitely went into this game. The developers ”Sumo Digital’ did a very good job with this game. X35 Earthwalker himself says that his favourite thing about the game so far seems to be the snake, ‘Noodle’.

Overall this seems like a fun game that even children would enjoy playing. There should be lots to do and want to know more about the game. It just may be worth checking out but whether you do or not… Never forget to do the ‘Earth Walk’!

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Typoman: Revised. Bringing us some words

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Typoman: Revised is a 2D puzzle platformer word game that came out last year on PC and Wii U but came out coming out (or came out) today for Xbox One and PS4. In this game you play a character made of letters who has to survive and get through a dangerous and dark world. 

Straight away this game has captured our attention. We like the whole idea of creatures and the main character being made of letters. We like the emphasis that this game places on words. The main character starts of as an the letter ‘O’ rolling around, then finds other letters until eventually having an humanoid shape as in head, arms, body and legs. Allowing him to run, jump and climb ladders. The main character is one of those that doesn’t say anything.

This world is hostile and different creatures are around that are a bigger than the player and will attack him. Our character doesn’t have any means to defend himself and out running some of them, doesn’t seem possible; however our little guy has a power that those creatures don’t have: The power of words. He can use words to change and alter his surroundings. So by creating a new word using a ‘wordscrambler’ like ‘Down’ he can make doors, for example, that are up to come down. There are other words like ‘rain’, ‘trust’, ‘cover’ and much more with their own effects for the main character to use once he has spelled them. Words are literally your defense and weapon in this game and we so love the idea of that at X35 Earthwalker.

Throughout the world there are speech marks that once collected displays some text containing interesting information. It could be about the story or could be some advice or something for the player to think about. Either way, those speech marks are worth getting. One of them did say, “She taught me to seek truth over lies, justice over injustice, righteousness over the rewards of evil doers.” This is very interesting as not only this a good message for everyone to hear and should follow but it’s linked to something X35 Earthwalker himself has noticed concerning this game. We will tell you what he said later.

The graphics of the game are very nice and the art style was enough to make it the winner of the ‘Gaming trends best of E3 2015 best art style’. The music in this game was composed nicely and you can listen to some on the Typoman official website. The sounds are good and go well with the interactions and whatever is going on. The environments all look nice. The background we felt good have been done a bit better but still nice. We felt that there is opportunity to put something more in there but we aren’t the creators of this game and so it’s up to them. A lot of effort and work went into this game and it definitely shows. 

X35 Earthwalker said, “I believe that this game, like with others and even some anime, was inspired by the bible but off course with it’s own twists. The biggest evidence of this is that the only real weapon and power that this little character has in this game is the power of words. Yet what the bible and Jesus explained to people was that words have power. That words change things. Words effect the physical and the spiritual. Words change lives and can even produce life or death which is mentioned in Proverbs 18:21. On the Typoman website the description, under the section ‘about this game’ in the last sentence even said “But choose your words wisely. They can either be a blessing… or a curse!”. Not only does God tell us to control our tongues and what we say but in Matthew 12:37 Jesus even explained that by our words we are justified or condemned. Our words either lift us up or will work against you. The text that the speech mark revealed talked of seeking truth and rewards of the wicked. Things that Jesus and the bible definitely talks about. So many links and evidence and this is what also interested me about the game.” So all readers and viewers, let us know what you think.

Overall this is an interesting game and we hope that many gamers give this game a chance as it also seems like one of those games that has a lesson behind it for the gamers to get and learn from or something like that. The developers, ‘Brainseed Factory’ did a very good job with this game. We at X35 Earthwalker look forward to seeing what becomes of this game in this year. Do the ‘Earth Walk’!

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Pikmin. A game like no other

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Pikmin was a game from X35 Earthwalker’s childhood. It was the game that he so loved and adored. It was a game that set the standards for other games. This game was most likely the first game he had for the GameCube. Pikmin was a classed as a real time strategy (RTS) game that was released in 2001 on the Nintendo Gamecube. In this game you controlled captain Olimar, an alien who crash lands on a strange planet. He encounters small, cute but unique creatures called ‘Pikmin’. These guys can’t really do anything by themselves but when they are in groups, that’s when they become one of the most powerful things on the planet. 

You crashed landed because an asteroid struck your ship, sending your ship on a crash collision course. Even worse, your ship started to break apart. Parts of your ship landed in different places on the planet. Olimar can’t get the pieces as they are big and heavy and in locations that he can’t reach. Even worse is that the atmosphere of the planet is toxic for him. His life support system has enough to keep him alive for 30 days! Captain Olimar soon discovers that Pikmin can fight other creatures, carry objects, break down walls, build bridges and more. So can he find the ship parts, repair his ship and get off the planet with the help of the Pikmin in 30 days? That’s the question.

Pikmin has 5 different areas for Olimar to explore: Impact site, Forest of Hope, Forest Naval, Distant Spring and Final trial. Each area is very different and has their own fun points and annoying points. The impact site is where you crashed landed on the planet (We are sure you figured that out). Here the area is designed to teach the player the basics of using Pikmin and what they can do. In the very first day, nothing can kill you but after the first night, enemies will occupy the area. Forest of Hope is where the action truly starts. There are many parts to Olimar’s ship here. Also there are little larve like enemies here, Bulborbs which are the famous giant two legged creatures with large mouths to eat you and your Pikmins, armoured beetle which is really mean and long neck bird head creatures who have quite the peck. Forest naval got it’s name because according to Captain Olimar, it looks like a belly button from high altitude. This level is X35 Earthwalker’s least favourite but is the most different and has a lot going on in this level from bugs dragging around a ship part to fire geysers shooting out fire. Things get serious in this area. Distant Spring many would consider to be the hardest area as it has everything from the other areas in it from solid walls and lots of water to numerous enemies and tricky puzzles. Matter of fact Distant spring has stronger versions of previous enemies there.

The final area is the one that no one will ever forget. It’s the level that all players of Pikmin have learnt to fear. It’s ‘Final trial’. This area isn’t like the others. There aren’t multiple areas to explore and many pieces of the ship to find. There is just one piece and just two sections. This area tests what you know about Pikmin and how to use them. Straight away the level splits into three paths. The left is more for red Pikmin, the middle is more for blue Pikmin while the right is more for yellow Pikmin. After you cross the small lake like area, you then come to an arena where the thing that shall not be named… fine… the ‘Emperor Bulblax’ is just chilling. You see what looks like plants in the ground but that’s actually antennae like things from it’s back. It’s underground. This is the official final boss of the game and it’s a fight indeed. The emperor has lots of health and is capable killing your entire army if you aren’t careful. It uses it’s sticky tongue to grab and eat Pikmin and later on can jump high to crush Pikmin to death and shake them off. The secret make the emperor swallow ‘bomb rocks’ which will do nice damage and stun the enemy for a good while.

In Pikmin 1 there were three types of Pikmin: Red, Yellow and blue. Red were the strongest and did the most damage to enemies, making them best for combat. They also have the ability to withstand fire, so fire geysers have nothing on these guys. Yellow are probably the lightest of the Pikmin as they can be thrown to much higher places. Also, they have the ability to pick up and throw bomb rocks, meaning that no wall can stand in the way of the yellows. Blue has the unique ability to go through water. That’s right. They won’t drown, meaning they can reach multiple areas and parts that other Pikmin just can’t go. Also each of the Pikmin types have different physical features. Red has a nose, Yellow has ears and Blue has a mouth. This is interesting though. Also Pikmin have 1 of 3 things on their heads: leaf, bud or flower. Leaf Pikmin are the weakest and the slowest while flower Pikmin are the strongest and fastest. There are two ways to create flower Pikmin. First is when a new Pikmin is made and it’s in the ground, leave them there and over time they will turn into flower Pikmin. The second is to have them drink nectar which instantly turns them into flower Pikmin. Nectar isn’t as rare as people think. You can find them in grass, pebbles, dropped by a rare beetle creature or flying ghost things. 

X35 Earthwalker was one of those who completed the game way before 30 days. You get a different endings depending on how fast you complete the game: early, on time and ran out of time. Now there were two sequels to the game and we loved them also. The third was our least favourite, the second was the best in terms of gameplay and features but the first holds a special place in X35 Earthwalker’s heart. In the second one, the whole idea of controlling Captain Olimar and Louie was excellent. We might write about that game another time though. X35 Earthwalker when he was younger actually got attached to the Pikmin. There was once a time where when searching for parts he made some mistakes and got a quite a bit of his Pikmin eaten. He ended up crying but then later came back with pure rage, vengeance and an army of 100 red Pikmin with the sole purpose of killing that monster. He did and it made him feel a lot better. We remember going through the levels and seeing everything for the first time, wondering how to solve certain puzzles and reach certain parts. It was exciting seeing the ship slowly get built back together and then reaching new areas. Or chasing those flying ghost looking things that have the nectar. Pikmin are so useful and can do many things.

This game isn’t that difficult and we strongly believe that within two play throughs of the game, almost any player can beat the game within 30 in game days. The main skill you need when playing this game is multitasking. You have to have one Pikmin squad collecting and carrying pellets or dead creatures bodies back to the onions to build your numbers. Another group that can be breaking down walls, building bridges or pushing large objects out of the way. While another group goes with you hunting for ship parts and exploring. The player has to manage all these things and know when to do that. You must manage your time properly as you don’t have that much time in a day so what will you do and how will you do it. Will that take too long? Is there a faster way? Should I use one whole day just for increasing Pikmin numbers and upgrading them to flowers? That’s up to you. Lastly, never leave your Pikmin alone at night. Any Pikmin left alone after the countdown reaches 0 will be automatically hunted down and eaten by monsters. Nothing will survive the night. Either keep them right near their onion or keep them with you and they will be safe. This is one of those games that you must play and try if you get the chance. The developers ‘Nintendo EAD’ created an awesome game that will be with us always. Whether you know the game or not… never forget to do the ‘Earth Walk’!

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EVERSPACE. Just pure space action

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EVERSPACE is a new rougelike, space, shooter game developed by ‘ROCKFISH Games’ and it coming out on Xbox One, PC and PS4 in March. Straight away we like this game just from what it is about and how it looks. It’s literally an action packed space game where you can blast things and fly around at high speeds. The objective of this game is simple. There is a destination that you have to reach; however there are multiple obstacles in the way. Also there is said to be a great puzzle that needs to be solved so there is something a bit deeper going on here.

Everytime you make the journey, it is different everytime. For example you may end up getting into a dog fight with some dangerous fighters but then the next time you may run into a group of large ships with powerful laser blasters. Off course there is more to this game than just blasting and flying around. You can gather resources, check out comets, ship wrecks and wormholes. If you want, you could just find and attack traders to get their supplies but be warned, they won’t give up their goods easily at all. 

Now in order to get to the next area or system to explore and survive, you will need to gather enough fuel to be able to use the jump drive. On top of that you will need to collect resources to upgrade your ship to craft items to upgrade your ship and for repairs. This game is said to be very hard and damage to your ship and systems is unavoidable. You will die a lot in this game, so upgrading your ship and repairs are essential or you pretty much won’t be going anywhere.

The game actually rewards you for dying though, so don’t let the fact that the game is hard put you off. So everytime you die, you will get the chance to to change and improve your ship for the journey. Whether that’s improving your sensors, increasing the capacity of your shields, upgrading your weapons (yes please), increase shield capacity or even adding armour plates. What this game gets right is the fact that most of the upgrades and modifications actually show up visibly on your ship. For example getting new wings will change the shape of the ship. That is very cool indeed. Plus everytime you die will reveal a bit more about the story in the game. So dying is apparently okay in this game. 

Now there is a lot of life in EVERSPACE. There are friends, neutral parties and allies out there but majority of the NPC’s are hostile and will make it their goal to destroy you. There are Kamikaze fighters which when near death they will crash themselves into you so evade for your life. Annoying scavengers who travel around and attack whoever looks like an easy target but some have cloaking technology so they can be anywhere. Frigate class ships might show up with big cannons, turrets and more to blast you away, heavy tactics are needed with these ones. Typical group of pirates might show up from hangar of outposts. They fight strategically, so it might be best to destroy their leader as quickly as possible. Most interesting of is that there is said to be enemies that are organic life forms which stay in asteroid fields covered by plasma clouds. That is so far the most interesting enemies. We hope there is a enemy encyclopedia providing information on them. 

There will be VR support for oculus Rift and HTC Vive, so gamers who to literally get in the cockpit and take command will have no problems doing that. Also in the future there will be a ‘Hardcore mode’ where permadeath is active. This should only be attempted by the masters of this game since dying is most likely going to happen in this game frequently. The fact that there is no multiplayer isn’t a big deal. Not all games need it, it just depends on what the game is about. If they make it multiplayer in the future then that’s excellent but as far as we are concerned. It doesn’t make a difference.

From what we have seen of the game, it all looks very cool indeed. We gamers do need an actually good action packed space shooter game with some depth to it. The graphics look excellent and space in this game will make many want to just explore it. The cross hair is nice and easy to see. The action is smooth and flows nicely. Lots of work went into this game, and it shows. The customising and crafting screens are easy to understand and nicely detailed. The variety of the vents and things that happen in space are interesting and because there is so much going on, you will never really know what is going to happen. Being able to craft and make changes on the go, even in the middle of combat is absolutely great feature to have since this game requires you to have the right stuff at the right time to survive. The sounds of the explosions, other ships and lasers all sound very good and on point in many cases. enemy fighter ships leave trails behind them from their lights and fuel making it easier for players to track them down and blast them. This space game gets a lot of things right. The different locations in the space in this game have different colours and different size rocks and stuff. X35 Earthwalker himself believes that many gamers have been waiting for game like this.

Overall this game is looking extremely solid. The developers ‘ROCKFISH Games’ did an amazing job with this game. We at X35 Earthwalker look forward to seeing what will become of this game and what other gamers have to say about it but it doesn’t matter what they say as long as you never forget… to do the ‘Earth Walk!’.

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Echo. Where actions have consequences

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Echo is a new third person science fiction adventure game developed by ‘Ultra Ultra’ coming out in March on the  Xbox One, PC and PS4. This game was made using ‘Unreal 4 engine’. Echo is definitely one of those games that stand out from the others. This is simply because of a very unique and interesting game mechanic. You may be able to guess it from the title of the game.

The echo game mechanic is pretty much the main and most interesting thing about this game. It’s the thing that will make gamers want to try it out. We at X35 Earthwalker always love unique games or games with unique mechnics or anything really. Basically in this world you control a girl called ‘En’. She is in special legendary place so far just called the ‘Palace’. The palace studies you and uses you to defeat you. That sentence wasn’t a typo it’s exactly what we said. The palace creates ‘Echoes’. Basically exact copies of you in everyway which can only do what you do. They even move and behave like you. In this game, the only true enemy is yourself.

We will explain it. The palace sort of goes through a cycle. It ‘reboots’ every few minutes which causes a black out. During this black out, you can continue to move through the palace however you like and all is well but after the black out. it’s all light in the palace and it’s there where the palace watches you. That’s right, the palace is sort of alive. After watching you, the Echoes it creates gets updated with your latest movements and actions. They learn or unlearn. The whole game is about you facing the consequences of your actions.

So basically If you run, the Echoes will have the ability to run as well. If you sneak, then next time, the Echoes will sneak around meaning they get the jump on you. If you shoot, then they have the ability to shoot as well and since they are an exact copy of you they can kill you just as fast as you can kill them. The game constantly makes a move based on what you do. Sort of like chess. So how will you play? Will you only make moves during the black out to avoid being detected at all (like a wimp) or will you also move during the day but face the consequences of your actions with adjusted Echoes that will come for you.

We don’t know too much about the story besides information concerning the palace and the main character ‘En’ and that you take and place certain light objects but other from that it’s pretty much, you have to wait and see. The graphics are alright but the animations are very good. The environment looks like details and time went into making it. From what we have seen, the game looks cool but sounds extremely cool.

Overall this game is unique and definitely worth checking out. X35 Earthwalker himself really wants to see how the community of gamers react and receive this game. The developers, ‘Ultra Ultra’ came up with something interesting here and we say good job.

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Crypt of the NecroDancer. Got the moves?

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‘Crypt of the NecroDancer’ is a new action, indie, RPG game but also classed as a rhythm dungeon crawler, developed by ‘Brace Yourself Games’ coming to Xbox One 10th of February but was released on other platforms last year in February as well. Straight away the title of the game should straight up tell any gamer what this game contains. Dancing, music and dungeons. If that’s what you got also, then you are correct. In Crypt of the NecroDancer you control ‘Cadence’ who is the daughter of a famed treasure hunter that has gone missing. She goes off to look for him but accidentally falls into a crypt owned by the NecroDancer, who steals Cadence’s heart and forces her to challenge his minions to retrieve it. Now you are forced to fight through the dungeon but your actions tied to the beat of the music. You must beat the Necrodancer.

This game has a very friendly look to it. It reminds you of the old retro games with that pixel like graphic style. So straight away you want to try the game. The rules and controls of the game are simple. Move, attack and doge enemies in tune with the beat for the best success. There is lots of music and the game even said that it has an award winning sound track plus 4 remixes of a track. So you have options but it gets better. This game has a fantastic feature. It grants players the option to instead import custom music from their MP3 collection. So groove and play to your own tunes. Plus if you have a dance mat connected by USB then you can link it up and get your moves on. We at X35 Earthwalker encourage movement and exercise. There is two player co-op where each player has their own health but share the gold and spells. This means you can show off your moves to a buddy of yours.

The enemies in the game are all dancing. Who ever said skeletons can’t dance. Literally, everything in this crypt seems to be effected by the music and tunes. You can only move or attack if they do the action on the beat of the music. Everytime you get it on the beat boosts your scoring multiplier. You don’t automatically take damage for missing the beat but it does reset the scoring multiplier and you may end up in the path of an enemies attack. As you go through the game, you will find new items, armour, treasures and weapons to use to your advantage. There are lots of weapons in this game like: a dagger, broadsword (which can hit multiple enemies), whip, bow, flail, rifle and much more. All having their own range, damage and mechanics. Find the one that best suits you and your situation.

There is a nice range of enemies that all seem to know how to have a good time, with their dance moves. The dungeon is split into 4 zones which each have four levels. The first three levels always have many enemies, an exit to find and a mini boss for you to overcome but the last level has a big boss who wants you dead. The last mechanic that gamers should be aware of is that you want to complete the level before the song finishes otherwise you will be sent to the next level automatically but miss all the rewards you would get for completing the level. From what we have seen, the game seems quite fun and the whole rhythm mechanic is a nice touch to a dungeon crawler. Music is always enjoyable and impacts the experience of the game, plus having the option to choose our own music is great. The flow of the game is definitely changed according to the song but flows well nonetheless. This game isn’t for every gamer though as you do at times feel restricted to the music and if that annoys you then it’s not for you.

Overall it seems like a fun game but only for some types of gamers. The developers ‘Brace Yourself Games’ made something nice. Regardless… you must never forget to do the ‘Earth Walk’!

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