A year and a half has gone by since Eye of Judgment was first unveiled. The game made its debut at E3 2006, which did for Sony what It's a Royal Knockout did for Prince Edward. EoJ a bit lost what everything else going on. Mixed in with all the giant enemy crabs, drunken aircraft and grazing rhinos flying about the place, the sight of Phil Harrison faffing about with a pack of cards and a camera just seemed like another bizarre piece in a rubbish puzzle.
Chris Buffa (Modojo): Augmented reality is a simulated version of the real world that has become a staple of television broadcasts, most notably as the yellow first down marker in football games. You've also seen it on the news and reality shows like American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, whenever the overlay appears, urging you to vote. Suffice to say, it's improved the viewing experience tenfold.
Vita should do good for Aug Reality. The new fighting game looks cool. I would love to have a ghost hunting camera game. Like a Fatal Frame.
AR has seen relatively low success because of mainly two reasons:
1. Low key marketing attempts.
2. Limitations: Low interactivity or bound by physical glyphs cards.
However Sony did show off an impressive tech demo that showcased AR that properly reads real world spatial data, which might lead to better interactivity and applications. The fact that it was demonstrated on a mobile phone means greater audience reach.
AR has really only caught on in the last 4-5 year and it's popularity gradually rising. It's still too early to start comparing it to traditional video game mediums when that has had over 30 years to mature.
Invizimals is not really a "blip", it is actually pretty popular and has arguably the largest community for an AR game ever (due to the fact it's got multiplayer).
AR games are not to different in nature from motion controls in that they require movement from the players side. In that respect, stuff like Mario on the Wii might have done well but, there are still many IP's that work and sell nicely on motion control gaming like Wii or Move so, I don't buy that AR needs an old IP to do well.
Also, the guy stated how silly one would look playing an AR game on the 3DS than states how cool a Pokemon game would look. That is either bias or inconsistency in his/her argument. xD
PSI Writes:
"Creature Defense places gamers in a variety of stunningly illustrated worlds where they are tasked with defending their land from invading attackers and we've got multiple download tokens to giveaway!"
For people who have not played the Eye of Judgment for awhile it's time to assemble your stand and dust off your cards. With the new Biolith Rebellion 3 expansion pack you have additional in-depth storylines for each of the four elements and decks from all three sets. These features are easily accessible from the main menu. The new cards give players amazing new creatures with enhanced abilities and attack options that allow you to submerge yourself in additional modes of game play. Keep in mind, you still have to register every single card with your playstation eye, easily downloadable from the PLAYSTATION(R) Network and purchase additional booster packs from you local game store.
I thought it would be dull but it really does look kinda of fun and innovative.
But really, how many are they actually expecting to sell? How many kinds of people is this really going to appeal to? I don't think normal trading cards games really do that well in the average household (no I don't have trading card games sells stats links) so I am not sure that this is going to be different.
If you know nothing about Trading Card Games GOFY. Its great card game. Its most fun I had with card games since I played Magic: The Gathering.
I must admit - I'm loving it! I wanted the eye for video chat with mates and to use the noise cancelling mic instead of a blutooth headset fro online matches, so I thought I might as well try it with a game.
I'm hooked. Search on Ebay to get cheaper cards... :)
Well I never played a ccg but play the odd board game, settlers, carcassonne and the like. I picked it up because it looked like a really cool game to play when we have visitors.
Haven't managed to play a game yet but did set it up and made sure everything works. Graphics are very good and it looks like it will be a lot of fun. Add to that a couple of cheap eye toy games from PSN and it adds a whole new dimension to your playstation games.
Some might say it is 4d :o)
it looks like a real good idea, but the price is putting people of maybe? i would like to play it tho for the experiance