Cabela's Alaskan Adventure - From a Gamer's Point of View

Looking for a very engaging hunting experience? Or are you into arcade-style of hunting games? Sorry, but you're in the wrong page. Cabela's Alaskan Adventures is another Cabela game that adds to a collection of trying-hard hunting games that's why you better think thrice not twice if you want to spend you moolah on something that you would be more than willing enough to throw in the end.

As the title indicates, Adventure mode is the primary main mode of Cabela's Alaskan Adventures. Once done customizing your character, you'll be taught on the nitty-gritty parts of playing the game. Afterwards, you'll be brought to the first of four outposts. Outposts act as the central hub for launching your hunts in the wilderness. From here you can also purchase your hunting equipments, such as decoys, guns, bows and other gears.

Each outpost leads to a couple of hunting grounds and boards for joining tournaments like fishing, duck hunting or dog sledding. The graphics are not worth mentioning since they are largely plain and the disagreeable low resolution textures provide ugly shining and aliasing effects. It doesn't get more frustrating as you start hunting. There's a stamina bar that prevents hunters from moving freely across the vast land.

Once you run out of stamina, you need to pause for a while to regain strength while hearing some heavy breathing on the background. The animals aren't worth hunting also because they're only separated into two AIs: running crazy in circles or attacking you. Progress from one post to another requires completing three main hunts and one fishing challenge.

Overall, Cabela's Alaskan Adventures falls short in both providing a simulation and arcade gaming experience. It's a wonder why these kinds of games don't follow the success of recent FPS and stealth games. It's a real pity.

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Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 - Does it Measure Up to Gamers' Expectation?

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 is not your ordinary hunting game. As one can spot from the title, it's a hunting game with a twist of the hunter becoming the hunted too. In this game, you play a hunter expert named Flint Abrahams. You will engage in an adventure around the world while hunting some of the nature's most dangerous animals.

The environments in the game are visually appealing. However, they don't behave as they would in the physical world. Your path can sometimes be blocked with a small bush where you're not supposed to have any problem of walking through. The game offers you to Hand-to-Claw Combat where you attack animals using your hunting knife or rifle's butt.

Unfortunately, you have no total control of this mode because only the AI decides when you get to use this mode. Another drawback in this game is the killing-instinct or predator-like behavior of all animals, yes including unnatural scavengers like elephants. You can find yourself being attacked by an elephant when you get too close to them, even if you didn't pull the trigger yet, it really lives the "Dangerous" part of its title. In Career Mode, you will encounter missions that don't require you to kill animals, but you still need to hunt them by using tranquilizer guns.

Furthermore, there are missions that give extremely vague objective and force you to figure them out while playing. In summary, Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 combines a hunting, FPS and adventure games in one. It's quite easy to play though. You don't need to plan a strategy in hunting down your prey and it only takes one or two good shots when you get to find them.

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Darkfall - A Veteran Professional Gamer's Opinion of Darkfall

I have been an avid MMO gamer for more than ten years now. Having been involved in the alpha and beta testing for many games I have played those that were good, bad, and utterly horrible. While I am not a beta tester for Darkfall I have spent a few days doing some extensive research into the game and would like to impart my opinion based on what I have read and beta testers I have spoken with.

Darkfall bills itself as a revolution in the MMO genre by saying that the game is not an MMO, not a real times shooter, not a first person shooter, but a combination of the three. In my experience a game design can do one of those things and do it quite well but when you try to combine them you end up with a game that lacks in all three departments, but I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps Darkfall is the game that will finally steal the crown from Blizzard Entertainment.

One thing that worries me is that the game has a dominant real time combat aspect. Which in every other "twitch" based game as meant that he who has the fastest connection wins. This in my opinion provides an uneven playing field for all players. Cable is faster than DSL and both blow dial up out of the water. Yes people still use dial up. If player A on cable attacks player B on dial up player A will be cutting player B to bloody ribbons while player B is still attacking the empty air where Player A was seconds ago.

In Darkfall PvP is a forced thing and the company openly states that there are "no safe zones". Games that force PvP are destined to fail in my opinion. While there are players who live and breathe for PvP the vast majority of gamers do not fall into that category.

When a player is killed in PvP the victor may loot the body of anything that it carries. I am not a fan of this. Perhaps taking all the cash someone has on hand or 1 item would be OK but access to everything could be in my opinion one of the game breakers. I must admit however that Aventurine has alleviated the problem somewhat by forcing the looting of a body to take time. In a game that is 100% PvP with no safe areas time is something that may not be in abundance.

In Darkfall players may build cities, protect them with walls and towers, and hire npc guards to protect them. This is a nice concept in theory. Everyone would love to build an empire but this presents a problem that has reared its ugly head in other games such as Star Wars: Galaxies. In its heyday you could not take more than a few steps out of one city until you ran into another. Is it going to be that way in Darkfall?

The PvP aspect may help alleviate the over population of cities problem by allowing players to siege other cities, raid their neighbors, capture cities, and most of all destroy them thus clearing the landscape.

Another thing that really worries me about Darkfall is the boast that the game will support 10,000 players simultaneously. In most instances more players means more lag. Aventurine also lists dynamic lighting and shadows and beautiful and picturesque landscapes as features. These are quite nice and make a game beautiful but they also limit the game for players who do not have state of the art computers. This alone will limit the playability and thus the profitability of Darkfall.

Darkfall is a game that has no levels or classes and is completely skill based. This is a brilliant concept, but hardly revolutionary and hardly true. While having no classes is in theory true all characters fall into one category or another. Mixing and matching makes the character more versatile but in essence every character is predominantly one class or the other.

No leveling is a misnomer, while you may not have to go from level 1 to level 2 etc, you must develop your skills in order to improve them and become more powerful which is the same thing as leveling but with another name.

I must admit that I do like the fact that you can change your character dynamically simply by learning other skills. Re-rolling characters is something that I have always hated and I take my hat off to Aventurine in this aspect.

After investigating Aventurine's Darkfall I have come to the following conclusion. The game has some interesting concepts, some good, and some bad. Combining MMORPG, RTS, and FPS could be a good thing, but as yet no gaming company has been successful in its attempt, all they end up being is mediocre at all three. Forced PvP may appeal the type of player who enjoys hunting other players but will not to the vast majority of gamers. Forced PvP guarantees one thing...a gank fest from day one. Historically games which force players to PvP with no safe areas have enjoyed limited success and most have fallen by the wayside and are but memories now. If you are the type of player who likes the element of danger involved in a game where you can be killed at anytime by anyone then Darkfall will most likely be your cup of tea. On the other hand if you are a gamer who likes to run quests, play versus the environment without the possibility of being looted of your hard won items Darkfall will most likely be a disappointment. Will Darkfall be the WoW killer that everyone has been screaming for over the last 5 years, highly unlikely. In my opinion it will enjoy limited success for 12 to 18 months an then pass quietly into the annals of other failed attempts to merge different game styles into one.

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Republic of Gamers - ASUS Gaming Laptops

ASUS have brought out a new line of laptops, the Republic of Gamers line. This includes laptops that are preconfigured to take on even the most graphically challenging games when it comes to system performance. You won't find a single ASUS ROG laptop without some top of the line hardware solution installed.

Common specifications found in ASUS Republic Of Gamers laptops

Processors

The first thing you'll notice in all of the ROG line of laptops is the powerful processor. Normal everyday use laptops have regular processors installed, since portable computers don't need the massive performance modern games require. This is not the case for ASUS gaming laptops.

The company has gone on a processor hunt and handpicked only a few candidates to handle these types of demanding tasks. It's safe to say that most of these laptops carry only quad-core processors and only of the most current models that have come out in the market.

RAM

Another thing a gaming laptop cannot do without is the RAM amount. Too little RAM, and your laptop won't even run certain games. ASUS ROG laptops have at least 4GB of RAM installed, with some models going up to 12GB.

Now think of it this way. Most modern games specify that you need at least 2-3GB of RAM to play the game at a more than decent quality and frame rate setting. So with such a high amount, you can pretty much forget low-fps and other in game glitches since these machines come equipped to handle even greater tasks than these games.

Another great thing about having so much RAM is the ability to multitask. So while you're in game, you might want to have some music in the background and also an online chatting window open so you can chat with your friends during breaks. This can be done with such a laptop, since it has the ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time.

Video Card

No computer can be called a "gaming grade" machine without a good dedicated video card. The ASUS gaming laptops each incorporate a dedicated video card. While some laptops carry mid-market, average video cards, these laptops have the latest cards nVidia and ATI have to offer as a mobile GPU solution.

You won't find a graphics card with less than 1GB of available memory in these laptops. Some extreme models even have 3GB of GDDR5 memory available, so it can match any gaming grade desktop with much ease.

Hard Disk

The hard drives are the last thing you'll notice on the list. These will never go under 500GB, so you know you'll be able to store plenty of games and media without running out of space any time soon. Also, the hard drive speeds are at 7200rpm, again making these laptops a great gaming desktop replacement anyway you look at it.

Screen

On a side note, ASUS has figured out that in order to play games on laptops, one needs a big bright screen capable of high resolutions. This is true and their gaming laptops have a 15.4 inch screen minimum 15.4 with the resolution going up to 1920 x 1080. What's even greater is that all these laptop screens are LED backlit, so the image on these laptops is even brighter and the colors more vivid.

All in all, ASUS gaming laptops have approached near perfection in every aspect of gaming system requirements.

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The Top 10 MMO Skills YOU Should Have! - The Quick Skills Guide For MMO Gamers by Gamers

Top-notch games like World of Warcraft, Warhammer, and Aion have one of the largest active populations today. If paying isn't your thing, games such as Dragonica, Rohan, or even the classic Ragnarok Online could very well be the right game for you. Whatever the reason, venturing into a new gaming world is definitely a quantum leap. This isn't your ordinary Metal Gear or Final Fantasy. There are a lot of factors that will ultimately dictate your stay in an online game, not just the NPCs and the story. Surviving or thriving in your chosen MMO requires a lot of skills. But don't be scared! These skills are based on common sense, and mastery will never be a problem. You might find these skills very familiar, since most of them were lifted from real-life interaction. This top ten will help you transition to the online world as easy as counting from one to ten.

10. Decision-making skills

Venturing in the MMO world requires quick and steadfast decision-making skills. First, choosing your MMOG will be an important decision. According to the famous quote, first impressions always last. Thus, pick the game that suits your best interests. It is this decision that will determine your commitment to the game and to the MMO genre in general. Second, do take note that indecisiveness in-game is shunned upon by other players. Pick your choices in the least time possible, but still making sure that you've covered all bases when doing so. Quick and logical thinking will also let you experience more of the game in less the time. This allows you more time to catch up with the others or do some socializing.

9. Background Knowledge

I'm sure you've heard of the common phrase: "know your game. " This is especially true in the MMO world. Whatever game you are picking, make sure you've gathered all the information you need, from system requirements to gameplay mechanics. Gamers ought to take the tutorials, read help pages, check more details and information on the official site, and visit the game's forums to keep you up-to-date. If that's not enough, ask your friends or guildmates. Always be updated with the changes and events in your game.

8. Common Sense

The lack of common sense is what usually pisses off other gamers. Questions lacking gumption are often the butt of all jokes and insults. We wouldn't want that as a first-time experience, right? Common sense is a practical thing. Often, it's the lack of knowledge or forgetting something that causes such sudden mistakes. It's best to take the initiative, and search the answers on your own first before asking around. If all else fails, pose your question by explaining your situation clearly and kindly. Most of all, always keep your head in the game to avoid such accidents.

7. Versatility

MMO gaming is the same as console gaming. You take on different roles depending on the game you're in. You may be a wizard, a merchant, a basketball player, or even a soldier of the Special Forces. No matter what role you take, it's your responsibility to adapt to the character and the situation. You don't necessarily have to be totally in-character, but at least, know your character's role in the game or the party you are in. It's just a matter of achieving familiarity and mastery of the character you're using.

6. Cooperation

Remember that you aren't alone in the online world. You will oftentimes be in a team, party or a huge clan. The party or group will not always cater to your personal needs. The purpose of partying or teaming up together is to benefit from each other in a certain mission or battle. Thus, the team requires the cooperation of everyone in it. Stick with the plan of your team leader, assist your partymates, and perform the role you're expected to do. Another form of cooperation is by suggesting other methods or plans for your team's objective. Be of assistance when needed. Your efforts will be returned, naturally.

5. Financial Skills

You may have experienced being in the lap of luxury whenever playing console games. This isn't exactly the case for MMO games. You reap what you sow in the online world. You'll be forced to venture into the buy-and-sell business, peddling or auctioning loots and crafted materials. Keep a constant stash of money with you for emergency purposes. Always save up the money you earn from item-selling and quests. Keep expenses to a minimum, and keep an eye out for price changes. If you're looking for a certain weapon or armor, it's common sense to find the cheapest. It may not be today or tomorrow, but there will be a one out of a hundred merchants selling that certain item lower than the usual.

4. Social Skills

You are not alone in the MMO world. The other characters you see on the city streets or in the forests are also fellow players just like you. There's no thrill in soloing the game. It takes assertiveness, the right words at the right place and time to get you acquainted with new friends or partymates. Don't isolate yourself from everyone. Being a bastard or a punk won't get you anywhere, that's for sure. Treat other characters like how you approach people in real life. Your social skills will benefit you more than it benefits them.

3. "Netiquette"

We're all familiar with this word. This has been a common term since the dawn of the internet. Although these are unwritten rules, players are aware of netiquette. It reflects the social etiquette found in real life. Think of the consequences of your behaviors and actions. Will it spark some sort of conflict? Or will it contribute to the resolution or peaceful communication? Let your socially-acceptable behavior and etiquette in the real world reflect in your life in the MMO game. How others approach you will depend on the behavior you show.

2. Patience

One of the most important elements of online gaming is time. Just like everything else you do, you need to devote an amount of time for gameplay. MMO gaming can sometimes, if not often, be part of your daily routine. Remember that building up your character is not possible without you. Of course, we do have our real-life priorities. So it's advisable to set a schedule for your game time. Don't worry if your character is still a few levels lower than the rest. You'll catch up to them!

1. Interest

All of these wouldn't be possible if a gamer didn't spark up interest to play the game. Like I said a few paragraphs back: choose the game that best interests you. If you think FPS is the game for you, look for the possible choices. As long as the game keeps you interested and hooked, there will never be a dull moment in your gaming. Don't worry if you've lost interest in one game. Just keep looking for more. It's very much like console gaming too, y'know!

It's no surprise that online gaming borrows or lifts a lot of skills from the real life. We're technically walking around a virtual world that mirrors the real one. It's no surprise that real world skills are also required in roaming the virtual world. This top ten is just a short list. As you grow to become a veteran player, you'll find more skills to be useful in your travels.

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The Best PC Game According to Gamers

It's hard to say what constitutes the best PC game in this age of innovative and state of the art gaming. This is very much subjective and gamers tend to have different opinions regarding this topic. As there are various gaming genres available in the market today, it is very difficult to say which game is the best.

Old school gamers might cite Return to Castle Wolfenstein as the best PC game of all time. There must be something on that claim because the year the game was released, every hardcore gamer have nothing but praise for it. It is the original first person shooter that contributed to the popularity of FPS games of today. It offered fast and furious action that got lots of gamers addicted to it for years.

Sid Meier's Civilization has passed the test of time with the newest Civilization IV making real time strategy gamers stay up late at night trying to outdo their opponents' actions. The first Civilization game has such a long term game play that most players found themselves playing it for years. With that said, a lot of gamers have this game in their best PC game list.

These classic games could be considered as the best but there are new games that can give the classics the run for their money. Even with the advent of console gamin, PC gaming is still alive. There is still a lot of PC in homes. The total number of PCs at home would outnumber gaming consoles. There are PC games that would cater to any gamer type. There's the casual gamer that would play puzzle games in his free time and then there are the hardcore gamers that would spend most of their time immersed in different PC games.

Because there are different kinds of PC games, it would be hard to pinpoint which among them is the best PC game. A casual gamer might say that a cooking game is the best for him but a hardcore gamer can cite a couple of examples. There are lots of web sites that would produce lists that their staff and readers vote the best for the year. But still the debate would go on.

Even the best PC games are known to be hard to beat. That's one of the factors that endear them to the gamers. To beat the game, players resort to searching for PC game cheats. But even with that knowledge, players would still try their best to finish the game without cheating. PC game cheats make the game easier but it doesn't mean that the game could not be considered best. It just gives the player an opportunity to savor the endgame cut scene hat others are raving about.

There might be a number of games that can be considered the best. It would depend on who you talk with and what type of game he likes. The best PC game for one might be something as simple as a word game while others might like something more complicated. It's up to the player to decide which game is best for him.

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The Price Of Graphics Cards For PC Gamers

So there has been a ton of success for games made on the PC, not necessarily, the quantity of games shipped, but the quality of the games development. PC gamers are the new connoisseur of gaming, standards have to be met to please the most hardcore of gamer on the PC. The expectancy of graphics, gameplay, controls and overall feeling of the game must present itself as a true landmark over its home console counterparts, and effectively use whatever hardware a gamer has on his PC. The line has been stretched so thin between a casual PC player like a "bejewler" from a hardcore PC Vet playing all the newest first person shooters. Are PC games better than console games? and is worth all the money shoveling in order to get a worthy computer?

PC games better? Well it is all an opinion, but, PC gamers like myself value something in the mouse and keyboard as uncomfortable people might find the controls. And a lot of people like to think they get what they pay for, which in this instant I full heartedly believe. Computer hardware for gaming can get very expensive and, although, games are only 50 bucks (ten dollars cheaper than Xbox 360), the graphics card, ram upgrade and whatever else you need is an arm and toe out of your paycheck. The newest FPS Crysis is a modern gem that everyone is raving about because it gets the closest to looking as real as possible. But most people can't play this game on their store bought Dell, they will need a graphics card that cost around 300.00 500.00 dollars. The Nvidia 8800GTX will do quite nicely, this graphics card has 512MB of ram and will make Crysis and Gears of War run better than imaginable, but is it worth the price?

I've come to find that the price is well worth it, the computer is my console and I wouldn't have it any other way. Forking out the extra money for the uprising of great games is something I want to do, and personally I find it outweighing the other gaming options more than 2 fold.

So you might feel the same way as I do, and you need to get some upgrades on your computer. Well like I said if you have a fairly good processor in your computer than you need to upgrade to 2 gigs of Ram and get a graphics card with at least 256 MB, which varies with what you want to play. And there are cheaper graphics cards out there for less than 200.00 dollars, you just need to know where to look (scroll down for the link to look at games and what graphics cards they need). Other options to look at are buying a new gaming computer, check out the Area-51 7500 if you want a Desktop, or the Area-51® m5550 if you want a laptop. They both are made by the best company for gaming computers: Alienware, and will only cost you a little over 1000.00 dollars. And give you best monitors, speakers, hardware and more for playing PC games.

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