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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Review
When an evil darkness enshrouds the land of Hyrule, a young farm boy named Link must awaken the hero and the animal within. When Link travels to the Twilight Realm, he transforms into a wolf and must scour the land with the help of a mysterious girl named Midna. Besides his trusty sword and shield, Link will use his bow and arrows by aiming with the Wii Remote controller, fight while on horseback and use a wealth of other items, both new and old.
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Link must solve a number of challenging puzzles to progress to boss battles. View larger. |
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Link's journeys, reinvented
Hailed by many as the best Zelda game since 1998's Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess thrusts players into a troubled world ravaged by a dangerous magic. Sporting a new, more realistic visual style than the previous Zelda title, Link looks much more like an adult than in previous installments and fits well into an environment that provides Zelda fans with a much more gritty and grim environment to explore. The entirety of the quest fits this darker mood, as both Link and NPC's alike share the same concern for the changes about in Hyrule.
More than just a spiritual successor to previous Zelda installments, Twilight Princess offers players a new way of controlling Link through dungeons, forests, towns, and the bizarre Twilight Realm: precise weapon controls with the Wii remote! Players can use the remote to control Links' weapons including the sword, arrows, and boomerang. This new control scheme allows for much faster and more accurate control than on previous Nintendo hardware. For example, waving the remote in the air will result in Link performing the same move with the sword. To fire off on arrow, players "pull back" on a virtual controller string as the Wii remote's speaker lets players know that the projectile is ready for release. It all works incredibly well and adds to the title's immersion and style- you feel more in the center of the action than in previous Zelda games.
As impressive as the new control scheme is, the scope and size of the new land of the Hyrule is equally as impressive- truly the Wii's first epic adventure. Beautifully crafted and four years in the making, the land players travel through is vast and diverse as the dungeons and monsters that lie within. As players collect triforce pieces from the distant sections of the continent, they will get to know many different villages and foes. Thankfully, Link will be able to move over long stretches of land faster thanks to "Epona," your faithful horse. Epona also helps Link become a more effective fighter, as a number of powerful and impressive sword strikes can be launched while galloping through fields of enemies.
The Twilight Realm awaits
Like most games in the Zelda franchise, Link begins his adventure with little more than the clothes he has on an an inkling that something has gone awry. After an initial trip to the Twilight Realm, in which Link appears as a wolf, a friendly shadow dweller named Midna will meet up with players and give helpful advice on gameplay. Fortunately for players, this virtual assistant spells out ways to be a more effective adventurer in and out of the shadow world. Early stages of the game have Link spending a lot of time in the Twilight Realm, and outdoor areas of Hyrule, attempting to clear areas of the strange darkness that has seemingly fallen over every village, forest, and field. As the story progresses, players will learn the cause of the shadows, and what they must to do vanquish them for good.
Puzzling puzzles
Link once again finds himself in a number of classic Zelda-esque puzzle scenarios in which he must light torches to unlock doors, raise and lower water levels, and fight enemies to collect keys and open chests for valuable rupees. A number of the dungeons present unique puzzle challenges that rely on the player's ability to hone their Wii remote's control, such as an air castle in the sky that can only be accessed by an extremely accurate grappling hook toss.
In general, Twilight Princess is more challenging than the average Zelda game, with a number of boss battles having protracted hit sequences with little support potions about, and even less warning. Still, there's never been an adventure experience such as this, wherein players can literally charge at a dungeon boss with their fists and punch the air to defeat an enormous foe. As the finest Zelda experience in almost ten years and the game fans have been waiting for, Twilight Princess will delight young and old gamers alike.
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The Cambre Products GameOn Video Gaming Storage System is an all-in-one storage solution for any gamer that needs help organizing his/her console(s), games and accessories. The wall-mounted storage system supports today’s hottest video game console systems, including Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation models, as well as software and accessories to maximize wall space and free-up clutter on the floor. The GameOn Video Gaming Console Storage unit readily organizes everything a gamer wants and needs access to in one central, easily mountable location. Its upper shelf stores games, software and chargers while the four side-support brackets organize up to four controllers and/or other gaming accessories such as guitars and microphones. GameOn is available in black, white, green, blue, red and yellow and so is easily coordinated with any decor. "S" Curves Ventilation System The video gaming market has exploded and along with games, there is no end in sight for potential new accessories. It is only natural to group accessories and games around your console, but modern consoles are powerful machines that require ventilation when in use to keep them from overheating. The GameOn Video Gaming Console Storage System addresses this concern in its design. The unit is vertically oriented, and so never blocks your console’s cooling fans and also possesses “S” shaped ventilation holes carved its sides to provide constant air flow. Safety Features GameOn is appealing to both the parents of the younger gamer as well as the adult gamer. Safety features include: the unit's built in ventilation system noted above, durable MDF construction and weight load testing (up to 50 pounds) for wall-mounted applications, as well as safety certified lead-free paint. Coordinating Products The GameOn line of video game accessories also features a variety of other products that work hand in hand with the Video Gaming Storage System. Some of these include:
The GameOn StashBox offers gamers extra storage space to stash their games when space is at a premium. Stash Box can store up to 32 more games or DVDs, mounts to the wall and attaches directly below the GameOn Video Gaming Storage System. The combination of both products allows gamers to instantly gain access to their video game systems, accessories and games all-in-one convenient location to maximize wall space and free-up clutter on the floor. Wire Wraps Wire Wraps are flexible, expandable, wire cover system that quickly transform messy wires into a cool new style worthy of showcasing. Wires can be wrapped in black, green or white or mixed and matched for a custom look. Wire Wraps are flexible enough to hold all cables and even include a corner piece for those hard to reach places. Dirt Rags Dirt Rags are antibacterial gaming wipes that kill germs on both hands and gaming controllers passed back and forth between people. The Dirt Rags formula combines the properties to safely clean all handheld electronic devices including gaming controllers, cell phones, iPods, GPS’, digital cameras and camcorders. The kid-safe wipes contain all FDA approved ingredients and have no alcohol, phenol or bleach, are nontoxic and have not been tested on any animals.
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Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force Review
Frequently there are two or more team members with you (including familiar faces like Seven of Nine), which lets missions play out more like episodes from the series than a solo firefight that just happens to take place in a Star Trek setting. Other team members will disable security fields, analyze data, converse with you as the mission progresses, and add some much-needed firepower in the tough battle sequences. Elite Force uses the Quake III engine to good effect, serving up some beautiful environments, colorful special effects, and smooth frame rates. Our only gripe is that all the missions take place inside various spacecraft, but the architecture used by each race is unique so that it isn't too repetitive.
Elite Force stays very true to the source material, as we discovered the first time we beamed into a Borg cube and watched the inhabitants march by as if we weren't there. We shot a passing Borg to see what would happen, and the massive environment sprung to life as the threat was detected and dozens of angry Borg converged on our position. The cast of the TV series provided the voices for their characters in the game, and the artists painstakingly modeled the interior of Voyager. It all lends an authentic flair to this fun game that belongs in the collection of any Star Trek fan. --T. Byrl Baker
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