F.E.A.R Extraction Point : The expansion to the game that won the multiple “game of the year ” awards is soon to be released and by the looks of the demo it promises to bring more of action , more of blood , more of adrenalin , more ALMA and finally more of FEAR . If you have already played “FEAR” then you dont need any persuasion but if you havent , do download and play this masterpiece .

The expansion starts from where the original ended .There is the recap of the chopper ride and the explosion , the chopper crashes but you survive . Then there is ALMA who is still alive in the spirit form and she controls and she controls all the physic soldiers . Graphics wise there aint much diffrence from the original but in the gameplay point of view it rocks . You get a chance to try out some weapons including Shotgun , pistol , Rifle , rocket launcher,grenades , mines but my favourite is the “mini-gun” . Use this on the enemy in the bullet time mode and you can actually see him being shred to pieces . The game physics are as cool as ever . Throw a grenade near by and you can watch all the objects flying around , even the enemies . Even the fire effects looks damn cool .

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The year 2007 is fast approaching and it promises to be an amazing year for the hardcore gamers . The release of Vista is not far now and along with it comes DirectX 10 , the next big step in gaming . With all its advanced capabilities , it promises to take gaming to a new level but not without burning a hole in our pockes . And we also have some big games lined up for release simaltaneously . Lets take a look at some of the most eagerly awaited games .

CRYSIS

WELL who can forget the “FarCry ” , the game took the market by storm when it was released in 2004 due its stunning visualizations , awesome gameplay , beautiful surroundings , great AI and a wonderful story . Crytek developed a new engine called “Cry Engine” for this game . The game became so popular that a movie is currently being made on it .

But now the German studios Crytek are back with there latest offering called “Crysis” . The game features a much more advanced form of the CryEngine called “CryEngine 2″ and it will be the first to use the Direct 3D 10 capabilities of Windows Vista . Some of its engine features include

• Volumetric Clouds
• Motion Blur
• Dynamic Soft Shadows
• Fully Interactive and Destructible environment
• Full Day Night Cycle with sunrise and sunset effects

The game will also use Shader model 4.0 along with 2 and 3 and its performance will be best in a hyperthreaded machine due to its Multi threaded engine . The Trailers of the game looks amazing with the beautifully rendered environment and i cant wait for its release .

Recently an admin posted the game’s requirement on the Crysis forum . Though it is not official but i dont think there will be much diffrence . Here they are Read the rest of this entry »