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EA Anti-Pirate Methods, “love” it?

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Who don’t recognize this epic name for soccer game fans for past few years. Rejoice fans! EA had released their latest soccer game FIFA 11. With Fifa standing 1st in the soccer simulation sales board and its rivalry PES trying very hard to compete with them.. here a few points of the goodness of Fifa 11.

  • Able to name all real players and clubs/nation
  • Amazing realistic response from different players
  • A new personality+ for unique players
  • Able to add your own music into game
  • And many many more!

Last but not least: It even lets you be a goalkeeper in 11vs11 multiplayer match!

Goalkeeper

But wait… What is the card in the box? It came with a online pass that looks like:

Online pass

OH THE ANTI-PIRACY CARD! I am sorry sellers, you are put in a big disadvantage with this. But hey? Fifa game is meant to kept and keep playing online with your friends, relative, or via match-making. Every time is a whole new experience!

However, as a player of fifa 11 myself. I hate love the online pass idea. It protect us from getting fake products.

Important note – to all used fifa 11(or any new EA related games) sellers/buyers:
For sellers:
The code is very important for any buyers as without it, player cannot access any online content, multiplayer gaming etc etc. Once redeem, it cannot be use anymore nor transferred to others.

For buyers:
If the game is wrapped, then its probably more safe that its really not redeem. If its used but seller claim, do invite him to your house to deal and redeem on the spot.

If the game code had really been redeemed? How?

No worry, you can get a total full access 7 days trial and thereafter, you could purchase it via psn store @ about SGD$15 or xbox live @ 800 microsoft points.

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Sonic 4-Eva?

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Sonic the Hedgehog is back with a game of his own! After the success of Street Fighter 4, Sega is hopeful about releasing a new Sonic game base on the old 2D platformer concept. Being a fan of the Sonic series, I am quite excited about this new game. I had previously played Sonic 1, 2,3 and Sonic and Knuckles on my Sega Genesis way back in the 90s. It has been my favourite game on Sega Genesis ever since. Each new Sonic game introduced new and interesting features. In Sonic 2, you can dash (yes dashing is an exciting feature, you can’t do it in Sonic 1 -_-“) and it supports multiplayer! Ok not that kind of online multiplayer games that we see today. For the young people out there, Sega Genesis do not have an internet connection…oh man…do we even have internet at that time? Ok anyway, the second player can get to control an invincible Tails(an orange  two-tail fox). He never dies and will just keep getting respawned after he dies.

And in Sonic 3, the playable sidekick Tails can even fly and give Sonic a lift! We just love Tails…and did I mention he never dies? And in “Sonic and Knuckles”, you get to control a new character Knuckles, who can glide in the air and even scale walls. Ok so I was eagerly anticipating this game but wait, Tails and Knuckles are not in the game?!??! Unfortunately Sonic is the only playable character! It is like going back to square one! I tried my hand on the demo today and somehow feel that Sonic 4 is more of a HD remake of the Sonic 1. Enemies remain very similar to that of Sonic 1. Maybe this is what Sega associate brand manager Ken Balough mean by ‘staying true to its root‘. To me, however, Sonic’s movement feels sluggish. The only thing that I like is the new ‘homing’ feature where Sonic will home onto a target.

Bosses from this game are also taken from the previous Sonic games. Overall, the graphic certainly improved, but hey, 16-bit Sega Genesis VS PS3, Xbox 360? It just isn’t fair. This game is also facing possible Boycotting from Fans according to 1up.com. And I will be joining them too. Somehow over the years, I now prefer Sonic in a go-Kart, or Sonic with a tennis racket.

I remember watching a funny clip on Sonic and Mario from CollegeHumour. Enjoy the video below:)

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The New Xbox 360

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The all new Xbox 360!

The all new Xbox 360!

The new Xbox 360 landed on singapore shores mid-July this year. One would ask: What’s new about it? Well first thing you’ll notice is its slick new design. Its slimmer and comes in a glossy black finish. Its absolutely gorgeous. That green glow of the power button against that glossy black finish makes you think its powered by kryptonite. Its really quite a looker and will send a gamer’s heart a flutter, especially an Xbox 360 owner. Microsoft should have made this glossy black finish standard on the old (read:original) Xbox 360. I’m sure there are a lot of original Xbox 360s out there that are now more of the color beige than white.

The new Xbox 360 is more than a looker. It now comes with a 250GB hard drive. That’s more than enough for downloading and storing games, game add-ons and more. The new Xbox 360 is also “whisper quiet” as stated in their ad. I don’t know about you but I don’t really find the original Xbox 360 noisy unless its right beside when you’re playing. You couldn’t here it over the sound of gunfire (in a video game that is haha). Anyway quiet is good.

Now you’re wondering is that it? Of course not. I think one of the more exciting things about the new Xbox 360 besides its looks is that it now has a built-in Wi-Fi. Yeeeeeey!!! No more wires! When connecting to Xbox Live that is. But what puts the “new” in the new Xbox 360 is that it’s Kinect ready.

Kinect ready? Yup, Kinect ready. It basically transforms your body movement into game play. It’s similar to the Wii and Playstation Move. But what makes the Kinect different is you don’t use any controllers. YOU ARE the controller. More specifically your body movements control the game. Isn’t that exciting?! Sure you’ll feel a little silly at first. It will feel like the first time you talked on you’re mobile phone using a bluetooth headset. But hey, that means no controllers flying out of your hands and hitting someone or your much loved TV. The Kinect device is sold separately and will be available in November with a slew of kinect games of course.

Editor’s note: For those who don’t know Kinect, check out the video on kinect below.

One major thing missing with this new Xbox 360 is a blu-ray drive. I would have thought they would have incorporated this already with the new Xbox. The Playstation had this for quite some time now. Anyway it still is primarily a gaming device, and blu-ray has not catched-up with the masses yet. Besides, a blu-ray drive will certainly up the price of the new Xbox 360.

Now that you’re familiar with the new Xbox360, the question is should I buy one? The simple answer is no. This still feels like the old Xbox 360 but with the bells and whistles. That’s why the name remains the same, except with the word “new”.  You can still play the new games with your old Xbox 360, even the new Kinect games, but you’ll need a separate power supply for the Kinect device. But if you want to jump in to motion-controlled gaming or your Xbox 360 really feels old, by all means yes. I just wonder if you bought one, after a year would you still call it the “new” Xbox 360? hmmm….

I think they’ve come full circle with the name Xbox 360 (pun intended).  If you do intend to buy the new Xbox 360 and the Kinect device, just a word of caution, don’t let the neighbors see you when you’re playing 😀

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