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SuperWes

Watch this video.

Holy crap. Eye of Judgement is going to be the coolest freaking crap in the history of the universe. I'm going to become a Magic Card totin' fool.

PS3 - $600
Playstation Eye - $50
Eye of Judgement game - $60
Eye of Judgement playing cards - $5 a pack (presumably)
Playing real life Star Wars Chess - Priceless

-Wes
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silentmatt · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I don't know.... maybe it is because I am currently playing Metal Gear: ACiD on my PSP but I don't know if the price is worth it. Like, sure it is a cool idea and all that... but it stinks of a marketing cash grab.

Just like people complain about paying for additional content in every other game (ie. Oblivion), I can't fathom paying for the cards to play the game, on top of all the other costs involved. Especially when, with games like ACiD, everything is included if you spend enough time with game play-throughs.

I can definitely see why some people might get excited, but the poor student in me definitely quenches that feeling.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

This showed a lot of potential from basically the same video back when it was shown at E3'06. I'm not seeing anything new other than a name for the game. Still looks pretty interesting, though I want to know how much that hideous camera holder is.
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:41 am Post subject:

So, here's what I'm thinking.

You put a static card on a mat... so you can look at it something animated, dynamic and completely different it generates on a TV screen.

Here's my simpler solution: Make the whole game electronic and not so freaking gimmicky.

This is about as unlike real-life Star Wars Chess as you could possibly get. Maybe it'll be fun, I dunno. But my lost deck of Pokemon cards is rolling in its grave right about now.
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Faithless · . Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 153

No, this is the future, and the first gimmick I've been excited for in a video game for a LONG, long time.
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SuperWes · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject:

Perseus · . Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 56

Huh. There's a lot of really cool-sounding games being announced for the PS3 lately.

Since we're on the topic of card games, I'd like to point out Sangokushi Taisen, a trading-card RTS arcade game set in the Three Kingdoms era. It's got quite a dedicated following in Japanese arcades, as well as in Singapore and I'm guessing Hong Kong and Taiwan too, and yet seems to be remarkably unknown in the English-speaking world. I haven't tried it myself, but I'm told by friends that it is highly addictive and involves quite a bit of strategy (or rather, tactics) to play. From all that I've heard of it, it's really not as gimmicky as you might think. While it is effectively an RTS-lite game that *could* well be totally digital, the ownership that comes of having your very own personalized army, with general cards that can be upgraded (I guess the cards store some electronic information, or something) as the characters gain experience, is pretty damn compelling.

There's a DS version out that you guys might want to check out!