Eye Of Judgement
Yu-Gi-Oh! or Magic: The Gathering anyone?
Eye of Judgement created by Sony Computer Entertainment Studios Japan, is a card battle game much like Yu-Gi-Oh! or Magic: the gathering but with a whole new technology involve around it. First of all we’re not talking about what you see in the YU-Gi-Oh! anime which we can only wish for! But this offers something very close to it...
First of all the Eye of Judgement retail package comes in a neat box which includes the the game, the Playstation Eye, camera stand, starter deck, booster pack and a playing mat and yes it all fits nicely in the box!
Setting all this up is pretty straight forward and simple. The Playstation Eye clips nicely onto the top of the stand which looks over the mat. The playing mat is a pretty looking mat itself with the gridlines and boarders on the mat making it look like a nice cloth you would buy if you go to India and the cards itself has the looks of quality...
First time starting the game I were giving instructions on setting up the Playstation eye/mat which don’t take much of your time and when done and everything is set your ready to start...
The main real focus of this game which takes it away from any other card base games is having your card display on screen in 3d graphics, which makes it so much more interesting and eye catching. By placing the card on the mat the Playstation Eye immediately recognizes the card which only takes a second or you can change the speed to make it longer may you wish. Once recognized the creature from the card appears on screen above your normal card on your mat on screen. I must say the creature display on the screen look very nice for all you graphic Hungary gamers, but best play on a HD TV to get the real visuals from the game.
Eye of Judgement is a game you have to take time to learn before you can rush into a match, but thankfully there is a tutorial you can watch and learn, a option is available to skip a segment of the tutorial to the next if you think you won’t need it. I will briefly go through the game instead of going in depth. The goal of the game is to win using the right tactics and strategies by placing the card on the grid on the mat in order of turn, using a deck of thirty cards to take control of the grid. There’s a startling amount of depth to the card which for any card game players is a plus but I won’t get into it too much. Each grid on the mat has an element, so by placing the right element card on the same element enhances your card and vice-versa. Each turn you receive 2 mana which enables the use of your card. The mana use is display on your card, anywhere from 0+ so to use your card which has a mana of 3 you will need to have 3 or more mana store on your turn. You may perform any number of general actions after your "Mana Charge," including attacking and switching the orientation of your creatures, but that is if you have enough mana to do so. After this phase, you may use one creature at a time and it automatically attacks without using mana. These are the main phases of the game and control cycles between each player in a turn-by-turn basis.
There are options for you to play against your friends on the same board, a computer AI in single matches or take it online with text and video chat. You can play rank matches or search for a custom game which ever you prefer. No story mode included in this game which doesn’t really matter since it is a card battle base game after all! Playing against the computer is fun but won’t be anywhere near as good as playing it with someone you can communicate.
Playing online you won’t be able to come across much cheating as it tries to avoid cheating. You must scan every card you want to use with the Eye beforehand, so it registers all of them. Once registered, the computer will randomly draw your cards for you, which means you can never draw from your deck secretly. The computer keeps track of every card in your deck and hand, ensuring online matches are played fairly. To sum Eye of Judgement up, it is a game which takes time and thinking. Good for these who are into card base games or is willing to try this sort of game out but for these who are opposite is better to stay away from it.
