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Saturday, July 14, 2007

Call of Juarez


Published by Ubisoft Entertainment GmbH
Developed by Techland
Released 2006
Genre Action

Description :

Ray McCall was once a fearsome gunslinger. Twenty years ago, he decided to put his guns away and take up the bible instead, becoming a reverend in a town called Hope. All is good until one day, Ray's brother and wife are brutally murdered and their farm burned down to the ground. As Ray arrives at the crime scene, he sees a well-known Indian called Billy fleeing and becomes suspicious. Swearing vengeance for the death of his brother, Ray is unable to be calmed down by the townspeople. Bidding farewell to the life of a reverend, Ray once again takes out his guns and begins his hunt for his brother's killer.

In Call of Juarez, players take the role of Ray, who will shoot first and ask questions later. He uses different kinds of revolvers which are the only weapons in the game, with which Ray can enter the quick draw mode. In this mode, the two cross-hairs of the weapons slow move from the side of the screen to the middle much like a "bullet time" mode. Ray also access to the standard wild west equipment like the Winchester rifle or the sawed-off shotgun. Since Ray is a man of God, he can also read from the bible. This stuns the enemies for a short while.

Billy's weapons are instead stealth and his horsewhip. Since he's on the run and doesn't want to be found, he needs to avoid the people in his way or kill them silent. But if he needs to, he can handle a gun too.

On your quest, Ray will witness and take part in all typical wild west situations like a stagecoach-robbery or a duel. And like in Gun players can ride and fight on the back of a horse, anytime you like.

And if you've enough of Ray and Billy, there is online play against up to 31 other people in different modes. From deathmatch and team deathmatch to modes like "gold-fever" in which players pick up as much gold as they can find on the map.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 32
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following case-sensitive codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect Code
Toggle God modeCheat.God(<0>)
Additional ammunitionCheat.GiveAmmo()
Full healthCheat.Heal()
Toggle magic ammunitionCheat.MagicAmmo(<0>)
Spawn rifle Cheat.GiveRifle()
Spawn dynamite Cheat.GiveDynamite()

Multi-player mode codes:
Press Y or U to display the chat window while playing on a multi-player server, then enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect Code
Changes nickname; 14 character limit/Nick
List all players/PlayerList
Suicide/KillMe
Exit game/Exit

Additionally, the following codes can be used by the server administrator.

Effect Code
Log in an admin with password defined in ServerAdmins.scr file on the server /AdminLogin
Log you admin/AdminLogout
Kick specified player/Kick
Kill specified player/Kill
Switch server to the next map./MapNext
Shut down server/ServerShutDown

Very Hard mode:
Collect 30 Wanted Posters.

Extra missions:
Successfully complete Story mode.

Hint: Secret weapon:
In the episode which you are Ray chasing the train that Billy jumped on, there is a secret weapon to be found. They are called Prime Rangers, and are two powerful and equally beautiful pistols which do not rust or wear during the level. In order to find these weapons, you must search the train cars as you pass them by. If you look carefully, you will find them. There is a chest hidden behind a stack of boxes on one of these cars. If you jump over the stack and open the chest, you will see the two long beautiful pistols underneath you. Pick them up and shoot up all the cattle rustlers and hombres as desired.

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Xpand Rally


Published by Zeta Multimedia S.A
Developed by Techland
Released 2004
Genre Racing

Description :

Xpand Rally puts you behind the wheel of a tuned-up WRC machine in over seventy races in five sceneries, using a modified version of the Chrome engine with fully movable obstacles, dynamic day time and weather changes, full collisions simulation and a complex car damage system. The driver can even sustain leg injuries and concussions. There is much more freedom than in other rally games. In the freestyle mode, for example, there are no invisible borders, you can compete off-road with no restrictions to tracks.

Aside from the traditional race, you can build-up a rally career, similar to NFS Underground where you work your way up as a rookie. You need to spend your money wisely to take care off repairs and tune your car with over 800 parts. Xpand Rally does not have an official rally license, but includes 35 sports cars over 8 divisions, with some funky models such as tiny coopers or terrain vehicles. There are two driving modes: arcade and simulation with different damage systems and steering models.

ChromEd, a full game editor loaded with tutorial and templates, has been attached to the game. You can edit existing tracks or create new ones and even import your own car designs straight from 3D Studio MAX.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 98
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0b
CDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard/Steering Wheel
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 4
64MB Video Card

Trivia :
  • For a rather low-budget title, the game uses extensive copy protection: an installation serial, an activation code and additional protection with StarForce 3.04.049.001.
  • On November 26, 2004, a set of custom tracks was released. They were designed by game modders and approved by the Techland compatibility test. The set includes a dirty track and two destruction derby style tracks.

  • On December 22, 2004, a complete ChromEd user guide was published. It contains complete information on level creation philosophy and specific editor tools. The tutorial is supplemented with a video material that shows the subsequent steps of track creation with comments from one of the Xpand Rally tracks developer.
Cheats :

Press ~ to display the console window console at the indicated screen. Then, enter one of the following case-sensitive code to activate the corresponding cheat function. Then, press [Enter] to resume the game.

Effect ScreenCode
Additional moneyRally league menu Cheat.AddCash()
All races unlockedSingle race menu Cheat.AllRaces()
All carsSingle race menu Cheat.SkipCarCheck()