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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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Game Title: Megaman Star Force 3: Black Ace
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action RPG
Developer:
Capcom
Summary: This is the 3rd game in the series known as Megaman Star Force. Players take control of a student named Geo Stelar and play through events where him and his partner, Omega-Xis save the world from destruction. In this game a meteor is threatening to collide into earth wiping out all technology and nearly all of life on the planet. The game shows how Geo after the events of Star Force 2 evantually gets pulled into this event and how he saves the Earth and protects his family and friends.
Graphics: From my point of view I find the game's art would appeal more to teens and children rather than adults. The story is also more targeted towards them as it depicts that age does not really matter as long as you have the ability to do things. The game makes use of 2D sprites on a 3D background during normal play and on the field, however during battles. The art changes to full 3D where both Megaman and the enemies are rendered in 3D. It can be quite a sudden change as the art style for the 2D and 3D are somewhat different.
Music: The music gives players a somewhat futuristic feel as there's quite a number of beeps and whatnots. The music for each loaction is somewhat suitable, players are able to get a brief idea on what the place would probably be like from just hearing the music. The battle music give players some mental preperation as the music takes on a more upbeat feel. There's also some voice acting involved, although it's not fantastic but I still find it acceptable.
Story: The story this time involves a new substance called "Noise". In their world, noise is produced whenever there is technology, however large amounts would cause bugs and even viruses to be generated. There's a giant meteor of Noise that's heading towards Earth, if it ends up colliding with Earth, all technology and almost all life would be wiped out. There's an organisation called Dealer who is causing Wizards, people's AI Avatar, to go haywire and they are also trying to take control of the meteor, also knowned as Meteor G. Players go through how how Geo goes through different events and how he will deal with the events that are happening around him.
Gameplay: This game when compared to the previous Star Force makes more use of the stylus. There are different points in the story where players have to use different options on the touch screen in order to get past the obstacles. The menu and other options also make use of the touch screen. During battles, players are allowed to move only left and right, they also have to select battle-cards from the touchscreen in order to use them in battle.+
Conclusion: I find that this game would appeal more to people who have played the previous Star Force before as they would understand the story more. For people who want to start on the Star Force series, I would suggest that they start on the 1st game as they would be able to understand the story better and be more familiar with the gameplay system.