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Eye Of Judgement - First Look Mini Preview
Jon Wilcox
08/06/2006
TVG gets the evil eye from PlayStation3's battle monster title...
Hats off to Sony, they definitely won the phoney peripheral war of the current-gen with the release of the EyeToy. Having launched a number of titles for the jumped up webcam such as Play, Kinetic, and AntiGrav in recent years, it was somewhat inevitable that the company would look to take the technology to the next stage when it came to PlayStation3. One of just six PlayStation3 titles announced by Sony back in January, Eye of Judgement is a battle card game where players fight to control five of the nine squares that make up a real-world board packaged with the title. Also included 'in the box' will be around thirty of the one hundred plus monster cards available to buy at the game's launch, and what Sony describes as the 'next-generation of cameras', a high-resolution EyeToy.
Up to twelve environments will be available to play in the final game, all of which turn the somewhat bland squared board into a fantastical gameworld generated by the PlayStation3. Each of the squares take on a specific element (from Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and Mechanical), which then in turn affects the movements and decisions of the players.
Taking a lead from Wizards of the Coast's Magic, or even those classics of the playing fields, Top Trumps, The Eye of Judgement gives each creature in the game a number of attributes (such as power or strength) so that every strength and weakness of a card can be compared. In addition, every creature is given one of the five different elements, which dictates which of the nine squares on the board they can use. For instance, a creature allied to the Fire element won't be able to land on a square allied to Water (for obvious reasons). Each of the cards has its own unique markings, which are read via the camera and identified when placed onto a battle square, with the direction of the card (whether it's facing towards an enemy or not) also interpreted.
Once read, the game brings a 3D rendered version of the creature on the card on screen, much like in manga battle card TV series Yu-Gi-Oh!, which players can then 'move around' the board. Turn-based in structure, once the creatures have moved the game shifts into a battle mode where the combat plays out according to the stats of the cards. Ordinarily weaker creatures placed next to stronger enemies, but on their weakest sides, may perhaps attack first but the intricacies of the game aren't perhaps best explained in the source of such short demonstrations. We did get the overall idea however, and it'll be interesting to see exactly how the game develops from here on.
To combat situations where creatures and elemental squares clash (as in the water on fire example earlier), players are able to call upon the Sorcerer who can cast magic to 'dry out' the square and change it to Earth, which can be used by a Fire elemental. SCE representatives also confirmed that using a like-for-like creature and square will boost their powers, further adding to the strategy element of the game.
There is the question as to whether the game will also come with the arm to hold the camera in the appropriate position, looking straight down at the board, but it's doubtful that a final attachment would look as polished as the one used during the course of the demo. As long as it does the job intended though it doesn't really matter that much; we just hope Sony's final solution maintains a sense of style rather then being a Blue Peter bodge job!
A game that certainly offers something original in terms of EyeToy, Eye of Judgement seems to have more depth than most of the other EyeToy products released in recent years. An emphasis on strategy that brings together card-based gameplay with a videogame, Eye of Judgement should appeal even to non-gamers, especially when quick reactions with twelve button controllers aren't a requirement.
There remain a number of questions over solo and online game modes, as well as the price of the additional cards, but it does look as if The Eye of Judgement is a sign of Sony's intentions of the development of broadening the user base - whether or not the typically younger player who enjoys traditional card games will be able to afford a PS3, however, remains the big question.
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