Lost Orbit is a game from PixelNauts, and centers around the exploration of space. Players take control of a lone astronaut (Harrison), attempting to travel back to earth after his ship is destroyed in deep space. Without the help of his ship, Harrison will need to use the gravitational forces of planets to navigate and propel himself through space. Along the way, Harrison will encounter evidence of a strange alien race never before encountered.
The game is set in a world long after the defeat of a god named Adyr that formerly ruled humanity with an iron fist, by three heroes, a rogue, cleric, and warrior, who later became known as the Judges and were elevated to the status of demigods. Unusually, all sins are punished, even small and petty ones. Players take on the role of Harkyn, a convicted criminal whose sins are visible on his face, in the form of runes.
Harkyn is released from prison by a monk named Kaslo in order to stop a mysterious invasion of Adyr’s demonic forces, the Rhogar, into a monastery near the Hand of God mountains (literally the hand of the fallen god). He comes across a number of powerful beings called Rhogar Lords who are invading from an unknown place into the human realm. With the help of an explorer named Yetka, he is able to discover the location of the Pathway, a portal to the Rhogar Realm, a former temple of Adyr that was banished to another dimension by the Judges and sealed in the monastery.
The game is divided into acts with linear progression through a main central story, with new areas continuously opened as the player progresses while also being allowed to return to previously completed areas. However, each new area can have multiple paths, hidden locations and potential shortcuts to uncover. Along the way, the player will also encounter non-player characters who offer further information, lore and in many cases grant additional tasks to the player for more rewards. In dialogue, the player can also make choices with certain characters and their quests. The game utilizes a checkpoints system that the player must locate and can choose to use to save, replenish consumable items such as healing potions and upgrade their character.[3]
Lords of the Fallen uses a “risk and reward” system when it comes to upgrading Harkyn. The amount of experience the player can gain for use can be increased through a multiplier that builds up the longer the player mixes up combo attacks or avoids using checkpoints and spending their experiences. If a checkpoint is used, the multiplier will reset. If a player dies during combat, they will appear at the last checkpoint they used but with previously defeated non-boss enemies respawning back in the original location across the in-game world and losing any unspent experience they have gained since they last spent any. At this point a timer will begin, requiring the player to return to the spot they last died in order to regain what they previously lost. If however the timer runs out or they die again before reaching this point, the unspent experience they had lost before will be lost for good.
Lords of the Fallen is an action role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective. The game has been compared to Dark Souls with a slow tactical approach to close-quarters combat gameplay, with difficult enemies and locations to overcome, while learning from their encounters. The player takes the role of Harkyn who from the beginning can be tailored towards the player’s preferred combat styles from a range of different classes, each with their own specializations in certain weapons, armours, spells and abilities. A class is determined based on two major choices of three kinds of magic; brawling, deception and solace, followed by the second choice of three different armour sets; warrior, rogue and cleric. Different combinations of both choices allow the player to choose how to play Harkyn from the start. With sets, the warrior uses heavy yet strong armor and weapons, the rogue is much lighter and quicker and the cleric utilizes staffs and armour that supports spell use. Magic though makes each class more unique. For example a warrior set combined with brawling magic creates a pure warrior with high strength and vitality, while a warrior set can also be combined with solace magic to create a paladin class that is not as strong but can specialize in spell usage early in the game. As the player progresses through the game and defeats enemies, experience can be gained and spent to upgrade Harkyn’s skills and unlock new spells to use in combat.
The game is divided into acts with linear progression through a main central story, with new areas continuously opened as the player progresses while also being allowed to return to previously completed areas. However, each new area can have multiple paths, hidden locations and potential shortcuts to uncover. Along the way, the player will also encounter non-player characters who offer further information, lore and in many cases grant additional tasks to the player for more rewards. In dialogue, the player can also make choices with certain characters and their quests. The game utilizes a checkpoints system that the player must locate and can choose to use to save, replenish consumable items such as healing potions and upgrade their character
From the makers of ‘Splosion Man and other notable titles such as Ms. Splosion Man, The Gunstringer, and Comic Jumper comes LocoCycle. Announced at Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference, developer Twisted Pixel presents an unconventional protagonist: a bike named I.R.I.S.. I.R.I.S. is described as the “valedictorian of the Big Arms Academy’s School of Assassination.”
IRIS comes equipped with blades, handguns, and even nuclear technology. She knows and is proficient in forty forms of unarmed combat, including krav maga and Aikido. Fluent in a multitude of languages and their social customs as well as the language of death, IRIS is perhaps the world’s most finely tuned killing machine.
LocoCycle is a motorcycle racing video game developed by Twisted Pixel Games and published by Microsoft Studios. Originally announced as an Xbox Live Arcade title at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012, LocoCycle was released in November 2013 for Xbox One, and was released in February 2014 (Valentine’s Day) for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360.
The game stars “I.R.I.S.” (voiced by Lisa Foiles), a sentient motorcycle that looks similar to light cycles from the Tron franchise. It graduated from Big Arms Academy’s School of Assassination as valedictorian. The bike can perform over 40 forms of combat and speaks 50 languages. It can also travel a mile in 20 seconds (180 mph or 290 km/h), and can cloak.I.R.I.S. is accompanied by a Spanish-speaking mechanic named Pablo (voiced by Freddy Rodriguez), who is dragged along behind her during the game’s events.
Robert Patrick provides the voice of an antagonist motorcycle called S.P.I.K.E. Additionally, the game features live-action sequences with performance by actors such as Freddy Rodriguez, James Gunn, and Tom Savini.
LittleBigPlanet Hub is an upcoming PlayStation Store-Exclusive title for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and will be free-to-play. It was originally to be released at the end of 2013, but it is now likely to be released in 2015. There hasn’t been any news since it’s announcement except a confirmation via Twitter it’s still in development.
