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Anime games always have an amazing cartoony styled influence on contemporary gamers. The water colored backgrounds, the hand drawn manga-styled characters and engaging cut scenes, all make up a good anime video game. Just imagine, a strategy war game based entirely on the World War II scenarios, but having Japanese anime warriors. Seems interesting! Well, that is what Valkyria Chronicles is all about.

Pictured in an alternate version of the 1930s war-stricken Europe, this strategy game promises excellent gameplay and engrossing manga styled graphics. The story revolves around Welkin, a brilliant lad who dreams to become a biologist, but is swept up in a battle when his peaceful homeland, Gallia is invaded by the” Empire”, a powerful military outfit seeking ultimate power. To save his homeland from inevitable destruction, Welkin employs a small platoon to defend, but discovers that the enemy army has Valkyria, a powerful race. Now it all depends on Welkin’s strategy to deploy his mini troop and defeat the Empire and Valkyria.

There are many map-based missions in the Valkyria Chronicles. Players have to deploy their platoon comprising of intelligent spies, snipers and trooper and create havoc around invaders. The missions are varied and constantly shift from defensive modes to offensive tactics. The one thing I loved is the re-playability of the game. The game never lets you that the scenarios are repetitive.

Valkyria Chronicles is an unusual and unique blend of anime-style characters and water colored backgrounds. Developers SEGA worked hard on characters through the “CANVAS” graphics engine. The engine is created exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The blend of hand-drawn illustrations and immersive real-time battles will certainly take you to the edge of your seats.

When WWE and WCW were hitting the rings of fame, a new entertainment wrestling organization was introduced. TNA or Total Nonstop action was initiated by Jeff Jarett, a former WWE and WCW wrestling star. Well, that was some history. What my article deals is more about the TNA videogame released in the late 2008.

The TNA Impact Game for Xbox 360 is fairly new to the ever-popular Wrestling video games like WWE Royal Rumble. The game boasts loads of new faces and some similar faces as well. Former WWE wrestler Kurt Angle was a bit impressive on the hexagonal ring, but all the new occupants did not impress me.

The game has a strange story. You get trashed up for refusing to throw a fight. In the next frame you suffer from a partial memory loss and end up being an amnesic. Your only goal is to get your memory back while working your way back to the TNA status. The game has an interesting character customization menu where you get to change the looks of your character.

TNA Impact has a variety of gameplay options. Developers Midway did a swell job in maintaining the realism in gameplay. It’s certainly on a hunt for a new sequel. The game boasts intuitive combats. Yes, this isn’t a button masher. Gamers need to have some kind of patient, timing and thought. The best way to become familiar with the game is to learn some high-flying maneuvers in the tutorial section.

There are loads of wrestling styles to unlock in TNA Impact including, no-hold barrels, high-flying maneuvers and submissions. As you gain credits, you unlock different moves.

All in All, TNA impact is an average wrestling game with some familiar and not so familiar faces. A great pastime for you wrestling lovers!

Mortal Kombat and Marvel characters have created a web of mythologies over the past two decades. Both games created waves in the gaming industry and appealed to fans, both young and old. The dream of combining fatalities and brutalities of MK and non-stop action of DCU did come true with the Midway’s latest iteration, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

The game features one-on-one fights between DC superheroes and Mortal Kombat characters. Gamers can play two single-playing campaigns, one as the DC cast and other as the MK one. Watching Raiden taking on Superman and Sub Zero engaging in a grueling battle with the Joker is a certainly a treat for gamers.

The game is certainly meant for kids. The fatalities and brutalities go bloodless. There’s no blood and gore involved and is suitable for the younger audience. All in All, Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe would be better known for its starcast and good graphics, otherwise the game lacks a good storyline and may not appeal ‘true’ Mortal Kombat fans for its bloodless deaths. I mean, who wants to witness a bloodless fatality!!