Take-Two never slapped a sales number on the strategy game, but has regularly described it as a “critical success and commercial success, with strong digital sales.” Those digital sales should only continue to grow now that XCOM is coming to Apple’s popular handhelds. The surprise hit in that stable: XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Last year though, the company saw increased stability thanks to the success of its fall line up. Just look at how the delays of Grand Theft Auto V have hurt the company financially for proof. The company’s never been short on critical acclaim, but it’s often relied on Rockstar alone to give its business booming. Take-Two Interactive, parent company of 2K Games and a variety of talented development teams from Firaxis to Rockstar Games, had a very promising 2012. GDC 2013: I have worn the future of gaming, and it is the Oculus Rift GDC 2013: Sony puts its money where its mouth is on the indie developer-centric future of the PS4 GDC 2013: HP and ALT Systems team up to offer game developers something new What we learned at GDC 2013: Consoles and PCs merge, but mobile and free-to-play are king Halfbrick hopes to release the game soon, with a target price of $0.99.ĭevelopers looking ahead to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, GDC survey shows It might not appeal to every core gamer out there, but there’s enough here to hook (no pun intended) those who are open to relatively simple play with some beefy progression behind it. There’s a decent amount of depth in Fish Out of Water‘s relatively simple idea. Partial gems can be mashed together to create different effects a blue charm might gift you with an extra 20 skips on your next throw, but combining a red and a blue creates a purple charm that boosts both distance and skips. Charms offers single use buffs, such as bonus skips and/or distance for a particular throw. Rewards come in the form of charms and charm parts. Complete enough of these (and score well enough in the game) and you’ll eventually level up. Separate from the daily challenges are “Goals” which, much like Jetpack‘s missions, ask players to complete a given objective in exchange for a reward. Halfbrick does have an extensive history when it comes to post-release support. Gold, silver, and bronze medals can be won, though there’s nothing other than bragging rights attached to them. This, of course, feeds into an elaborate leaderboard system that allows players to join and compete in daily challenges that apply to individual clans. Anyone that has played Angry Birds, and there are a LOT of you, should at least have a passing familiarity with the mechanics, even though Fish Out of Water uses them in a completely different way. Fish will travel along to the best of their abilities once you’ve tossed out three to complete a single game, a group of crabs appears to grade your performance. There’s a boost meter that you can use to extend your distance simply press and hold on the screen to activate it when you’ve got some juice in your meter. The important thing to keep in mind here is that you can’t actually control the fish directly, beyond the opening fling. Weather conditions change every hour (real time), so the level and types of goals will continually change. Errol’s spiky exterior comes in handy when the jellyfish swarm appears at sunset. High winds and rain bring choppier waters, a perfect situation for the surf-cutting Finlay’s abilities. A sunny, mostly windless day means undisturbed waters, perfect for skipping flat-bottomed fish along the surface. Wind and weather conditions play a big role in Fish Out of Water. GDC 2013: EA and DICE unveil the very, very pretty ‘Battlefield 4’ Remember Me, Ducktales highlight Capcom’s GDC 2013 lineup ‘Forza Motorsport 5’ and you, or how Drivatar heralds the coming robocalypse
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