Monday 27 June 2016

Hoverboard - Artwork Showcase



I was thinking of making this model a vehicle mod for Unturned.

Software used - Blender 2.76

Monday 13 June 2016

Fifa 17 - Story Mode?

EA Sports announced some new features of FIFA 17  yesterday at E3, and some of them are just mind - blowing.


Story Mode:
Probably the biggest new feature added to the game is story mode. Its considered "the biggest new FIFA mode since Ultimate Team". The story mode is called The Journey and is somewhat a RPG set in the football/FIFA industry. The player takes control of rookie Alex Hunter as he starts his career with a club, that you can choose, alongside his friend/rival Gareth Walker(Does this remind anyone of Ash and Gary from Pokemon?). You can shape Alex's personality - from being an egocentric upstart to a modest team player - and his relations with the manager and teammates.

In addition, the outcome of every match you play can affect the plot. For example, if you get carded, you will have to explain yourself to the manager or if you score the winning goal, you star in a press conference or interview.

I feel that this game mode is the greatly modified version of 'Be a Pro' mode in the older versions of FIFA, where you can create your own character, customise his skills and his physique and choose a club for him.

Frost Bite:
Frostbite is a game engine developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) which was and is used to make all the Battlefield games in the series. The obvious implications are better animations,graphics and lighting but the most important change is that Frostbite is a generic engine that has been used for first person shooters like Battlefield, third person shooters like Mass Effect and for an action-adventure like Mirror's Edge. This is actually going to be useful for the new story mode the game  is going to have. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI):
You might be wondering that since FIFA 17 is developed on a generic engine like Frostbite, its main focus will shift away from football. Well, actually you are wrong! FIFA 17 is going to come out as a balanced game. The AI for teammates and opponents has been totally revamped. Teammates will now stand in position and run diagonally depending on the angle of the ball.They will be much busier on field - signalling and treading in an and out of the 18 yard box.

There are still other modes EA will reveal in the near future, but what I really want to know is whether this story mode will make FIFA 17 like the  Need For Speed story mode - A DISASTER!!

Saturday 4 June 2016

The Jokes On You!

A pack of cards has 2 jokers which usually are of no use, but DC has 3 Jokers in the DC Multiverse
who are going to give a big headache to the Dark Knight.

[Spoiler Alert - Justice League #42 and #50]

It all started when Batman sat on the Mobius Chair , a chair which has all the knowledge and anyone who sits on it can be considered god. He first asked the chair the name of the person who killed his parents, as a confirmatory test. Then, he asked what the Joker's real name was.The chair said something but it was kept a secret to the readers until Justice League #50.

In issue #50, Hal Jordan a.k.a Green Lantern asks Batman what Mobius told him. Here,it is finally revealed that there are three Jokers.
Now it is up to the World's Greatest Detective to find out who they are and whether they had been working together all the time.
Batman uses his Batcomputer and identifies stark differences,not just physically but also mental and behavioral,  between the Joker over a long period of time.We know that differences arise when multiple writers try to shape the same character for decades, but it seems like the current writer is using these differences for his own advantage.


Are the 3 Jokers teaming up?
Possibly not. Joker is somewhat like Baron Zemo from the Marvel Universe(comic and not cinematic), a person who will never keep promises and agrees to team up only to later abandon the team for his own gains.We all know Joker and Harley's relationship, he only uses her to trick and trap Batman.He honestly doesn't even care the slightest about her.Now imagine 3 such Jokers trying to team up!

Who could these possibly be?
I am guessing that each one of them would have a different origin story.One might be Red Hood,a small time crook who, while trying to rob a chemical plant fell into a huge tub filled with chemicals that made his skin pale, hair green and brain super sane.This Red Hood then took the identity of Joker.
Another origin story which is actually a fan theory but still makes perfect sense is that old Bruce Wayne had to go/ was sent back in time to train young Bruce Wayne, basically kill his parents and emotionally scar both young Bruce and himself.Young Bruce will become Batman and Old Bruce becomes the Joker. Full theory here  (no,this is not my theory)

Will Batman be able to find evidence of 3 jokers?
Will they be working together?
What are their origin stories?
These are some of the questions in every reader's mind, we will just have to wait to find the answer.