European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 scene stars and stripes july games 0 q i co 1 cd 6 co Midway photos gamers can tackle missions As three different types of soldiers in hour of the new world War ii shooter from Power of three hour of victory7 gives players options flexibility is vital especially when youre a commando trying to take Down the nazis nuclear weapons pro that Why gamers get three types of assault options in hour of whether you prefer sneaking an stabbing or youll find your style in Midway new world War ii shooter for the Box the game is divided into four each at least nominally involving the nazis efforts to build an atomic the first is set in the african desert but actually has Little to do with nuclear the second is set in a Snow covered the final two unfold in Berlin during the final Days of the players select the right Man for the Mission or most Likely select the Man who Best fits their playing the choices Are a British commando who rugged and Strong an Oss operative who Stealthy and Handy with a knife and lock pick and a Ranger who skilled at sniping and creating options was a major goal for said Patrick a producer on hour of in hour of we want to give the player More Home each character specializes in different weapons and has different skills that enable them to and push their Way to the scripted game play is also kept to a allowing for me player to experience Battles differently each time they to encourage gamers to try each of the players get several opportunities to drive tanks in hour of developers have sprinkled the map with ropes for Bull to doors for Taggert to unlock and heavy objects for Ross to taking these options unlocks special weapons or secret this Means that each of the characters can take a different path to each missions goal something that encourages replay ing the we think the big payoff will be when the player sees that they can really get a different experience with the other charac Home players select a character when begin Ning a Mission at least in most they can also switch characters after being gunned perhaps taking advantage of a locked door or Good Vantage Point noticed during the first spin through a hour of Victory offers an online Multi player but no head Ohead play on the same the graphics Are nothing special for the Box but Arent Howe some of the animations had a feeling of and it was a bit strange to have a tank evaporate about a minute after its the artificial intelligence can also be a bit spotty especially in the lower difficulty where enemies will sometimes hesitate for several seconds before react ing to your machine gun despite its a fun game to offering enough action and Challenge to keep it interesting As Long As you dont play every level As the  taking that route results in much of the action feeling the same from Mission to since hour of Victory int filled with Gore or its much better suited for play by younger teens than Many of the other shooters out news bytes Oscar movie studios want to make game publishers want to make and both sides met again this year for the second Holly Wood and games Summit in los Thomas chairman of legendary offered some Hope that his studios world of War Craft movie will be better making movies based on games just because they sold Well is a really bad he if theres a great universe and that whats interesting to but the most exciting news came during a session with Lucas arts president Jim lets face it anyone who played with Winten Dos Wii controller has thought about using it As a Star wars Light were All Over Ward and inter Nally we have already played a Light Saber game on the its a lot of and Well get Wii for All the Wii s virtual console online ser vice has become the Home for Over 100 classic but now Nintendo wants to invite some new with a tool called Wii Independent develop ers will be Able to create Low budget games for Nin tends hit then sell them on the Wii shop Chan Microsoft has taken a similar approach with its Una but we still have yet to see the first great Home brew Box 360 so the Gauntlet has been thrown if you think you have the next Tetras in your its time to get to hoopla Greg Oden and Kevin Durant were the top two selections in this years Aba and they will be playing next season in Portland and while there trying to win the hearts of Pacific Northwest hoops  be going one none in another Arena the vide game Oden will be featured on the cover of 2k sports College hoops Durant snagged a sports inca March its the first time the top two Aba draft picks have modelled for competing games and who in a few years they could be gracing Trie covers of a and 2ks Aba Lou