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Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB Rating: Teen
Media: Video Game
Product Weight: 1.70 pounds
Model: 15783051
Manufacturer: Sony
Release Date: 2007-10-24
Sales Rank: 992
Definitely Worth the Purchase,
by Shqype, 2008-11-29
I bought this product at a time when it cost about the same price as the standalone Playstation Eye, figuring I might as well get an extra game with it for free. Little did I know about the large amounts of fun and excitement this game would bring me!
As a teenager I always was intrigued by MAGIC: The Gathering, and thought all the different cards, creatures and spells, were so cool. A sibling was into the Yu Gi Oh card game, which is similar to the Eye of Judgment, as well as MAGIC. This game allows you to play the card game against the computer, against a friend locally, or against an opponent over the internet. It comes with a starter deck and free booster pack, which is all you need to get started and begin challenging the computer. You not only play your cards, but the computer keeps track of everything, including how many cards you should have in your hand, in the graveyard, in your deck, and on the field. It's cool seeing your cards come to life as you play a creature to see it destroy your opponent's.
This game is very strategic, similar to chess but with an added dimension, and many more possibilities. It really forces you to think of what moves to play to defeat your opponent. Plus, the PS3 Eye can be used in many other games, and is one of the best webcams available, not only for the PS3, but also for the PC, as fanmade drivers allow you to use this camera for video conferencing for a computer.
A fun game that provides countless of hours of replay value, with the ability to acquire booster packs to expand your deck, add-on content in the form of 2 different updates (with new enemy decks and booster pack updates), an excellent camera, and trophies; you can't go wrong with the Eye of Judgment!
Not too bad,
by Jonathan Wong-Dere, 2008-11-23
I think this is a great game. The gameplay was fun and the computer is pretty challenging from what I can tell. Plus you can go online to play other people who have this game for added competition. It took a little while to get the game up and running correctly the first time, but it wasn't a huge hassle. It has decent graphics and a game doesn't take too long to play.
The only downside, and it's a pretty big one, is the cost of upgrading the starter deck and the 1 pack you get with the game. I wouldn't say it's ridiculously over-priced, but buying multiple packs and starter decks can add up very quickly. Before you know it, you could spend hundred's of dollars before you realize it.
The package is a pretty good deal, since the eye costs 40, and the starter deck costs 15, and the pack cost 4. That's 59 already and the bundle cost 69.99. If you can find it for 40, then you basically get the game and cards for free.
Overall, I think it's a 3.75 out of 5. The gameplay and graphics give this a good rating. I had a lot of fun playing against the computer. The price after the intial costs can add up really fast. This really is the only reason I didn't give it a 5.
Collectable Cards Spring to Life,
by Lisa Shea, 2008-10-21
There have been plenty of games that recreated playing collectible card games like Magic: The Gathering or Yu-Gi-Oh!, but none of them have done it quite like Eye of Judgment. Eye of Judgment uses an actual camera to view a playing field set out and translate the cards placed down by the player into monsters on the game screen.
The technology behind it belies the fact that, for all intents and purposes, Eye of Judgment is a regular Collectible Card Game. The difference comes from the Playstation Camera - the titular "Eye of Judgment" that's used to watch over a 3-by-3 game mat. The cards - a starter deck is included with the game, and booster packs can be bought separately and scanned in - are marked with bar codes that the Eye recognizes, and thus when they are put into their specific grid of the playing mat, they are brought to life in the form of a 3d model on the game screen.
The card game itself is reasonably simple. Creatures are summoned onto one of the nine tiles by using mana. Each creature has an attack pattern, special abilities, health, and an element. Positioning creatures advantageously (in a good position to strike enemy creatures, on a tile that matches its element) have an advantage over those not placed as well. Attacks do damage based on the attacking and defending creatures, and each creature has a certain number of health points that it can lose before it is destroyed. The objective of the game is to occupy five of the board's nine tiles.
The graphics in the game consist of the monsters "summoned" from the cards and the arena that they fight on (several different types are available). Both are pretty good, though most of the "coolness" of it comes from the fact that the monsters have been called up via cards. By themselves, the graphics aren't particularly incredible. Monsters paired up for combat engage in a little mini-arena battle using their unique attacks and techniques. Besides individual strengths and weaknesses, monsters have their own animations, sounds, and quotes - each monster seems pretty well detailed, even though the cards in the starter pack tend to be lots of the same monster. It encourages you to go out and buy more cards just to see how they look in 3d, which is more than can be said of a lot of collectible card games.
The only difficult part of the game is, perhaps, the Eye itself - the Playstation camera is for whatever reason difficult to align properly so that it can see the entire board, and as such even with a flat playing field the camera was sometimes not seeing enough of the field, or not enough of one side. As such, the cards on that side wouldn't register. Also, the interaction between the hand putting down cards and the field were kind of wonky, as well; putting a hand over a card would sometimes make the game forget it was there (though this is more a problem in short-term modes like the battle arena than in the actual games).
As a whole, Eye of Judgment is a neat idea with a good execution. Online multiplayer and booster packs both add life to the game, and though it does start to feel sort of commercial, the same is true of any other CCG as well. At the very least, Eye of Judgment delivers the long-awaited fantasy of putting down a card and having a computer-generated monster pop up - at least in some form, anyways.
8/10.
Great Idea - Bad Implementation,
by John W. Davison, 2008-10-13
Pros
* excellent game design
* balanced cards
* good graphics
Cons
* horrible implementation
* cards cost $$$
While I really enjoyed this game for the short few weeks that I played it, I quickly became annoyed trying to get the eye to read the cards. You have to have just the right amount of light for it to work. And you have to pay extra if you want to see some more cards.
The fact that you actually have to "play" the cards makes it a unique game. Eye games can be fun. But they could have done so much more with this game. Hopefully they'll take the ideas they got from this development and make something better next time.
Fans of Trading Card Games will Love This,
by solidgoldmini, 2008-07-15
For fans of trading card games like Magic: The Gathering, The Eye of Judgment will prove to be a fun and challenging game.
The game is very well put together-from the innovative camera system which works nearly perfectly reading the cards and making the action come alive on-screen, to the challenging game itself with many strategic aspects from building a deck to deciding how to play your hand.
The only thing that may be considered lacking would be a story-mode or more encompassing single player game. But when it comes to trading card games, sometimes an exhausting story can get in the way of just wanting to play a duel. (Some may remember the old PC game of Magic: The Gathering which included a story mode. All the reviews at that time were the opposite-many said they should have scrapped the story mode because players just come for the duels.)
As the other reviewer mentioned, this game and it's included PS3 Eye make a great start to the game. Once you get into it, you will want to get other decks and cards, but that's always been the draw of trading card games, and it's fun to get the booster packs and find out what new cards you find.
If you're a trading card game fan, you won't be disappointed with this game!
Categories -> PlayStation 3 -> All Games
Categories -> PlayStation 3 -> Classic Games -> Cards & Casino -> Card Games
Categories -> PlayStation 3 -> Strategy -> Turn Based
