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New Eye of Judgment patch fixes Season 2 issues
By the time you read this the new Eye of Judgment patch version 2.01 will be available to download. Don't get too excited, though. This isn't anything too special. Just a few bug fixes and card modifications for issues brought on by the release of Season 2. Among these bug fixes are improvements to the deck builder, battle arena and online mode. This includes a new system which will award points to players whose opponents disconnect from ranked duels. For the full list of bug fixes and card text changes, be sure to check out the PlayStation Blog post. That's what it's there for.
Check out the new Eye of Judgment theme decks
While Europe has had Set 2 of Eye of Judgment for a little while now, the American release isn't until April 28th. A new post on the PlayStation.Blog gives a preview of the theme decks found in Set 2. Select cards from each of the decks is laid out in the blog post, along with a bit of a tactics blurb. Interesting stuff for fans of the game. The patch, which enables the cards in Set 2 to be used in Eye of Judgment is available right now on the European PSN Store for £6.99/€9.99. It should be up "soon" on the American store. Hopefully this Thursday, then.
PS3 Fanboy exclusive: first card revealed from the upcoming Eye of Judgment expansion
This spring, Sony and Wizards of the Coast will be releasing the first expansion to their augmented reality/CCG experiment phenomenon, Eye of Judgment, and we have the very first look at one of the cards from the new set. Not only that, in anticipation of the upcoming release of the new expansion -- we will also be posting an interview with the creator of the game, Yusuke Watanabe, in the coming weeks. Also, keep checking the official PlayStation.Blog today for their official unveiling of the first Eye of Judgment expansion.In the meantime, hit the jump for the first look at 'Lament for Clare Wil' and marvel at its ninja-stopping powers.
Second Eye of Judgment set begins to be translated
With the second set of Eye of Judgment cards coming soon to Japan, Gamespot's Japanese site has published images of several of the cards, and the EOJ community has quickly set out to translate them. Not surprisingly, the new set of cards will bring with them several character abilities not found in the first set.A quick rundown of some of the new abilities include magic protection; nullification of an opposing enemy's dodge attempt; spell interrupt, which disallows your opponent from using a spell for two turns; and pile search, just to name a few.What's exciting is with just a few of the cards translated, there's already signs of the second Eye of Judgment set bringing in some drastic tactical changes that are sure to keep the game interesting for a long, long time. This set is scheduled to be released at the end of March in Japan.[Via Black Cubic]
Eye of Judgment patch allows for private rooms
While this update is actually relatively old (released on the 20th of December) we were far too busy playing all the great Autumn titles to check Eye of Judgment for updates. Imagine our surprise, then, when we loaded up the game to find that not only was there a new patch, but that it also fixed one of our biggest qualms about EOJ's online play. The patch list contains details of the game's improvements and includes being able to select your voice input device from within the game as well as various other performance enhancements. The main attraction to the update, however, is the ability to have private rooms for online play. When the game was first released online play against your friends was a troublesome affair. After sending an invite to your selected victim playmate they would then have, at most, two minutes before some random player jumps into your game room instead. The fix allows you to lock your room for custom matches, which means that only invited players can join.
Eye of Judgment updated to 1.01 -- network and AI fixes included
Gamers firing up the incredibly addictive CCG/videogame Eye of Judgment tonight will find that they have an update waiting for them. Bumping the game version way up to 1.01, this is a mandatory update for anyone who wants to play EoJ online. Without further ado, here is a list of the official updates: Main revised functions (no, we don't know what that means either) Reinforcement of COM AI in Battle Arena Mode Optimization of network connections for Online Mode It is great to see that Sony is updating EoJ already, but they still haven't addressed one of the largest complaints of playing the game online -- the fact that anybody can join your private game while you're waiting for your friend to accept his invite. And really Sony, does the computer need any more help in kicking our asses?[Thanks Woo!]
PS3 Fanboy review: The Eye of Judgment
It would've been interesting to be in the board room when the developers of The Eye of Judgment were giving their pitch to the Sony higher-ups. I can just imagine the crazed looks the developers got when they tried to explain their game was an augmented reality collectible card game using a peripheral that had previously been only used for party games. Everything about The Eye of Judgment's concept suggests that it shouldn't work -- it's way too esoteric, the barrier of entry is too high, and the technology behind it had never been tested before.Luckily for us, Sony has much more forethought than I have, since The Eye of Judgment turns out to be one of the most innovative games in years. It's a darn good CCG as well. Utilizing the just-released PS Eye to turn your cards into actual 3D models on the screen, The Eye of Judgment offers the best example of augmented reality in videogames yet. You place a card on the included cloth game mat and the camera identifies the card on the fly via a bar code type system, and a creature pops up on the screen. The game will keep track of all the gameplay elements for you, like how many cards you have in your library and your hand, what turn it is, and creature stats. The combination of holding real cards in your hands while also playing a video game is strangely thrilling, and not having to juggle all the rules and stats in your head is a nice change of pace from classic CCGs like Magic: The Gathering which have a rather ... complicated rule set.%Gallery-3195%
