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The Eye of Judgment presents a new style of gameplay where collectable trading cards, embedded with a CyberCode, are brought to life in the 3D game through The Eye Of Judgment's innovative “9 Fields” battle mat and PlayStation Eye. The Eye Of Judgment players compete by selecting a coded card and placing it in front of the PlayStation Eye for their respective creatures to come to life and battle on screen. In The Eye Of Judgment, players take turns placing cards as they jostle for control; the winner is the first player to conquer five of the nine squares of the “9 Fields” battle mat. The gamers task is to conquer the Eye Of Judgment board by deploying their cards more skilfully than their opponent.
Players have four ways to play The Eye Of Judgment, single player against their PS3, against an opponent in two-player mode, against an opponent online, or letting the PS3 play out a round with the cards the player owns. The Eye Of Judgment comes with a starter deck of 30 character and spell cards manufactured by Hasbro. Pre-constructed decks and booster packs, sold separately in stores, can be purchased to strategically build the perfect Eye Of Judgment deck using the 110 cards unique cards available.
The game mat is a grid that consists of nine squares, and your goal is to take over five of them. Each game you begin with five cards drawn randomly from your deck of 30, and at the beginning of every turn, you are given two mana points to use, in addition to others you may have accumulated. Summoning cards are the most common, and placing one beckons a monster or machine to the playing field. Some, such as the giant axe dwarf, are fairly standard attack units. Others, such as se hollyn fortress, strengthen surrounding allied cards. And yet others have even more complex functions, such as the ever-helpful white cubic, which can be sacrificed and replaced by any creature in your hand.
The game is best played with a buddy, but if you don’t have a regular friend to join you then you can still play against either the computer or online. Once the game is taken out of the social element that makes it shine, it becomes just another trading-card game. But online may prove more challenging than it is playing a friend, as they may have better cards or be more skilled at the game.
Your experience might vary, but expect the cool camera innovation to come at the price of a jury-rigged setup from time to time. Outside of that unpleasantness, The Eye of Judgment is a very solid start to a potential subculture phenomenon. It's the easiest way to indulge your collectable fantasy penchants and delivers a surprisingly approachable, completely unique PS3 experience. So go geek out.
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