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Dragon Quest: Heroes Screenshots  Blasts from the Past and the PS4 Metal Slime Edition

Dragon Quest (DQ10 RMT): Heroes, like Hyrule Warriors before it, is a Musou-style action game celebrating the history of one of Japan’s most beloved franchises. Square Enix’s longest running franchise is nearly thirty years old now, and creator Yuji Horii has shown no signs of slowing down now that Dragon Quest XI is confirmed to be in the works. Dragon Quest: Heroes, though, looks to the past and brings a handful of the most popular characters to emerge from the series into a frantic new action game.

Dragon Quest IV is often credited with inventing the idea of a “cast” in the JRPG genre. Not many games before it had an entire roster of characters with different personalities and back stories, which is why it often ranks as a nostalgic favorite of the bunch. As such, it is also the most represented game in the series with three characters: the butt kicking Princess Alena, her priestly bodyguard Kiryl, and the wandering dancer Maya.

Dragon Quest VI on the other hand is often seen as an oddball with some truly outlandish character designs. The sword and shield wielding Terry seems to have the most recognizable legacy as he is the only character appearing from that game.

This is the first time all four characters have been rendered in such a gorgeous 3D engine, and we can only hope that Square Enix and Koei Tecmo find it within themselves to make more. Square Enix has confirmed the two Heavenly Brides from Dragon Quest V, Bianca and Nera, and Dragon Quest VIII‘s Jessica and Yangus will be joining them, but none have been shown off in-engine yet.

In addition to the batch of screenshots and the release date of February 26th, Square Enix has also shown off a few more glamour shots of the PlayStation 4 Metal Slime Edition. Check it out in the gallery below and be sure to watch this incredibly tongue-in-cheek video of how Square Enix claims to make these.

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FF14:Dark Knights: For the Marauder That’s Tired of Queuing As Tank

We’ll start things off with my main class, the two-handed axe-wielding Marauder. I’m a tank at heart and I loved playing my Blood Death Knight in World of Warcraft, so playing a guy in plate armor with a giant axe as a tank works great for me. It’s not ideal for everyone though, since many players will look at someone with a two-handed weapon and assume he’s there to bring the pain as melee DPS. If we had a class built around another heavy weapon like a two-handed sword, they might have an alternative, but right now the only other option those players have is the Lancer/Dragoon. A perfectly valid option for melee DPS, but it’s not the same to go from picturing yourself swinging a heavy axe/sword in plate armor to poking at someone with a lance in chainmail. So how do we take an existing tank-focused Class like the Marauder and turn him into a damage-dealing machine? Enter the Dark Knight.

There have been various interpretations of the Dark Knight in the Final Fantasy series, but for the most part they focus around characters in heavy armor that specialize in dealing damage. The bulk of this damage is from their melee weapons, often two-handed, but they also mix in dark magic, allowing them to sacrifice their defenses and even health to further damage their opponents. To mitigate their self-damaging abilities, they typically also have some manner of life draining attacks to use on their foes as well. So that gives us a heavily armored, large weapon wielding warrior with attacks that regenerate their health. Sounds familiar, huh, Marauders? We already have part of that self-healing toolkit anyway – all we’re missing is the self-damaging attacks and some actual DPS.

 

So the Dark Knight Job is a mechanical and aesthetical match to the Marauder Class, but what about lore? How do we tie the Marauder to a class that’s got a rather unpleasant reputation in mostFF games? This one’s actually fairly simple given that Marauders already have the Warrior Job. Light spoilers ahead: the storyline for the Warrior Job focuses around the “inner beast” the Warriors must learn to control. This force grants them great power, but they must always strive to maintain control lest they slip into a berserker state, lashing out at anything they lay eyes on. By the time you finish your quest chain, you’ve essentially conquered your inner beast. A similar approach could be taken with the Dark Knight Job chain, though I’d say this quest chain should have more of an internal focus. You can still have the “go here and kill X monster for a piece of your armor set” quests, but given the solo-instance nature of the majority of these quests, they should take advantage of that and add in some internal struggle.

 

Those of you who played Final Fantasy IV (FF14 RMT) might remember Cecil’s fight against his inner dark self (I refuse to call this a spoiler – you’ve had two decades to play this). In that game the struggle was meant for Cecil to cast off his ties to the dark power to follow the path of the Paladin, but we can still use the same idea for the Dark Knight. Players could go somewhere and suddenly shift to a shadowy mindscape, where something inside your Soul Crystal tries to tempt you towards evil. Resisting the call of darkness would lead to the voice sending shadowy apparitions to overwhelm you so they could take over, but the player would rise triumphant and snap back to the real world. As you move further through the story, the spirit would push harder and harder with stronger shadows until finally you face him – a shade version of yourself. Striking down your shadow self would cause the Soul Crystal to stop pulling at you as you would have shown yourself to be immune to its call, leaving the player free to continue as a free Dark Knight.

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FF14 Post-Cap Progression

So how would we go about adding character progression after level cap? This is something a few other games have actually dealt with over the years. The first system is arguably the simplest – Alternate Advancement points. Players from EverQuest, Marvel Heroes, Rift and arguably The Secret World (though that’s technically their only leveling system) will be quite familiar with these points. For those who aren’t familiar with the concept, AA points are essentially pseudo-levels. As you adventure post-level cap, rather than all of that experience going to waste, you start to fill up a new bar. Whenever that bar is filled, you gain one AA point. When you open your AA page, your character will have a variety of options available to spend those points – often this is portrayed with a series of grids. Most circles/hexes on the grid will have some minor bonus like +1% max HP, +2% run speed, bonus damage or even a damage/healing proc for their abilities. A few will have much larger boosts or even situational powers and abilities, but these cost far more AA points than the smaller bonuses.

Now that we’ve got this AA grid, some might wonder “Alright, so now I can only play my main class to get AA points?” If we were playing Rift, then yes because the AA grid is character (and therefore class) specific. Since FFXIV(ff14 rmt) lets you level everything, it would be more akin to Marvel Heroes‘ interpretation with Omega Points. Whenever I play a character there, whether it’s my 60 Star-Lord or my 20-something Gambit, I’m always making progress towards another Omega Point. No matter what I feel like playing, whether it’s my favorite or an alt I’m playing around on, there’s always some form of progress and an AA system in FFXIV should take that approach. A White Mage leveling a Pugilist just for fun wouldn’t feel like they wasted time that could have been used farming on their main. That Archer in your guild who swapped to Warrior to tank for you may not be able to roll Need for any loot, but at least he could build up AA points for his main class.

As much as I like AA systems, there is some risk to introducing a grid-based AA system such as what I’ve proposed: new players. In most cases a guild won’t worry too much about who has what AA points – balanced correctly, each point is within that “skill can cover for raw power” margin. It’s not out of the question though for a more elitist guild to use AA grid progression or even AA choices as guidelines for who’s on the frontlines and who’s getting benched. Certain AA boosts like increased elemental resistances could even lead to a guild calling for members to farm up AA points prior to a new raid boss to assist progression. Again, this is very unlikely unless you’re in that top 0.1% of guilds, but it is a potential weakness to balance around.

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Forget your trouble and enjoy whack-a-mole

Are you concentrated on pop-moles when playing Whack-a-mole?Of course, you need to be concentrated on or you will fail in game. Here is a mole game highly recommended. Riki Mole Whack-a-mole is new developed mobile game but this game has been downloaded by a great number of game players.

 

Riki Mole Whack-a-mole is mobile game including four game modes, you can choose any one you like to play.You must have played Whack-a-mole game when you were a kid, it is an easy and interesting game, you just need to hampper pop up moles and get your scores.You feel happy to playing whack-a-mole because you are concentrated it, and you almost forget your trouble and  agony. If you are boring or annoyed, Riki Mole Whack a mole is the best tool makes you happy.

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Hardware Faults and Fragmentation

There have been unsubstantiated claims about Android returns in the last few months and it has sparked a fierce debate about the platform. A recent report has provided some actual numbers, but there’s still a lot to argue about.

Android has become the most popular mobile platform thanks to its open nature and the lack of restrictions on manufacturers. Normal 0 7.8 磅 0 2 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE mobile management While Apple, RIM and Microsoft strictly control the software and the hardware specs of their mobile platforms, Google places no restrictions on manufacturers producing Android handsets and there are several versions of the platform in use. The lack of barriers and the wide range of smartphones available at different price points has undoubtedly been a key factor in driving Android’s popularity, but there is a downside.

A recent report from WDS Global, claims that Android device returns are costing operators $2 billion a year. Their study analyzed over 600,000 technical support calls and found that relatively speaking the highest number related to Android. As the Guardian pointed out, using Gartner’s estimates on market share, Android has a 40% share but accounted for 52% of calls. This compares to an 18% share for iOS with 22% of calls, 15% share for BlackBerry OS with 20% of calls, and a less than 5% share for Windows Phone with 6.7% of calls.

The most expensive problems for operators relate to hardware, and Android once again had the highest percentage at 14% of calls relating to hardware problems compared with 11% for Windows Phone, 7% for iOS and 6% for BlackBerry. Of course a percentage without numbers can be very misleading. Its openness has enabled the ecosystem to grow to a phenomenal size, at a phenomenal rate.” But, he added: “It this success that is proving challenging.”

So What is the Problem?There are three main issues here so let’s look at each one in turn.

The higher number of hardware problems with Android smartphones is closely related to the higher number of cheap smartphones that are being sold. Since Android handsets are manufactured by a wide range of companies, and Google doesn’t impose any minimum specs, there are more budget options on Android. In order to keep the price down it stands to reason that manufacturers are using cheaper components in their budget phones and they will be more likely to break. We could sum this up by saying “You get what you pay for.” It would be a surprise to find that an iPhone breaks more often than an Android device that cost less than a quarter of the price.

The Android experience is fragmented and consumers are confused or disappointed by the differences between different handsets. A budget Android smartphone running Android 2.1 with no manufacturer UI and a ton of carrier bloatware is going to be very different Normal 0 7.8 磅 0 2 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE free game apps for iphone from a high end Android smartphone running Android 2.3 with HTC’s Sense UI and no bloatware. This is definitely a problem and it is exacerbated by sales people who don’t explain the difference. Generally speaking Android is sold as a single platform, as a prospect for consumers with no interest in the industry you can see the potential for disappointment. How would they know that one Android phone isn’t necessarily the same as the next?

The evidence also suggests a sharp spike in support calls surrounding platform updates. Many users find that software updates on their Android smartphones produce unexpected changes in functionality. The fact that manufacturers can apply their own UIs to Android complicates the problem and delays many platform updates. Many consumers get angry when they can’t benefit from the latest Android updates and manufacturers don’t necessarily provide a roadmap for rolling updates out. Sometimes they don’t update at all.

Is This Really a Problem?This individual report is not especially clear. WDS actually provide support services for wireless devices so they obviously have a vested interest.

The three problems I’ve outlined above are definitely issues for the Android platform, but they aren’t insurmountable. The other mobile platforms out there are not faultless either and some of their costs and problems don’t appear in these kinds of stats. You have to wonder how much the antenna gate problem cost Apple or how they will deal with the iPhone 4S battery life complaints. Then there’s the cost of the massive recent outage for BlackBerry.

Consumers don’t expect the same level of performance or longevity from a cheap product. It’s also worth remembering that, despite the problems, Android is the only platform making smartphones affordable for people on a tight budget. For a fair comparison you have to compare devices with the same end cost for users.

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The Best Android Car Performance Analyst Apps

OBD II TechnologySince 1996 all vehicles in the US are required to have an OBD II port for car diagnostics and service. This port enables you to communicate with the onboard computer and get information about engine performance, fuel consumption, mobile management important temperature readings, mileage and other important data. Also, you can read error codes and turn off the engine trouble light.

 

Combining the information from the car computer and the phone GPS and accelerometer sensors, results in a whole new set of possibilities. This enables you to measure your G force on corners, acceleration, speed, braking and lap times. All of this data can be recorded and compared for different setups or tune up settings. You can even compare engine data like the power of torque output for different parts, providing you with the information you need to get the best set up.

 

These features can be very useful for people who like to tune their cars and get the maximum performance out of them, and also for people who like to race and compare lap times. In order to connect your Android phone to your car you need an adapter that will connect your phone and your car computer wirelessly. These adapters use two technologies, Bluetooth and Wi Fi. Here are the best two models, one using Bluetooth and the other Wi Fi. These are the best two Android car performance analyst apps.

 

OBDLink Bluetooth Scan Tool Hardware and Torque Android App

 

The OBDLink hardware features a Class 1 compatible Bluetooth transmitter that offers a maximum range of up to 100 m or 330 ft and Plug and Play connectivity. It is compatible with Android and Symbian based phones with built in Bluetooth. It also has a USB port for PC connectivity and it comes with the free OBDwiz diagnostic software. Other PC software and mobile apps are supported. You can buy this hardware for $149.95 or find out more about it first from its homepage listed in the links in the references section.

 

The Torque Android App is a great diagnostics tool. You can measure the torque and BHP power output from your engine and even take temperature readings from the engine, oil and engine coolant. The user interface is customizable, meaning you can choose which gauges will be displayed on the screen.

 

Maybe the greatest feature of this Android app is the integration of GPS. This enables you to measure fuel consumption during your drive to work, record the time it takes you to get there, and even save all of that data and compare it with different routes. You can even send GPS tagged tweets directly to your Twitter profile. This app is compatible with Android tablets like the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Dell Streak. The Torque Android App can be yours for $5 from Android Market, just follow the link in the references section.

 

Kiwi Wifi Hardware and DashCommand App

 

The Kiwi Wifi can be bought in two versions. The first is the standard version which costs $149.99 and the second is the Kiwi Wifi + iMFD with additional support for up to 32 sensors. The upgraded version costs $199.99 but offers more sensor data, things like exhaust gas temperature, air/fuel mixture ratio, fluid temperatures and more. The system is protected using a WEP wireless security key. More information can be found on the Kiwi website (link posted in the references section).

 

The DashCommand, as an Android car performance analyst tool can provide you with information regarding performance, fuel economy and engine condition. You can measure power output, torque, air/fuel ratio, free android app spark timings and a lot more. Another great feature is the fuel economy gauges which can show instant fuel economy, average fuel economy, time to empty and distance to empty. Temperatures for engine coolant, intake air and ambient air can also be shown on the screen of your Android phone or tablet.

 

GPS is also integrated in this app. There are a lot more gauges that are supported by this app but all this comes at a much higher price than the Torque Android app which can do almost everything that the DashCommand app can do. The cost of this app is $49.95 and it can be found at the Android Market, just follow the link in the references section.

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Android Face and Voice Recognition Apps Discussed

The Futuristic Features of Your Android DeviceAndroid device improvements are developing at a fast pace, incorporating all sorts of new techniques in both soft  and hardware. One of the latest trends that is quickly becoming an mobile assistant standard is the inclusion of a front facing camera. Although not yet widely available on all devices, both the back and front facing cameras can be put to good use, besides the obvious video filming or video chat capabilities.

 

A few developers have taken up the idea of creating applications that use the Android phone cameras for another purpose   that of facial recognition. Although you might only expect specialized hardware such as Xbox’s Kinect to be able to properly execute this type of feature, there are good Android apps either being made or already available for this purpose. We have a look at three innovative facial recognition platforms for Android that are either already available, or close to being released.

 

Visidon AppLock Visidon AppLock is the first app in this series but the only one that is readily available in the free android app Market. This application is aimed at users who want to secure or lock down some of their applications. Visidon AppLock will require facial recognition to get in and use the protected Android app.

 

AppLock is only available for devices that have a front facing camera. Since Google has changed the policy of its Android Market it is essentially impossible for devices without a front facing camera to download the application. Since AppLock not only relies on facial recognition but has password protection as well (as a backup) it is a bit odd that ‘normal’ devices cannot install it. Nevertheless AppLock is a clever application that makes facial recognition on Android a useful tool for protecting your text messages, Facebook, email or other apps and yet another tool to show off your phone’s hard  and software capabilities.

 

Recognizr Recognizr was a concept application that integrated facial recognition on Android with social networking. The overall idea behind Recognizr was that by taking a picture of a person’s face, the application could show what social media that person is connected to. You could then quickly check out his or her Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other services with a single click on one of the icons. This concept is quite futuristic, but demonstrations showed that there is a certainly a working implementation behind the concept.

 

The reason I am talking in the past tense here is because Recognizr’s developer ‘The Astonishing Tribe’ has been purchased by RIM and will most likely not fully develop this app for Android anymore. Recognizr has never been released in the Android Market and therefore you will not be able to use this taste of the future as an iphone apps best user. BlackBerry users, however, may well see this concept being made available to them in the foreseeable future in some form.

 

Biolock Just like Recognizr, Biolock is an application that has not been released to the public. Unlike the former, however, this application will eventually see the light of day and will be readily available for Android users. The concept of Biolock is similar to Visidon AppLock, except that it will go a few steps further. Users will essentially be able to use Biolock for Android as a lock screen and app, contact and document security. Needless to say that Biolock could be amongst the more interesting Android face and voice recognition apps.

 

Naturally, Biolock would not have been included in this overview if it did not have any of the cool facial recognition functionality that the others have. Actually, developer Blue Planet Apps goes beyond just facial recognition and integrates the option to use iris scanning, voice scanning or the regular PIN code as well. These features create an entirely unique set of Biometric possibilities on Android, unrivaled on any platform. Biolock is set to release ‘soon’ into the Android Market although the date has been pushed back a few times already.

 

The Best Facial Recognition Software for AndroidWhen there is only one application that properly implements the facial recognition concept, there is not really a competition. Therefore Visidon AppLock is your only option on Android. However, this overview also showed some new concepts and an upcoming application that has a lot in store in terms of biometric functionality. If Biolock can indeed incorporate all the advertised features in a working application the app will set a new standard. Until then Visidon AppLock will be your only option and dare I say, this is not a bad thing at all.

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Developers Reflection: Android APP five chaos

I am a mobile application developer , in this industry often feel ” high-end atmosphere on the grade .” But one thing not long ago I saw some of the dark side of the mobile Internet , makes me feel ashamed.

 

Not a big thing, you may have encountered . A few days ago, just on the university ‘s cousin told me to get a Samsung phone to complain : recent run very own phone card , slide your finger unresponsive, also often reminded of “space ” is full. Reluctantly forced to delete some photos and games , but not enough space before long . At first he thought it was the phone poisoned, but tried not all mobile security software to detect viruses .

 

I checked the next to take over , based on knowledge of the android apps platform , I think the crux of the problem is not a virus , nor is the quality of the phone , but the phone is garbage filled. I downloaded a cheetah cleanup master, a scan sweep out even more than 3GB of garbage ( phone built-in memory is 8GB)! Themselves surprised.

 

3GB is what the concept ? Equivalent to shoot 1000 photos ( 800 million pixels ) , or install 100 mobile games, download 10 movies. I carefully looked at each garbage scan results , found that 3GB basically left his usual APP residues such as cache or junk files :

 

1 , often using a mobile phone to see films , video type applications have 1.2GB of cache and residues ;

2 , already installed APP installation package and upgrade packages have 800MB, which is due to him almost every day to download the game fresh ;

3 , will be using a mobile phone to work every day to watch the news , more than half had never been cleaned , news client cache reaches 400MB;

4, QQ, microblogging, social networking applications , such as letters and has accumulated a 300MB cache ;

5, the mobile browser cache up to 200MB;

6 , application cache up to 100MB Mito

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In these junk files cleaned up after his cell phone was restored to running speed , smooth operation of the phone , rest assured dare download new games. Since then, he has developed a habit of cleaning up at least once a day , has become almost obsessive-compulsive disorder .

 

After the phone repaired, he repeatedly asked me: Why is there so much junk phone ? This is not a smart phone? Why can not smart to clean ? His question triggered my reflection.

 

Android APP five chaos

 

Program generates cache and other junk , which of course I knew , PC computers exist , is a humble little things , the use of guards or stewards products one button cleaned. But on the phone is actually not a trivial matter.

 

First, reduce the threshold for the use of smart phones , children and senior citizens can use their technical know nothing , but do not know how to install specialized tools ; Second , lack of space is a natural bottleneck phones , computer hard drives , unlike the hundreds of 1TB, 2TB, intelligent Mobile is currently the largest built-in memory card also 128GB, 80% of the domestic mobile phone space is insufficient 4GB!

 

If such a small space junk files no longer be wasted away , it should not. To be honest, from a development perspective, it’s really not difficult , perhaps a piece of code increases . But the opposite is true , many smartphones , especially Android phone is a big garbage dump !

 

As a mobile application developer, I can not see myself in the past. Including my products, including many in the mobile phone APP misplacing garbage , lack of space and the phone does not regulate APP development are closely related. Below I have listed the Android APP development of five non-standard place, hoping to attract the attention counterparts .

 

1 , uninstall is not clean

 

On the Apple iOS platform , an APP after being unloaded completely remove and clean ; But a large number of Android APP total ass wipe clean , a lot still remains after unloading file . Especially video classes , music classes , etc. APP, residual files larger , often up to several hundred MB.

 

Why not clean uninstall ? I carefully studied under found that many APP developers in order to facilitate their access to the file , did not put the cache files generated on the specification APP directory, but stored in the root directory of the SD card. In fact, the files on the SD card root directory folder after uninstalling and can not be deleted. Even if the user uninstalled the software , run APP cache files generated will remain in the SD card , take up a lot of space for mobile phones .

 

2 , the cache does not automatically clean up

 

In news client class APP example , after each user to preview the news , always leave a lot of text , photographs or video cache stored in the SD card android / data directory. Caching is to improve the speed and repeat visits to save traffic , but in fact the news has a strong timeliness, read the news yesterday hardly opened again , the value of these caches have no information on a little , take up a lot of space , users do not know where to delete these APP not consciously , are not automatically removed.

 

3 , frequent upgrades from backstage networking

 

Statistical data found that about 20% of the common background APP also start networking even without running. What are they doing ? The main products and users submitting information , access to advertising , check whether the upgrade . And after each APP upgrade installation , the new installation package is still left in the phone, turned into useless junk files , it will also result in the user space of the phone’s traffic and wasteful consumption .

 

4 , adware

 

Known as the developer of the Android ecosystem joked: Andrews software package , three functions into software code , 70% of the advertising code , and Apple is the other way round . In China , the situation is particularly serious. All because of the special circumstances : people are willing to pay only a handful of software , freeware gotta find a way to make money .

 

Where money is the way out ? Seems only advertising. Often see more than one software bundle 20 ad plugins Andrews by the more than 50 vendors advertising alliance to develop and deliver free of charge.

 

This unhealthy status quo makes Android application extremely pure, naturally will take up more storage runtime resources, network resources , CPU time, and even cell phone battery .

 

Originally Andrews software can do smaller, more space-saving . However, due to excessive adware , software must increase the volume , packaged software download advertising resources distributed in every corner of the memory card , and piled up . Meanwhile, the mobile phone network to download these ads are always resources , mobile traffic and electricity is wasted .

 

5 , induced promotion APP Download

 

FREE APP another way to make money is to promote other APP. Promotion of course also be referred to the way advertising , there is not a lot by browsing pay , but pay- (CPA), that is, you helped me truly, to promote the installation of a number of users, I give advertising. Therefore, in order to increase revenue , improve the promotion of the amount of the ad contains a lot of APP -induced particularly strong , to full-screen on the full screen , can be used on the beauty of the beautiful .

 

For example , in the APP full-screen display ads , users simply click a mistake , the promotion was to download and install the APP . Many white mobile phone users is so baffling is installed on the APP , the basic regarded as being raped , to be exact is seduction .

 

As another example, ” Integral wall” ads are also more common in the APP , is to show the integral tasks w
ithin the application , one of the tasks is to download and install an application promotion . Installed will be able to get 3000 points , continue to pass through , do not install ? Direct Game Over! This ad is the most common in the game APP .

 

Most users ” are promoting” APP is not installed these users need intent , if not uninstall the same vain occupied space.