Product Description

Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, JAPAN Studio, 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 use of an innovative "9 Fields" battle mat and Playstation Eye. Players compete by selecting a card and placing the coded card in front of the Playstation Eye for their respective creatures to come to life and battle on screen. 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 Field. 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 deck using the 110 cards unique cards available. The Eye of Judgment is a socially engaging title that will appeal to gamers of all ages and abilities More than 100 different characters and spells will be offered via additional booster packs and pre-constructed decks, available at major retail chains. ESRB Rated T for Teen

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1106 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-10-24
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 13.70" h x 10.40" w x 10.90" l, 1.70 pounds

Features

• Unique ‘Augmented Reality’ visuals for enhanced gaming experience
• Customize a deck with over a hundred different creature and magic spell cards. Each unique card features different abilities and attacks
• Easy to learn card play mechanics combined with advanced deck strategies
• Battle in a variety of single-player and head-to-head modes
• Log on and join the competitive arena of online play

Amazon.com
The unique combination of the power of the PlayStation®3, the engineering behind the next generation camera, innovative ‘cybercode’ technology takes video games and the trading card game (TCG) genres and combines them into one revolutionary gaming experience.

"Augmented Reality"—like scenes from sci-fi movies, play a game with 3D generated images super imposed in real world environments. Simply place a trading card with ‘cybercode’ technology underneath the next generation camera and watch a generated creature appear. The PlayStation®3 and the next generation camera recognizes the ‘cybercode’ and reads creature type, orientation, tracks movement and calculates gameplay maneuvers in real-time.

Simple gameplay mechanics:

• Create a deck from hundreds of different creatures cards and magic spell.
• Strategically place one card on the 3x3 grid.
• Watch cards come to ‘life’ and battle against your opponent’s cards.
• Alternate turns and react to your opponents moves.
• First person to occupy 5 squares wins the game.

Customer Reviews

Fans of Trading Card Games will Love This
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!

easy to play card game
cards are read by the camera and appear on the screen, makes it easy to play.

you get one starter deck, 30 cards, and 8 cards from a booster. the booster had a couple repeats from my starter deck.

it's fun for the first couple hours but you'll find yourself wanting new and better cards.

when you play, there is no storyline or campaign, you can play against the computer or against a friend (you can't out of the box). only get this game if you're planning to buy 1-2 more decks.

Where did the day go?
I opened up the Eye of Judgement today and went through the tutorial and started playing right away. I held off in using the booster pack. I kept it sealed until I felt I deserved the new cards. Maybe I would treat myself if I could beat the computer twice in a row. I honestly don't know where the time went. It had been 6 hours and I hadn't even thought about the booster pack. I was taking a quick break to grab something from the fridge when I happened to see the pack under the box. It is so much fun to see the cards being read by the camera and then brought to life on the screen. I am worried, however, because I want more cards. New cards. Different creatures. Brand new spells. I'm heading out first thing tomorrow for more booster packs, as soon as I play a few hands to get warmed up. Perhaps I can work in lunch somewhere along the way. I am obsessed with this game. If you buy it maybe we can play together on line someday.