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Sunnee Heera
I graduated from Bradford University in 2006 training in Animation and special effects. I have a massive love for animation and especially in games. I currently train with AnimationMentor, the Animators from Pixar and Disney. I also train as a martial artist, Tang so do, Tai chi and Capoeria, which is probably why most of my interest in films and games are usually action and fighting related.
I really enjoy Manga movies (such as Fist of the North Star) and action movies such as Equilibrium, Matrix trilogy, Blade, Night watch, Drive, Hit man, Troy and Underworld. I'm also a big fan of psychological films such as Memento and Irreversible too.
I have been playing games since I was little, first ever games console was a Super Nintendo with Street Fighter 2. Since then I have been completely loyal to Nintendo and have owned every Nintendo console, including the rare Nintendo watch, to date. My main interests are action games such as Smash Bros, Tekken and Mario Kart, however I do also like games which lean more towards good storylines such as Metal Gear Solid.
Here are all the Zath articles written by Sunnee Heera...
In April 2009 I did a review of Street Fighter 4. I managed to get my hands on Capcom’s latest fighter, Tatsunoko vs Capcom and I can already say its Street fighter 4 but faster, crazier and very Japanese. If you’re familiar with the VS series, you should feel right at home with Tatsunoko vs Capcom. The game was developed by Eighting and was originally realised exclusively in Japan. Due to high demands it was released a year later in the west with extra modes and more recognisable western characters like Frank West from Dead Rising.
If you have never played a VS game before, here is a quick summary. It plays like a regular Street fighter game but everything is put on turbo. The combos reach double digits regularly, the speed is much faster, and it’s all about being as aggressive as you can rather than staying at the other end of the screen firing fireballs at your opponent.
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Being a big fan of Anime and Japanese art I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Muramasa: The Demon Blade. The game was released in Japan on April 2009 and was finally released in the UK in late 2009. Muramasa on the Nintendo Wii is an action role playing game developed by Vanillaware. The game-play allows the use of the Wii remote, the classic controller and the Gamecube controller. There are two difficulty levels that you can switch to at any time and the choice of two characters with their own story.
The game is set in ancient Japan during the mystical Genroku era and is ruled by a skilled shogun called Tsuanuoshi Tokogawa. The shogun’s thirst for power leads to a conflict over the cursed demon blades that bring tragedy and madness across the land.
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Thirteen years ago Capcom revolutionised the survival horror series with one of the scariest games ever made called Resident Evil. Resident Evil 5 is the seventh instalment to the survival horror series. The game stars the original character from the first game, Chris Redfield, and a new character, Sheva Alomar. Resident Evil 5 is a reinvention of Resident Evil 4 with extra abilities and a cooperative mode allowing you to play the game with a friend.
The objective of the game is to stop a deal involving biological weapons going down in Africa. The storyline closes out Chris Redfield’s history and explains what has happened to him since the mansion incident in Resident Evil 1. This is specifically designed for people that have been playing the previous Resident Evil’s as the story keeps going back to the past events.
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There has been a Lego Star Wars, Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Racer, Lego Soccer Mania and a Lego Rock Band. It seems like the Lego characters are making there way into every game genre. There latest game, Lego Universe is to be released later this year, is a Lego online game, specifically a massively mutiplayer online (MMO) game developed by NetDevil. The game is a highly ambitious title aimed towards kids. I wonder why they just didn’t go ahead and make a Lego World of Warcraft?
The objective of the game is to join together with other players across the world and help the Lego Universe battle a dark force known as the Maelstrom. The Maelstrom has come to rid the world of imagination and it’s the player’s job to stop that from happening.
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Killzone 2 is a tactical, first person shooter carrying straight on from the first game. The story line is simple. After defending the planet against the evil Helghan, the ISA (the good guys) launches an assault back on their own planet which is where the whole game is based.
Back in 2005 a trailer was shown at E3 which blew everyone away. It was a trailer for Killzone 2 that showed possibly the best graphics in gaming history. The game trailer looked like something from full length CG movie being played in real time. Killzone 2 was one of the most hyped games on the PS3 before the console was even released. Unfortunately it was later revealed that all of the footage of PS3 games at E3 2005 was ‘running off video’, which was done to PS3 spec.
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It has been over 20 years since the very first Street Fighter game and Capcom have added another edition to the successful series with Street Fighter 4. The Street Fighter series is arguably one of the most respected fighting series of all time and Street Fighter 4 is most definitely the best one.
The first noticeable thing with Street Fighter 4 is the character roster. Unlike Street Fighter Third Strike where Capcom discarded just about every character, Street Fighter 4 offers all twelve of the original world warrior characters that started the series.
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On July 15th 2005, Suda 51 developed a stylish, bizarre game on the Nintendo Gamecube called Killer 7 which was clearly aimed towards a more mature audience. Suda 51 have kept the exact same theme with their latest game ‘No More Heroes’ on the Nintendo Wii.
No More Heroes is a hack and slash adventure game that takes all the best bits out of Killer 7, and makes it into a whole new bigger and better game. The game has loads of blood, explicit language and very strange plot lines throughout. For example when you train your character at the gym, the gym owner always tries to get you to get naked before a workout!
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Like the Star Wars franchise, Lord of the Rings keeps coming back with more games based on the film years later. Lord of the Rings: Conquest lets you take control of many playable characters and monsters from the series. This includes all the Hero characters including the enemy characters such as Sauron.
The game allows up to 16 players online and fours players can play offline through the campaign mode. There are two offline campaign modes in the game, one being the original story of the films and the second having a take on what would have happened if Sauron had won the battle and if Frodo didn’t throw the ring into the lava!
Lord of the Rings Conquest is a straight forward hack and slash game developed by Pandemic Studios – they were the same developers who did Star Wars Battlefront, so if you have already played Star Wars Battlefront you will most likely know what Lord of the rings is all about. However this time instead of Jedis, Spaceships and lightsabers you have wizards, balrog and swords.
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Super Smash Bros Brawl has been one of the most anticipated games for the Nintendo Wii and now that it has arrived! It’s an amazing game that will please not only Nintendo fans, but new comers to the game. The game is simply every character ever created in Nintendo history brought together in a massive, fast paced, battle royal for victory.
The basis of the game is simple. You fight your enemy and smash them off the screen. The controls system uses only three buttons. One for basic attack, one for special attacks and a block button which rarely gets used! The controls can be customized to suit your game play and all control styles can be used like the Wii remote horizontal, Wii remote and nunchuck and the classic controller. Each fighter has a percentage on screen which increases as you take damage. The higher the percentage the higher risk of being smashed off the screen giving your opponent a score. The character with the highest score at the end of the battle wins the game.
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Boom Blox is an exclusive Nintendo Wii game made by movie director Steven Spielberg. He was actually directly involved in the making of this game devoting time to go to the studios every week giving his input.
Imagine yourself playing Jenga, but instead of pulling blocks from the stack, you throw a marble at the stack hoping to knock the blocks over. That is exactly how Boom Blox plays on the Nintendo Wii.
The game is played with just the Wii remote where you look at a block structure, point then lock it with the A button, then swing the Wii remote at your screen throwing a ball towards that block structure. The ball will knock that part of the structure which then will hopefully send all the blocks to the ground that will get you some points.
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