The Eye of Heaven
First edition (US) |
Clive Cussler & Russell Blake |
United States |
English (American English) |
Fargo Adventures |
Thriller novel |
G. P. Putnam's Sons (US) Michael Joseph (UK) |
September 2, 2014 |
Print (hardcover)[1] |
400 pp (first hardcover edition) |
0399167307 (first edition, hardcover) |
The Mayan Secrets (2013) |
The Solomon Curse (2015) |
The Eye of Heaven is a Fargo adventure novel. The two main characters of the Fargo novels are adventurers Sam Fargo and his wife, Remi. The Eye of Heaven is the sixth book of the Fargo series. The book's hardcover edition was first published September 2, 2014.[2][3][4][5]
Plot[edit]
Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved—and filled with pre–Columbian artifacts from Mexico.
How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary Toltec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl/Ce Acatl Topiltzin —and a fabled object known as the Eye of Heaven— begin to emerge. But so do many dangerous people. Soon the Fargos find themselves on the run through jungles, temples, and secret tombs, caught between treasure hunters, crime cartels, and those with a far more personal motivation for stopping them. At the end of the road will be the solution to a thousand-year-old mystery—or death.
References[edit]
- ^ This book was also released as an Amazon Kindle Edition, as a paperback edition and as various audio and CD editions.
- ^ Clive Cussler – The Eye Of Heaven
- ^ The Eye of Heaven by Clive Cussler — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
- ^ The Eye of Heaven (A Fargo Adventure): Clive Cussler, Russell Blake: 9780399167300: Amazon.com: Books
- ^ The Eye of Heaven (Fargo Adventure Series #6) by Clive Cussler | 9780399167300 | Hardcover | Barnes & Noble
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 アイズオブヘブン JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Aizu Obu Hebun) is a tag team fighting game based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise, developed by CyberConnect2W and published by Bandai Namco GamesW for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
The game features 52 playable characters (53 with first print bonus), ranging from Phantom Blood to JoJolion. It was announced on Famitsu's January 15, 2015, issue and was presented at Jump FestaW 2015.
In Japan, the game was released on December 17, 2015. In North America, it released on June 28, 2016, and in Europe, on July 1, 2016.[2]
Gameplay
Eyes of Heaven is a 3D action brawler, described as Stylish Tag JoJo Action (スタイリッシュタッグジョジョアクション Sutairisshu Taggu JoJo Akushon), set in relatively large arenas based on locations in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga.
The game format is that of effective 2v2 matches between four characters, although either four players or two players and two CPUs will play. However, the game doesn't allow for local multiplayer but only online multiplayer in 1v1 or 2v2 matches.
During a match, each team has to deplete the enemy team's health gauges first before the end of the round. To do so, the characters have access to either basic attacks (a normal attack used to string basic combos and a powerful attack with combo-specific properties that can also be charged to perform an unblockable takedown) or special skills. Skills usually take the form of unique, powerful abilities that can inflict higher damage to an opponent, but can also prepare/provide a number of advantages and bonuses when used. Each character usually has one skill they can occasionally perform that has notably more potent effects or damage compared to others, but also a greater cooldown.
Defensively speaking, a player can either block an attack to greatly reduce the damage taken and potentially counter, or dodge with a fast but short side-/back-step. Aside from evasion, Sidestepping can also be used to cancel out of attacks or certain skills in order to extend ground combos, or interrupt an unsafe maneuver.
Certain match-ups contain special animations and dialogue between two characters, mostly between allies in the form of unique, fully animated and cinematic Dual Heat Attacks. However, these have no effect on gameplay aside from altering the angles and distance opponents are sent when struck by a DHA.
Style Actions
All characters possess a Style Action, a singular special ability that predominantly acts as their main skill or unique gimmick, and is often representative of their Style and abilities as a fighter. For some characters, such as Rudol von Stroheim or Koichi Hirose, a Style Action takes the form of core abilities integral to their playstyle; although for others such as Jotaro Kujo or Giorno Giovanna, their Style Actions may take the form of limited-use, tremendously powerful abilities that accessorize or augment their skill set. While Style Actions have little commonality, as their roles and utility differ between the playable characters, they ultimately share the trait of being important in how every fighter operates in combat.
Story Mode
The Story Mode includes a level system and ability tree for each character, and each playable character levels up using XP earned from Story Mode battles and missions, up to Lv. 50. Characters are originally available within the Story Mode with an incomplete set of techniques and lowered stats. These parameters can be unlocked by fighting with them and using the point rewards gained from levels to unlock a technique or improve the character's various stats in the tree. Stats such as health and attack strength automatically grow upon a character leveling up, and require no points. After battles you will be presented with the choice of specific rewards such as costumes and extra colors. These rewards will expand depending on your grade during battle. These grades expand from D,C,B,A,S.
Aside from recovering skills and abilities that were otherwise already available to the character as part of their core moveset, the ability tree also features upgrades granting exclusive enhancements not available in the standard Free Battle. Among these upgrades are reducing stamina consumption, reducing the cooldown on Flash Bursts and Flash Cancels, and increasing the effectiveness and duration of abilities beyond their normal limit. As a result, playable characters are functionally inferior to their Free Battle counterparts at Lv. 1, but eventually grow to surpass them in all areas when the tree is complete.
Battle Styles
Like in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, characters are categorized by Battle Styles which change how each character plays in the game, as well as their different strengths and weaknesses. "Ripple User" (波紋使い Hamon-tsukai), "Vampire" (吸血鬼 Kyūketsuki), "Mode" (流法(モード) Mōdo), "Stand User" (スタンド使い Sutando-tsukai), and "Mounted" (騎乗 Kijō) return from All Star Battle (with slightly different names), while Eyes of Heaven adds "Ogre Street" (食屍鬼街(オウガーストリート) Ōgā Sutorīto) and "The Prime Example of Superior German Science" (ゲルマン民族の最高知能の結晶 Geruman Minzoku no Saikō Chinō no Kesshō, literally "The Greatest Crystallized Intelligence of the German People") to the game. Vampires and the Mode-using Pillar Men still recover damage over time, unless the damage was dealt by a Ripple-enhanced attack, and also they can be paralyzed by ultraviolet lamps made from Superior German Science.
Also new in Eyes of Heaven is that characters that were previously classified in All Star Battle as having one Battle Style but displayed abilities of another are now classified as having two Battle Styles. For example, Old Joseph Joestar is now classed as both a Ripple User and a Stand User, while in the previous game he was only classified as a Stand User who happened to have Ripple-based abilities and attacks as well.
Storyline
The game features an original storyline supervised by Hirohiko Araki[3] and centers around a major timeline and universal interference within the JoJo universe affecting characters across all arcs, as well as the Saint's Corpse Parts.
Dual Heat Attacks
Dual Heat Attacks (デュアルヒートアタック Dyuaru Hīto Attaku, DHA) are cinematic team combo specials that can be activated once the Dual Heat Gauge is filled in a match. Its activation sound effect is similar to the Time Stop sound effect from All Star Battle.
Most DHA's consist of the secondary player attacking briefly, followed by the player who initiated the attack performing a cinematic move reminiscent of an HHA or GHA from All Star Battle.
Special Dual Heat Attacks
Some specific character combinations, however, have Special Dual Heat Attacks, with their own unique name and cinematic animations, usually recreating scenes from the manga or completely new scenarios.
Characters
Playable
Jonathan | Zeppeli | Speedwagon | Dio | ||||||||
Ripple | Ripple | Ogre Street | Vampire | ||||||||
Joseph | Caesar | Lisa Lisa | Stroheim | Wamuu | Esidisi | Kars | |||||
Ripple | Ripple | Ripple | German Sci. | Wind Mode | Heat Mode | Light Mode | |||||
Jotaro | Old Joseph | Avdol | Kakyoin | Polnareff | Iggy | Hol Horse | N'Doul | Mariah | Pet Shop | Vanilla | DIO |
Stand | Stand/Ripple | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand/Vampire | Stand/Vampire |
Josuke | Okuyasu | Koichi | Rohan | JotaroDLC | Yukako | Shigechi | Otoishi | Kira | Kawajiri | ||
Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | ||
Giorno | Bucciarati | Mista | Narancia | Fugo | Trish | Diavolo | |||||
Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | |||||
Jolyne | Ermes | Anasui | Weather | Pucci | New Pucci | ||||||
Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | Stand | ||||||
Johnny | Gyro | Diego | Diego (AU) | Valentine | |||||||
Mounted/ Stand | Spin/Mounted/ Stand | Mounted/ Stand | Mounted/ Stand | Stand | |||||||
Josuke (JJL) | Joshu | ||||||||||
Stand | Stand |
Stands
Star Platinum | Hermit Purple | Magician's Red | H. Green | Silver Chariot | The Fool | Emperor | Geb | Bastet | Horus | Cream | The World |
Crazy Diamond | The Hand | Echoes (Act1) | Echoes (Act2) | Echoes (Act3) | Heaven's Door | Love Deluxe | Harvest | RHCP | Killer Queen | ||
G. Experience | GER | Sticky Fingers | Sex Pistols | Aerosmith | Purple Haze | Spice Girl | King Crimson | ||||
Stone Free | Kiss | Diver Down | W. Report | Whitesnake | C-Moon | MIH | |||||
Tusk (Act1) | Tusk (Act2) | Tusk (Act3) | Tusk (Act4) | Ball Breaker | Scary Monsters | THE WORLD | D4C | ||||
Soft & Wet | NKC | ||||||||||
The World Over Heaven |
Stages
Stages are designed as large, dynamic 3D environments with varying altitudes. Much like All Star Battle, most contain gimmicks, hazards, and situation finishes. When a certain Situation Finish is performed on the correct character on the corresponding stage, a colored manga panel is displayed.
- Joestar
Mansion (ジョースター邸 Jōsutā-tei)
- Stage Gimmick 1: When players are close to broken windows, Zombies can grab and hurt them and leave them open to attacks.
- Stage Gimmick 2: Throughout the match, the raging fires will grow in intensity and cause harm.
- Situation Finish: Loser is thrown onto the Love Goddess's statue, recreating Dio's first defeat.
- Stage Gimmick: The spikes on the stage cause gradual damage to every character except Ripple user (until their stamina meter runs out), vampire, and Pillar Men characters. Big damage is taken if characters are knocked down onto them.
- Stage Gimmick: Death Thirteen appears and attacks the players. It has a health bar of its own and can be attacked and defeated by the players.
- Stage Gimmick: Players knocked into the neon "AIR" sign will cause the individual letters to malfunction and fall forward, dealing additional damage to the victim and electrocuting anybody in range.
- Situation Finish: Loser is sent crashing into a water tower, recreating Kakyoin's death scene. If Kakyoin himself is the victim, the manga panel showing his death appears, and his body is left there for the rest of the match.
- Stage Gimmick 1: Anyone that falls off the cliff may be bounced back up due to the SFX created by Echoes ACT2, recreating Koichi's saving of Yukako.
- Stage Gimmick 2: Various "bouncing" SFX created by Echoes ACT2 can bounce players to various locations around the stage.
- Stage Gimmick 3: Various "sizzling" SFX created by Echoes ACT2 can harm and knock back characters who touch it, potentially into the "bouncing" SFX.
- Stage Gimmick 1: Players can ride and attack from Rohan's motorbike, allowing quick traversal of the map. The bike can also be picked up and thrown as an explosive, inflicting heavy damage and setting the target area on fire.
- Stage Gimmick 2: Cafe Deux Magots serves an espresso to players who stop by at the glowing table, restoring health.
- Situation Finish: The hands from Reimi's Alley grab the loser and drag them into the abyss.
- Stage Gimmick 1: Prosciutto patrols the area, attacking anyone who comes near with their respective Stands. Grateful Dead ages everyone on stage, slowing them down to a walk. Ice trays found around the stage can nullify the effect.
- Stage Gimmick 2: After Prosciutto is defeated, Pesci will come out of the train and snare anyone in his field of view with Beach Boy, leaving them vulnerable to opponents and slamming them into the side of the train if they do not escape.
- Stage Gimmick 1: Mr.President's key can be found lying about the stage. Anyone who picks it up can enter Coco Jumbo, also slowly wandering the stage, in order to restore health and heal status ailments.
- Stage Gimmick 2: Chariot Requiem appears after a certain amount of time and causes any players within range to fall asleep and be left vulnerable for some time. The soul that is its weakness will follow a random character, frequently switching. Destroying it will banish Requiem.
- Stage Gimmick 1: Gwess's Goo Goo Dolls can shrink opponents, making them take more damage, but must be paid using money found around the map first. Shrunken characters can enter the grates in the map, allowing escape from pursuers.
- Stage Gimmick 2: Emporio's ability lets players teleport around the map.
- Stage Gimmick 3: Sports Maxx's Limp Bizkit sets an invisible zombie alligator out into the prison, attacking whoever gets in its way. Has its own health bar.
- Stage Gimmick: At a certain point during the natural progression of the battle the gravity of the stage shifts and turns it on its side, completely changing the map.
- Stage Gimmick: Several dinosaurs created by Diego can attack the players.
- Stage Gimmick: Tsurugi periodically opens the hatch to the Higashikata House's basement and allows a player to rest there, restoring health.
These Stages only appear in Story Mode.
- Cairo Bridge (Chapter 1)
- Cairo Street (Chapter 1 & Final)
- Cairo Airport (Chapter 1 & Final)
- Philadelphia Coastline (Chapter 7)
- Heaven DIO's Stage (Chapter 9 & 10)
- Destroyed Cairo Bridge (Chapter Final)
Gallery
Jonathan Joestar Will Anthonio Zeppeli Robert E. O. Speedwagon Dio Brando Part 1 NPC characters The Police Inspector's unused model.
The Police Zombie's model. Joestar Mansion stage Ending |
Joseph Joestar Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli Lisa Lisa Rudol von Stroheim (Abdominal Machine Gun Form) Rudol von Stroheim (Ultraviolet Shoulder Cannons Form) Wamuu Esidisi Kars Kars (Ultimate Life Form) Alternate Costumes for Speedwagon and Joseph Alternate Costumes for Esidisi and Rudol von Stroheim Part 2 NPC characters
Messina's model in the background of the Air Supplena Island stage. Loggins's model in the background of the Air Supplena Island stage. Air Supplena Island stage Ending |
Jotaro Kujo Star Platinum Noriaki Kakyoin Hierophant Green Joseph Joestar/Hermit Purple Muhammad Avdol Magician's Red Jean Pierre Polnareff Silver Chariot Iggy The Fool Hol Horse Emperor N'Doul Geb Mariah Bastet Pet Shop Horus Vanilla Ice Cream DIO The World Alternate Costumes for Polnareff and Joseph Alternate Costumes for N'Doul, Kakyoin and DIO Death Thirteen's model
Enya the Hag's model Justice's model Death Thirteen's Nightmare World stage Cairo Rooftops stage Ending |
Josuke Higashikata Crazy Diamond Jotaro Kujo Okuyasu Nijimura The Hand Koichi Hirose Echoes Act1 Echoes Act2 Echoes Act3 Rohan Kishibe Heaven's Door Yukako Yamagishi Shigekiyo Yangu Harvest Akira Otoishi Red Hot Chili Pepper Yoshikage Kira Sheer Heart Attack Killer Queen Kosaku Kawajiri Stray Cat Hayato Kawajiri Alternate Costumes for Koichi, Josuke, and Yukako Alternate Costumes for Rohan and Kira Ambulance Driver Model Morioh stage Boing-Boing Cape stage Ending |
Giorno Giovanna Gold Experience Gold Experience Requiem Bruno Bucciarati Sticky Fingers
Guido Mista Sex Pistols Narancia Ghirga Aerosmith Pannacotta Fugo Purple Haze Trish Una Spice Girl Diavolo King Crimson Vinegar Doppio Alternate Costumes for Giorno, Bucciarati, and Mista Alternate Costumes for Narancia, Fugo and Trish NPC Characters Leone Abbacchio's model Prosciutto's model The Grateful Dead's model
Pesci's model Coco Jumbo's model Chariot Requiem's model Naples Station stage Colosseum stage Ending |
Jolyne Cujoh Stone Free Ermes Costello Kiss Narciso Anasui Diver Down Weather Report Weather Report Enrico Pucci Whitesnake New Moon Pucci C-Moon Made in Heaven Alternate Costumes for Jolyne, Anasui, Weather Report Gwess's model Emporio's model Black Prisoner's model Blonde Bully's model
Search Party Guard's model Weather Report's Alt suit model Green Dolphin Street Prison stage
Cape Canaveral stage Ending |
Johnny Joestar Johnny Joestar & Slow Dancer Tusk Act 1
Tusk Act 2 Tusk Act 3 Tusk Act 4
Gyro Zeppeli Gyro Zeppeli & Valkyrie Ball Breaker Diego Brando Scary Monsters
Scary Monsters Diego Brando from Another Universe Diego Brando & Silver Bullet THE WORLD Funny Valentine Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Alternate Costumes for Johnny, Gyro and Diego Silver Bullet render Rocky Mountain Town stage Ending |
Josuke Higashikata Soft & Wet Joshu Higashikata Nut King Call NPC Character renders Tsurugi render Norisuke Higashikata IV's model King Nothing's model Daiya Higashikata's model
Hato Higashikata's model Jobin Higashikata's model Tsurugi Higashikata's model Yotsuyu Yagiyama's unused model Higashikata House stage Ending |
Heaven Ascension DIO
The World Over Heaven Young Jolyne Cujoh's model |
Official JPN Box Art Official Logo Famitsu Scan Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven screenshot The magazine scans introduced trio of the Paller Man The magazine scans introduced Yukako & Koichi + Polnareff & Hol Horse Story Mode Main Visual First Promo Art |
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Trailers
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Eyes of Heaven - PS4 - The Joestar family returns (Jump Festa) (English)
Trivia
- The games' cover is an homage to the cover of the seventeenth volume of the series. Moreover, several character postures directly reference artwork and other famous drawings by Araki.
- A demo was presented at Jump Festa 2015 with 7 characters: Joseph Joestar, Caesar Zeppeli, Rudol von Stroheim, Jotaro Kujo, Noriaki Kakyoin, Josuke Higashikata, and Diego Brando. It was released afterwards on PSN for PS4 only.[4]
- Unlike the previous game, most of the pre-Part 4 character's voice actors, default color scheme and clothing match their anime counterparts.
- Some characters outside the anime, prior to Part 4's anime debut were also recast as a result of their voice actors being used in the anime.
- In an interview with CyberConnect2's boss, Hiroshi Matsuyama, he made a point in saying the game had no paid DLC or microtransactions.[3]
- Jotaro Kujo and his Part 4's self, Enrico Pucci and his New Moon form, Diego Brando and THE WORLD Diego cannot team up, presumably due to the characters not being involved around the storyline's chapters, unlike both Part 2/younger and Part 3/older Joseph Joestars, Dio Brando and his Part 3 DIO form, and Yoshikage Kira and his Kosaku Kawajiri disguise.
See also
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future
- GioGio's Bizarre Adventure
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (PS2 Game)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Tournament
References
- Official Website
- ↑ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven launches June 28 in the Americas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BANDAI NAMCO Europe's tweet
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven won’t have paid DLC or microtransactions
- ↑ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven demo hits PS4 in Japan
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