The applications for smartphone are tapping into a new vein thanks to videogames, and vice versa. And it is that the concept of companion application can offer a totally new gaming experience thanks to the second screen (the one from the smartphone or tablet), offering itself as another command, contextual information during the game or any other matter. This is the case of Palantir, intended to accompany the new game based on the story of The Lord of the Ringswith title Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor in English).
The curious thing about this application is that, unlike what is seen in the companion tools of titles such as GTA 5 and Assassin”™s Creed 4 Black Flag, where you add content or use the second screen to view the current information of the player, in Palantir seeks to offer information related to the specific moment of the game and of interest to the user. All of this is automatic Something that is made possible thanks to the recognition of the sound of the game. A question reminiscent of the application Shazam to search for songs that are playing where the user is.
This way the user can use his iPad to activate Palantirwhile playing the aforementioned game or even when watching a video of it.The tool goes to work automatically to detect the part of the game or information that is displayed at that moment and goes to the web page Wikia to check the information. From here it extracts items and content related to the game Specifically with the part or characteristics recognized at that very moment during the game. A good way to avoid having to search for details, letting the application do it all.
This tool has two working modes One of them is the mode reader , focused on offering extra information on the story prior to the The Lord of the Rings trilogy on which the game is based. Articles and information contained in the application to meet Talion, the protagonist of the story, and all the events that take place to contextualize his situation.Something like the promotional part and for the most unconditional fans of the universe of Tolkien
The other mode, for which Palantir stands out, is that of synchronization With it, it recognizes through sound what the user is seeing or the part that the user is playing to offer data extracted from the community Wikia Whether they aretips from other players, articles with relevant information, tricks , guides, etc. All this in real time and automatically so as not to lose the thread of the story.
In short, a new concept of companion application that attracts attention for its possibilities and that will make things much easier for players of this title that is yet to come.An open world game that proposes an infinite number of possibilities that can now be documented thanks to the application PalantirDespite the fact that the game still does not have an official release date (it will do so for the new generation of consoles), it is possible to download free Palantir for iOS and test its features through the existing promotional videos of the game . It is available through App Store
