The Eye of Judgment

The Eye of Judgment is a digital collectible card video game developed by Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.

It is the first game to utilize the PlayStation Eye camera peripheral, with which it was available in a bundle in Japan, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

Set 2 was released on PlayStation Network on March 27 in Europe and Japan (April 24 in North America[4]), with additional enhancements such as improved graphic displays, a new ability and honor ranking system, an in-game encyclopedia, and special matches.

[5] Japan, United States and Europe have seen the release of Set 3 on PlayStation Network on October 16, with Canada on November 10.

Through use of an included "9 Fields" table mat featuring 3x3 rectangular grid, and special trading cards encoded with CyberCode matrix code,[7] players conquer a playfield by employing various creatures and spells, taking turns playing cards of their choice strategically on the mat, and performing actions through gestures that are captured through the PlayStation Eye camera, which is mounted on a special stand (also included with the game).

Creatures have different offensive and defensive levels depending on their orientation on the field, and are more vulnerable to attacks from the side or behind.

Creatures played on a field of their opposite element automatically lose 2 points of life, giving them a serious disadvantage.

As a prohibitive measure against cheating the card draw, players' summoning decks were registered and saved by the game.

[9] Regarding the implementation of the CyberCode matrix code, Miyaki said in a 2007 interview that working with the technology was challenging, noting that it started at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, featuring a more complicated barcode system where the initial implementation used "two supercomputers and high vision cameras", and wasn't practical for home game machines.

While it does not utilize the PlayStation Portable's camera attachment, hence not able to be played with physical cards, it otherwise is identical in terms of gameplay.

The theme decks for Set 1 are Wood Swarm, Fire Crusader, Water Barrage, Earth Emperor, and Biolith Scourge.

Set 2's theme decks are Wood Unleashed, Water Conquest, Fire King's Rage, Earth Atonement, and Biolith Godmaker.

Each theme deck comes with a Summoner's Companion, a 32-page book containing tactical hints, card lists, images and stories from The Eye of Judgment.