Schlagwort: gaming

Reading Time: 10 minutesNi No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is ambitious. It’s a character-driven RPG that doubles as a kingdom simulator and even occasionally becomes a real-time strategy game. Though these components don’t always feel like parts of the same whole, Ni No Kuni 2 compels you to care and put your best foot forward.…

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection does a lot to celebrate 30 years of the series‘ focus on one-on-one fighting action. While Capcom has released other fighting game collections in the past, such as Street Fighter Anniversary Collection and Street Fighter Alpha Anthology, the 30th Anniversary Collection is by far the most…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOverwatch’s 27th character, Brigitte, is coming to the game for everyone across PS4, Xbox One, and PC on March 20, developer Blizzard announced today. Brigitte, who is Torbjorn’s daughter, is already available on Overwatch’s Public Test Realm. Brigitte is an „an engineer with peerless armor-constructing abilities,“ and those characteristics shine through in…

Reading Time: 13 minutesThe Yakuza franchise is over a decade old, and in that time, its feature set has predictably grown. Over six mainline entries, free-roam areas became more substantial, additional playable protagonists were introduced, combat mechanics were expanded to incorporate multiple fighting styles, and more and more minigames were steadily piled on. Surprisingly, the…

Reading Time: 6 minutesFar from being a mere video game adaptation of the anime, Attack on Titan 2 stands strongly as a character-driven action-RPG in its own right, with rewarding combat that feels fluid and fast and a story that’s equal parts charming and shocking. While it shares many similarities with the first game in…

Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’s been said that city simulators are best thought of as a series of stocks and flows. You have essential buildings that supply resources, which are then distributed in a grand pattern etched by your design. Your success, then, depends on how artfully and effectively you’ve crafted your settlement. If that is…

Reading Time: 13 minutesThe Yakuza franchise is over a decade old, and in that time, its feature set has predictably grown. Over six mainline entries, free-roam areas became more substantial, additional playable protagonists were introduced, combat mechanics were expanded to incorporate multiple fighting styles, and more and more minigames were steadily piled on. Surprisingly, the…

Reading Time: 3 minutesWell into 2018, we are past the point where VR is a new and novel experiment. Had Supermassive Games‘ Bravo Team released when the PSVR launched, we could at least excuse the game’s milquetoast nature as a first, uncertain step; an experiment in trying to bring arcadey, cover-based shooting to a new…

Reading Time: 2 minutesUbisoft has rolled out another big update for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The New Assignment patch is now available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, following a temporarily delay on the latter due to some „last-minute issues.“ New Assignment is the fourth big content update for Ghost War thus far. Depending…

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs previously announced, Final Fantasy XV protagonist Noctis is set to be the next playable DLC character in Tekken 7. The original announcement pegged him for a Spring 2018 release, and it turns out his arrival is right around the corner on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Bandai Namco has announced that…

Reading Time: 7 minutesAs a direct sequel to The Silver Case, it will come as no shock that The 25th Ward is a fundamentally bizarre game. It plays around with fever dreamy, Twin Peaks-esque logic, with a profound disregard for how reality works. That’s all to say: it is very much a Suda 51 game.…

Reading Time: 5 minutesKirby games are guaranteed to have a perky pink mascot, candy-coated platforming levels, and plentiful power-ups to wield and combine; all key pieces of Kirby Star Allies. But what sets the latest game apart from previous Kirby adventures is that everything is designed with co-op in mind, whether you have friends to…

Reading Time: 5 minutesPit People is the fourth title developed by The Behemoth, and also the fourth genre the developer has tried its hand at, after some side-scrolling blasting (Alien Hominid), an old-school beat-em-up (Castle Crashers) and devious puzzle platforming (BattleBlock Theatre). Pit People is a turn-based strategy game in the vein of Fire Emblem…