Especially a bummer when you consider that Mercenaries mode was cut/not developed for this version, and a multiplayer version of that would have been perfectly great. The RE2 remake had its extra bits and then some; those gauntlet escapes in co-op? Slam dunk.

There are even horde/wave defense sections in the base…

There is one argument in favor of not having difficulty sliders, though it only applies to a handful of games. Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time, and part of the experience of dying over and over does feed into some of its themes. If your first time ever playing Bloodborne was deathless and you never really…

In Wildlands there was plenty of fun to be had attacking bases and stuff. And it was a huge world with a ton of stuff to clear, which kept people going for quite some time. After they had rinsed all that, players began making up their own missions and doing those.

Instead of being a looter and trying to make that be…

I still maintain that Red Dead 2's entire single player experience was just (and always intended as) the world’s most expensive piece of bait.

If they could update their core design philosophy while they’re at it, that’d be great. The same really great open world utterly derailed and bogged down by an awful railroad story that fails you for putting one foot outside the lines was getting to be exhausting and overdone around “All you had to do was follow the…

I’ve been saying for years that if you had Destiny’s overall aesthetic and shootfeel with Warframe’s game design and business model I’d never play another (GaaS/space shlooter) ever again. You could pick either set of lore and story beats, they’re both ridiculous.

Yeah right, this is obviously just a ploy to drive down demand so you can buy up all the stock and resell it at a huge markup. We’re watchin’ you, buddy.

The Dishonored tabletop RPG has been out for years and it’s called Blades in the Dark! Everybody who wants more Dishonored in their life should absolutely check it out.

I’m no insider so I don’t really know, but is there any truth to the idea that the reason there’s a delay “season” is because shareholder calls are over and the new fiscal year/quarter is approaching? Like, devs across the board have been able to satisfy shareholders with preorder numbers and promises of being on…

The blood vial mechanic was definitely a bummer because it just didn’t add anything interesting—it’s not really a survival horror game so the scarcity isn’t the point, and it’s a mechanic that only ever affects you at the start.

You can buy vials with echoes, and between spending leftover echoes on vials after leveling…

I feel like you’re the one here not paying attention, both to the game and to the article you read. Maybe I’m misinterpreting what you’re trying to say, but it feels like you’re trying to say the author’s examination of themes and subtext is invalid because of the more explicit text as delivered in the game.

Which…

And bed bugs. Don’t forget bed bugs.

And bed bugs. Don’t forget bed bugs.

Plus, Hollow Knight gives you ways to bypass some of those “only a double jump will help you here” areas by attack bouncing, which was very intentional by Team Cherry.

I checked, it’s true! December 9th.

Ashen is coming to PS4 AND Switch!? I had no idea, and I was so bummed to miss out--you have just made my day, friend.

It absolutely is, because you don’t get covered in ridiculous slime just for breathing. The whole of Auroa is one giant mudball. In fact if I could only use one word to describe Breakpoint, from the overall experience to the release state to the gameplay to the overall cohesion of the mechanics down to any individual…

This game looks objectively worse than the RE2 remake in terms of graphical fidelity and animations, so I don’t think you should let it change your opinion of a clearly actually better looking game.

I am super hyped for Control. Remedy is great, and Control is this amazing blend of pulp-noir cosmic horror that looks just fantastic. The Service Weapon? The Oldest House? Come on, the setting is gold, GOLD.

I feel like you should also make a very clear mention of the fact that the game is only $40 dollars. That’s another really big point in its favor.

Take Two would never put themselves in a situation where they possibly could be associated someone illegally trespassing. I can’t imagine they went to amateurs.