Necro is neat, but instead of designing him like a dark knight with a sword and shield he doesn’t actually use, it would be great if they’d just add a knight/soldier build with satisfying melee offense/defense animations. A little disappointed they slapped a sword-and-board aesthetic on a summoner—a knight-mage hybrid…

This website is 80% ads and 20% content at this point. 

Right, when hatred of Jews, Black people, etc. becomes part of someone’s life, it’s usually not because they have a diagnosed mental illness. It’s usually because they’ve found something that gives them some sort of pleasure response, or helps soothe self-consciousness, boosts their self-esteem, or makes them feel a…

Great news, I have both consoles but the Game Pass value is going to increase dramatically when Sony’s contracts preventing games from coming to Game Pass expire. And I’ll still be able to play these games with my PS5 friends. I don’t really see why consumers are against this deal, unless they have an aversion to…

This is why, as much as I love my Xbox and (sigh) PS5, which already feels like way, way too much video games in my living room, I’m increasingly drawn back toward PC where you’ve got some incredibly good games from independent developers or small publishers not swallowed up by the big money-making groups. I mean,…

I don’t love how gamey this feels. I get it, Diablo has always been a loot grind, but every single game feels like a variation of Call of Duty at this point. Structurally, the meta interactions we have all revolve around “seasons” and ways to spend money.

I don’t get why the Switch is so popular. A game like Zelda comes out every three to four years and in the meantime you get the jankiest shovelware and uglier ports of Xbox games.

You can game on laptops. Unless you mean you have a laptop that can’t game.

Well, they did, at least for the past decade. Xbox did it better in the 360 years. They seem to be doing it better now.

The comments here are pretty funny. I think I believe him, because it tracks with Microsoft’s strategy as a software and systems seller.

God damn streaming culture is stupid as hell and everyone here is dumber for participating in this.

Bingo. I just think the burden of proof is way too hard because so much of it is not only projection, but also relies on multiple degrees of theoretical outcomes—that Microsoft would go against its word or betray contracts, and that even further, even if CoD became exclusive, it would not only damage Sony, but damage…

Yeah I think this is ultimately one of my biggest gripes with D4, though I still find the game more interesting and fun than D3. But my basic attack should not feel so useless. That said, a lot of these buffs help change that. All the classes have received basic skill buffs.

Hooray for a slight Invigorating Strike bonus. My Rogue mixes Invigorating Strike basic skill with Barrage core skill for a fun hybrid swords/crossbow build but it’s felt unsatisfying killing guys up close so I’m hoping this buff will make it a bit more fun with mobs. Nice to have a reason not to use Puncture, the…

I have both consoles and I’ve tried to remain as bias-free as possible, but my biggest takeaway from this case and listening to the court proceedings has been that the FTC’s argument is 100% theoretical whereas Microsoft is offering concrete solutions that guarantee access to CoD on PlayStation. The FTC has also done…

GAAS titles always lose me with their plot once the DLC starts to come out and the story takes on a “making it up as we go” vibe, but I’m definitely excited to see if they finally add a knight class in the DLC. The plot... honestly who cares? Hell on earth, kill the demons.

The cinematic universe angle of tying in all these goofball franchises is a little much for me--I guess I wish they made more (console) FPS games where the soldiers looked like US Army guys. Even CoD is pushing it these days. That said, if it’s fun, I’ll check it out. I don’t feel like it has any shot at dethroning…

From politics to entertainment, it’s sort of amazing it took people in charge this long to realize you can just sorta do whatever you want and the public will shrug and put up with it. I really think shame/a sense of respect for their various institutions held that kind of thing off for a long time, at least to this…

I’m a little worried they’re going to suffocate Pikmin 4 in gimmicks that make the game (which is perfectly balanced in its original concept, not to mention the additional mechanics added in the sequels) exhausting to enjoy. We’ll see I suppose!

My issue with the plot here is that the premise is V getting offered a chance to survive if they do this mission in the DLC. We know this game doesn’t take place after the main story so we know it won’t impact the game’s plot.