Yeah, it's insane that they didn't include that and New Game+. Harvey Smith has said the latter will be patched in soon and they're looking into the former.

Yep. The only way would be to create a save at the beginning of every mission.

I didn't realize that about the last fight—which I did finish non-lethally and I think without being detected, but using the alternate method. I don't think that would really change my feelings on it, though. It works well enough because it's not some huge deviation from what Dishonored does—unlike, say, BioShock,…

I'll probably be going with Rowlet—but only sort of begrudgingly. I reeeeeally want Litten because it apparently evolves into a jacked-out-of-its-mind pro-wrestler cat with A CHAMPIONSHIP BELT MADE OF FIRE, but my partner and I are playing together and she's basically a crazy cat lady, so of course she'll be taking…

That'll definitely happen…assuming that game ever comes out

Hey, there was nothing brutish about how I solved that puzzle. It was all logic and copious note taking, baby.

From what I've seen so far, it's the same basic story and the same events. Each character has unique supernatural abilities, which affects how you play through each level. Dialogue does change to address who you are and you get some different little insights into characters depending. That also has some effect on the…

I agree that the 4K pool is so shallow right now that it hardly seems worth it, but (assuming the entire world doesn't collapse after what happened last night) I can't see a near-future where it doesn't grow quickly. At least in the US, 4K TVs are cheap and widespread enough that anyone who's replacing their old…

Extra fun fact: This was the case back when the PS4/Xbox One first launched, but Microsoft and Sony have both started producing consoles in Brazilian factories to avoid those import taxes. They can now be had for around $550 USD, which is obviously more than they cost in the US, but not as outrageous as it used to be.

Yeah, I'm sorry about the wait, folks. As you might recall, I mentioned this week's WAYPTW would be a longer article, but it ended up being WAY longer than I thought it would've been. We've decided to either run it as next week's WAYPTW or as a standalone feature, so I pushed through a replacement prompt as quickly as…

Oh man, you guys are too much sometimes! (In a good way.) That longer article I mentioned got kinda out of hand and we've decided to either run it next week or as a standalone feature. Sorry for the wait, folks, but I pushed through a replacement prompt as quickly as I could. It's up now!

Thanks!

Fun fact: An earlier version of this essay actually did make that specific comparison (pretty timely since we just wrote about Nomad and other SOTC explorers a few weeks ago) and I think it's spot on. I ended up sticking with the speedrunning parallel because they're more prone to experiencing the kind of "you're…

1: Cellar Archives, Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Close second: Phanto, Super Mario Bros. 2

I am rolling back a bit on the editorial side of WAYPTW, since, like you said, it mainly serves as a prompt for the community. There will still be longer ones occasionally, though. Next week's will be a deeper dive into something I've been toying with.

Beema pretty much cited all the big names that followed in the wake of Amnesia, and I'd point out the fact that both Silent Hill and later Resident Evil (with PT and RE7) retooled their formulas to borrow some of the ideas from this new generation of horror games further cements their legacy. Whether Silent Hills…

It's mostly more of the same. Drive somewhere, kill a guy/steal a thing, escape/drive it back. It gives you some perks (weapons, character upgrades) and some more of the game's well written dialogue to deepen the stories of your underbosses, but it's just as boring as everything else.

Anyone who thinks the game's dealings with race disappear after the first few hours is definitely the one who hasn't played much of the game. What's likely to be the last district you take over is teeming with an off-brand Klan, for Christ's sake.

The one thing that really struck me was the UI design and music. It's so radically different, and I really loved it. It feels like it's biting a bit of Splatoon's style, which is about as good a source of inspiration as you can get. Also, those fucking Team Skull idiots who seemingly can't stop their arms from doing…

Yeah, they did. I just meant "books" as in magazines. Some of them are just pictures of naked ladies, some include interviews. Sorry for the confusion.