One of my favorite parts of squad-based RPGs is learning about the fantastic casts of characters that join players on their adventures. This is particularly true for titles made by the legendary Obsidian Entertainment. Their RPGs feature some of the best writing in the entire RPG genre, with their Pillars of Eternity series being a …
Your nights are filled with nightmares. Sephiroth repeatedly destroys you at superhuman speed. Just the thought of facing Data XIII makes your nerves tingle. Lingering Will? Sorry to mention his name. I know how terrifying he can be. And in all your torments, you always cry out for help, “why no one makes a Kingdom …
Intro Contrary to what some might think, given the name of this quest, Blood on the Ice is, in fact, not Skyrim’s rendition of a horror ice show about a serial killer who murders ice skaters. Instead, Blood on the Ice is a murder mystery quest in the frozen northeastern city of Windhelm. Someone has been murdering …
Darkest Dungeon is renowned for its punishing difficulty. Players are pressed to push their characters as hard as possible if they want success, but at the risk of losing them forever should they fall in combat. The game’s cast of Lovecraftian monsters fit in with the oppressive difficulty quite well, as they all look as …
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Even from the outside looking in at the world of Kingdom Hearts, it can be quite a surreal experience. With a cavalcade of main and supporting characters, a cast of Disney characters that we know and love from classic movies from down the years, and a further sprinkling of fan-favorite Final Fantasy characters thrown in …
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Classes play a pivotal role in Divinity: Original Sin 2. While a character’s build can be further customized as they level up, players shouldn’t expect to level up too many times throughout a playthrough. This makes it very important to make every level count and know how to take full advantage of one’s class by using …
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Oh boy. Throughout the Soulsborne games, the difficulty has been a staple in each installment. That brutal punishment became somewhat of a drug to players, as the feeling one gets after overcoming an insane boss is unmatched in most games. This punishing, brutal combat is pushed to the next level with some of the endgame …
Can we all get a round of applause for getting to the final mission of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? Except for those who skipped all side quests and only got 30 hours of gameplay instead. No celebration for you. At this point, Geralt has traveled between different regions, visited villages, gone out into the …
There are few better feelings in life than falling in love with the story and world of a video game. The way in which modern games can suck you into their world and envelope you in the sites and sounds of this alternate reality is something else. Assassin’s Creed has been with me from a …
To truly become a great fantasy series or story of any sort, you need to touch the hearts and minds of those who experience them. This doesn’t mean you have to take the world by storm and have the best-selling series in a generation to become truly great; after all, many series’ that people love …
