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I’ve been excited about developer Flying Wild Hog’s Evil West since its reveal at The Game Awards in 2020. So much about...
26/11/2022

I’ve been excited about developer Flying Wild Hog’s Evil West since its reveal at The Game Awards in 2020. So much about it immediately captured my attention. Despite Red Dead Redemption’s best efforts, I’ve always felt there’s a shortage of wild wests in video games, although some games use a western’s formula to tell a story set elsewhere. Evil West’s premise also feels reminiscent of something you’d see in the PlayStation 2 era: cowboys who protect mere mortals from the secret horrors of the world, such as vampires and other creatures. My mind can’t help but see Darkwatch, a game I played repeatedly as a child, when I see Evil West.
Even more generally, that era was great for third-person action westerns – Gun, Red Dead Revolver, the aforementioned Darkwatch, and Call of Juarez (although Techland released this during the next generation, its 2006 release year is close enough to the PS2 that it feels at home here). All of this is to say that playing Evil West makes me feel like a child again in the best way.

As of writing, the fastest runthrough of Neon White’s “Smackdown” level is 9.56 seconds, earned by player “earlobe” on S...
26/11/2022

As of writing, the fastest runthrough of Neon White’s “Smackdown” level is 9.56 seconds, earned by player “earlobe” on September 6, 2022.
Standing in contrast is the work that went into it. According to designer and creative director Ben Esposito, the earliest iteration was in March 2019, more than three years before its release in June 2022. In that time, there were more than 50 different iterations. Sometimes changes were small. Other times they fundamentally altered the level. Every designer who worked on the game has touched Smackdown in some form. Nevertheless, load into it now; chances are all that labor is invisible to you. Before sitting down to write, I beat it in just 11 seconds.
Neon White is a game built around speedrunning. Levels are short. If you’re playing as intended, you hardly notice your surroundings before moving on. But the only way that works effectively is if levels are meticulously designed to facilitate that movement; they have to be made so that it feels natural for the player to fly through them. Making a level you barely think twice about takes a lot of effort.
Largely, it works. We gave Neon White a 9.5, and our review mentioned the level and game design, saying it feels “effortless as if you’ve practiced for years, not just 15 to 20 minutes.”

Units can also “Engage” with the Emblems, fusing into a new form even more powerful than a synced form. In addition to g...
26/11/2022

Units can also “Engage” with the Emblems, fusing into a new form even more powerful than a synced form. In addition to gaining access to special weapons, the player can use Engage Skills: unique abilities that harken back to the Emblems’ original games. For example, since Byleth was a teacher in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, one of his abilities allows him to teach nearby units, boosting their stats. Meanwhile, Corrin can use an ability called Dragon Vein, which alters the terrain in the same way she was able to in Fire Emblem Fates.
In total, the trailer showed off six Emblems: Marth (Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon), Sigurd (Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War), Celica (Fire Emblem Gaiden/Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia), Lyn (Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade), Corrin (Fire Emblem Fates), and Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses). Additionally, a trailer from last week features glimpses of Ike and Lucina, and then mentions 12 rings, implying that Engage will feature more Emblems at launch.
Fire Emblem Engage was announced at a Nintendo Direct back in September. The initial trailer revealed that Alear, the game’s protagonist, is the Divine Dragon, a descendant of a royal family of Dragons that defeated the Fell Dragon many years ago. We’ll know the full story and more when the game launches on January 20, 2023.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet hit store shelves and the Switch eShop tomorrow. Chances are, you're seeing some reviews pop ...
26/11/2022

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet hit store shelves and the Switch eShop tomorrow. Chances are, you're seeing some reviews pop up right about now. While we would love to be one of those reviews, we're not quite ready to publish our final verdict for a couple of reasons. First, the online servers are not yet available, and with four-player co-op serving as a big addition to the series, we want to fully test it out before delivering our review. I also just want a tad more time with the game before slapping a score on it; I've finished most of the main story, but I haven't fully explored the end and post-game content.
However, now that the review embargo is up, I can provide my full impressions before publishing my final review. I'm generally positive about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. These are good mainline Pokémon games that take the series forward in some pretty substantial ways. The open world is fun to explore, and I appreciate being able to tackle things in (generally) whatever order I want. I've been enjoying my time in the Paldea region, aided immensely by the traversal abilities of Koraidon and Miraidon. Each area features a ton of monsters to battle and catch, giving me ample reason to go off the beaten path, and the new Pokédex design makes it more satisfying than ever to fill it out.

It's a bleak time for The Elder Scrolls Online following the disastrous release of Update 35, and a misleading Black Fri...
25/11/2022

It's a bleak time for The Elder Scrolls Online following the disastrous release of Update 35, and a misleading Black Friday Special on the game's Crown Store has only exacerbated the divide between the development team and the aggrieved players. The microtransactions in The Elder Scrolls Online emerged when the game shifted from a subscription-only model into a hybrid one, made initially popular by Star Wars: The Old Republic. Though the offers on the Crown Store have largely been cosmetic, players have never been happy with the overall practices that ZeniMax Online Studios employed to maximize its revenue.

A Sonic Frontiers fan has discovered an unused beta island in the game's Nintendo Switch files which offered its own ope...
25/11/2022

A Sonic Frontiers fan has discovered an unused beta island in the game's Nintendo Switch files which offered its own open area to explore but didn't go gold like the levels in the main game. Sonic Frontiers was Sega's first attempt at bringing Sonic into bigger open areas than in previous titles in the franchise, and although it had many skeptics ahead of launch, its success suggests that it may be a direction that the series continues to take.
YouTube content creator Deathproj_Hun recently uploaded a Sonic Frontiers video in which they're exploring the aforementioned beta map for over fifty minutes, showing a wide open area, puzzles, and more in the process. Outside the four primary Sonic Frontiers islands are thirty Cyber Space levels that offer their own challenge, but the beta island is void of such additional activities. While the unused Sonic Frontiers island from the Switch files doesn't have Cyber Space levels, it does have many aspects from the game like grind rails, jump pads and springs, cyloops, and more.

As fans continue to wait for Overwatch 2 to release its anticipated PvE mode, a developer at Blizzard has given an updat...
25/11/2022

As fans continue to wait for Overwatch 2 to release its anticipated PvE mode, a developer at Blizzard has given an update on when more details could be revealed. Unfortunately, the update from the Overwatch 2 developer was not what many fans likely wanted to hear, even though it was probably what many expected.
Season 2 of Overwatch 2 is just around the corner, and Blizzard has started to reveal information about the soon-to-release update. Ahead of the launch of the new season, the company unveiled a schedule of forthcoming reveals for the game that would detail things like Ramattra, the newest tank hero, and a brand-new map for Overwatch 2. This reveal list made some fans wonder if there would be an update for the in-development PvE mode as well, causing one of the developers to respond.

The director of The Callisto Protocol, Glen Schofield, has said the team is not "holding anything back" from the game, i...
25/11/2022

The director of The Callisto Protocol, Glen Schofield, has said the team is not "holding anything back" from the game, in an attempt to clear up any confusion fans may have had about the season pass. Touted as one of the most anticipated horror games of the year, fans are excited to see what many are considering to be a spiritual follow-up to Dead Space, which Schofield also directed. But even before the game is out, there's already been discussion about some additional content in the future.

A fan of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 chose to celebrate their patronage of the game by getting a subtle tattoo of a ...
25/11/2022

A fan of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 chose to celebrate their patronage of the game by getting a subtle tattoo of a logo from one of the game's omnipresent megacorporations. Released at the end of 2020 to mixed reception, Cyberpunk 2077 is currently riding a massive resurgence with the release of patch 1.6 and the critically acclaimed Netflix series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, both of which are setting the stage for the game's first expansion, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, due sometime in 2023.

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