By working the plot of Portal into the world of Half-Life – and giving the player the ability to jump – the series took on a life of its own, resulting in a bigger, more confusing, and more influential game than the creators could have imagined. Nevertheless, it stands as an example of just how successful a single fresh idea can pr
It’s October, which means the biggest video games of the season are upon us. Call of Duty WWII , Star Wars Battlefront II , Middle-earth: Shadow of War , Super Mario Odyssey , and Assassin’s Creed Shadows story Guide|https://Creedshadowgame.com/ Creed Origins are just a few of the many heavy hitters vying for the attention of consumers this holiday sea
It has to be noted that loot boxes (and the rewards they grant) are significantly cheaper to create than map packs and more traditional forms of add-on content, which leads to greater profit per sale for the developers and publishers. Are loot boxes the price the industry has to pay in order to keep the cost of games from rising above $60? Or is it just a ruse to keep on sucking money from gamers’ bank accou
The groundbreaking BioShock has been hailed as one of the best games of the previous generation by many critics and outlets, with its own spiritual sequel BioShock Infinite proving that Irrational Games’ creative lead Ken Levine has a knack for compelling settings and themes. But the tale of an Objectivist utopia built on the bottom of the sea actually owes its existence to System Sho
On the opposite side of these hearty and expansive offerings, we have microtransactions. Basically, a microtransaction is when the player pays a small amount of money for something extra in a game, such as an XP Boost, a piece of equipment, or even a digital pile of in-game currency paying real money for more fake money. The latter microtransaction method often tends to be the main source of income for Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs which are Free to Play. Games like Star Trek Online and The Lord of the Rings Online rely on their thriving in-game economy to make money, rather than monthly subscription fees and charging for expansi
So more often than not, development teams turn to the notion of a “spiritual successor” – a continuation of the same themes or mechanics of their previous project, but a new name. The story can be a brand new tale, or a sequel in every regard except the game’s ti
There’s no question that Dark Souls came along at the perfect time, when the PC and console audience was primed to embrace a game that sought to kill them at every turn, not simply dismiss the game as “too difficult.” If you’re looking for evidence, then there’s no better example than From Software ‘s previous game, Demon’s Souls . Featuring a similar hero, similar enemies, similar gameplay and similar punishing difficulty, Dark Souls might as well be a direct sequ
Back in the PS2 era, new games for home consoles would cost consumers $50. With the advent of the Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2005 and 2006, respectively, that price rose to $60. Despite the rise of a new generation of consoles and over a decade of inflation, the average PS4 or Xbox One game still costs only $60. In fact, some titles, like Knack 2 and Everybody’s Golf only cost $40, an aggressive price point for fully-featured retail ga
What we can look forward to more great games with notable female characters in 2019. Some of the most highly-anticipated games include Gears 5 that will have Kait Diaz as its protagonist, Wolfstein: Youngblood that features twin sisters killing nazis , and the Indie game, Sea of Solitude , that follows the story of a young girl who becomes a monster. These last few years have definitely been female character’s time to shine in gaming, and the trend seems to continue for future releases
Some games, like God of War , received its photo mode after release and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Sure, you can make some pretty intense photos, but you can also make it look like Kratos is telling really bad dad jokes while he’s boating with his son. It’s a good example of how something as serious as God of War can be turned into something comical just by letting a character smile. This feature can also be found in Shadow of the Tomb Raider and can produce similar results by letting Lara take selfies with alpa
Following the negative reception to what fans have rightly decried as shamelessly Pay to Win in a way which ruins gameplay balance, EA promised that things would be different when the game finally releases on November 17. They’ve assured players that the system will be more balanced than it was in the Beta, but time will tell if that ultimately pans out in favor of the play
There’s so much happening this month, it’s hard to settle on a favorite upcoming release! Ranters: Is there anything you are looking forward to over the coming weeks? Let us know in the comments section below! As for me, I’ll be playing A Link Between Worl
To this day some fans wonder why there was never a sequel, but there actually was: Paper Mario may have used a 2D art style, but possesses much of the turn-based, RPG gameplay (it was even originally announced as Mario RPG 2 ). We’d like to think that the Paper Mario series would have been just as successful if Nintendo had made it an official sequel, but then players might have noticed just how much of the original game’s story they re-used – in paper f
