Tag: Virtual Bastion

A (Skill) Tree Grows in Veilguard

A couple weeks ago, BioWare released a video highlighting the various means of progression in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Into focus came skill progression, item progression, and companion progression, which sounds like…a lot. However, watching the video, the general tone of progression is in step with what BioWare’s done before, particularly in the Mass Effect…

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Take Two Has Several Potential Big Hitters Coming Next Year

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been finding it very easy to forget that Take Two Interactive exists. Surely they had many great hits in the 00’s and 2010’s, but it feels like they’ve been mostly absent since 2019 or so when it comes to exciting or even very successful releases. Next year seems…

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It Seems More than Half of PS’s Live Service Games Failed

A little while ago, we learned that PlayStation (Sony) wanted to make a major push towards live service model games. While perhaps not the whole future for PlayStation, it was very clear that the platfom-holder wants a piece of the Fortnite, Overwatch, PUBG pie. Well, we’re now at least a year into the execution and…

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Hard Bosses vs Bad Bosses

With notoriously hard games such as Elden Ring or other soulsbornes, there are plenty of bosses that are infamous for being unfair or just straight-up bad. Defenders like to say that it’s just a matter of skill, and that those who are complaining just need to “git gud,” but I do think there’s actually a…

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Combat Un-Savvy

BioWare recently released a video showing off Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s combat, specifically that of the warrior class. The system appears to be very engaging…with more than a few shades of Mass Effect thrown in. In that, in Veilguard, players can pause combat to issue commands to companions in much the same way as they…

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Black Myth: Wukong Has Been a Real Surprise

While I wasn’t exactly doubting that Black Myth: Wukong would be a decent game, I was unprepared for how much fun the game has turned out to be. Seriously, with so many games failing to live up to what’s shown in the trailers, it’s genuinely shocking to come across one that surpasses them. This is…

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