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OpinionImpressionsRogue Legacy 2 Is Definitely More Rogue Legacy So Far
Rogue Legacy 2, now available in early access on Steam, leans heavily on the first two nouns in its title. It’s a roguelike in which the player guides generations of adventurers through a grand castle in search of fame and fortune, leaving behind a legacy for the next family member to take up the cause.…
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OpinionImpressionsSo Glad I Finally Discovered The Sci-Fi Puzzle Adventure Observation
“I am here.” You’ll hear that line often over the course of Observation, a puzzle-adventure game that came out last year for PC and PlayStation 4 and earlier this summer for Xbox One. (It’s also included in the Xbox Game Pass library.) If you’re looking for a short, satisfying adventure to help you weather the…
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OpinionImpressionsEVE Online On Your Phone Is Enjoyable, If You Squint Enough
Officially launching this week on iOS and Android, EVE Echoes is all of the mining, exploring, transporting, pirate-fighting, fleet-battling action of CCP’s venerable science-fiction MMO in convenient portable form. See all of that tiny text? I might need a bigger phone. EVE Echoes wastes no time getting into the swing of things. Within the first…
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OpinionImpressionsTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2‘s Two-Minute Warehouse Demo Is Damn Good
The warehouse level demo for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is pretty bare bones. It’s just one skater, Tony Hawk, running two minute sessions through the remake’s version of the very first level from the original THPS. It immediately and without fanfare answers the question “Is this a good Tony Hawk game?” Yes…
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OpinionImpressionsDestiny 2’s Solstice Of Heroes Grind Is Back And Oh God Why
Hello darkness my old friend, please just give me the cool-looking Destiny 2 armor before I get too angry, tired, and full of regret. Destiny 2 has all sorts of grinds, but the annual Solstice of Heroes event has always felt uniquely pernicious to me. It’s supposed to be an end of year victory lap…
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OpinionImpressionsGTA Online‘s Summer Update Gives You More To Do With Your Yacht
Today’s Grand Theft Auto Online update, The Los Santos Summer Special, adds new missions, clothes, and 15 new cars, and also some small changes that might excite longtime players. While not the biggest or flashiest update, it’s a solid one that adds more to the ever-growing monster that is GTA Online The biggest addition with…
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OpinionImpressionsFast & Furious Crossroads Is Ridiculous
Though all of the action in Fast & Furious Crossroads, the star-studded video game side story to the long-running film franchise, involves driving a car, there are no speedometers. The only speed is fast. Unless you’re tailing a van owned by the Barcelona mob. Then it’s slow, though probably also furious. Crossroads isn’t a great…
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OpinionImpressionsI Played The Avengers Beta And I’m Not Excited
This past weekend I got a chance to step into the sneakers, armored boots, and severely distressed cut-offs of some of my favorite comic book heroes as part of an early beta event for Marvel’s Avengers. I was hoping my brief time with the game would quell the nagging feeling that it’s little more than…
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OpinionImpressionsLet’s Talk About Ghost Of Tsushima‘s Ending
Ghost of Tsushima has been out for almost two weeks. Maybe you’ve already finished it. Maybe you’re creeping up on the end and want to know what you’re in for. Maybe you love the game so much you don’t want it to end and instead want to read vicariously about the finale. Let’s talk. Heavy…
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OpinionImpressionsHalo Infinite Looks To The Past To Bring The Series Into The Present
Everyone remembers their first big Halo moment. For some, it might’ve been crash-landing on a strange, ring-shaped alien world. For others, maybe it was the slow discovery of an all-consuming, nightmarish parasite. Or the realization that said ring-shaped alien world wasn’t actually a world but an interstellar superweapon designed to purge all sentience from the…
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OpinionImpressionsCrossfireX‘s Campaign Doesn’t Seem Like A Remedy Game Yet
During today’s Xbox event, Remedy Entertainment revealed the single-player campaign for CrossfireX, the next installment of a long-running multiplayer franchise developed by Smilegate Entertainment. Later, I sat in on a preview of a single mission, which lasted around 15 minutes. Even with the folks behind Alan Wake and Control at the helm, I didn’t see…
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OpinionImpressionsPanzer Paladin Is The Retro Throwback I Needed This Summer
My new favorite thing is chilling in the pool while trying not to drop my Switch in the water as I bash pixelated sprites in the face. This is more relaxing than it sounds. In fact, Panzer Paladin is the 8-bit inspired fuel holding my summer together. In Panzer Paladin, out today on Switch and…
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OpinionImpressionsRogue Company Is Fine, Just Fine, Nothing More, It’s Fine
Rogue Company is totally, utterly fine. There’s nothing remarkable about it and yet nothing inherently bad with it, either. However, is that enough in 2020, when we have so many amazing online shooters to play on nearly every platform? I’m not sure it is. Developed by Hi-Rez Studios, Rogue Company is a third-person team-based tactical…
By Zack Zwiezen
