The PS5 has received some truly phenomenal RPGs this year.Final Fantasy 16, for example, has gotten a lot of people on board with the series than ever before. The numbers aren’t as stellar asFinal Fantasy 7Remake, but that’s a whole other ballgame. BesidesFinal Fantasygames, the PS5 has a lot of stellar RPGs on it, and not just from this year. The pickings are slim for 2.5D RPGs though. What is a 2....

Summary TheSega Genesis’sarrival on the console market in 1988 meant Nintendo’s market dominance finally had a challenger. Promising a slew of arcade game ports and the arrival oftheir own mascot Sonic the Hedgehog, the console was aimed at capturing the adolescent audience, as opposed to Nintendo’s family-friendly marketing. Across its 16-bit era,RPGswould become increasingly popular and recognized across the globe not only to their traditional Japanese audience. Some of the very best of the genre fromChrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, EarthboundandFinal Fantasy 6would bereleased in the fourth generation....

Utilizing its newfound momentum in 2021, it is no surprise thatBlizzard, as a company, has been on a mission to make up for the lost time that was last year. Coming out of the starting line with announcements including the highly rumoredDiablo 2 Resurrected,the sequel to the immensely popularOverwatch 2, and anunknown IP currently in its planning stages, the company has experienced high amounts of financial gain over the years....

Since the launch of Gearbox Software’sBorderlands 3in September 2019, the community has been perplexed by the presence of multiple letters hidden throughout Pandora, usually in difficult-to-reach areas located outside of the game map that require a bit of exploration and some determined climbing and jumping to discover. Finally, the explanation for this easter egg has been revealed. A few days ago on The Borderlands Show on YouTube, a few of the game’s developers discussed newBorderlands 3content, DLC, and future updates....

Summary Activision has announced new security updates coming toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andCall of Duty: Warzoneafter banning more than 6,000 cheaters across both games earlier this month.Cheating inCall of Dutyhas already been badbefore this, but a recent incident this February resulted in a massive surge of malicious players trying to exploit the game. Like many other games in the multiplayer franchise, as well as other FPS titles in gaming history,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andWarzonehave a long history of players going to great lengths to cheat to win....

The remake for the firstCall of Duty: Modern Warfaregame released back in 2019, and since that title gave the franchise somewhat of a soft reboot, fans have eagerly awaitedCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Back in June, gamers got a look atModern Warfare 2in an explosive gameplay trailer that promised the release of an open beta for those who pre-ordered the game. However, fans weren’t told when that beta would be released, leading to speculation all over the internet....

With the Kingpin’s appearance inHawkeyeand Daredevil’s appearance inSpider-Man: No Way Home, the mainline MCU is finally acknowledging the fan-favorite characters from the Netflix Marvel shows that were canceled in one fell swoop after Disney announced the launch of its own streaming service. Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock set the tone for Netflix’s gritty, street-level perspective of the MCU with razor-sharp writing, brutal action sequences, and a real sense of humanity. Cox only appears in one scene inNo Way Home, but his brief cameo as Spidey’s lawyer will hopefully be a stepping stone into a handful of future MCU appearances....

Destiny 2’s Lightfall campaign has been mostly praised for its gameplay aspects, while its story has been disappointing, especially compared to last year’s Witch Queen story campaign. The marketing for Lightfall hyped the story not only as the penultimate chapter inDestiny 2’s Light and Darkness saga but as a darker war story ready to answer questions before its narrative conclusion in the Final Shape. Instead, these answers are now advertised to be shown during the forthcoming seasons as a “year-long campaign,” which is a poor choice for significant story beats....

YouTube user Bad Robo has uploaded a video showcasing a canyon on clear and sunny day, created using the PlayStation 4 game creation systemDreams. This particularDreamscreation is especially notable due to the high level of detail packed in to make up a highly realistic-looking environment. Bad Robo has yet again accomplished very highly in creating impressive photorealistic environments and further bolsters their versatility, havingcreated a forest environmentcomplete with ambient sound earlier this year....

FromSoftware undoubtedly has taken the entire gaming community by storm with the release ofElden Ring, which combines elements from previous games likeBloodborneandDark Souls.But, one of the biggest differencesElden Ringhas compared to prior games is that it gives players complete freedom to decide where and what to do. So, if a player gets stuck at a difficult World Boss (whichElden Ringhas plenty of), they can move on to a different area of Lands Between....

Summary Enshroudedis an exceptionally well-presented action roleplaying game, most notable for the incredible attention to detail and effort that has been put into hand-crafting the map. Where other games take shortcuts, such as using procedural generation to create a world,Enshroudedgoes old-school. Care and attention have been put into every detail of the game, and that goes for the weapons as well. As with most fantasy games, swords are very common weapons inEnshrouded....

Summary AFallout 4player shares a video featuring an athletic Radscorpion that quickly scales a building to access their sniper’s nest. Radscorpions have been prominent members of theFalloutbestiary since the first game, but theFallout 4Radscorpion may be the most capable one. The Radscorpion has changed in appearance acrosstheFalloutgames, but each one is a variant of a radiated scorpion. The Radscorpion has been black, brown, and a shade of pink since they were featured in the first games, with its size being adjusted in each....

Final Fantasy 7 Remakeis full of secrets, and players have yet to find them all. Despite materia being extremely important to the player performing well, there are severalmateria that are easy to miss, such as the one behind the fan in Reactor 5 during the sixth chapter of the game. Tifa points out this materia to Cloud when the player first sees it behind the spinning an blades, but there is no way to access it at that point....