Diego Escala
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One thought that kept coming to my mind in my thirty or so hours with the game was that I just wished there was more to fully invest myself in the game’s world. Besides the puzzles in the testing stations, there’s no real reason to go out exploring. And the...
Getting into Darktide’s performance, we’re well over a month since release and the game’s performance is still incredibly rough which is shocking considering how much better it was during its pre-release beta in November. Something broke in the day between the beta and the full release and it hasn’t quite...
The game is even littered with really silly extras to discover that were treated with as much effort as the rest of the game. There’s an “achievement” system that’s dressed up as a bounty hunter forum board. You can read posts from other bounty hunters, unlocking new replies by doing...
As well as impressively realized as Pentiment’s world is therein lies its main issue: it’s probably one of the hardest games to recommend I’ve ever played. If the idea of sitting there for fifteen hours and seeing folk discuss the potential ramifications of reformation in the church, or give history...
Jesse’s a practical guy which means he’s always improving his gear. You’ll earn money you can use to purchase upgrades for all your weapons along with XP that’s used to acquire perk points to gain new abilities. The perk tree is pretty reasonably varied, allowing you to focus on a...
After winning a battle you’re presented with a seed from the other team’s ooblet, which you can then plant in your garden to grow an ooblet of your own of that type. These ooblets can then either be placed in your party (that follow you around and are used in...
Dome Keeper also features two modes of play: Relic Hunt and Prestige. Relic Hunt is simple enough, dig until you find the relic and bring it back to your dome to trigger the escape. That mode can be played in three different sized maps which is nice for allowing you...
My only issue with it goes back to my earlier comment of the game taking a while to ramp up. Using the currency you gain from finishing manor runs, you can use that to add additional perks to the pool available to you. This is fine; the issue stems from...
I will note, fans of the original arcade game might be keen to play this one on hard mode. I knocked the game out in a single three hour sitting without any trouble while on normal difficulty. Hell, I don’t even think I got close to reaching my last life...
When you’re not parkouring through heaven to kill demons, you’re likely at the game’s hub space where you can chat with your friends or get new missions from. Finding hidden gifts in levels will allow you to exchange those for new dialog options, memories that help piece together what your...
The one thing particularly weird about this game is how awkward its control scheme is. I played on PC, and it had some pretty bizarre key bindings that never felt right, even after readjusting some of them. Swapping to a controller didn’t help as the aiming on a joystick felt...
And circling back to how quickly this game moves, I really want to stress how relentless this game is. Shadow Warrior 3 has zero interest in taking things slow as it shoves you from arena to arena, with the occasional platforming segment. As thrilling as the game is, it’s almost...
