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About a week ago now I delivered my first review in progress of Torchlight 3 in the form of a review in progress. Being about level 30 at the time I didn’t want to chalk it up as a full review in the hopes that things would change at the end with the introduction of Enchanting and the end-game Fazeer’s Dun’djinn. After a short refresher of some key points of the first article we can answer the question on everyone's mind: How does the Torchlight 3 experience hold up in the end game?
Back in the day Dark Souls (or Demon Souls if you’re truly old school) made a big mark on the gaming community with its punishing gameplay, dark aesthetics, and slurry for forum posts that simply said: “lol, get gud”. It’s a formula that studios have been trying to perfect since and, while simple in concept, is hard to nail for many aspiring developers. There’s a certain balance that needs to be struck between being entertaining and punishing difficulty mixed in with mechanics t...
Fallout 76 would have been best served by a longer, continuous B.E.T.A. cycle. Numerous small issues like bugs, stash size, push-to-talk, and other quality of life issues could have been identified before asking people to spend $60 and working on them after release. Despite this faux pas, there is still a tremendous amount of fun to be had either solo or with friends. Multiplayer is a wonderful addition to the Fallout franchise and the world created in West Virginia is unique, gorgeous, an...
Outside of the aforementioned talking points, there isn’t much else to review. It’s Skyrim. It’s been around for years and if you love it you’ll love it on the Switch. If you don’t like it, you probably won’t like it on the switch. To me, this might very well be the way I play Skyrim from now on because it’s so easy to put down when my daughter or wife need me and pick it right back up once my free time starts rolling in again. So yes, if you’re a Nintendo Switch owner...