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Remedy Entertainment is known to have developed some of the best story-driven action-adventure games ever made, but if there's one title that players love from the Finnish studio, not counting the iconic Max Payne, is Alan Wake. The action-adventure game starring the tormented writer who traveled to Bright Falls to...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·October 26, 2023
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Despite being released over eight years ago, FromSoftware's Bloodborne is still among the most popular action role-playing games ever made, thanks to its unique atmosphere and gameplay mechanics. So far, a few soulslike games have tried to replicate this formula with little success, such as Spiders' Steelrising, but with Lies...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·September 13, 2023
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Since the cRPG genre actually became a thing, many developers tried to adapt the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop experience to a video game format, with varying degrees of success. However, no game ever came close to achieving this than the Baldur's Gate series, whose two main entries are still today...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·August 12, 2023
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Deck13 is a developer that doesn't need an introduction for Soulslike fans, as the German studio is among the very few developers who managed to take the formula created by FromSoftware and spin it in some rather convincing ways with The Surge series. For its latest title, Atlas Fallen, the...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·August 9, 2023
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Japanese publisher CAPCOM has been on a roll these past few years. They released plenty of solid games, ranging from multiple entries in the Resident Evil series to Devil May Cry 5, Monster Hunter Rise, and, more recently, Street Fighter 6. This streak made everyone forget about the company's mediocre...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·July 19, 2023
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The original Layers of Fear, for better or worse, is a game that left a lasting influence on the narrative-driven horror genre. Developed by Polish developer Bloober Team, the game was unlike anything seen before, combining unique aesthetics with an art theme inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray by...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·June 15, 2023
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Despite the many successful fighting game series that bloomed since the iconic Street Fighter II, which brought the genre to unprecedented heights, the CAPCOM franchise continued to be among the most well-known, despite some stumbles in both popularity and quality. Following the release of Street Fighter IV, which rejuvenated both...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·May 30, 2023
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For a long time, Dead Island 2 was not so different from the many undead survivors killed in the Banoi archipelago in the first entry in the series and Riptide. The game existed, but it wasn't in a good state at all. Announced back in 2014, the game's development was...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·April 18, 2023
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How many times has anybody thought that some video game genres could never mix? I, for one, did so quite a few times and have been repeatedly proven wrong. If there's one truly limitless thing, it is human creativity and ingenuity, which has made it possible to create compelling gaming...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·March 30, 2023
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It's been some time since the Japanese studio Team NINJA released a pure action game in the vein of modern Ninja Gaiden, as titles like the two entries in the Nioh series and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin combine the excellent action gameplay the studio is known for with...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·March 2, 2023
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Deliver Us The Moon is one of the few indie games released in the past few years whose popularity only increased over time. When the game was released in 2018, it did so in a somewhat incomplete state with an abrupt ending that soured the entire experience. Developer KeokeN Interactive...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·February 6, 2023
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Despite being wildly influential, there are some classic games whose ultimate fate is to remain in obscurity, appreciated only by a dedicated but small fanbase that keeps their legacy alive any way they can. This is definitely the case of Yasumi Matsuno's Ogre Battle series, one of the finest tactical...

WCCFtechWCCFtech·November 10, 2022
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