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Summary Starfield: Shattered Spacelaunched to"Mixed" reviewson Steam beforequickly dropping to “Mostly Negative"that same week. The community was mostlydisappointed by its narrativeand price tag, butcritics also disparaged the expansionfor being “unstable” and “weighed down by bugs”, leaving it with an aggregate score of just 59. In short, Shattered Space has been a disaster. Many are so dissatisfied with the DLC and the Bethesda formula as a whole that they’re losing faith in all future games from the studio....

Summary Super Smash Bros.is a series that has been going for quite a long time, meaning its most loyal fans will have racked up more hours of playtime across every game than is possible to even track. Most of us have a game that we dedicate hundreds - if not thousands - of hours to, and while you might assume that’s something that every developer would be thrilled about, Smash Bros....

Summary Tekken 8’s Steam reviews have come crashing back down to mostly negative, afterthe latest wave of review bombing. This is in response to a new DLC stage being added alongside Heihachi, charging players an extra $4.99 even if they’d already purchased the DLC pass. As a result, the recent reviews of the game are now listed as mostly negative, with the overall reviews being mixed. This is despite many players loving the gameplay itself, and only taking issue with the monetisation practices that have crept in since launch....

Summary Super Mario Party Jamboreecomes with a ton of great features, including Buddies. Buddies are characters that you can win through playing specialized minigames. They will appear randomly on the board, and all players will have a chance to earn them. Once you have a buddy by your side, they’ll stick around for three turns. Buddies are incredibly helpful. When you’re paired with them, you get to do everything twice, including buying stars, stealing coins, and buying items....

Summary Humanity’s joint desire to get their wishes fulfilled can lead to scary outcomes. The Fateanimeseries follows Mages pursuing a Holy Grail by participating in Holy Grail Wars, brutal battles to the death where you make use of everything, from brute strength to lies and deceit, to make sure you come out on top. What aids these masters in their battles are servants, Heroic Spirits brought back from legend to fight for glory and honor one last time....

When you go out on an epic adventure, sometimes the best friend/ally you can make is a dragon. Dragons can be used as mounts to help you soar across the landscape. They can also be battle companions that you can take to fight side by side. Having a dragon as a close ally is one of the most epic parts of many fantasy-based RPGs and action adventures. It’s an idea as old as the NES, with games like Golden Axe and Drakengard, that play with the idea of being around these powerful creatures....

If there’s any genre that best combines realism with coziness, it’s train simulators. No other type of video game has such levels of immersion, immense attention to detail, and vast scope that you feel in control of every single button right in front of you. It’s simultaneously busy and relaxing. The best train simulator games all have the same things in common. They have gorgeous visuals that make you want to explore more, they have very in-depth yet intuitive controls, and they allow you the kind of customization features that give you the ability to craft the perfect train, be it freight or express....

Displacer Beasts are one of the most iconic creatures inDungeons & Dragons, offering a unique challenge for players fighting them and Dungeon Masters running them. With their elusive abilities, these six-legged feline predators create encounters where strategy and ingenuity are just as important as raw strength. Their displacement ability, which makes them appear in a different location than they truly are, can confuse and frustrate even experienced players. Running a Displacer Beast encounter requires balancing its strengths while keeping the combat engaging for your party, since the challenge rating of these creatures often has them tear appear unprepared low level parties....

Summary Metaphor: ReFantaziois an undeniably massive game, and because of how long it is, it’s easy to assume that once you’ve reached credits there might just not be anything else to do. Luckily enough, that isn’t the case. Whether it’s specific features that the developers saved for after you’ve finished the main meat of the game, or systems and mechanics that are tricky or borderline impossible to complete in one playthrough, there is plenty you can do to keep yourself busy in Metaphor: ReFantazio once the story has finished....

The best cover song of all time is a debate that comes up annually, if not more often, inTheGamerSlack. While the obvious (and correct) answer is Valerie by Amy Winehouse, that feels too easy, so I’ll proffer Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor, How Soon Is Now by t.A.T.u., All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash’s Hurt, and Nirvana’s The Man Who Sold the World. I welcome any more banging covers sent by email (Joan Baez’ Dylan covers and the entirety of Patti Smith’s Twelve have already been taken into consideration), but you get the picture....

A trilogy of video games means three of them, right? Trilogy comes from the Greek treis or Latin tres for ‘three’, and the Sanskrit ‘logy’ for ‘video games’. But is that right? Not the etymology, which I assure you is cast iron, but the very idea. A recent discussion at TheGamer has spurred me into thinking of what actually makes a trilogy, and whether a series likeBaldur’s Gatecounts. Just three games under the same banner doesn’t seem to be it, but how exactly do you define it?...

There are dozens of echoes to learn inThe Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom, and all of them have their uses. The more you explore Hyrule with Tri and Zelda, the more you’ll get to use your creativity to create solutions to countless problems. Everyone in Hyrule needs your help, and only you have the power to use echoes. The Faron Wetlands are filled with life of all kinds, and some Deku Scrubs will make requests....

Quick Links Sonic X Shadow Generationsbrings the Blue Blur back to our gaming screens with a remaster of a pseudo-remake of his most classic levels. This time, Shadow has his own adventure grafted on that feels exceedingly fresh when compared to Sonic’s outings. For better or worse, the Sonic side of this package is left untouched. And when it comes to the memories of Sonic 06 awoken by Crisis City, maybe it is for the worse....