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Reviews of new gaming technologies, consoles and newly released games.
Apple Arcade
Apple announced numerous new products in their event at the beginning of this week. (If you've got a new Apple TV, you can tune right in via the just-released Apple Events app). One of those products announced is, what could be, a disrupt to the industry — GAMING!
By Classic Brothers8 years ago in Gamers
'Total War': Great Man History
The Total War video game series by developer Creative Assembly has always had an issue of taking cool, but rare or suspect moments of history and making them gameplay features, whether it be the Pictish stealth catapults in Total War: Rome II, the ninja troops in Total War: Shogun 2, or the flaming pig units all the way back in Rome: Total War (of course, not mentioning the historical issues of the game series being called "Total War" when it has never once portrayed an era where total war existed, the concept having been invented during WWI, significantly later than even the latest entry in the Total War series). However, there has been one thing that the Total War series has always gotten right in their historical games: History is not about individuals. Despite this, something rubbed me the wrong way about their upcoming game, Total War: Three Kingdoms, and the way it portrays history. Three Kingdoms is putting a heavier emphasis on individual people from history than any installment before, bringing to mind the Total War: Warhammer games more so than the previous historical games. The problem is that Warhammer is a franchise that focuses on mythical storytelling, allowing individuals to be more influential than the masses, but this is not how the past happened. The past is a mess of factors that no one person could shift on their own. History is how we talk about or portray the past, and it needs to be as accurate as possible. As far as video games go, of course, accuracy is not a necessity. Getting deep into the details of history can often interfere with gameplay, and there’s no way to program every conceivable historical influence into a game, especially when we don’t know them all. However, the Total War series has existed for 19 years at the time of this writing, and they are only now adding this “great man” history to their game. Not only that, they have added a game mode that turns the great men into legends, allowing them to fight whole units on their own, soak up hundreds of attacks, and turn the tide of a battle by merely winning a duel, an uncommon practice in China during the period of the Three Kingdoms.
By History Roundtable8 years ago in Gamers
'Anthem': Is It Worth Your Money?
Anthem, one of the most anticipated games of 2019 since its initial showing at E3, is Bioware's next big release with EA backing them all the way. We are promised that there will be no big microtransactions, no pay to win mechanics, and the game is intended to last at least 10 years. With promises of huge expansion packs, an ever-expanding map, and hours of gameplay, what could possibly go wrong?
By Xavier Devine8 years ago in Gamers
‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ Final Battle Trailer Review
Welcome, Kingdom Hearts fans!! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! The final trailer of Kingdom Hearts 3 just dropped and it looks absolutely phenomenal. This trailer was suppose to be released on December 18, but Christmas came early. For those of you who do not know of what transpired recently, someone in America who works at Walmart stole 30 copies of Kingdom Hearts III for Xbox One.
By Michael Reynoso8 years ago in Gamers
‘Mortal Kombat 11’ Trailer Review and Raiden Is 'Confirmed' as a Villain!
Welcome, Mortal Kombat fans!! I hope you all are having a marvelous day! Mortal Kombat!!! We just got a brand-new trailer from the upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat 11. The game was revealed at the Video Game Awards last week, which surprised everyone who attended.
By Michael Reynoso8 years ago in Gamers
'Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3' Is Finally Arriving!. Top Story - December 2018.
The first Marvel: Ultimate Alliance came out over 12 years ago and enabled players for the first time to create their own team made from the Marvel superheroes. These heroes included many of the Avengers and X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Heroes for Hire and solo heroes such as Spider-Man, Daredevil and Blade.
By Craig Arnott8 years ago in Gamers
Even More Hatred for 'Fallout 76'
Readers, I am quite depressed. I keep playing this game like I’m trying to Stockholm Syndrome myself into loving it. Currently, the servers are down for more maintenance only two days after the last 47GB and change update. I start a job in two days time, Bethesda. How am I supposed to pick apart your travesty of a game if you keep gluing it back together? I don't have time to wait for you to fix your mistakes! This isn't like you've forgotten to add the extra pickles to my burger, this is like you've replaced the burger with a fried cat turd!
By CT Idlehouse8 years ago in Gamers
'Dragon Ball Legends' Update: Goku Black Will Arrive on Black Friday!!!
Welcome, Dragon Ball fans!! I hope you guys are having a wonderful day! Breaking News!!! We just got massive news regarding the arrival of Goku Black on Dragon Ball Legends. The game itself released a “Black Friday 2018 Deals” on the announcement section and this is exciting news.
By Michael Reynoso8 years ago in Gamers
'Fallout 76': More Bad than Good (a Review)
You know how much I love waiting for games to download and install? Almost as much as I love waiting for day-one patches. I swear to Beelzebub, if Fallout 76 requires an immediate update after so much bullshit Beta nonsense, I am taking a bus straight to Bethesda Studios and shitting in their mailbox.
By CT Idlehouse8 years ago in Gamers
'Deltarune' *SPOILERS*
I'm sure by now you've all heard about Toby Fox releasing Deltarune on Halloween. How perfect could that be? That creepy ending had me hyped for the night! As we see the characters have grown up and many have had children. We notice Alphys, Toriel, Asgore, Sans, Catty, Bratty, and Undyne are all still around. Though we don't see them we get hints of Asriel and Papyrus. We are graced with some new characters such as Kris and Susie. But I think we all have the same questions. Where is Frisk? Did Chara return? What will happen with the dark fountains? How is the Delta symbol in both the underground shown in Undertale as well as the Dark World of Deltarune? The Undertale Twitter page said it was far from finished so just how big is the game going to be?
By Aleesa Rudder8 years ago in Gamers
