CategoriesNews GamingVisions of Mana is a vibrant and charming role-playing game that harkens back to the classics many of us grew up enjoying, providing hours of enjoyable exploration, character customization, and storytelling. If you’re diving into this new adventure in the Mana franchise, here are some tips for your travels so that you can make the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingDustborn is kind of like the people-pleasing friend you know means well but runs ragged trying to accommodate so many people’s needs. Red Thread Games’ adventure/rhythm/beat-em-up hybrid has its strengths, and when it’s functioning as a socially conscious, modern version of a Telltale Games adventure, the lives of its merry band of superpowered misfits are […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Square Enix / Yoshitaka Amano With nearly forty years of incredible stories stretching across sixteen mainline entries and numerous spinoffs, Final Fantasy is a truly singular video game franchise. While they all have their own strengths and weaknesses, and there are some generally accepted as “best” entries, there’s an argument to be made for […]
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CategoriesNews GamingSquare Enix’s Visions of Mana is an RPG, and if there’s one thing we know about RPGs, it’s that they tend to be long. If you’re looking to get the most entertainment per minute for your dollar, this is great news. For others, the thought of tackling days-long epics might inspire unadulterated dread. The most […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Game Science If you’ve been hitting a wall in Black Myth: Wukong due to the endless annoyance of Captain Wise-Voice, then the latest patch is here to save you. On top of a slew of general fixes to the action-RPG for both PC and PlayStation 5 players, the recently released patch 1.08.14860 gives the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingPlay it on: PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation Portable Pros If you’re an absolute purist who wants to see where the series began, Ys I & II Chronicles is the most accessible way to play the first Ys games. These remakes retain the gameplay of the original titles and add some quality-of-life features. They also add some […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: CD PROJEKT RED Yesterday, August 28, saw CD Projekt hold their latest earnings call, which might not sound exciting but has led to a number of updates on the game developer’s upcoming projects. While Cyberpunk Edgerunners’ fans are already happy with the news that the company wants more animation projects like the 2022 Netflix […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Netflix Before CD Projekt Red was able to fix its sprawling 2020 RPG Cyberpunk 2077 with several major updates spread out over three years, the best part of the universe was a TV show. Cyberpunk Edgerunners, an anime from the amazing Studio Trigger, released in 2022 and offered fans everything they expected from the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Atlus Much of Metaphor: ReFantazio’s structure seems evocative of the modern Persona games. This includes the party’s journey, with each member going through an “awakening,” similar to how Joker and the rest of the Phantom Thieves do when they acquire supernatural powers. In Metaphor, these awakenings happen when they gain their Archetype ability, a […]
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CategoriesNews GamingOne of the most confounding things about video games is how they often tell stories that are clearly meant to be real-world allegories rather than escapist fantasies, but are still often framed as such by the companies that make them. After playing four hours of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the upcoming fantasy RPG from the minds behind […]
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