A few hours with New Arc Line reminded me that setting doesn’t mean much in an RPG if the characters aren’t interesting

A newer, shinier journey to a similar setting sounded like just the ticket. Then he told me how nice he thought elves were, and sent me on my merry way. My first quest: find my suitcase. Love a bit of luggage-based questing, I do. But first: character creation. I went hard on charm until I noticed a skill named mockery. Truly, the curse of the hack critic runs deep. Before you enter New Arc proper, theres a bit of in medias rice krispies....

September 30, 2024 · 2 min · 278 words · Daniel Hull

Build a blissful art deco sci-fi city as an AI mayor in Technotopia, out this October

then why not run your eye over fellow citybuilderTechnotopia. A world of social and economic calamity that looks, nonetheless, rather pleasant. I like the art deco retro-future vibe. 100+ unique buildings: Each structure offers distinct bonuses, influencing the balance of power within the city. 4 building combinations: Discover new ways to strategically combine city blocks for maximum impact. 50+ dynamic events: Every event is influenced by your decisions, with outcomes that ripple throughout the city....

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 133 words · Matthew Howell

Connections hints and answers for Mon, September 30th

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #476. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Here are the 16 Connections words for today: What are today’s Connections groups? If not, check just below for the full answer. What are today’s Connections answers? Still, Sophia and Keto tripped me up for a while! What is Connections?...

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 115 words · Michael Walton

EA FC 25 review: ol' familiar football, even if it does encourage a different style

No matter what, I’ll be there Something feels off. That is to say,EA Sports FC25is a bit likeFC24. Heres something cheery, though: PC performance is a lot better from the off this year. But its not FC 25s fault if mcfc_haaland420 isnt interested in making use of the systems it’s added. FC 25 formalises that, giving you more of a say over how and where those AI tendencies trigger. Its handy and it’ll help you win more matches....

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 198 words · Stephen Galloway

Here’s eight minutes of new Death Stranding 2 scenes, posted chopped up and context free on social media as Kojima intended

Would Scorsese have the chutzpah to call a character Head Viceman or Tempted Christman? Its Dollmans time now anyway. Lets have a look at the newDeath Stranding 2scenes then. Watch them on your phone foradded kino. Heres the first public release of game footage, say Kojima Productions,via X. Were then introduced to floating puppet Dollman, whos animated at a lower framerate to evoke old practical effects. Dollman insists hes not actually a puppet - hes alive!...

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 211 words · Joseph Andrews

Connections hints and answers for Sun, September 29th

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #475. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Here are the 16 Connections words for today: What are today’s Connections groups? If not, check just below for the full answer. What are today’s Connections answers? What is Connections? To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

September 29, 2024 · 1 min · 105 words · John George

Connections hints and answers for Sat, September 28th

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #474. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Here are the 16 Connections words for today: What are today’s Connections groups? If not, check just below for the full answer. What are today’s Connections answers? What is Connections? To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

September 28, 2024 · 1 min · 105 words · Lisa Anderson

All Black Myth Wukong secrets and hidden details

Here are all the Black Myth Wukong secrets available to find in Chapter 1. This same monkey will be found around the locations of all future Skandhas, so keep an eye out! Why’s it so important to find and beat Guangzhi? To get this item, you actually need to progress into Chapter 2 - we explain morejust below. Interact with the waterfall to reveal a passage, through which you could fight the powerful and secretRed Loongboss....

September 27, 2024 · 5 min · 999 words · Mark Pearson

Beefy Space Marine 2 update reworks the AI, spawning and overall difficulty and adds a friendly sparring arena

No, don’t look atme, Gadriel - look at the Tyranid. He can only act concussed for so long. Hit him with your chainsword now, there’s a dear. stopping them swamping the antennae in that mission with the planetary defence guns). I really hate zoanthropes so colour me appeased by all this. As regards the balancing, it’s a mixture of nerfs and boosts that seems healthy enough on paper. I’m sure the class has its fair share of haters in the competitive modes....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 100 words · Jack Jones

Black Myth Wukong: Chapter 5 walkthrough

Ourwalkthrough hubhas links to all of our Black Myth: Wukong guides. The Chapter starts out with you and Zhu Bajie fighting a wave of Revenants. Beat ‘em up, go forward, and unlock the “AshenPass I” Keeper’s Shrine. Then proceed onwards until you see thePale-Axe Stalwartengaged in combat with some enemies. AfterBrown-Iron Cartis demolished, cross the bridge to find the next Shrine. Then cross one more bridge and you’ll reach the “Height of Ember” Shrine....

September 27, 2024 · 3 min · 532 words · Anthony Hickman

Breachway early access review: a graceful reinvention of starship combat as a question of taut deckbuilding

Who’s for a game of Picards? The beauty of cards is that they can be anything. you’re free to slap together a working game with them in a couple of minutes. Take 12 blanks, doodle some faces and landscapes, and lo, you have a procedural narrative generator. Make some duplicates, invent a few rules and lo, you have systems. It’s all just hoarding number cards and multipliers for the opportune moment, right?...

September 27, 2024 · 2 min · 224 words · Peter Patel

Clowned King is a Fire Emblem-inspired RPG in which you lead a whole party of clowns

The full big top? Here’s the trailer forClowned King, the next game from Moonana, developer of the colourful and melodiousKeylocker. I like it better than a custard pie full of razorblades. I wonder if the appropriate word here isn’t “formation” but stagecraft? RPG clowns are more of a bard variant, I guess. Ah yes, clown politicking, so unlike the regular kind. Clowned King is out… at some stage. Or how about the classic point-and-clickerDropsy, in which the title character just wants a hug....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 94 words · John Scott

Connections hints and answers for Fri, September 27th

Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #473. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Here are the 16 Connections words for today: What are today’s Connections groups? If not, check just below for the full answer. What are today’s Connections answers? The Fly, The Matrix, The Thing, and The Abyss! All required viewing if you haven’t watched these classics before....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 123 words · Robert Stafford