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Summary Dragon Age: Originshas the irreverent sort of writing thatBioWareand contemporary RPG developers used to be known for - but the biting sarcasm of the original Dragon Age is often interspersed with moments of genuine darkness. One of these moments is undoubtedly the quest Unrest in the Alienage, where the Warden discovers a human trafficking ring in Denerim’s Alienage. Loghain Mac Tir certainly has redeemable qualities, which is why he’s actually quite popular within the Dragon Age fan base....

Dragon Age: The Veilguardhasn’t clicked with me yet, and I’m 20 hours in. While it’s an adequate game, it has a lot of flaws that each make it a little harder to love. Much of theexisting lore and themes have been left by the wayside, the dialogue wheel isawful, the romances aredisappointing, there’sno interpersonal tension between companions,interactions are superficial… I could go on. The Veilguard’s Characters Are Pretty Boring Honestly, I could get past a lot of my disappointment if the characterisation had been better....

Summary 33 years after the original game launched and 25 since the last game in the series,Segahas filed a new trademark for its cult-classic franchise, Ecco the Dolphin. Originally spotted byGematsu, Sega filed trademarks for both Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco. Ecco The Dolphin Could Be Getting a Revival The two trademarks, Ecco and Ecco The Dolphin, were filed by Sega in December last year and is the first rumbling from anything in the series in 25 years....

Summary Last week, Elon Musk claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that he was one of the top 20 players in the world playingDiablo 4. That’snot true. An account supposedly belonging to Musk was in the top 20 on an unofficial leaderboard called Helltides.com, of which there are 1,000 players. That’s a tiny sample size considering that millions of people play Diablo 4. But even among that fraction of players, he is no longer in the top 20....

Not long after your return to Lhant early into the adulthood arc inTales of Graces f Remastered, you can swing by Cheria’s house for a star icon denoting a side quest opportunity. You can get cracking on this quest, which involves Sophie finding seeds throughout the world and planting them here one by one, at any point prior to the future arc; you might as well get an early move on, though!...

JRPGdevelopers love trying their hands at things they aren’t very good at. I appreciate the sentiment, but even in genre masterstrokes likeFinal Fantasy 10there is alwaysan abomination like blitzballready and waiting to spoil the experience. There’s always a ‘mostly optional’ minigame that looks and plays like garbage, but has the nerve to make you go through a mandatory game or two before progressing the story. Get that rubbish out of here....

Summary Last week,Helldivers 2’s game director Johan Pilestedt revealed thateight-player teams are being considered, but they won’t be implemented anytime soon. However, a little later on in the thread, Pilestedt also made a reference to a Helldivers 2 sequel - although not in the way some fans may have expected. In a tweet, Pilestedt says that the team is “growing Helldivers 2 into Helldivers 3”. This was in reference to an update that could add an eight-player mode, suggesting that Arrowhead is more concerned with adding new features to Helldivers 2 than working on a full sequel....

When I first saw the episode list forSecret Level, it gave me the ick. Amazon’s animated series from Love, Death & Robots creator Blur Studio initially sounds like a great way to bring our favorite video game stories to the small screen, but then it turned out the show wasn’t adapting our favorite video game stories at all. Instead of CGI shorts based on The Legend of Zelda, Red Dead Redemption, or Hades, we got episodes based on mobile games, a tie-in to the already-cancelledConcord, and Amazon’s own MMONew World: Aeternum....

Quick Links InUFL, skins work a little differently to how they do in most games. While they do change the look of a player’s item in-game, their main use is to boost the stats of a player you apply them to. You get skins from packs and apply them to players who match the position of the skin. Rarer ones boost specific stats more than others, and there are even unique skins for certain players in the game....

Quick Links We all like to think we have a winning personality, one that makes us irresistible to the people we want to attract. Your personality determines a lot of your life, how you move through it, and so on. Well funnily enough, the exact same is true of Dragon Quest 3! InDragon Quest 3 Remake, every character has a Personality of their own that determines a lot about them in conjunction with Job....

Quick Links Haunted houses aren’t totally new toThe Sims 4. The Spooky Lot trait included in City Living has welcomed ghostly strangers into your Sims homes since 2016, and Paranormal Stuff eventually added the Haunted House Residential Lot type in 2021. However, The Sims 4: Life and Death introduced two new haunted rabbit holes to Ravenwood: The Golden Oldies houses. Sims who are brave (or foolish) enough can explore the vacant properties and try to expel the ghosts of the Oldie Twins to restore some balance to Crow’s Crossing....

Quick Links Marvel Rivalshas many heroes to choose from, and Psylocke is a very common pick for how effective and versatile she is in combat. She will cause a great deal of unease for your team if you don’t know how to counter her quickly and avoid some of her attacks. There are a few heroes who can put a quick stop to her methods and, while you are valiantly countering any Psylocke who crosses your path, you will also be learning more about efficient ways to use Psylocke in light of these counters if you choose to do so....

Quick Links In ofJujutsu Infiniteupdates, the developers added a bunch of cool things, including the World Bosses that players have been waiting for. Unlike the usual ones, there are only a few World Bosses that spawn randomly at certain intervals at specific points on the map. These are dangerous and powerful enemies that you are unlikely to defeat alone, so you will need help from other players. However, you will receive cool rewards if you manage to do this....