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Quick Links The story ofSword Art Online: Fractured Daydreamis quite long, and the maps of the chapters are quite large. Among the things you’re able to find on these maps are treasure chests, remnants, consoles, and data cells. Among these, remnants are particularly difficult to find. Remnants are located in sets of three on specific maps, and when you find all three of them, you earn Memory Crystals. With Memory Crystals, you’re able to unlock visuals from other Sword Art Online games....

You’ll always want to keep your tools upgraded to the highest possible level inLuma Islandso that all your material harvesting, farming, combat, and fishing are as efficient as possible. The first kind you’ll get access to when you start the game is a set of Copper-based, and it’ll serve you well as you settle in. Copper only lasts you so long though, and eventually, there won’t be any more upgrades. Whenever that time comes around, it’ll be time for you to set out and find your way to the mysterious Forest that lies beyond the bridge, and get a new, stronger metal: Iron Ore....

Quick Links Nearly a decade since its release,The Witcher 3has maintained its status as one of thebest open-world fantasy RPGsever made. It not only ticked all the boxes in fluid gameplay, compelling narrative arcs, and immersive world-building but also for its intriguing characters. And one of the most mysterious, yet intimidating characters in the game is the enigmatic Gaunter O’Dimm. A major antagonist of the Hearts of Stone DLC, Gaunter O’Dimm immediately captures your attention with his charisma, dark aura, and unfathomable powers....

Quick Links Building a theme park inPlanet Coaster 2can be exciting, especially when there are added challenges in each scenario. From building a park on the mountains to helping another pay off their loans, you can come up with endless solutions to solve any problem. Your goal in this scenario is to build a park in the middle of the forest without devastating the natural environment. Using only solar power and wooden coasters, can you make a thriving amusement park?...

Summary Baldur’s Gate 3has demonstrated an unparalleled level of longevity since its release last August. Not only has the game consistently maintained tens of thousands of daily players, but Baldur’s Gate 3 has also now returned to the top of Steam’s sales charts. Baldur’s Gate 3 is a single-player game with no expansions that has maintained ahigher average player countthan many live-service games. Despite only receiving a 20 per cent discount in Steam’s winter sale, Baldur’s Gate 3 has jumped from 46 to 9 onSteamDB’s weekly sales chart....

Summary Baldur’s Gate 3is becoming the type of RPG that you can confidently say you’ll never know everything about, as players continue discovering new things over a year from release.Larian Studioshas been continuously praised for the attention to detail in Baldur’s Gate 3, and it’s well-earned. The rare dialogue occurs during the game’s opening sequence aboard the Nautiloid. When one enters the ‘boss room’ where a Mindflayer is battling Commander Zhaik, the Illithid usually shouts “You, Thrall!...

Quick Links Baldur’s Gate 3is notable for its seemingly infinite possibilities and outcomes, as each choice deeply impacts how the story unfolds and its ultimate conclusion. This also applies to your allies, who’ll have their destinies shaped by your choices throughout your adventures, and may end up walking a completely different path from their original goals. Wyll, the Blade of Frontiers is a perfect example. Initially tasked with killing a certain “demon”, the young Ravengard’s very existence may be forever changed....

Summary Grant Kirkhope, the composer behind all ofRare’sBanjo-Kazooiegames, has admitted that he has “zero hope” for a new entry in the series and brutally noted that fans wouldn’t like whatever it is anyway. Over the past few years, something glorious has been happening - 3D platformers have finally been returning with full force.Psychonauts 2,Penny’s Big Breakaway,RKGK,Sonic X Shadow Generationsand, of course,Astro Bothave all shown how much life there is in a genre that many feared would be left for the indies....

Quick Links Elluna, the Celestial Combat Medic, is one ofSupervive’sProtector Hunters - in other words, she’s a healer. Elluna provides your team with plenty of support, being able to carry downed players out of harm’s way, provide consistent healing, and a small amount of CC. She also has some of the best mobility in the game with one of the longest dashes, allowing you to escape from danger and get your team revived....

Summary Call of Dutyhas considerably transformed from the series that it once was back on the Xbox 360 and PS3. A lot of that is down to the monetization of video games, as Call of Duty has opted to trade in more realistic and gritty shooters to chase the Fortnite gravy train, introducingbattle passes and increasingly bizarre skinsfor players to buy for their weapons and character models. This shift towards the Fortnitification of Call of Duty has seen many aspects of the older games removed or warped in different ways, one of which being the old faction system....

Whenever a video game or movie is aimed at (or perceived to be aimed at) an atypical audience, we always want to extrapolate the secrets of life itself from its performance.When The Marvels flopped, the takeaway seemed to be that we shouldn’t be making movies for women and girls. WhenSaints Rowflopped, the takeaway was that woke games fail. The inverse never seems to be true. WhenBarbiewas the success story of the year, studios didn’t rush to greenlight projects that embraced girlhood and appealed to female audiences primarily, but insteadto make other movies based on cheesy toys....

Most Anticipated Game is by far my least favourite category atThe Game Awards. In fact, I wouldn’t even call it an award, and neither does anyone else. If you look up the official tally for ‘most TGA wins’, Most Anticipated is left out, since it’s based on hopes for the game rather than the game itself. It just about makes sense at a show likeGamescomorSummer Game Fest, when it’s people reacting to the specific experience they’ve had on the floor....

You can tell thatDragon Age: The Veilguardstarted off as a live service game. ThenAnthemhappened andEAswiftly realised it needed to pivot the game back to the single-player fantasy RPG players were expecting. This shift was pretty successful, but as I made my way through the campaign, many of its online foundations became clear. The Veilguard’s narrative is largely linear, and instead of letting you explore a world split into a variety of regions likeInquisition, it throws you into relatively straightforward missions and small hubs that are all designed to either progress the narrative or facilitate certain quests....