How Future RPGs Can Improve Romance Sequences

There’s quite a draw to RPG style games for a variety of reasons. Typically, RPGs are very good at world building and immersion, making players feel like they’re right in the middle of a new environment. Sometimes,RPGs allow players to create their own characterand mold the personality however they wish, and other times players are presented with a pre-made character, though they still control their actions. Another draw to RPGs comes from romantic storylines that allow the player character to fall in love, and players get to see a typically sweet story come to life because of their actions....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 624 words · Kimberly Logan

How Long to Beat Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Princeis a JRPG monster-taming game that allows players to play as one of the franchise’s antagonists. It tells the story of Psaro the Manslayer as he takes on his father, Randolfo, to become the king of Monsterkind. Players will enjoy colorful environments with fun companions and characters throughout the game. Psaro is cursed and unable to harm Monsters, so he mustteam up with Monstersin the realms to do his fighting for him....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Matthew Terrell

How Survival Sandbox Game Aloft Plans to Soar Above the Competition in 2024

The survival crafting genre is crowded with exceptional titles fromSons of the ForesttoSatisfactory, but a new contender from Astrolabe Interactive,Aloft, hopes to rise above the pack when it enters Early Access in 2024. Taking to the skies around a hurricane,Alofttasks players with restoring an ailing environmentplagued with corruption while unraveling a mysterious world of floating islands. Crafting survival games are also hotbeds of player creativity, with base building mechanics being an integral feature in games of the genre....

June 9, 2025 · 5 min · 870 words · Jennifer Kelly

How to Get the Blazing Sword in Assassin's Creed Valhalla

The Blazing Sword inAssassin’s Creed Valhallais a futuristic weapon tied to the advanced Isu civilization. Added to the game as part of theTombs of the Fallen free DLC, the Blazing Sword is rewarded to players, who take timeexploring the six unique lore dungeons.These special dungeons challenge the players' abilities at overcoming parkour hurdles and honing their exploration skills. While the Blazing Sword may not be the best end-game weapon, it does empower its wielder toengage enemies in both close and medium-range combat....

June 9, 2025 · 5 min · 867 words · Brian Long

Kaiju No. 8: Kafka's Kaiju Form, Explained

Summary Humans in the world ofKaiju No. 8have ways to combat the Kaiju threat with their combat suits, as well as using latent potential within themselves and even the Kaiju bodies themselves, but Kafka Hibino is the lucky/unlucky one to have become not just a Kaiju, but a numbered Kaiju. Kafka is now stronger than even the majority of the Defense Force and is, at the current time of the anime, not just OP, but also able to fight on equal footing with other high-ranking officers....

June 9, 2025 · 4 min · 801 words · Daniel Crawford

Kingdom Hearts Images Compare In-Engine Cutscenes and Pre-Rendered Ones

TheKingdom Heartsseries has been around for ages with complex lore and memorable characters. With all the differentKingdom Heartsgamesin the series, there have been countless memorable moments for fans throughout the years. At the beginning of most of the games, there is a beautiful pre-rendered opening cinematic that portrays these moments in the game or recounts what has happened so far up to that point. Much likeanime openings, these cutscenes have no spoken words and are accompanied by a stellar soundtrack by Japanese artist Utada Hikaru....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · John Carlson

Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Northeast Frost Street Missions and Waddle Dees Guide

Quick Links Northeast Frost Street is the first stage thatKirby and the Forgotten Landplayers will need to go through in the snowy region midway in the story. There are five missions for this stage, and they are as follows: This guide will show players where to find the Waddle Dees, and how to complete the rest of the missions in the Northeast Frost Street stage inKirby and the Forgotten Land....

June 9, 2025 · 4 min · 732 words · Dr. Richard Gonzalez Jr.

LOTR: The Battle of Bywater, Explained

Summary In the vast and enchanting universe of J.R.R. Tolkien’sThe Lord of the Rings, the Battle of Bywater is one of the most defining moments. This climactic battle unfolded within the peaceful and idyllic land of the Shire, inhabited by the humble and resilient Hobbits. As the forces of darkness threatened to engulf their beloved homeland,the Hobbits rose in a valiant struggleto defend their way of life. The Shire, a land of rolling hills, lush meadows, and cozy Hobbit holes, was untouched by the chaos and strife that plagued the rest of Middle-earth....

June 9, 2025 · 4 min · 794 words · Rebecca Mack

Marvel's Avengers Adding Black Widow's Avengers: Infinity War Outfit

Marvel’s Avengershas just given fans an update on when they can expect future content to be shown. With a vague, early 2022 window forMarvel’s Avengers' next content roadmap, however, it may be a while until the game’s next events and updates are revealed. That said, it seems as though Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix’s present updates and cosmetic contributions have not been put on hold for the rest of the holiday season, as it may have been insinuated earlier from their announcement of a much-needed holiday break until the new year....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Denise Miles

Midnight Suns Dialogue Choices Suffer From the Same Problems as Fallout 4’s Dialogue Trees

One of the biggest criticisms thatFallout 4received was that its dialogue choices did not necessarily match what was being said, andMarvel’s Midnight Sunsseems to have followed suit.Marvel’s Midnight Sunsfeatures tons of dialogue, as didFallout 4,and they both have a fully voiced protagonist that will speak chosen prompts. These choices help shape the player character and can impact their relationship with other characters, and that makes these choices a major part of the character progression....

June 9, 2025 · 4 min · 676 words · Alexandra Davenport

Minecraft YouTuber Discovers Amusing Secret Console Command

In an effort to continue experimenting withMinecraft, YouTuber Mysticat has stumbled upon a rather amusing console command which seems to have gone unnoticed for all these years. The game was fully released in 2011, and despite how old it is, it’s stillone of the best-selling video games of 2022, selling hundreds of millions of copies since first launching, and that number seems to be going up all the time. However, even with millions playing, there still seem to be new things to unearth....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Wesley Burns

Monopoly GO: Anniversary Treasures Rewards and Milestones

Developed and published by Scopely,Monopoly GOis a popular board game where players can purchase, sell, and build properties to bankrupt their opponents. The game keeps the core mechanics of the classic board game but adds some exciting twists, such as events, mini-games, and tournaments. They make the game more engaging and let players earn plenty of rewards. Apart from the Partner events,Monopoly GOalso releases Prize Drop and dig mini-games. The game just launched a dig mini-game called Anniversary Treasures to celebrate its first anniversary....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Michael Long

Monster Hunter Rise: How to Get Thunder Sac

Monster Hunter Rise, like the otherMonster Huntertitles, has many different materials that hunters can find and collect to use for crafting new, morepowerful armor sets and weapons. Some of these items can be obtained in the Low-Rank quests at the beginning of the game, but some materials can only be obtained once players have access to the High-Rank Hub quests, such as an item called Thunder Sac –not to be confused with an Electro Sac....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Brian Oneill