Tag: Video Games
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Designing an Unlikable Lead
It isn’t hard to make a character unlikable. The character could have a terrible design, be extremely poorly written, have terrible voice acting… It’s a much harder job to have players like and enjoy a character, or at the very least be indifferent to them. But what about the characters that the players are designed…
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Finding Unique Scares in Modern Horror Games
I ended my last post on modern horror games by talking about how they should try and strive for more unique scares instead of following trends made by other popular games. And as you might have guessed by the title of this post, I want to follow up on that by providing some examples that…
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Modern Horror Games and the ‘Haunted House’ Problem
It’s honestly super nice to see that horror games are once again getting lots of love from the game industry. There was a long period where the only new horror experiences were coming from indie games. Now big companies like Capcom are getting back into it! At long last the big drought that started during…
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Bravely Default 2 is a perfect unbalanced mess
There are plenty of games that I feel upset about being underrated or overlooked. Games like No More Heroes or Fatal Frame. But one of the games I really wish hit it big would have to be Bravely Default 2. Mainly because I feel like a lot of JRPGs could learn from it. Especially when…
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Should ‘Souls’ games have an ‘Easy mode’?
A topic that often comes up when discussing Souls games is whether or not there should be a difficulty option for them. The Souls games are known for being rather difficult after all and a lot of players, understandably, find this to be a barrier of entry when it comes to enjoying the games. Now…
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Elden Ring: The Perfect Mix of two Iconic Games
If you have been on the internet the passed few days you have probably heard about the amazing reviews Elden Ring is getting. And honestly, the game deserves the praise! Because of this though, I feel like doing a full on review of the game wouldn’t be too interesting. Mainly because I’m loving the game…
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The Importance of ‘Objectives’ in Games
An aspect of games I often feel doesn’t get enough attention would have to be ‘objectives.’ After all, in most games they are suppose to be what drive you from point to point! More specifically though, I’d like to talk about them in first person shooters. Mainly since this is where they can be the…
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Enjoying a ‘flawed’ game
Have you ever played and enjoyed a game a lot while still considering it a ‘bad’ game? Calling a game bad is pretty subjective, of course. Games are art and it’s a little hard to define art as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ most of the time. It mainly comes down to preference. Not including games that…
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Everyone should try playing a ‘Souls’ game
With Elden Ring right around the corner, and Sifu bringing up the discussion of difficulty in games, it got me thinking about why I feel everyone should try a ‘Souls’ game at least once! Now, what exactly do I mean by a ‘Souls’ game? Basically I’m talking about the Dark Souls games made by FromSoftware,…
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Sifu Review: Pain and Gain
Sifu is a new game from the studio Sloclap, an indie developer from Paris, France. This is only their second game, the first being the game Absolver, and already they seem to be making a name for themselves with Sifu! Sifu is a beat ’em game currently available on the PS4, PS5, and PC via…
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