Okay, before I move on to the bulk of this essay, let me make something abundantly clear: I am a Fallout: New Vegas super fan. It’s one of my favourite games of all time and if Steam didn’t have a handy little feature that showed how many hours I’d logged in New Vegas, I’d probably have to calculate that metric …
You’d think that a game such as The Outer Worlds, what with all of its dialogue and colourful worlds, would also come packaged with such a mode but here’s the catch: It’s already colourblind-friendly.
While The Outer Worlds may have a brief narrative to chew on, the extra sidequest dishes are numerous and abundant. That all makes for a chunky game in the long run, but just how quickly can The Outer Worlds be clocked if you’re in a rush? Around 25 minutes, give or take.
Xbox Game Pass! By now you’re all aware of how it works, and while you’d think that Microsoft was paying us a handsome sum to talk about the all you can play buffet that it offers, we’re actually just big fans of the service who’ll talk about it even though we couldn’t organise a Canary Islands bank account in which …
Old at heart but young in spirit, The Outer Worlds is a vibrant and stunning new chapter from Obsidian that doubles down on what the studio does best and throws in some surprisingly fun gameplay on top of that.
What the development team plan on pursuing once The Outer Worlds ships is still unknown, but they’re clearly gearing up for it.
Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later than you expected only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter a host of factions all vying for power, who you decide to become will determine the fate of everyone in Halcyon. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.
E3 2019 may not have too many games to show off this year but…Actually wait that’s pretty much it. There’s no half-ass joke here folks. I’ve half-assed the half-assery. I’ve basically gone whole-ass. Anyway, As is the usual every year, the Game Critics Awards pop up and declare their best of show nominees, with a list of winners following shortly afterwards.
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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