Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 feels like a French Persona, with an impressive combat system that I should love, but which I actually hate

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 feels like a French Persona, with an impressive combat system that I should love, but which I actually hate

Clair Obscur is not a JRPG, but developer Sandfall Interactive has certainly been taking its cue from some of the greats—Final Fantasy, for sure, but Persona even more so. This stylish, confident RPG, with its strikingly strange locations and flashy turn-based battles, really should be right up my alley, but after three hours of it…

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The Turnip Boy devs just announced a sudden left turn into horny territory: A dungeon crawler where you ‘rizz up’ monster girls

Romance is a perennial hot topic of RPGs. It was back when Mass Effect’s steamy fade-to-black romances made the headlines on conservative news outlets, and it still is now that we’ve seen hair and hide of straight-up animal sex in Baldur’s Gate 3, for better or worse. If you’re looking for more virtual action in…

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Super-fast gaming mice that weigh less than a feather are all well and good, but what the market really needs are more options for fit and feel, just like the Orbital Pathfinder

Depending on the situation or what mood I’m in at the time, I typically use one of two mice on a day-to-day basis. It’s roughly a 60/40 split between the Razer Viper V3 Pro and the Razer Pro Click V2 Vertical Edition, whether it’s for gaming or work. I’d prefer just to use one mouse…

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Benchmarked: Fallout 4

FPS encounters in the post-apocalypse Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve no doubt heard about Fallout 4, the latest entry in the acclaimed post-apocalyptic RPG series. And if you missed it, you might also want to check out the awesome case mod in our latest Rig of the Month! Fallout 4 uses an…

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