Fallout 4 isn't the best Fallout game, but it's the best one to play today

“That’s My Fault” – If This Elder Scrolls’ Dungeon Made You Want To “Tear Your Eyes Out”, Here’s Who To Blame

“That initial dungeon, the very first one you start the game in, that was mine.”. If you’ve ever attempted to play The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, you’ll know that it doesn’t exactly get off to the easiest of starts. Dumped into the tutorial dungeon, it’s not uncommon for players to round the first set of…

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Baldur’s Gate 3’s permadeath honour mode has made Act 1 my own personal Groundhog Day, and I am either having a breakdown or becoming a god

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a breathtaking RPG narrative told in three acts—it’s also been the bane of my life for the past couple of weeks. I’m starting to feel like Phil Connors in Groundhog Day: an indestructible god powered by foresight stuck in a time loop. Except Connors had no choice—I’m doing this to myself…

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Hytale’s developer warned us the adventure sandbox ‘isn’t good yet,’ but it already feels pretty good to me

It’s pretty incredible that Hytale launched into early access today. It’s a miracle it even exists at all, really: games canceled by major studios typically vanish forever. Remember Blizzard’s survival game Odyssey that was canceled after nearly eight years in development? Poof. Gone, tragically leaving behind nothing more than a handful of leaked screenshots. So…

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The best Helldivers 2 loadouts

Working out the best Helldivers 2 loadout for your galactic warrior is a bit of a puzzle at first, as you gradually unlock new weapons and armour you can try. The sheer variety in terms of Stratagems alone makes it tough to know what to bring, especially when you only have four slots to work…

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