The Fallout 4 Next Gen update is here. We’ve gone hands on with the game on Xbox Series X, with footage of before the patch on the left and after the patch on the right. While the game has received a resolution increase, and seemingly somewhat improved colors and lighting, what is most noticeable is the framerate increase, even on the quality mode displayed here. You can even set the game to performance mode for increased frames as well. Here are several different comparisons, including slowed down footage, in order to best display the differences.
I Played all Baldur's Gate spin-off RPGs & Spiritual Successors
One you get past its slow start, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes mostly succeeds in weaving the stories of multiple countries and characters together into a sprawling epic. Its turn-based combat system operates smoothly, even if other modes like its strategy RPG battles can encourage simplistic strategies over critical thinking. And while collecting and experimenting with its titular hundred heroes can be entertaining, you won’t get to know the majority of them because of how much screen time they need to share with the rest of this bloated cast. Still, there’s plenty of satisfying side quests and castle building to fill in the gaps, which makes Hundred Heroes eventually feel worth the journey.
The public beta for the Adventure Mode expansion for Dwarf Fortress is live now on Steam. Watch the latest trailer for Dwarf Fortress for a peek at the Adventure Mode expansion. Adventure Mode is the RPG campaign mode of Dwarf Fortress, where players can create a character and freely roam the rich simulated world they have made a home in during their Fortress Mode save or start fresh in a newly generated world.
Moon Studios' No Rest for the Wicked is a Souls-like, survival-lite, town-building, platforming, action RPG with a heavy narrative focus. You may think it just needs farming and co-op to complete the ensemble of genres. Don't worry - those are on the way in subsequent updates.
We are excited to share our latest EXODUS™ Founders Q&A Video, where we solicit questions from our community of Founders, the early adopters who have already shared their belief in us by becoming part of our connected community. Their questions are answered by the Studio Co-Founders, James Ohlen and Chad Robertson, who are excited by the questions as they show how enthusiastic and curious our community is about what we are building with #EXODUSGAME. It is humbling to see this level of enthusiasm so early in the project, and the support we are receiving is greatly appreciated.
I walk through an idea from one of my idea notebooks, explaining how to expand it into a design for setting, story, and system mechanics, as well as how I would pitch it to publishers and how I would evaluate its merits.
Check out the first 15 minutes of Sand Land, the video game adaptation of Akira Toriyama's classic manga from 2000. In this action RPG, you'll dive into an adventure with Demon Prince Beelzebub, Thief, and Sherriff Rao to search for a Legendary Fountain hidden in the desert. With plenty of expanded content based on the original manga, there’s an entire sandy world to see and explore.
Talking about my initial experiences with Sand Land, an open world action adventure based on Akira Toriyama's manga of the same name.
What started life as an absolute disaster of a game in late 2018 has turned itself around in remarkable fashion over the years. Fallout 76 has enjoyed consistently solid support from Bethesda with new updates and content additions over the years, owing to which it has built up a sizable and dedicated player base. Recent weeks, in fact, have seen that player base growing at an even faster rate, thanks to the explosion in popularity that the Fallout franchise has enjoyed as a whole courtesy of the success of Amazon Prime's recently released adaptation.
For what early access has to offer, it's worth trying, especially with its different scenario objectives, ranging from peaceful to outright domination and difficulty sliders to customize your experience. Whether or not it caters to others' expectations and offers this sweeping medieval playground or a peaceful city-builder that makes you ponder each decision carefully, Manor Lords is an all-around solid title. Albeit one that needs more time to grow, yet equipped with its own charm and engaging gameplay loop right out of the gate.
SAND LAND is the latest anime adaptation from Bandai Namco, launching on April 26th for Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, and PC. As the Fiend Prince Beelzebub, players embark on a quest to locate the Legendary Spring, putting them at odds with the Royal Army. Though you can run around and punch foes into submission, SAND LAND leans heavily on vehicular combat as you punch through with a tank or stomp around with a Jump-Bot. Other vehicles become available over time, offering even more ways to explore the ruins of humanity.While SAND LAND won't overwhelm you with its side quest design or range of activities, the solid combat and fleshed-out main cast make for a solid, enjoyable journey. Watch our review to learn even more about it.
[…]How much of the game campaign is ready?
So far we have completed the initial setup of level design, RPG, factions and loot for 9 of these major locations and their corresponding story encounters. That’s not counting the intro/tutorial map and your shelter that have been completely redesigned since the days of the demo. Six more locations are in the works, in various stages of design.[…]
Talking about my experiences with Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes after doing all of the things!
Every genre has its followers, but in terms of encompassing so many different titles, very few can match the popularity of role-playing games. Whether it's their epic stories, cinematic combat, number-crunching min-maxing or dynamic worlds, RPGs are still some of the most well-regarded titles.
There's a lot of Underrated JRPGs and I want to showcases all of them to you guys. This is only the part 1!
Mark of the Deep is an action-adventure pirate-themed Metroidvania developed by Mad Mimic. Players will explore a cursed island on a journey to locate the missing pirate crew. Engage in isometric fast-paced combat requiring quick thinking and good use of a plethora of weapons. Mark of the Deep is coming to consoles and PC at a later date.
Set in an alternate history early 20th century Scottish city inspired by Edinburgh and Glasgow, Thick as Thieves throws you into a complex, detailed world of glittering wealth, a thriving criminal underclass, and a touch of the supernatural. Society’s elite amass wealth and power, the lower classes struggle to survive, and you navigate your way between the two, seeking treasure and glory through stealth and subterfuge.
Bethesda's Todd Howard sits down for a one on one with Greg! Let's talk Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Starfield, and more!
Check out the latest gameplay trailer for Mirthwood, the upcoming medieval fantasy RPG life sim from developer Bad Ridge Games. This video showcases the farming and cozy gameplay elements you'll encounter, including crafting and animals.
I talk about how and why you need to manage player expectations about your game, starting well before the game comes out. This can be easier for new IPs...and sometimes harder.
Warhorse Studios PR Manager, Sir Tobi, answers questions about upcoming RPG sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.The long awaited sequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance is due to release in 2024, but I had some questions about the game that I wanted ask the developers, Warhorse Studios.Will KCD2 be the final part of the story? What improvements have been made since KCD? Which characters will be returning? Are you confident of a 2024 release date for KCD2?I feel even more excited for the game after getting the answers to at least some of my questions.See for yourself.
Remnant 2's second paid DLC, The Forgotten Kingdom, is finally available.When taking the new dungeons and plethora of items into consideration, The Forgotten Kingdom works as a complement to the base game. However, it's narratively lacking, with much of the biome giving way to some serious deja vu. The new bosses are at least fun to fight, and the Invoker Archetype can make for some fun spell-slinging action.Picking up The Forgotten Kingdom is a foregone conclusion for most Remnant 2 players, especially if they want more items and secrets to pursue. While it's ideal for that and little else, here's hoping the third DLC does something more.
Lords of The Fallen has received about 30 patches since launch, so how is it holding up now?
Talking about my experiences with an early look at chapter 1 of upcoming superhero trpg Capes, which is out later this month!
Welcome to our latest official development video update for 2024! We've taken a deep dive into department progress and bottlenecks, and hope to show you some of what's involved in making a total conversion mod.
Starfield is receiving it's largest update since the launch of the game. The update is arriving May 15th and brings with it new gameplay difficulty options, new features for customizing your ships, detailed surface maps, updates for Xbox Series X Display Settings, and much more.
So you like the Fallout TV series, but you’ve never played any of the games huh? In this video, we categorize each of game in the franchise with a specific kind of player in mind.
After going hands-on with the new content in SMT V: Vengeance, the dark and twisted RPG is getting even sicker.
Like many of you, I too was ready to declare that I had lived the golden age of video games in the late 90’s and early 2000’s with Fallout, Planescape: Torment, Baldur’s Gate 2, Arcanum, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines and so on and so forth. It’s not that there weren’t any cool games after that. It’s just that those particular titles that were released between 1997 and 2002 felt like peak gaming, like lightning in a bottle in some sense.
And I guess it’s easier to face the prospect of adulthood (so to speak) with the feeling that… although you won’t have as much time to indulge in your favorite hobby as you used to, it won’t matter as much, because you were lucky enough to have lived in the golden age of games.But then Dragon Age: Origins came out to make a strong simple statement. NO YOU HAVEN’T. The Witcher 3 which came out 6 years later and Baldur's Gate 3 which came out just last year might have shaken the gaming world for many. But to me, the last game to do that was Dragon Age: Origins. Hope you enjoy the review!
Talking about and showing some of the changes brough to Starfield by it's may update, patch 1.11, which includes things like modular difficulty and interior ship customization.
More info on Diablo IV's biggest gameplay update yet.
Frank and Jeremy play the classic ARPG Fallout game all the console kids are talking about.
To say that Dune: Awakening faces an uphill battle would be an understatement. For at least the last two decades, Dune fans have been waiting for a serious video game that respects the franchise. The success of the modern Dune films has made it the right time for Funcom, the developer behind Conan Exiles, to create a game that will hopefully live up to all of the expectations. Since many fans really want a single-player experience where they can explore and conquer Arrakis as Paul Atreides, the fact that Dune: Awakening is a survival MMO will take a lot of convincing for them to get on board. But in a 30-minute presentation for the game behind closed doors during GDC 2024, Funcom made its case. And so far, it looks like the developer has a lot of pieces in the right places.
Check out action-packed gameplay set in a devastated world in this new The Forever Winter trailer for the upcoming squad-based, tactical survival horror looter-shooter game with rogue-like elements, where you fight to survive against gigantic war machines.