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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Ghost Recon Wildlands Open Beta Announcement Trailer
Ghost Recon Wildlands is set to enter open beta for a week on February 23rd! Don’t miss your chance to test this out for free.
End of an Era: Club Penguin’s Shutting Down
One of my favorite games, and it makes me an awful person to admit this, is “How fast can we get banned from Club Penguin?” Don’t lie, you’ve done it too. You log into Club Penguin, and say just horrible things until the auto-banning system claims you. It usually doesn’t last long unless you’re terribly clever. It’s not even about being vile; it’s about utilizing thinly-veiled bullshit. Anyone can just log in and swear, or use racial epithets. It takes someone of great class and cunning to go further. So on March 29th, across the Internet, people will take their toboggans off in sadness, in respect. Club Penguin, the above-mentioned game, one of the greatest PC masterpieces of this or any generation will be shutting its doors forever. Gone are the days of scaling mountains as an adorable penguin, playing fun online games with your pals, bashing other Penguin groups on Myspace and Livejournal. . . It’s leaving us, and it’s never coming back. A lot of people have complained that the Club Penguin admin do not listen to their audience, but I’m inclined to disagree.
Because you see, that gaping hole that was left in our hearts, and on our browsers will not be gone forever. There is a new game coming; it will change how you perceive the world around you and brighten the darkness that shrouded your existence when Club Penguin faded away. It’s called. . .
Club. Penguin. Island. It’s even better because now it’s an island! And what’s the purpose of an island? To get away, generally, as a vacation. To relax, and have fun! Do you relax and have fun at your computer now? Of course not! There’s no Club Penguin soon! So where will Club Penguin Island be located? On your mobile device. That’s right, Club Penguin Island is a mobile-only title, that you can pre-register for, so as soon as Club Penguin disappears, you’ll have something to hold onto, a buoy in the darkness. It’s going to save us. Why would I play Dragonball Z Dokkan Battle, or Fire Emblem Heroes, or even Pokemon Go? Disney Interactive heard your cries for help, and decided now you can play Club Penguin anywhere you want! It’s coming. Follow. The Penguins.
Battlecrew: Space Pirates Early Impressions
By Jason Parker (Ragachak)
It’s time to go to Interstellar Tortuga, folks! Battlecrew: Space Pirates is on the way, but it is in early access, and as such, I’ve been playing it on and off for the past week or so, really trying to formulate what I think of it, and most of the time, I’ve been struggling to figure out what to call it! It’s a… twin-stick competitive multiplayer platformer. You play as one of four space pirates [but DontNod Eleven does promise more maps/characters…] and your goal is, well, what else? Stealing Gold! The battles are not long [about five minutes] and your goal is to get as much gold as you can, through any means necessary. There are treasure chests that spawn, and you’ll run and jump to them and mash a button to steal gold. Once you have your fill of gold then hurry swiftly to your goal of dumping it into the bank. That’s not the only way to get the doubloons though, my friends! My personal favorite way is to murder people for it! If you kill another player/NPC, they leave behind their winnings. If they get to it before you, they can get their coins back. They won’t, of course. The repsawn time is decent, so you just have to snatch and grab!
The controls are a big deal though. They have three ways to play it, and at first I had serious issues using my PS4 controller. Thankfully I figured out a solution that made it really quite easy: Big Picture Mode. Set up your PS4 controller there, unplug, replug, and good to go. But they provide a lot of different control options! Controller, Right-hand Keyboard [ZQSD], Left-hand Keyboard [IJKL], and change it from AZERTY or QWERTY style keyboards. No matter what keyboard style you have, you can play! Though while I appreciate the dedication to playing on keyboard and mouse, there is absolutely no way I can play it that way and still enjoy the game. I tried! I had no choice but to try I felt. You aim your gun with the mouse, move with WASD/whatever you chose… the control scheme is pretty simple though. You run, bounce off walls/cling to them, shoot, build a Hyper Move [basically your special] and get a couple of cool unique abilities to utilize in destroying the other folks. That does bring me to characters though.
I like the characters. They’ve got personality; they’re really badass space pirates. But I do feel like at this stage in the game the melee’ characters are at a distinct disadvantage. Bullets only have a certain amount of range so you’d think the melee characters, Jagar and Tiburon could win with their brute power. The swing of their weapon is decent, but bullets go farther. You really have to pay a lot more attention as them, and find ways to get the drop on your foes. There are two classes: Assailants and Gold Specialists, but I don’t really know why that is. I won’t lie, I don’t see much of a difference. Because, in my personal opinion, the most powerful character is the one you play the Tutorial with, John Trigger. While he is the tutorial guy, you can do the tutorial again as any character, to learn exactly what they do and how it’s useful. This is not saying “just play Trigger and win,” but I do feel like there’s some balancing to do, and maybe when there are more characters, I won’t feel like the melee classes are gimped/weaker. But I haven’t seen any of them in PVP. Only in practice. Any character can be good and win games, as long as you put in the effort with them. It’s not a game you can just be great at overnight, but it is a game you can sit down for a few minutes with a friend, play, and have fun.
Speaking of friends, let’s talk about the most important thing in this game: Teamwork. While there aren’t a ton of maps yet, there is something on them that, if you don’t have communication/teamwork for, you’re going to just run laps that are easy to predict and lose your gold at a rapid rate. By that, I mean you’re gonna get ganked, kid. Keelhauled! There are these buttons on the map, big ones that rest in the ground. If you step on them, it will open a path for your friend to move through. If you try to run through, a sort of wind wall will keep you back, push you away. It’s a vacuum that pushes in the other direction. So, you have to really know the map, know where your friends are, and figure out a way to get in that “secret path” safely. And with a 4v4 system for Gold Rush mode, it should be very easy to have at least one friend you can count on. This is a game that promotes teamwork more than most I’ve played in a very long time. It’s a simple concept, and that’s not a knock, not a check in the “bad stuff” box.
But sometimes, that’s all we want, right? Get the gold, shoot the other guys? This is a game you’ll want one of your close friends to have too, so you can work together. Ideally it will be enough to overcome the rest of your team filled with learning disabilities/natural asshole syndrome. Gold Rush mode is simple, it’s the mode I’ve been talking about: Get the gold, merc the fools. Will there be more? Why yes, there is! The other mode I’ve seen [but is disabled], is Team Deathmatch. Do I really have to explain how team deathmatch works? 2v2, murder people to death! This is the mode I want to play. You and a best friend, shooting the crap out of folks!
Should You Walk the Plank? Damn right you should! Hype Ship is taking off!
There’s stuff I haven’t even talked about that is worth mentioning! Like Bounties! While this is a competitive game, and there are still modes/maps/etc coming, there are bounties where the entire game works together for a common goal: Unlocking stuff/getting rewards? The current Bounty is to unlock “Skull Temple Map”, and you can see how much you’ve contributed to the cause. There are also quests, and these will go towards you unlocking stuff for your characters. Emotes, skins, and the like. This game is simple, but it’s so much fun. I had a hard time acclimating to the game until I picked up a controller, then it felt like… A platformer version of something like Smash TV. I cannot stress enough how important it is to be able to play this game as a team though. If you don’t work as a group, you’re going to lose because one man can’t really carry in this game. At least I haven’t seen it so far. I’m sure that will be proven wrong in the future, but as it stands, you have to work as one. But hot damn, it gets exciting fast! It promotes both teamwork and friendly competition, and frankly, there needs to be more games that actually promote teamwork, instead of the notion of “You can carry the game on your own and you need no one”. Go to Tortuga, friends, and get that gold!
Torment: Tides of Numenera Pre-Order Trailer
Torment: Tides of Numenera is now taking pre-orders. Are you not prepared to be entertained?!
Brawlhalla Nix Legend Reveal
Brawlhalla reveals Nix, the freelancer reaper. Utilizing powerful pulling blasters and a scythe, he’s sure to juggle the competition into an early grave. Learn more about Nix and this patch’s balance changes on the official site.
Sea of Thieves Technical Alpha Update 0.1.1 – Taming New Seas
Sea of Thieves teases what the few lucky players that get access to the Taming New Seas alpha test will be treated to.
Paragon Shinbi Overview and Announcement Trailer
Paragon reveals Shinbi… and yes you’re right to assume she’s a popstar. That summons wolves and blows you up from close range before fleeing and exploding you from afar with her ultimate. Just CC her bro! #EveryThreeWeeks.
Announcement Trailer
Overview
Pokemon Go: Johto Update!
Okay guys, any of you still play Pokemon Go? Anyone? I mean, I haven’t in months, but you know. I might, one day! Honest! This is the biggest update yet, the one people have been waiting for since the game first released. After all, Pokemon fans can never have enough. We had a fair amount of the Gen 1 Pokemon, but what did people do? Bay for Mewtwo/Mew! Where are the Legendary Birds? Why can’t I have Johto/Sinnoh Pokemon? And while sure, some people will never be happy, I know tons of people who still play every single day! To them I say, Kudos, you’re about to be rewarded for your loyalty! Maybe it’ll bring people back, I think it probably will draw at least a few people back. If I can find room on my phone, I might! But. . . What exactly comes in this so-called “Biggest Update Ever” for Pokemon Go? I’m glad you asked, because I’ve got the details! If you want the complete patch notes, click here. Or you can just read my notes, because they’re probably better anyway. These are my favorite bits:
- New Pokemon: Hot damn, more Pokemon! More than 80 of the Johto Pokedex are coming! Pokemon that appeared in Gold/Silver, and some Gender-Exclusive variants too! Of course they don’t list the full group, but I’m sure there will be some real badasses there. Evolutions, too, huzzah! There are some new Evolution items at stops, and even some of the Kanto Pokemon that didn’t have evolutions will have them in this update! Lots going on here!
- New Gameplay: Nothing major as far as I’m aware, but it’s neat that they’re updating the UI at the very least. Pokemon will react in new ways in battle, and there are new “item carousels” as they call them, for Berries/Pokeballs to get at them faster/easier. I wonder if it’s going to be more than just “throw Pokeball, Pokemon dodges runs away”, because that was something that really started to make my fucking teeth itch.
- Wardrobe Update: One of the things that annoyed me the most [which may be silly, but I don’t care!], was the lack of clothing options. Everyone looked the same, with a few different colors due to their faction, which makes me think of gang warfare if nothing else. . . But there will be loads more clothing options coming to Pokemon Go!
This is a big one, and I’m actually a bit more excited about it! The more I write and think about it, the more I wish I got out more often! That’s the thing that killed the game for me: I live in the middle of nowhere basically, and the closest stop to me is about a ten/fifteen minute drive. It just wasn’t worth it. I essentially have to drive to the Beach to really catch Pokemon in peace. Maybe it’s better now. . . I’ll have to reinstall and find out how my neighborhood looks now. Perhaps I’ll write about my further Pokemon adventures! Are you guys excited? Do you still play?
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Forge of Gods St. Valentines Day Pack Giveaway
OnRPG has partnered with Panoramik to give out awesome new Forge of Gods Beauties and the Beasts Pack to celebrate St. Valentines Day!
GODS are not born, they are made by YOU! Join the action in this highly addictive multiplayer card strategy RPG “FORGE OF GODS”! Collect and train as many monsters as you can to assemble the greatest team and burst through hordes of enemies in this thrilling, addictive and fast-paced game! Conjure powerful dragons, sturdy warriors and exotic beasts to fight for you in the land of Pangea! Are you ready for battle?
Beauties and the Beasts Pack Includes:
• Gold-o-tron (max 7 stars)
• Shadow Walker (max 7 stars)
• Centaur – (max 7 stars)
• Disciple of the Witches – (max 6 stars)
• Orge Ghost – (max 6 stars)
• Cunning thief – (max 6 stars)
Rewards arrive following the tutorial.
Are you ready for a thrilling journey? The Dragon Trainer Pack is a great choice for the true adventurer to get a quick start in Forge of Gods!
To Redeem your Key:
- Launch the Steam client software and log into your Steam account.
- Click the Games Menu.
- Choose Activate a Product on Steam…
- Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process.
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