Monthly Archives: May 2017

Toukiden 2: Free Alliances Version

Toukiden 2: Free Alliances Version is the free-to-play way to participate in the war against the demon oni. Join a group and utilize powerful abilities and weaponry to dynamically dismember powerful enemies while discovering a vast open world, available for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows.

Features:

Militia: Jump to the fray for free! (As long as you have a friend with the retail copy.)

Oni-San: Chop up demons to purify and defeat them.

Demon Hand: Concentrate your power into a physical manifestation that can be useful for surgically tearing foes apart and grabbing distant objects.

Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow Trailer/Game Details


Anyone who knows me, knows I love Futurama. It’s probably my favorite cartoon ever. It’s such a clever, snarky, hilarious and also depressing program I think I’ve ever had the privilege of watching. When I was first told there would be a mobile game, I admittedly felt a bit of fear, that it would be some heartless company, taking advantage of a property that no longer had life, and abusing it for money. However, it’s very apparent that Matt Groening and David X. Cohen had input on this. How do I know? Because they animated a little mini episode to hype up the show! It’s still done in that special Futurama style, with the voice actors returning to lend their skills to something that made me laugh far more than it should have. In New New York, players will tackle story-driven missions, acquire gear, and assemble a team of their favorite Futurama characters to do battle, counsel aliens, and destroy robots! I’m so excited for this I can hardly stand it. However, are there characters I’m hoping to get on my squad? Duh. These are all picks outside of the “Planet Express Crew” except one, honestly.

  • Robot Devil: My favorite Robot, outside of …
  • TV’s Calculon: He follows me on Twitter, you know. He’s the greatest acting unit of all time.
  • Scruffy, the Janitor: Because he’s Scruffy! He lives life the way it’s meant to be. Eating cans of breakfast and watching/reading porn.
  • Zapp Brannigan: He is the “man with no name; Zapp Brannigan”, and he did after all, write the “Big Book of War”.
  • The Borax Kid: Come on. He’s made of detergent.
  • Silicon Red: The universe’s greatest folk singer. He’s also a murderer, so he’ll get stuff done.

 

Hell Warders Beta Impressions

Hell Warders Review 1

I enjoy Tower Defense/MOBA games quite a lot, but I’ve always been of the opinion that it’s not so easy to reinvent the wheel. It’s not always necessary to do, because a lot of games try to shake things up and it just turns out awful [this is not one of them]. I have a lot of MOBAs on that list, but it’s not really necessary to go into. Not today. Hell Warders is a Tower Defense style game set in a 3D world, sort of like you might find in SMITE, but it’s a more realistic, sharper fantasy style design. It’s not cartoony. Visually, it reminds me of something like Dark Souls or Bloodborne. Over the weekend I had a few full matches, that were just intense. Alas, my video got corrupted, so I had to take some new screens this week. I have noticed that it’s a bit more empty during the week, but I think that’s less about the quality of the game [which is high] and more… people are busy! I get it. In most Tower Defense games or MOBAs these days, the soldiers and grunts just march into the other side to die. You know what this made me think of? The Tower Defense mini-game in Final Fantasy 7. You place your own soldiers onto the field, where you want them. You point them, you put them down. They have their own attacks and health bar separate from each other.

Hell Warders Review 2

You can fall off the Map and die though, so you have to absolutely be careful of backtracking away from the Demonic forces that you have to face down while protecting your Nexus. Okay, so that almost became a Wutang reference. So here’s how this works. You pick a character on the start screen [that character is locked to that “name” so you have to make a second character to play as someone else], and join a battle. Each stage has its own pitfalls and problems, like tornados, lava, pits, rotating blades. You absolutely cannot spend too much time just focusing on minion placement and demon battling, because you can and probably will fall to your doom. You have some glowing pieces on the map which represent the troops you can place, so work as a team and place them at the most important points on the map, like spots you might not be able to get to quickly, or to defend your Nexus, which is the ultimate goal. You have waves to survive, and the standard seems to be 8. The waves are relentless and unforgiving though. They aren’t going to be easy, and there are a wide variety of them. Short ones with big ol’ eyeballs, large hulking monstrosities with wings, you name it. And the characters are certainly different too. You have:

Hell Warders Review 3

  • Ash, The Ember Knight: The sword and board, the heavy armored sentinel. Not really my cup of tea in this game. However, they are beefy and more than capable of stemming the tides of the hordes of darkness.
  • The Deadeye: This was my personal favorite. Why? I saw they were dual-wielding shotguns, first off. Couple that with a grenade launcher and a minigun? Come on, now. They’re the range DPS, though I think the grenade’s got a bit of a lackluster arc/fire speed.
  • Samson III, the De-Throned: I didn’t get much of a feel for Samson, but they look amazing. That beard is majestic, as is the beatdown they provide. He can set kegs of explosives, then knock them towards the enemy with his Ki Wave.

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All told, I’m really enjoying this game. Looking forward to seeing more than the two maps I’ve had access to thus far, but the characters are certainly unique, and battling the forces of evil is something I can get behind. The game is not easy, but I do enjoy everything from the physics engine, to the look and the sounds of the game. It’s still in Beta, but I highly, highly recommend going to their Indiegogo for access/perks! The more people we get playing this, the faster matches are found, and the more demons we can obliterate with bullets and explosions. And who doesn’t want that!? They have definitely found a new, fun way to tackle the Tower Defense genre, and kudos to them for it.

Secret World Legends

Secret World Legends is a F2P relaunch of the classic action MMORPG “The Secret World.” Join in the war against the mythological creatures wrecking havoc in modern-day locations like Seoul, Egypt, and London while uncovering thrilling mysteries, available for Windows.

Features:

Well-Equipped: Pour over the ridiculous amount of player customization in weapons, gear, and skills.

Serial: Go on a 100+ hour journey through the fully voiced dramatic narrative-driven stories.

Miss Me?: Return to one of the greatest online multiplayer action RPGs ever released with a fresh coat of paint!

GRIDD Launch Raffle Giveaway

OnRPG has partnered with Kongregate to celebrate the launch of GRIDD by offering a raffle to win one of ten free copies of the game!

GRIDD: Retroenhanced is an intense arcade-style shoot ’em up heavily influenced by 80’s hacker culture and cyberpunk. Weave your craft through an evolving set of glowing gates, obstacles, and enemies as you attempt to take down an unrelenting security mainframe. Inspired by cyberpunk dystopian films, early home computing, and a pulsing synthwave soundtrack from Dream Fiend, GRIDD takes a classic bygone era and evolves it into modern arcade experience.

To Enter the Raffle:

  • Post in our forum thread and tell us your favorite 80s culture reference.
    Then link to a sick beat you feel is fitting of GRIDD!
  • We’ll be raffling off winners on Friday, May 19th. Winners will be PM’d their code, so make sure to check back and see if you’ve won!