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I have been excited for The Elder Scrolls 6 long before Bethesda foolishly decided to announce it all the way back in 2018. Prior to falling head over heels in love with Skyrim in 2014, I had amassed a huge amount of admiration for Oblivion and Morrowind before that. While I’m not the biggest Elder Scrolls fan in the world – I haven’t played Daggerfall, after all – I am prone to endlessly searching for Scrolls-likes at 3 am in the hopes of recapturing the magic that seemingly only these games inexplicably hold. Of course, that wait for The Elder…
What are the best turn-based RPGs? These games are about character evolution; the nature of progression and the choices you can make means that your abilities and journey may never entirely be the same across multiple playthroughs. They’re also about offering robust combat mechanics and making the best use of your squad as a team working towards a common goal. While this list may have a lot in common with our guide to the best RPG games, turn-based RPGs tend to focus more on squad-based combat and have roots in the classic tabletop RPGs of old. Games in this niche are often…
For the most part, the playstyle you pick first in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 revolves entirely around your preferences. But if you’re new to the series, choosing Soldier is the most grounded and approachable playstyle. Its focus on combat, which plays a significant role in the main gameplay loop, allows for a more forgiving playthrough. That said, learning how to properly wield a melee weapon in this world proves challenging. It’s a combat system that requires practice and trial and error to understand and master. If you’d rather use a bow and sneak past your enemies to complete objectives, opt…
Which games are coming out in 2025? If you’re anything like us, your time is already stretched trying to play all the great games out right now, and the year isn’t slowing down any time soon. Hope and anticipation, agony and elation – the endless cycle of emotions we go through during the annual PC release schedule. Year in, and year out, videogames are produced in such varying degrees of quality that not a single one of them is destined for certain success. Some of the best PC games of all time release alongside utter disasters, series are born while…
While there have been some hallmark AAA titles in 2024, it really has been a far better year for indie games with the likes of the award-winning Balatro and the critically acclaimed 1000xRESIST releasing this year. It can be hard to remember just how good the selection of indies is in 2024, especially because of just how many there are. Breaking down which ones are worth playing can be tough, especially as they fall into so many different categories. Whether it’s the best cozy indie games of 2024 or the complex philosophical, narrative-focused ones, narrowing down the selection to add…
Mirthwood, the stunning medieval life sim RPG that released as indie developer Bad Ridge Games’ debut title just last month, is a whole lot bigger now thanks to a recent update – and it’s one fans of farming gems like Stardew Valley and fantasy icons such as Fable shouldn’t miss.As if I wasn’t already obsessed with Mirthwood enough when it dropped in November, I’m ready to hop back into the sim thanks to the new Night of Falling Stars update. Just in time for the holiday season, the patch brings some Yuletide festivities to Mirthwood along with a mysterious masquerade…
Elden Ring Nightreign was a surprise to almost everyone when it was announced at The Game Awards 2024, but what’s even more surprising to anyone that’s lost over 100 hours to the base game is that FromSoftware is actually calling this co-op spin-off a “short RPG.”Dark Souls and Bloodborne level designer Junya Ishizaki is in the director’s chair for Elden Ring Nightreign, and he revealed a ton of information to Famitsu (with translations from Automaton) about the upcoming three-player game and how it’s condensing what FromSoft does best. But first, what exactly is Nightreign? Playing alone or with co-op squads, you…
The Legend of Zelda series has spawned many titles through multiple generations, each beloved for different reasons. Fans likely expect the series to introduce something to the catalog of games released in the launch year of the Switch 2, and given the success Zelda has brought Nintendo, that possibility is high. However, considering how The Legend of Zelda series isn’t afraid of trying something new, the next entry may have a gameplay formula that’s different enough that it could pique the interest of those outside long-time supporters. Were that to be the case, perhaps Nintendo should consider something akin to…
Summary Disco Elysium took a huge risk by removing combat, but emerged as a unique and successful title. Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian was a risky crowd-funded game that paid off with a great RPG. Torment: Tides of Numenera was a high-risk title aiming to live up to Planescape: Torment’s legacy. Creating a video game is a huge undertaking. This remains true whether a game is being made by a solo developer tinkering on a passion project, or is part of a huge AAA studio endeavor to create massive open worlds and intricate, finely tuned gacha systems that operate like…
What are the best Fallout 4 mods on PC? Despite having been around for nearly a decade, Fallout 4 remains one of the most popular games in the series, thanks in no small part to its vibrant modding community. With the Fallout TV series spiking interest in the Bethesda series again, what better time than to jump back in with more modded gameplay? Thanks to mods like these, RPG games like Fallout 4 enjoy such longevity after launch. To celebrate the weird and wonderful creations of the Fallout 4 mod community, we’ve picked more than 50 of the best Fallout 4 mods…