Marvel Rivals is already fun, but it needs to lock down its identity
After spending a weekend with the Marvel Rivals alpha test, I discovered that I had almost completely forgotten it was a Marvel game.
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After spending a weekend with the Marvel Rivals alpha test, I discovered that I had almost completely forgotten it was a Marvel game.
Sony may have walked back its disastrous decision forcing Helldivers 2's PC players to link their accounts to PlayStation Network, but this hasn't stopped the game from remaining delisted on Steam in several countries where PSN is not available. Now, as more countries are added to that blacklist, it's been put upon Arrowhead CEO to discover this was «an administrative error correction» by Valve to comply with Sony's demands.
Even after the credits roll in the massive post-apocalyptic RPG , you can still do plenty of things to extend your adventures in the Mojave Wasteland. Highly regarded as one of, if not the best, game in the series, you can go back and explore many replayable parts of this title. Even without much post-game content, there is plenty to do once the credits roll.
After nearly 300 hours in-game, one player has found a point of interest (POI) they've never seen before. massive scale was something that fans were looking forward to, but also equally nervous about. Many were worried that the scale would make the game feel empty, while others felt as though Bethesda should have focused more on the story and NPCs instead of the clearly flawed open-world itself. There is so much to do that discovering every POI would be nearly impossible, butthe chance of discovering this POI is even rarer than others.
The MMO world of has tasks for you to complete for different characters, including the mission where you have to find an Antique Revolver. This task is given by the NPC Handshake, a man willing to give you plenty of rewards for finishing this job. However, the arbitrary instructions for this mission can be hard to interpret as you search for this historical weapon.
When players aren't romancing Astarion and swooning over his snarky lines, they’re often using the rogue to pick locks and disarm traps, though there are some alternatives to the latter that players are just now finding out about. Though his nimble fingers come in handy, sometimes there’s just not enough room in the party for him, and traveling back and forth between the camp just for his lockpicking skills is annoying (and not always available).
The strange, stylish Cryptmaster has released on Steam, a text-driven graphical dungeon crawler with a striking black-and-white aesthetic. The pitch? Everything in Cryptmaster is controlled by saying anything you'd like. Typing in a word is what gives you powers, solves puzzles, and moves your game forward.
has a lot of secrets to discover and locations to explore, but this new indie game on PC, PS5, and Switch has one room in particular that's particularly useful if it's found early on. As an unusual take on the Metroidvania genre, is all about unique traversal methods and varied puzzles, so it's easy to miss important things by pursuing a different path. Although some of its secrets are intended to be nearly impossible to find in a normal playthrough, others are definitely designed to be ferreted out for the purpose of having a complete experience with the game.