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[Link] ‘Gloomwood’ Is More Than Just a Spiritual Successor to ‘Thief’
Read: 10/9/2022 www.vice.com
In Gloomwood—the Thief-inspired stealth-action survival horror shooter by New Blood Interactive—you play as a doctor. In the game’s opening moments you awaken, hazy, on a floor covered with meat. It compresses grossly and softly beneath your feet, masking your footfalls.
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[Link] Kainga is a city-building game that’s also a deadly roguelike
Read: 15/11/2021 www.pcgamesn.com
Kainga: Seeds of Civilization is a city builder. It’s also a roguelike. You build up a civilisation in an ancient world full of mysterious monsters and enemies, you probably die, and you take what you’ve learned from the process into a new run.
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[Link] ‘New Game+’ Is a Terrible Name but Offers a Great Advantage
Read: 14/11/2021 www.wired.com
Every single action-adventure game comes with its own unique playing style baked in. Combat is intricately orchestrated; tools and weapons—from health boosts to special bombs and traps—are abundant.
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[Link] Battlefield 2042 players are demanding a traditional scoreboard
Read: 14/11/2021 www.pcgamer.com
Battlefield 2042 has only just launched for those who buy into the game early (you can read out review-in-progress here), and players already have a wishlist of changes for DICE to implement. Chief among them, judging by BF2042's official subreddit, is a traditional in-game scoreboard.
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[Link] 'UBOAT' Recasts the Sub Sim as a Roguelike Management Game
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
From their very first combat deployment in the American War of Independence, when the tiny Turtle tried and failed to attach explosives to the hulls of British warships, submarine warfare has always been a dicey prospect.
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[Link] Battlefield 3 10th Anniversary – Why It’s the Best Battlefield Game of All-Time (Opinion)
Read: 26/10/2021 mp1st.com
It’s October 25, 2021 and this is the day Battlefield 3 was released 10 years ago. Writing it out, I still can’t believe it’s been this long since the game was released. Another thing I can’t believe? How DICE still hasn’t released a better Battlefield game than BF3.
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[Link] Cyberpunk 2077 is no GTA, but GTA 2 was a cyberpunk game
Read: 25/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
Society is in rapid decay. With the crime rate soaring and biochemical dependency in healthy proliferation, you are about to have the time of your life. The city is on the edge of collapse, with law and order beginning to break down completely.
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[Link] Playing ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ How It’s ‘Supposed’ To Be Played Is Lifechanging
Read: 12/10/2021 www.forbes.com
Yesterday, I got a new PC from PowerGPU after my old one died last week. I could have repaired it, and I probably still will, but I figured it was time for an upgrade anyway. The first game I installed after I got it set up? Cyberpunk 2077.
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