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Summary When it comes to difficult star systems in Bethesda’s newest sci-fi RPG,Starfield, it’s a hard one to measure. So much of the game’s content is randomized thanks to the tile system that spawns procedurally generated content when players land on a planet. Of course, there are a few outposts and locations that carry over from one game to another, but a lot is still up to chance. One metric that can be used to measure the rough difficulty of content is the level of the system in question....

It’s been a while since the last greatTMNTgame was released. Most have been poor in the past decade. Thankfully,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revengewas worth the wait because the scores have been very good across all major platforms. The average is sitting around the 80s right now. RELATED:Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games (& How To Play Them) It should come as no surprise that this game is as good as it is though....

The now officially confirmedThe Elder Scrolls 6is a massively anticipated title, with many assuming that the game will be the most expansive installment that the longstanding fantastical RPG franchise has ever seen. Despite being confirmed, very little subsequent information has been revealed by Bethesda regarding the upcoming game, with fans debating over key information such as the potential setting of the title. Most of this discourse surrounding the locational setting ofThe Elder Scrolls 6indicates that the game may likely be set in the province of Hammerfell, which would be a surely fascinating prospect....

A newThe Last of Us 2clip shows a player failing a permadeath run in a hilarious way. One of the appealing things about video games is the trial-and-error opportunity to try again after failing, but permadeath inThe Last of Us 2doesn’t exactly provide this luxury. The Last of Us 2has two modes that offer trophies outside what is required for the Platinum Trophy called grounded and permadeath. While grounded acts as the hardest difficulty in the game, permadeath can be played on any difficulty....

Although many thought thePS5controller would be simply titled DualShock 5, Sony unveiled itsnext-gen controller to be the DualSense. Already, many are turning the controller into a meme, as its two-toned design is definitely shocking compared to the design of past controllers, and it looks oddly similar to the time travel suits inAvengers: Endgameamong other comparisons.Looks aren’t everything, however, as the controller boasts some rather interesting features. Among this list is the already confirmed haptic feedback and force triggers designed to make things such as firing a shotgun or firing a rifle feel different in the controls, the transformation of the “share” button into the “create” button, a built-in microphone, USB-C charging, and a redesigned light bar....

Summary A creativeAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayer shares a slideshow of the impressive farmers market they made within the game. It’s somewhat rare for players to create afarmers market inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, and this might be the best-looking one to date. There are plenty of places for players to go shopping inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. The main shopping destination is Nook’s Cranny, a somewhat run-down-looking general store with a wide selection of goods and furniture....

The originalSanta Clausefilm trilogy starring Tim Allen makes up some of the most beloved and recognizable holiday movies today. However, the series has not received a new film since 2006 with the release ofThe Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Now, the franchise will be coming back to families around the world, as a newTheSanta Clauseseries with Tim Allen and hisLast Man Standingteam is in the works forDisney Plus. Allen broke out in the 1990s for his leading role inHome Improvementand is most famous for his recurring voice role asToy Story’s Buzz Lightyear....

While the exact sales numbers aren’t entirely clear, thePS5 and Xbox Series Xseem to be selling quite well. It’s been nearly six months since both consoles launched and they’re still quite challenging for people to get their hands on without resorting to buying from scalpers. Even as more and more stores are restocked, the demand for the new generation of consoles doesn’t seem to be going down anytime soon. One good thing to come out of the PS5 and Xbox Series X scarcity is that it’s created plenty of excitement for the future of both platforms....

Mass Effect 4’s trailer at The Game Awards 2020 revealed the return of Liara T’Soni, one of the original trilogy’s most beloved characters. It also hinted that Shepard may return, with Liara uncovering a piece of Shepard’s N7 armor from a snowy landscape. Fans hoping thatMass Effect 4might see the return of their other favorite companions like Garrus, Tali, Jack, Miranda and more may be disappointed, however. There’s evidence and hints at the timeline that seemingly prove almost all of the original trilogy companions are not returning in the series' next chapter....

World of Warcraftis indirectly nerfing healing specializations in Patch 10.1 by buffing just about everyone else. This will make the job of healers inWorld of Warcrafta lot harder than it currently is. The Public Test Realm forDragonflightPatch 10.1,Embers of Neltharion, is currently hard at work hammering out the details for the upcoming content update. Over the past several months,World of Warcrafthas been fine-tuning the patch via raid testing, feedback, and internal tweaking ahead oftheEmbers of Neltharionlaunch on May 2....

The Day Beforeis an open-world MMO survival game set in a post-pandemic America that has been overcome with a combination of zombies and humanity trying to survive. All of this may seem like the polar opposite of thejoy-filled experience that isAnimal Crossing,butThe Day Beforedeveloper Fntastic recently revealed that a part of its game was inspired byAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. It is hard to imagine any connection between the animal-filled social simulator about building a community, fishing, and shopping and a game about surviving the zombie apocalypse....

Over ten years after.hack//Linklaunched for the PSP, CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama opens up about why the game never got a console port or made it to western audiences. While region-specific releases were fairly normal back in 2010, this question has come up a lot more as recentCyberConnect2 titles likeDragon Ball Z: Kakarothave seen worldwide releases. In the case of.hack//Link, and much of the.hack//series in general, the issue apparently came down toBandai Namcodoubting that western audiences would care to play the game, according to Matsuyama....

Summary The PlayStation 2 was released and dominated the gaming market in a strange era when games were slowly becoming easier than the much less accessible games of the 90s. Most game companies kept their PS2-era games at a higher level of difficulty than the majority of games today feature, but there was still a general lack of hardship among RPGs for much of this era. Nevertheless, in every era there are a few games that set themselves apart by adding a much larger degree of challenge than gamers are used to, and the PS2 era of RPGs was no different....