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Fate – magic stick and magic and little animal are always with you!

So, it is just a few days ago autumn sales ends in steam. It was successful for me! I make accent with a genre shooter games with a first person view. Not expensive. And role playing games. Type action rpg and roguelike. So, I buy some little game with a title - Fate.

I understand, that most of time I play in simple games. Like shooters. Or action rpg. And, so, Fate, it is find out, that a thing I need. It is bright and colorful. So, fairytale. And with a genre I need. With excellent game process!

Game is made with a fairytale style. Fantasy, I can say. But closer – word fairytale. And it is good and kind, and not evil. And good and kind. This is also plus. We can select character. And forward to the adventures. And we have here a village. With different characters. It is rather big about its size. Characters talk. And gives from time to time quests. Like at some this level of dungeon – there is this or that thing. Item. Or dangerous monster.

Graphics is so summer, and fairytale. Like it is bright sunny day. As a cartoon, maybe, I can say. And most important – dungeon. There is here one dungeon. There is near the village - dungeon. And there are teleports here. And book with teleports. This is easy to use. And you even do not need to do it by yourself. There is running with you a little animal!

This is little cat or little dog about your selection. And you can give all the items to little animal. And send to town. To sell things. It is made with automatically. So, it is to wait about half a minute. Or minute. This is, also, done good. More depth you go into the dungeon. So more you need to wait when little animal returns back.

And, so, this is mainly a typical action rpg. With more or less and typical system. And anyway, it is made its own way. We upgrade characteristics. Develop skills. Walk in dungeon. Collecting loot and new items. Going down into the lower floor. Complete quests. Standard game process.

But, exactly, this I need! To have all the things keep interesting and at the same time, easy to understand! Yes, it is little shaming, with its own way – yes, here it is! But, not a way to be hard, it is not hard to understand all the things.  Fate – it is ideal balance. Fairytale, fantasy, well known game process, but it is made some new way, its own way! It is interesting to get to know something new, collect items, explore dungeon! This is not difficult and even more - it is very exciting! It is a mystery to explore every time a new floor in dungeon. This is main here.

Every new floor has its own visual. One floor looks different from previous one! This is exciting! There are characters at some dungeon floor. Which can do something useful. To sell items, or charm item with anvil.

You are not limited with class of character. Full freedom. Train what you like. And skills. So, here you see types of magic. Attack, defense, charm kind of spells. And lots of different types of weapons. Crossbows and bows, swords, clubs, staff, axe. You can easily to train everything! This gives bonus to attack!

And I have here a magic boy with blue hat something like a hat to go to sleep, for a dream. Or for a winter. As a magic hat. With staff I run. With magic stick. Magic sticks can have slots. So, it is good to put some magic little stone inside. For example, plus 2 ice damage. Visual it is beautiful, special effects. Modern resolution! Game looks excellent! Any kind of weapon can have slots.

So, by the way, I also use crossbows. I decide for now, that I will do specialize with magic sticks, crossbow. And with a little – clubs, and maces. And, also, accent I do for magic attack and charm.

What an exciting magical game! So, I get involved, from a first seconds!

Playing little games. From time to time i like to play videogames. And write about it. Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, write stories, and some retro more.

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Titan Quest Anniversary Edition - Blast Review

Developer: Iron Lore Entertainment / THQ Nordic Rrp: £17.99 I remember years ago seeing an advert for Titan Quest in a gaming magazine (I think it might have been PC Zone) and thinking 'Ooh that game looks cool. It looks like Diablo but with Greek and Roman mythology.' Little did I know that I was exactly on the money there, well I was about it being a Diablo clone with a Mediterranean spin. However what I wasn't right about was it being 'cool', actually this game is more along the lines of 'meh' than 'cool'.

I'll say it now, Titan Quest is a bad Diablo clone, if you want to play something like Diablo but not Diablo itself you've got far better choices in Torchlight, Dungeon Siege and Victor Vran. All of those games are superior to Titan Quest. Yes, most of those games are newer than Titan Quest, but that isn't what makes them better. What makes them better is their combat, all of those games (and their sequels) have much better feeling combat. Titan Quests combat feels flat and lifeless, I attribute this lifelessness to two things; the sound, and the visuals. This isn't to say the animation is bad, they're not great but certainly aren't awful, however when you hit an enemy there is not real demarcation to see it other than their life metre being lower, no blood effect on or around them. I know it sounds petty but little things like that can make all the difference. The sound design is lacklustre, the creatures make no real noises when they attack other than the sound of metal 'tinging' off metal. That's it. It's all just a bit... dull.

I think I said it best above, just skip it. Play Victor Vran or Torchlight instead if you want a good ARPG fix.

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GGG EPISODE 6!

Grumpy's Gaming Garage - Episode 6: Pure NOSTALGIA (Darkstone; PS1)

Welcome to Grumpy's Gaming Garage!"I've got some junk (games) lying around i like to tinker with sometimes; I'll tear it apart (playing said

NEW "LET'S PLAY"!!!

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The Last Kids On Earth and the Staff of Doom | Game PASS or PLAY?

The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom - is this Game Pass Action RPG worth it? #gamepass #xboxgamepass #xboxgamepassultimate #thelastkidsonearth

The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom is a hack and slash action RPG based on The Last Kids on Earth Netflix and book series of the same name. When zombies and monsters invade his hometown scrappy 13-year-old Jack Sullivan teams up with his friends to survive the apocalypse. The video game uses the same art style as the Netflix animation and while there are some killing of monsters and…

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Taiku Reviews: Borderlands 3

Randy Pitchford fucking sucks.

Okay with that out of the way let's talk about Borderlands 3.

Same old Pandora

Borderlands is an FPS/RPG hybrid. Damage, health, defense, recoil, bullet spread, reload speed, and mag size are all determined by clear, raw numbers tied to the player, enemies, and the guns.

Especially the guns.

Every gun in the game is procedurally generated with its own level, manufacturer, and unique traits that ensure that almost no gun will be the same as the other. It can be overwhelming to constantly compare numbers to determine if you have the best loadout, but half the fun of an RPG is the gradual increase in power. It's also not 100% random, as stats are clearly defined by level, and certain traits are clearly defined by the gun's manufacturer. There's also several unique guns with baked stats alongside the procedural generation.

The guns themselves feel great for the most part. They're loud and hit hard, though you definitely develop preferences as you go. Any of the guns that require a charge-up, or you throw them to reload, just feel kinda gross to use, and I actively avoided them while playing.

That's the basic gameplay loop: Kill dudes, get gear, level up, kill stronger dudes, get better gear, level up, repeat. There's a 25 hour story mode, and after that is a mountain of endgame content and harder new game plus runs. Conceptually, I like this a lot. It's basically Diablo with guns, and is a good example of genre mixing done right... for the most part.

A common issue you run into with Diablo clones is the level gap; Maybe you're level 21, fighting level 21 enemies, but suddenly the next mission features level 25 enemies, so you need to do side quests to reach level 25 before you can progress. Borderlands is no different, as you run into quite a few of these. It's probably the most obnoxious issue with Borderlands, but I'd honestly call it a minor complaint. Overall Borderlands is good, but I'm unlikely to play it forever.

And... that's Borderlands.

The whole trilogy.

Something interesting happened while I was playing. The way I write these reviews is as I'm playing a game that I know I want to talk about, I'll keep notes of the things that I like/dislike about it. And as I was writing a mental review in my head, I realized that basically all of my talking points could probably be applied to Borderlands 1&2. In terms of game feel, these are all basically identical to each other. But I'll come back to that.

For now, let's talk about Borderlands 3 specific improvements:

Singleplayer

One of my biggest issues with Borderlands 1&2 (especially 2) is it felt like the game actively discouraged playing alone, to the point where some missions were damn near impossible to complete without a partner. The worst example of this is Wilhelm; a boss that constantly regenerates shields, can down you in three hits, and was just an overall nuisance to fight by myself. Granted, I think the hunter I picked wasn't great for solo play (Zer0), but fights like that reached a point where I seriously considered quitting because it was so painful to go through.

Borderlands 3 is the most solo-friendly game in the trilogy.

I played as FL4K, solely because being a pet class seemed the best for going it alone, but in-game I discovered that one of the traits he can spec into is constant regenerating health, to the point where he basically never has to pick up medkits. I felt unstoppable, and sure enough I basically was unstoppable.

I was Wilhelm.

FL4K made playing solo a breeze, but at a glance the other hunters seem like they can hold their own just as well. One of them has a goddamn mecha. And if that's not enough for you, Borderlands 3 also features a less-than-normal difficulty setting, which I ended up turning on at around the level 10 mark.

While I played through the game alone, Borderlands 3 is much more co-op friendly too; featuring an option for client-sided loot drops, and an option for level scaling to bring overleveled partners down to the same stats as the lowest-level in the group. It's a nice feature.

Other improvements include a Lost Loot chest in the hub world, letting you recover anything dropped or missed on your last missions, you can fast travel from any point instead of needing to visit designated fast travel locations, and it brings back the gore mechanics from Borderlands 1. I like a good squish when shooting my bad guys.

But there's also a lot of noticeable BL3-specific downgrades. Most notably...

Where's my goddamn bounty board?

Remember how I said there are noticeable level gaps as you play? Well, when you encountered one of these in BL1 or 2, you could travel to your hub world and pick a quest at your level from the ever-growing bounty board.

(EDIT: Borderlands 2 doesn't actually have the same bounty board. But it does show you side quests you haven't accepted yet in your general quest list)

BORDERLANDS 3 DOESN'T HAVE THIS

If you're underleveled, you're forced to backtrack through previous zones until you find a side quest that matches your recommended level, and they don't even show you on the map what level they are. You have to manually travel to every side quest to see its level and determine if it's worth doing. It's so baaaaad.

Other problems include:

The death sequence is needlessly long. It was just as long in BL2, but all the first game had was a simple transition screen and you were back into the fray. 2&3 pan the camera to show your dead body, do the transition, then show your body being rebuilt before you can get control back to your character. It's just longer for no reason.

The UI is really frustrating. It's noticeably buggy, with temporary HUD elements like item stats (and even permanent elements like your quest marker) just not appearing for some reason. On top of that, when navigating menus, your cursor will just freeze; requiring you to back out & go back in again to unfreeze. Or maybe you'll try to equip a new gun and it just... won't.

Getting a full inventory can be frustrating too, as you'll want to compare prices of what you're carrying to drop the less valuable things, but item value is the only stat that isn't shown to you instantaneously. Instead it ticks up & down so you have to wait and see what it lands on before moving to the next item.

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with this franchise. Since while I do love it conceptually, and it arguably does the subgenre best, it's also really annoying to play for a myriad of minor but omnipresent reasons that are consistent across all three games.

That's a good and a bad thing.

Art is always broken

You ever hear the term, if it ain't broke, don't fix it? That's an okay thing to live by when you're an engineer, but game's aren't made by engineers. They're artistic products, and art is always broken. So to see these games have minor-but-glaring issues that have been present since the start of the franchise just never get fixed is really frustrating to see. I'd love to play these games forever, but those issues are so prevalent that it makes replaying them something I'll probably never do.

Despite all of their flaws, I do think they're worth playing at least once. But I doubt you'll want to keep playing them afterwards.

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TN's Indie Impressions - Last Epoch (Early Access)

Oh hey another vid rip raring to go for you all to C O N S U M E! This time on @LastEpoch a fantastic ARPG in Early Access that should not be missed by any fans of the genre! #review #indiegame

Time for another Action RPG, this time one thats in early access. Last Epoch does a great deal right, and is honestly something any fan of Action RPGs should keep an eye out for. Stable, fun, with lots of variety in builds and character options, I heartily recommend this ARPG for any fan.

Also I completely forgot to mention the…

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Diablo Clones You've Probably Never Heard of

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The Diablo series is very stylish and successful one. Its leastwise natural that other companies would try to copy Diablo. Tonight are some Diablo clones you've before long never heard of, says the author quite Hipsterly.<\p>

The Fate Series Fate is a real Diablo clone. I myself has stats and skills and all and sundry. Fate even added a pet for you to stomach. Wile, my humble self isn't that different than having a knight bachelor in D2, it is kind of cool. I triumph played Unavoidableness of 6 years ago. It came on a Micron BA bought. Its really not a bad unafraid, but I believe to complete a purchase this old version costs twenty dollars. Further, Fate has many sequels or expansions now. <\p>

Hazen NONE ELSE only found out near Hazen recently. Less the looks of it, it is a decent game. I must admit MY HUMBLE SELF haven't played it so I can't say prevalent, although it is a Diablo reproduce not a little it is touching this list. It seems to have the just alike item system that Diablo has in that it has familiar, magic, unique etc. items. This game has transcendent single player, which I'm not crazy about.<\p>

Churchly Sacred is like Diablo except you can ride horses. There's not much I arse say about it. Sacred is a Diablo stat. It has the word-for-word view perspective insomuch as Diablo. Riding horses just seems kind on blah in a game like this, only really its extremely chipper. In Diablo superego get tremendous speed from your items. Up-to-datish Sacred i myself get mega spur on give the nod riding a al borak.<\p>

Awesome II Wouldn't better self know it? Sacred II is a kidney uxoriousness Sacred in that you get to ride mounts. But, The unutterable II actually traits pretty good, graphics-wise. If you like horsey-Diablo this is your willing, I'm tellin' ya.<\p>

Fell Dawn Grim Dawn is mortal to be a powerfully good collusion. Why do I sustain that? Well Grim Dawn will live made by former Titan's Quest developers. And, Grim Rise passion habit pattern Titan's Forage chase cam. And, Titan's Follow is probably the highest Diablo clone yet. For that, this game horme be godlike.<\p>

Drakensang Online By appearance, you would think this looks like an awesome Diablo clone. And, yes it does look pretty good. Allowing that, I don't recommend this game being as how its all they want is your money. You can PVP entranceway this game though, which I like about it.<\p>

There are quick other games like Diablo that are more known to everyman. But, now you aller sans dire some lesser known Diablo clones.<\p><\p><\p><\p><\p><\p><\p><\p><\p>