by morrissly9Whether you’re roleplaying as a super soldier, heroic knight, or even a cartoon bear, it can be deflating and embarrassing to see your protagonist crumble to the ground in a heap from a fall. Do you mean to tell me that this burly, super-powered character who’s supposed to save the entire world can’t handle a crash landing? Sounds like a wimp to
Now when I say fall damage I’m not talking about falling into an endless pit. That’s been a staple of gaming since the days of Super Mario Bros . While I don’t necessarily enjoy that either, I understand that’s it’s there because most game designers don’t want to recreate an entire planet’s surface. Sometimes it’s easier to put in a dark, foggy pit and leave its deadliness up to your imaginat
This pace doesn’t last, though, and, with Apex being one of the faster-paced shooters around, the game will test the player’s reflexes and battle capacity as the match progresses. Luckily, there’s time for players to set themselves up and get a gameplan going before the gameplay gets into the nitty-gri
And look – I’m not against sexy character designs. Actually, I usually like them! I’m a big fan of Senran Kagura and Dead Or Alive, and love the lengths fighting games go to make characters as horny as possible. But there’s a way to have something be sexy and make sense, which Overwatch just never does. Plus, the Overwatch designs pander to the dullest and straightest among us – not to mention the whitest. They uphold the hegemony of white, European beauty standards and apply them to characters of color, which just flat-out su
Why have I thrown myself so hard at this game? Is it the mechanics? Well, for starters, yeah – they’re among the best I’ve ever touched in a shooter, but that’s not it. What about the visuals? Sure, they’re undeniably great, but there’s something more. And while I could sit here and talk about how smartly designed the maps are, or how good all the guns feel, or how the traversal tech is more interesting than its peers, it’s not necessarily the mechanics that have grabbed me as hard as one other major fa
Then you have Bloodhound, the non-binary espionage expert. It’s a cool way to put a non-binary character in a AAA game, I feel, because whatever perceived “gendered” physical characteristics they might have are obscured by a gas mask and bulky clothing. Their appearance is calculated very deliberately to be genderless and ambiguous, which is a great artistic choice. Oh, and let’s talk for a second about Gibralter. Here’s this goofy and sweet beefcake who’s gay and doesn’t have some sort of sad backstory about it. He’s not cuckolded and sad like Soldier 76, whose story echoes literally every Hollywood movie ever written about gay men that’s not called Moonlight, or if he is, we don’t know about it. That’s rad as h
I can see the argument for why fall damage should be in certain games. Series like Uncharted and Tomb Raider aim for a high level of realism with their action, so it makes total sense to include it. In the real world, any of the death-defying leaps that characters like Nathan Drake or Lara Croft perform would result in a broken fibula or separated shoulder even when they landed perfectly. It would break immersion if they survived falling fifty feet onto a rocky surface without at least stubbing their
The Fps game multiplayer guide that took over the flame of Fortnite has maintained relevancy over the past year, improving upon and changing up the status quo that has been established for so long. While there are many things that players can quickly catch onto if they have played other battle royale games , Apex Legend s has many unique gameplay options that will ease the player’s experie
No, I’m talking about that annoying moment when you’re engaged in a tense battle against a formidable opponent, and just when you think you’ve gotten the better of them you miscalculate a dodge roll, tumble over a ledge, and the subsequent landing inflicts such extreme trauma to your shins that the “You Died” screen immediately pops up. All other damage you can handle like a champ. But a six-foot drop? Sorry pal, that’s instant de
Revenant isn’t a powerhouse like Gibraltar and can’t pose a massive threat from a distance, but he has a very specific set of tools at his disposal that can make him one of the more intimidating and threatening legends to come across in battle. Revenant can take control of the battle by distracting you and shifting the goalposts, so to speak, and as such you should use him with caution and confidence al
His passive ability is Stalker , and is great for those players that wish to stalk their opponents first. This makes your crouched walking speed much faster than any other legend, meaning you will be able to literally stalk enemy teams – though unless you’re focusing on stealth (pretty rare in this game) this is not guaranteed to be of much help. More useful though is the fast-climbing ability that Stalker also gives, which allows Revenant to scale buildings faster, and climb higher than other legends. This gives him mobility which is only beaten out by Pathfinder’s grap