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DeBlob has recently gotten a PC port, so naturally our resident PC gamer is eager to check it out. Join Lo and Justin as they check out the recent PC release for DeBlob from THQNordic.
Thomas and Lo are going to be playing EVERYTHING. I mean Everything a game that has everything. We dive deep into the Golden Gate and get our minds blown.
This video is an archive stream of Yooka-Laylee from our Twitch channel ChargedShotTV. Justin flies solo to stream the duo of Yooka and Laylee in their playable debut. This game is inspired by Nintendo 64-style 3D platformers such as Donkey Kong 64. This game evokes the style of classic 3d platforming collect-a-thon games, while also, taking cues from modern games to feel wholly new, for better or worse.
Get a feel for the beginning of the game and the first game world and see if it's a Rare-style revival that'll interest you! Now that Yooka-Laylee has been released we will be talking about this game from both a critical and fan perspective. Did Yooka-Laylee live up to the hype? Find out in the video above.
Yooka-Laylee is a video game originally kickstarted and promised to make a faithful spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. Yook-Laylee was developed by Playtonic Games. Playtonic Games was made up of several previous notable developers that worked on titles such as Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64. Published by Team 17 take command of a lizard and bat while looking for pages to a book that was stolen. Travel through multiple words and environments while meeting interesting characters ranging from bosses and helpful friends.
Yooka-Laylee came out to middling reviews ranging from 69 - 73 on Metacritic across Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Disclaimer: Justin has participated towards the Kickstarter to receive a copy of the game.
Lo and Thomas get caught stealing hearts from people and have to spend their time playing Persona 5. This is gonna be long sentence.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn now has an expanded trial with SquareEnix having removed the 14-day restriction. Lo and Justin give this highly regarded MMO a quick shot, to see just how "expanded" the new trial is.
Lo and Thomas take a quick shot at Old Time Hockey. A new hockey game that harkens back to the era of NHL 94 and other arcade style sports games.
Lo and Thomas take a quick shot at Horizon Zero Dawn. We see what society has in store for its post-apocalyptic future. Turns out there are robot dinosaurs, sabertooth, and gazelles.
This time Justin goes Han style (Solo) to take a look at Troll and I, a co-op action adventure from Maximum Games available for PC, PS4 Xbox One and soon on the Nintendo Switch.
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Path of Exile is a dark fantasy hack ‘n’ slash action RPG currently available on PC. It’s a Free to Play title from developer studio Grinding Gear Games.
Those of you who are familiar with the Diablo series will find many of the base mechanics familiar; dark grimy setting, top-down isometric perspective, click to move/attack, several classes to choose from (Templar, Duelist, Ranger, Marauder and Witch) etc.
There are many similarities, but there are also several aspects of this game that give its own uniqueness. One major difference is how skills are acquired. In Path of Exile, skills are linked to gems of a corresponding color. Red gems relate to strength based skills, blue is for magic based skills, and green enhances your dexterity based skills. Skill gems can be obtained in several different ways and can only be used when placed into available slots in your equipment, when available. Equipment slots come with varying numbers and color combinations. They can be linked, added, or even changed to a different color using special items. It’s a familiar system, but with an entirely different function.
Another way Path of Exile differs from other games in it’s genre, is the currency system. Path of Exile does not have a traditional currency. Instead it relies on an elaborate trading system. Town portals and scrolls of wisdom are the lowest ‘value’ and therefore the most commonly found and exchanged. Higher value items are more desirable and have a more advanced function such as improving armor and weapons, changing the number of equipment slots, or changing the color of slots. These same items can also be used at crafting benches to improve equipment even further. For more info on the currency system, visit the Currency Wiki.
In addition, the leveling system in Path of Exile is also improved upon. The player character is leveled using a passive skills sphere grid. The sphere grid system is synonymous with Final Fantasy 10. Each level grants a skill point which can be used to move along the grid. This sphere grid differs slightly from Final Fantasy 10. Instead of being forced in one direction, you may branch out into multiple directions when activating nodes. This enables you to level into other aspects of the grid simultaneously. For this reason, you can essentially have any build using any type of character.
Path of Exile is free to play, but not pay to win. Starting with only 4 stash slots you may obtain additional stash tabs. The other microtransactions in the game are armor, weapon and footstep effects which are purely cosmetic and do not change the stats of your gear.
If you enjoy hack ‘n’ slash RPG action with a dark fantasy theme, give Path of Exile a shot!
Justin and Thomas take a quick shot at Blossom and Decay a new game in very early access. Blossom and Decay is an MMO that is completely driven by its player base and is played in browser. We run down all the aspects in the combat demo and show off what is to come next.
