Games

I need to get Control of myself, by Joel Collins (ireakhavok)

Mid-game Impressions of the game, "Control"

Control is a mind bending, supernatural, thriller of a game. Immediately, from the cinematic start at the beginning of the game, I knew that it would play more like a movie, than something like a sandbox RPG. It is a single player third-person shooter set in the department of control, a CIA lookalike. The high end office interior provides a picturesque scenery that not only catches the eye from time to time, thanks to gobs and gobs of ray tracing, but also indirectly emphasizes on the use of the close quarters environment to steer boss battles, hide treasures, and serve as barriers for the deceptively linear storyline...

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Everything Wrong and Right with Destiny 2

Destiny 2 has become a video game that I constantly come back to. It’s ever evolving life-cycle has enabled it to become a game that follows me. Originally, I played destiny because it fits a specific type of arcade-style loot-em shooter that combined elements I fell in love with during Halo 3 (arcade style points during levels, increasing playability) with MMO style elements that are de-void of Player economies, which I really like. It definitely seems like economy driven games, like RuneScape, and the newer New Worlds, have fallen out of favor with me for one reason or another, but were never helped by the “open” economy.

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Why You Should Play Elden Ring

If you haven’t played Elden Ring and are on the fence about playing it, let me persuade you to go ahead and buy it.

With 160 hours of play time on the game, I feel that I have a decent amount of playtime to give you an honest idea of how amazing this game is.

From Final fantasy to Zelda, RPG’s often have elements that fit the genre, but they also have elements that make them stick out from the rest.

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