David F. Sandberg, director of the not-yet-filmed “Shazam!” sequel, has shared a spoof trailer for the movie, all thanks to some very early reviews. Sandberg explained on Twitter that there are already reviews for “Shazam! 2” on Letterboxd, a film-focused social network where movie lovers can review, rank and share their favorite projects. Using the…
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Pokémon GO Fest 2020 was a virtual ticketed event that officially took place on July 25 and July 26 around the world. Read on below to learn more about the upcoming makeup event: Pokémon GO Fest 2020: Upcoming makeup event for players who purchased a ticket Trainers, Due to technical issues that occurred during some […]
Pokémon GO Fest 2020 makeup event takes place this Sunday, August 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time
As always when I do these things, a huge shout out to the guys and gals at Sometimes You for tossing me a review copy of this one.
Now as for the game itself, in a nutshell, the king is sick, you lead a group of airship pilots on a quest to save him at the orders of the queen and on the way a whole lot of people will be trying to stop you. I put that in a nutshell because I don’t like to ruin things for the readers. The important part here is the combat, which I will get to later. First I want to get to the visual and the sound.
Graphically the art style is great, I love watching the planes go through the motions and fly around and see the missiles fly through the air and explode. It is a great throwback to the more simplistic time when a game being fun mattered more than anything else. That isn’t to say they aren’t quality, because they are. For the type of game it is and the cost of it ($9.99) the value and quality are top-notch.
The sound falls into the same category of obviously not winning any awards when compared to AAA titles, but it isn’t meant to be. It serves its purpose very well, the explosions and planes sound fantastic and will suck you into what is going on. I even found myself enjoying the music during the battle at times.
All of this would mean nothing if the combat wasn’t good. After all, this is a turned based tactics game. Many of tactics games have been spoiled by terrible combat even tho they had great stories, or they had no customization at all.
You will be happy to know the customization here is close to being absolute in terms of who can equip what items. You can basically make any character into whatever you want, give one all the canons, turn one into a flame-throwing nightmare, do the smart thing, and balance people out. The choice is yours. You can even combine weapons that are the same to make them stronger.
The combat itself is simplistic, but I don’t mean that as an insult. There is nothing going on in the background and everything is upfront. If something is going to contribute to your attack or defense, it is there in the menus for you to go to and see. That doesn’t mean the combat is easy to master tho. If you make a mistake you can find yourself surrounded by enemy ships getting hammered or in a position where you can’t shoot at ships that can easily hit you since not every weapon fires the same distance or in the same direction.
Once I found myself trapped in a corner with two ships equipped with flame throwers unable to hit them since my cannon could only hit two spaces away. I won the battle, but I did lose that ship because I was careless.
The game is fun and I appreciate how simple it is to dive into and play and at its price point, I have no choice but to recommend this one. Is it the best game in the genre? No, absolutely not. And people looking for a true challenge in that “Dark Souls” way also won’t be satisfied. But the story is fun, the customization and combat are easy to get into and are satisfying. For me, it was an 8/10. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
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Strictly Limited Games is proud to announce the next partner store release: A Limited and a Collector’s Edition on Nintendo Switch and Sony Playstation 4 of Ys Origin. First released in Japan 2006, this action role-playing video game, developed and published by Nihon Falcom, has successfully been released on other platforms including PS Vita, Microsoft Xbox and PC.
Special
Due to the popular demand, DotEmu and Clear River Games will be offering a very exclusive version of the Ys Origin Collector’s Edition in the Strictly Limited Games Partner Store, costing a very affordable €44.99. These beautiful editions will be limited to 3000 units on Switch; respectively 1500 units on PlayStation 4.
The Collector’s Edition will include:
CE Box
Game with exclusive reversible cover art
Origin 2CD Soundtrack
Acrylic Stand Diorama
Ys Enamel Pin
Sticker Sheet
Bonus Acrylic Card
Besides the CE, there is also a Limited Edition of the stand-alone game with an exclusive reversible cover and individual numbering for €29.99.
“Supporting our partners in creating these special boxed editions is a great accolade for Strictly Limited Games, as Ys Origin is an iconic, timeless RPG which has lots of history and is now being played, enjoyed and in demand for all generations of gamers. We helped make the best possible version at a very reasonable price to both delight and captivate Switch players”, Dennis Mendel, co-founder of Strictly Limited Games.
Game Set Up
Ys Origin presents a game through an emotional and exciting story, which takes place 700 years before the two first games of the series – Ys I & Ys II.
A demon invasion threatens the land and the two goddesses of Ys vanished. The player sets off with a search party to follow the tracks of the goddesses. Fans of the series may expect to play as the well-known protagonist of the Ys Series, Adol Christin, but this time the player has the choice to start the journey as the apprentice knight Yunica Tovah or the sorcerer Hugo Fact. Ys Origin presents different playable characters with different skills. Yunica is the bright and optimistic girl focusing on physical strength, whilst Hugo is a calm, analytical young man with strong magic powers.
As the game progresses, the player gets the chance to unlock a third playable character and different areas and settings unfold throughout. The game features a great guitar soundtrack, that reminds of earlier Ys games. Both audio and visual presentation, along with superb control of your cast, makes for deep and exciting play.
Pre-order now from the Strictly Limited Store now!
* As always with these things, I like to be upfront with you guys. Savior Gaming does NOT receive anything for your purchase or pre-orders of these games, we just enjoy them and the company that produces them. We share this info so that if you choose to support them you have the option. As always thank you, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.*
We live in a strange time friends. This strange time now includes a Nurse Ratched origin series, the tyrannical nurse from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I’m sorta curious where the hell this series is going to take this. I want to watch it for Sarah Paulson and I’m hoping for the best. May the gaming gods bring you glory.
Strictly Limited Games is excited to announce that they have acquired the rights for an exclusive, limited-print physical release of the PlayStation VR game Last Labyrinth – an escape adventure game on PlayStation 4. Pre-orders for the Collector’s and Limited Editions of Last Labyrinth will start later this year.
A VR Escape Adventure Game
Last Labyrinth is a VR escape adventure game, where the player is trapped in an obscure mansion and joins forces with the mysterious girl, Katia, to solve numerous riddles in an attempt to escape from the mansion.
You are vulnerable and tied up. With your arms and hands bound and immobilised in a wheelchair, you are at the mercy and reliance of Katia. She is your only way of escape from the mansion in an intensive, meticulous and inventive series of escape room puzzles. The ever increasing complexity of riddles, and their diversity, which may be number related or brain teasing weight balancing, must be solved in order to venture on.
Uniquely constructed and designed puzzles, minimalistic controls to ensure fluid and intuitive gameplay are accentuated with stunning atmospheric music.
A high-profile team
The expertise behind the creation of Last Labyrinth is unmatched within the VR genre. Created by a team of veteran Japanese developers whose previous works include classic titles such as ICO, The Last Guardian, Shadow of the Colossus, Puppeteer and the Doko Demo Issyo series (Toro, the Sony Cat).
The voice of the mysterious girl Katia is Stefanie Joosten, who played the role of the beautiful, wordless sniper “Quiet” in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. She works as a model, actress and singer in Japan and abroad. Stefanie Joosten feels honored to be part of Last Labyrinth: “It’s a huge honor to be part of Last Labyrinth. When I first played the demo, I immediately felt completely sucked into its mysterious world. It lets you experience VR in a way I have never seen before. I think it will be a completely new experience to players worldwide.”
The theme song was composed by Hiroki Kikuta, who has worked on numerous games including Secret of Mana and Soulcalibur V.
Last Labyrinth is a virtually unmissable and distinctive encounter where reality is closer than you imagine. Can you escape a hostile mansion along with a girl words cannot reach?
About Strictly Limited Games
Strictly Limited Games is a German publisher based near Stuttgart, specialized in releasing a curated selection of digital download-only games in exclusive collectable physical editions for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Nintendo Switch. The company was founded in 2017 by Dennis Mendel, a former scholar for game studies and advisor at Fraunhofer Institute, and Benedict Braitsch. Both passionate collectors with a combined collection of over 7.000 digital and physical games for all console generations, their intention is to form an opposite pole to the current trend of digital-only releases. All collectors’ editions are available exclusively at Strictly Limited Games online store www.strictlylimitedgames.com.
About Amata K.K.
Founded in Tokyo in 2008, Amata K.K. has helped develop smartphone titles for a wide variety of world-renowned Japanese game companies over the years. With many staff having over 20 years of game industry experience, Amata has become a trusted one-stop shop for planning, developing and operating games across a variety of platforms. While keeping the focus on game development, Amata has also begun to expand into VR, video, media and other forms of entertainment.
Amata is a member of the Last Labyrinth Production Committee [LL Project], which released the digital version of Last Labyrinth on November 13th 2019.
Official website www.amata.co.jp/en
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Just wanted to give you guys a quick update on things with us here at Savior Gaming. Due to personal reasons Tor will be missing for a few days or weeks, or whatever he needs. He usually isn’t gone for long tho.
As for myself,I’m just working on finishing school up and possibly finding a job with my Commercial Drivers Licence. Learning to drive a truck has been pretty awesome honestly. School of course sucks as it always has and always probably will, but the actual act of learning about the different parts and aspects of it has been interesting. There are plenty of subtle things I never really knew about it.
That honestly is really all I have, I just wanted to let you know what we had going on. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
Niantic is continuing to host a wide variety of events for the millions of Pokémon GO players around the world. Read on below to learn more: August Research Breakthrough, Pokémon Spotlight Hours, and more Trainers, Here’s what you can look forward to during the month of August. August Research Breakthrough encounter From Saturday, August 1, […]
Scraggy is now available as a Research Breakthrough encounter for the month of August in Pokémon GO
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