Sea of Thieves Open Beta Impressions

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So this weekend I played the open beta for Sea of Thieves on the Xbox one. I played for a bit with random people while drinking whiskey and discovered that the random British people I was teamed up with did not find it funny when we were being shot with cannons and I yelled “I thought you Brits knew how to use a navy.”..So yea, sorry about that my randomly assigned crew mates.

My first ship sank when the guy parked it next to the shore and a storm moved in. I don’t think it is fair to blame me. My second ship sank when the before mentioned British fellows didn’t know you needed cannon balls in your inventory to reload the cannons and we got sank to the bottom of the sea, that one was partly my fault. My third ship was me sailing a galleon alone and I slammed it into an island. Completely my fault.

My longest play time however was with a real life friend and  random guy, Charlie. We spent hours sailing the high seas, finding treasure and selling it at outpost. Finally we took to some real piracy, attacked a few ships, most of which escaped. One we boarded and sank when he was alone and had no treasure, in a move of total pettiness. Then it happened. Out in the clouds we saw a skull with glowing eyes and we felt the need to investigate. We arrived at an island with a small fort crawling with skeletons. We fought them valiantly for 20 minutes or so when a 2nd ship arrived. We died a lot but you always respawn on your ship. Unless someone shows up and sinks it. Then you go back to a neutral port and start all over again.

The game is fun, and looks beautiful. The ship combat is amazing tho the person to person combat is a bit stiff and had a tendency to glitch at times with people suddenly appearing behind you. This was a minor issue tho and one that you can easily live with. The beta itself had no real story to speak of, but the fun was in creating your own. Was that ship chasing you? Should you swing around and fire? The choice is yours, and when the game launches there is sure to be a lot of fun to be had. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Mario&Luigi Bowser’s Inside Story+ Bowser JR’s Journey

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For those that enjoyed Bowser’s inside story you will be happy to know that in 2019 a remake will be coming to the 3Ds. If it follows the same pattern as other remakes such as Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions this will involve updated graphics and a bunch of new story content. Not much information however was given, hopefully more info will be released soon. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

South Park: Fractured But Whole on the Switch

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Yes, you read that correctly. That picture is 100% accurate. On April 24th South Park: The Fractured But Whole is coming to the Nintendo Switch, and you will be able to buy the DLC as an individual download or individually. Now if you are one of the rare people that own a Switch and nothing else or simply want to know if its worth buying. In simple terms, yes it is. If you want more details, you can find my review below. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole (2nd Opinion)

Gravel PS4 Review

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Its not often I play a racing game, not that I have anything against them, they just aren’t my deal. This one tho caught my eye since admittedly the the trailer had good music and dirt racing is more fun than NASCAR to me. That actually sums the game up pretty nicely tho. The game has numerous race styles, tho I liked spinning out in the snow. Yea I sucked and spent most of my time drifting into walls. The graphics looked great and the music was fun. The car had plenty of car options with different paint jobs. There are certainly racing games with more customization out there make no mistake there, but this one has enough to get the job done and there are enough races to make the price tag worth it. For fans of the style, its a must by. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Dark Souls Remastered Amiibo and Network Test

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Every so often Nintendo makes me type something up that just makes me say WTF because i never expected it. Like when Dark Souls Remastered was announced..at a Nintendo Direct because it was going to also be on the Switch. Now as you may have guessed there will be an Amiibo..for Dark Souls…Yea so thats a thing. I couldn’t find any info on it, but hey its a Dark Souls Amiibo so thats cool.

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Other news everyone will be getting a Dark Souls Remastered Network test before launch!!! except for the people on PC, apparently you guys can go to hell. My bad guys. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Chrono Trigger PC Review

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As you may remember this game got some a lot of flak when it first got released, more on that here Chrono Trigger PC..Sort Of. After spending some time with it I won’t say some of it wasn’t deserved, because it was. But it was quite a bit exaggerated as well. For example graphically the game did have some issues. The filter they used was a bit off and some of the trees looked off. The user interface however wasn’t as bad as the steam reviews would lead you to believe. You could use the mouse sort of like a touch pad where you old down the right-click and walk around, but I found that on accident. You don’t have to use that. Using my PS4 controller worked perfectly fine and gave me no issues at all.

The game played perfectly fine, the story is there completely and the combat works just the way you think it would. Getting used to what buttons to hit took a few minutes but being a console gamer playing a PC game I always have that issue. If you never played this game before, I have no issue recommending this one. However if you have a Nintendo DS or 3DS the DS version is the best version to own. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Ghost Recon Wild lands

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Ghost recon Wild lands is the story of a team of special operatives trying to take down the Santa Blanca drug cartel. The map is massive and full of vehicles to drive and helicopters to fly. The map is broken up into sections and each section has at least one cartel boss in it. The game play itself will put you and 3 computer characters or human players to deal with different missions in different ways depending on how you choose. If you want to sneak in under the cover of night while strategically killing everyone feel free. Or run in and just gun people down. It is also possible to just steal a helicopter with a machine gun and circle the base killing people.

The game can be a bit repetitive however as much of the game revolves around simply searching for collectibles to level up or for info then killing a boss then doing the same thing in the next area. I did have a lot of fun and with friends it is even better. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Fortnight is Currently Twitches Most Watched Game

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This week something interesting happened, according to Rolling Stone Fortnight became the most watched game on Twitch with an average of over 140 thousand people beating out both League of Legends and PUBG. Not bad for a free game i’d say. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.