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S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Announces Developer Deep Dive and Delay

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will now be launching on November 20, 2024,moving from the previously planned date of September 5, 2024.

“We know you might be tired of waiting, and we truly appreciate your patience. These two additional months will give us the chance to fix more “unexpected anomalies” (or simply “bugs”, as you call them). We are always grateful for your ongoing support and understanding – it means the world to us. We’re just as eager as you are to finally release the game and for you to experience it for yourself.” said Yevhen Grygorovych, Game Director at GSC Game World.

At least they have a sense of humor.

With the launch nearly here, the team is ready to share the biggest and the most comprehensive update on the game yet. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Developer Deep Dive will premiere in collaboration with Xbox on the 12th August, 2024, featuring a variety of never-before-seen content, including:

– Interviews and behind-the-scenes of the development process;
– Lots of new footage, including world overview, various locations, gameplay and cutscenes;

– A full video walkthrough of one of the story quests.

This Developer Deep Dive is set to give our fans the full understanding of how the game plays and looks. More details will be shared soon.

Since the very start of Russia’s full-fledged war against our country, GSC Game World has been supporting Ukraine in all the ways possible. For those willing to do the same, we recommend following a link to the official charity fund of Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine himself – https://u24.gov.ua/

About S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the latest instalment in the acclaimed series that has captivated millions of players globally. This new entry combines first-person shooter elements with immersive sim mechanics and horror, delivering a uniquely intense experience. Featuring unprecedented scale, advanced graphics, and a rich, atmospheric adventure, it promises to be the ultimate S.T.A.L.K.E.R. journey.

Mists of Noyah Arrives on Consoles Out Now

Mists of Noyah is a survival game with RPG elements, where players will be placed in an abandoned fortress devastated by corruption, with only ruins remaining. To restore the structure, it will be necessary to explore the world in search of survivors and resources.

The game features a day and night system that requires a strategic division of tasks. During the day, players will need to hunt, collect materials, find food, and gather the inhabitants of the old fortress. At night, it will be essential to join forces with as many people as possible to build defense towers and fight extremely powerful demons.

With five playable characters, you can choose the one that best suits your gameplay style, ensuring a unique and personalized experience. You can equip yourself with different items and unlock abilities that make each confrontation more dynamic.

Features:

Missions
Five playable characters
More than 10 biomes
Events
Resource Gathering
Forging and Crafting
Dungeons

And much more!

Romancing the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake Trailer

The king of historical simulation games returns this year with a first for the series. The remake of ROTTK8 comes with completely redrawn graphics for the officers as well as reworked graphics for everything else. They have also added entirely new features to the game itself, in what is called tales, you will see new scenes to help you build a bond between officers, with a “what to do next” tab to see what you should be doing to see these play out.

Another new feature will be the destiny system that show the connection between two officers. These include positive (symbiotic) and negative (antagonistic) feelings towards each other.

With plenty of new features and graphics, this year will be the perfect time to visit the series, best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Let’s School Xbox Review

Let’s School is the new simulation game about running your own school from Panthea and PM Studios and they were nice enough to send me a copy to check out, so without further waiting let’s get to this.

The game starts off pretty standard, the old person that ran the school (into the ground) passes the responsibility of fixing it up over to you. You will start by fixing some walls, building a classroom, and hiring a teacher. You will learn to set up a class schedule, recruit students, and much more from there.

The tutorial shows you these things well, which is good because the controls aren’t very intuitive. As much as these games have been nailing the controls for consoles lately this one just feels off. They are still perfectly playable, however.

The graphics are also a bit disappointing, thankfully we don’t play these games for how they lool or sound. There are some things the game does well though. For example, I never felt like I was sitting there watching for no reason at all. I always had something to do without feeling rushed. As students graduate and you get new ones and improvements to the school to be researched the game does offer plenty of things to fill your time,

The game also doesn’t limit you to simply building classrooms. Baseball fields and basketball courts eventually become pretty important, and of course, students love a place to just sit down and read under the trees.

The price of the game is also nice at only about $20, and the Steam Version seems to go on sale quite often, I don’t see a reason to not pick this game up. Despite a few minor complaints the game is still an 8/10 and well worth picking up. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

M3gan Unrated review

Sometimes I wait so long to see a movie I forget it exists,then I watch it and I am left wondering why the hell I waited so long to see it.

This is one of those movies. I have a lot of questions,for example how nobody noticed they created a self aware robot. Why did it take so long to figure out it was killing animals and people?

Don’t get me wrong,I grew up watching Child’s Play. Chucky is the king of murderous toy dolls. But damn M3gan is absolutely a close second. From the very start you get a feeling that this doll isn’t quite right,and it gets more and more out there as the movie goes on.

It starts simple with things like Megan doing things she isn’t really programmed for,but believably happens by coincidence. Toys say weird stuff when they are just talking. Most of us had Furbies growing up.

It isn’t long though until Megan figured out that her job is to protect Cady,her paired child that recently lost her parents. How do you prevent the dog that bit her from biting again? Well you kill it. Boy picking on her in the park? That’s gotta go too.

Part of what makes this movie rather freaky however is that in theory,this could happen on some level. Probably not to this extreme,but the idea that someone wouldn’t notice it is plausible.

Either way it is a great movie and one worth checking out. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.

Tactical Nexus Review

Tactical Nexus is a sort of Puzzle RPG you can get on Steam for free. I gave it a shot because the devs decided to stop charging for a game people were buying but not playing. I know it sounds weird.

The game itself is simplistic. It looks like something a Super Nintendo would have had and the controls are pretty easy,mostly just hold down right click on the mouse and left click on where you want your character to go. You can pick up an assortment of objects that do things like heal you or give you attack or defense. Others will increase your HP or Experience by a about 30%.

This is where the strategy comes into things. When do you pick up the items? And when you level up do you increase your attack, defense or get keys to help unlock new areas?

The puzzle part of this is the fact that if you make the wrong choices you can absolutely lock yourself out of being able to finish the level. Don’t level up your attack enough and suddenly you can’t progress further into the game.

The game can be played in 15 or 20 minutes depending on the level you are on or it can take hours,and mastering it will take hundreds of hours.

As a free to play game it’s definitely worth checking out. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Book Preview

As many of you know myself and @torstenvblog like to spend our time writing and watching horror movies. He hasn’t really put much up here in the last year or two because he has been hard at work writing another book. ( There is a link to his first The Flies Inside as well as my own at the bottom)

He did however send me a copy of it, which unknown to him I finally got around to finishing. It is only a beta version and he was editing earlier parts as I read later parts and others gave him feedback.

I won’t pretend it is the greatest thing I ever read, I won’t even try to convince anyone it is top 10. It is an unfinished book that still needs quite a bit of editing after all. What I will say is the potential for a great book is definitely there.

The story revolves around Pinstriker, a youth that has had a less than steller life and is about to get some special powers that won’t be making it any easier. As he struggles to come to terms with his new life in what I can only describe as a world that has undergone some sort of apocalypse I assume Pinstriker will be dragged into a brutal life of death and destruction.

Now I know you can find most of that on Netflix, but much of how it is done is what made it so interesting. One of the characters, Sid, is essentially a humanoid duck with superpowers and no not like Howard the Duck. Think a human that had duck-like features forced on him.

That is just a small preview of a book I read that has a long way to go before it is officially released, but has a ton of potential as well. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-flies-inside-torsten-v/1138929829?ean=9780578858821

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Final Fantasy 16 Review

It took me awhile to play this one honestly, I usually pick the Final Fantasy games right away, but sadly life got in the way for this one. But damn if it wasn’t worth the wait.

The game starts out with you training to be your brother Joshua’s shield as he was chosen by Phonix to be what they call a dominant and have the ability to summon it. This has made you very unliked by your mother, even if your brother is pretty sickly it seems.

This opening prologue which is as long as many games entire chapters sets you up well. It teaches you the basics of combat and how to use your powers. It also sets the story in motion letting you know about some sort of issue killing the land known as the “Blight” that won’t be explained in detail until later chapters. To make matters worse there is a huge war being fought by numerous parties.

Final Fantasy 16 is also a much more mature iteration than games have been in the past, with foul language and blood everywhere at times. It is actually quite nice to see the emotional reaction of Clive having lost everything screaming obscenities. This is exactly what we see and hear in the prologue chapter as Clive witnesses the death of his brother at the hands of Ifirit and the destruction of his home before being taken away as essentially a slave solider.

The world of FF16 is very complex and beautiful, watching two summons try to kill each other is a treat, and seeing wild Chocobo run around the open fields is amazing. I usually go kill them for experience but its a great sight all the same.

The game isn’t perfect. The side-quests are mostly just busy work most notably early on and the combat while beautiful feels shallow much of the time, almost like a toned-down Final Fantasy 14 with some basic attacks and dodges thrown in.

All in all Final Fantasy 16 is a great addition to the series one I am not surprised most fans seemed to enjoy. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Over Horizon X Steel Empire’ Out Now! (PS4/Switch)

Ready to save the galaxy? Over Horizon X Steel Empire is out now digitally on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4!

In this bundle, players will get to relive Steel Empire in the original Sega Mega Drive and Gameboy Advance versions, and play Over Horizon in its first ever global release!

Considered one of the best games on the NES, Over Horizon is one you can’t miss out on. Upgrade and combine your weapons in the space adventure retro shooter, Over Horizon, while you battle massive bosses and strike down enemies! Fight back against the Motorhead Empire in your fully equipped Striker airplane or Zeppelin!