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- League of Legends Patch Rundown: 4.16
- Endless Legend The Wild Walkers Focus Video
- Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
- Transverse Coming 2015: Sci-Fi MMORPG from Piranha Games
- Transverse: Reveal Trailer
- Mythborne
- Perfect World International Celebrates Six Year Anniversary
- Heroes of The Storm: Chen Trailer
- Half-Minute Hero 2 Review
- Xsyon Introduces Farming & Cooking
| League of Legends Patch Rundown: 4.16 Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:38 PM PDT MsPudding, Riot Scruffy, ZenonTheStoic, and Riot Scarizard have a rundown about Patch 4.16, discussing mages, Azir, and Cassiopeia.
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| Endless Legend The Wild Walkers Focus Video Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:49 PM PDT Amplitude offers some background and perspective on the Wild Walkers faction.
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| Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming Posted: 09 Sep 2014 02:23 PM PDT This retro-styled homage to classic RPGs challenges you to save the world in just 30 seconds. Note: This is a buy-to-play retail game. Publisher: MarvelousAQL Pros: +Lots of wacky, entertaining RPG tropes to recognize. +Gameplay is challenging but not impossibly difficult. +Challenge your friends in multiplayer battles. +Create custom quests/maps. Cons: -Collecting all of the items can be incredibly tedious. -The Time Goddess is supernaturally greedy! -If you fail at any part of a quest, you start back at the beginning, even if you were only .1 second away from completion.
Overview Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming OverviewHalf-Minute Hero: The Second Coming is the exciting sequel to the smash indie hit, Half-Minute Hero. In this title, players have only thirty seconds to complete short JRPG-style missions – with the assistance of a Time Goddess, of course. Packed with humor and RPG tropes, players can complete the single player campaign, unlock artwork and music, and collect items. Use the free map editor to create your own maps and quests, share them with the Steam Workshop, and try new missions from other players. Players can also now compete on the Steam Leaderboards for two modes: Time Attack and Infinite Battle. Also new is a four player multi-player, with lobby, where players can race against each other to prove their worth. Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming Screenshots          Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming Featured Video Full Review Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming ReviewBy Jason Parker (Ragachak) Money Money Money Money Money. . . Marvelous, publisher of such fantastic titles as the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory series, plus Fate/Extra and Skullgirls, offers us the sequel we did not know we were waiting for: Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming! The premise of the game is that every major bad guy can destroy the land that you are in, but it takes thirty seconds to do so! Enter the Time Goddess. For a price, the Time Goddess will turn time back so that you can continue forward. At first this game might seem infuriating, with good reason. However, the game is charming and clever, offering lots of throwbacks to the days of more pixelated RPGs. As the hero you must find like-minded individuals, collect ridiculous (and awesome!) pieces of equipment and fight the clock while fighting the forces of evil.
I admit to a bit of trepidation before I began playing this. I remembered seeing the original, and since I heard that you had to complete each stage in thirty seconds, I thought it sounded like a terrible idea and tossed it aside. This turned out to be a foolish decision on my part! I did not realize how intricate and funny the title would be. Not to mention that on Steam, now and forever, if you purchase Half-Minute Hero 2: The Second Coming, you get the soundtrack and the original game, a deal that started just this past week. It is a part of their "Late-Access" to Half-Minute Hero 2 which I thought was quite clever. The game is a challenge, and despite constantly redoing quests to succeed, I had fun from start to finish. From the ridiculous names and humorous dialogue, this was a real treat. Have I Got A Deal For You! In Half-Minute Hero 2 there are a couple of game modes that offer a surprisingly large amount of content to sink your time into. The primary mode of the game is the Story, which is separated into several episodes. As the game progresses, it introduces more game mechanics to challenge the user, while also giving them more tools to solve the puzzles/quests. Each of these episodes takes place significantly after the others (without spoiling the story too much!) and each of these heroes must balance money, time, and violence to progress to the next chapter of the story. This is a level-based game, in that your character levels up as time goes on. But the leveling process is incredibly slow when not in a quest (quests have the thirty second rule in effect at all times). So how can one possibly proceed through the battles effectively?
The Time-Goddess essentially lets you power-level, gaining exp at an incredibly heightened rate while in a quest. When not in a quest, you can level up as well, but at a much slower pace; luckily you start a quest at whatever level you were beforehand. Bear in mind as soon as the quest or mission is over, you reset to where you were at the start! While on the main map you can hold a button to dash as well. But do not get used to this: while in a quest dashing lowers your current hp at a steady rate. As you progress through the game you might notice that you are missing chests, items, characters and titles. The Goddess will eventually let you travel back to these missions to go back for the sake of completion.
Shaping A World, And Destroying It: There is a lot to see and do in the story, and completing all of the episodes can take quite a bit of time. There is more to do though than simply saving the day alone. Edit Mode exists to create your own maps and challenges, and upload them to the Steam Workshop. You can also download someone else’s to test your skills. There are a few base maps, and you can change many of their facets to make them as easy or hard as you would like. Let's face it; sometimes it is just nice to punish other people after banging your head against a quest. Another interesting option is the "Goddess Room.”The Goddess Room offers you an opportunity to spend the gold you gave up at the end of quests to customize your in-game experience. New outfits, skins for your menus, and other things await you. A time-sink, sure, but there is already so much to do in game that it will not be time wasted.
There is more to do here than just build zones though! Waiting to test your skill is "Time Attack,” which as its name implies, challenges you to race the clock to best a mission as fast as possible. Infinite Battle pits you against a never-ending wave of Evil Lords, which must be completed in thirty seconds. These modes are fun and entertaining but there is one more mode of great importance that must be mentioned.. Multiplayer! Why not hate your friends in an all-new way? In Multiplayer, you can co-op, tag team, or simply free-for-all, racing to complete a map before anyone else. You can also change the settings, such as turning off "Breath of Destruction" (the boss' monsters thirty second game-ender), among other settings.
Thirty Seconds Or It's Free: 4/5 Great. I truly feel that Half-Minute Hero 2 is a sleeper hit, one that has something for just about everyone. Dramatic, upbeat music, clever references to other classic RPGs, strategy, challenge, and replay value. Just because you complete a quest in one fashion does not mean there are not tons of other ways to try and succeed. If your friends are playing, there are a limitless amount of edit map/multiplayer options going on here. Half-Minute Hero is exciting and intriguing, and although its retro graphics style might not be for everyone, it is a clever lampoon at the gaming industry. Too often we as gamers look at graphics first, and if it doesn't look pretty enough we toss it aside. Half-Minute Hero has a very simple look but there is certainly more than meets the eye. Graphics: 4/5 The sprite-styled graphics are beautiful, and the enemy boss art is just fantastic. It may not appeal to everyone, but to the player who occasionally misses this simplistic art style, it will be a fond trip down memory lane, while playing something current. The colors are bright and easy to see, and there are lots of little details to observe such as item changes on the main character. Controls: 3/5 When the controls were working, they were crisp and fluid. However, Half-Minute Hero 2 did not appear to be too friendly towards the Playstation 4 controller (which is what I use on most titles). Even with a DS4 tool, a program that allows a PS4 controller to emulate an Xbox 360 controller for the sake of usability, it was almost impossible to use at times. The keyboard controls however are very sharp and reliant. Features/Gameplay: 4/5 Plenty of things to do in this game! The story mode is pleasant, and takes a fair amount of time to complete. The controls are not terribly complex and the ability to fast-forward through dialogue/cutscenes is terribly useful. Especially when you have played a map seven, eight, nine times. Sound/Music: 5/5 The music in this game is remarkable. There are quite a few composers working on this game and they all bring something fantastic to hear to the game. The main title music is suitably heroic and fast-paced, getting the blood pumping and the body ready to experience fastpaced adventure! And that's just what the game is; the music and sound effects neatly bring this title together. Screenshots Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming Screenshots                    Videos Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming VideosHalf Minute Hero: The Second Coming Trailer System Requirements Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming System RequirementsComing Soon… |
| Transverse Coming 2015: Sci-Fi MMORPG from Piranha Games Posted: 09 Sep 2014 01:52 PM PDT Humanity has begun its first tentative steps beyond its home solar system. However, the journey has not been entirely peaceful… From the creators of MechWarrior Online comes Transverse, a galactic flight-based MMORPG set in a persistent, distant sector of the galaxy where industry, science and combat shape humanity’s interstellar progression. When the division between humans on Earth and the trans-humans of the outer colonies threatened to develop into a system-wide war, the development of an interstellar jump drive offered an alternative and the trans-humans in the outer colonies were given the drive and a choice: integrate or emigrate. They chose isolation. Now immortal through the ability to transfer their consciousness into different host bodies, the trans-humans have multiple hosts that can be modified and improved to advance a pilot’s skill. The future path humanity takes among the stars is in your hands. With incredibly detailed ship and station construction, massive solar-system-wide player events and real-time, physics-based combat, Transverse puts the power in the pilot’s hands. A fluctuating, real-time economy fueled by industry drives trade in a dynamic resource ecosystem, and player-generated contracts and missions can shift the balance of power at any given moment. Your reputation as a pilot throughout the galaxy will be judged by how well you fly, and the decisions you make. Transverse is now available for pre-order via a variety of tiers starting at $30 USD. For more information, please cruise over to www.transversegame.com. |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2014 01:41 PM PDT The makers of MechWarrior Online reveal Transverse, a galactic flight-based MMORPG set in a persistent, distant sector of the galaxy where industry, science and combat shape humanity’s interstellar progression.
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| Posted: 09 Sep 2014 01:00 PM PDT Mythborne is a 2.5D browser-based RPG game developed by R2Games. The game is loosely based on ancient Greek mythology and features turn-based battles based on attack speed. Players deploy a squad of up to five heroes to fight monsters and hunt for loot.  Publisher: R2Games Pros: +Limited Information Available Cons: -Limited Information Available
Overview Mythborne OverviewPlayers can organize their squad with any combination of the game’s five classes: the Duelist, Oracle, Hunter, Mage, or Paladin. Each one has its own unique role and abilities, from heavy tanking, to ranged physical DPS, to healing, to magical nuking capabilities. Players can choose one of each class, or double up on certain ones for greater specialization within a squad. Players can also go up against the Spire, facing challenges that mount in difficulty and complexity. Additionally, raid content is available, giving players the best shot at some of the game’s most potent rewards. Mythborne Screenshots   Mythborne Featured VideoComing Soon… Full Review Mythborne ReviewComing Soon… Screenshots Mythborne ScreenshotsComing Soon… Videos Mythborne VideosMythborne Trailer System Requirements Mythborne System RequirementsComing Soon… |
| Perfect World International Celebrates Six Year Anniversary Posted: 09 Sep 2014 11:59 AM PDT Since launching in September 2008, Perfect World International has been engaging and challenging players worldwide, and continues to be one of the most successful and popular free-to-play MMOs on the market. Today, with over 2 million active users across the planet, players everywhere continue to engage with the new and exciting content that comes to PWI, most recently with the expansion New Horizons. Highlighting the success of PWI, one can see some key figures in the infographic below showing the growth and longevity of Perfect World Entertainment's original MMO. In celebration of this anniversary, players can use the key in the infographic image below to unlock the Jade Gift Pack, containing the Jade Cosmos Mount, charms, and more! For more info, visit http://pwi.perfectworld.com/ |
| Heroes of The Storm: Chen Trailer Posted: 09 Sep 2014 11:40 AM PDT The legendary Warcraft brewmaster, Chen, is introduced in this new trailer.
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| Posted: 09 Sep 2014 11:24 AM PDT By Jason Parker (Ragachak) Money Money Money Money Money. . . Marvelous, publisher of such fantastic titles as the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory series, plus Fate/Extra and Skullgirls, offers us the sequel we did not know we were waiting for: Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming! The premise of the game is that every major bad guy can destroy the land that you are in, but it takes thirty seconds to do so! Enter the Time Goddess. For a price, the Time Goddess will turn time back so that you can continue forward. At first this game might seem infuriating, with good reason. However, the game is charming and clever, offering lots of throwbacks to the days of more pixelated RPGs. As the hero you must find like-minded individuals, collect ridiculous (and awesome!) pieces of equipment and fight the clock while fighting the forces of evil.
I admit to a bit of trepidation before I began playing this. I remembered seeing the original, and since I heard that you had to complete each stage in thirty seconds, I thought it sounded like a terrible idea and tossed it aside. This turned out to be a foolish decision on my part! I did not realize how intricate and funny the title would be. Not to mention that on Steam, now and forever, if you purchase Half-Minute Hero 2: The Second Coming, you get the soundtrack and the original game, a deal that started just this past week. It is a part of their "Late-Access" to Half-Minute Hero 2 which I thought was quite clever. The game is a challenge, and despite constantly redoing quests to succeed, I had fun from start to finish. From the ridiculous names and humorous dialogue, this was a real treat. Have I Got A Deal For You! In Half-Minute Hero 2 there are a couple of game modes that offer a surprisingly large amount of content to sink your time into. The primary mode of the game is the Story, which is separated into several episodes. As the game progresses, it introduces more game mechanics to challenge the user, while also giving them more tools to solve the puzzles/quests. Each of these episodes takes place significantly after the others (without spoiling the story too much!) and each of these heroes must balance money, time, and violence to progress to the next chapter of the story. This is a level-based game, in that your character levels up as time goes on. But the leveling process is incredibly slow when not in a quest (quests have the thirty second rule in effect at all times). So how can one possibly proceed through the battles effectively?
The Time-Goddess essentially lets you power-level, gaining exp at an incredibly heightened rate while in a quest. When not in a quest, you can level up as well, but at a much slower pace; luckily you start a quest at whatever level you were beforehand. Bear in mind as soon as the quest or mission is over, you reset to where you were at the start! While on the main map you can hold a button to dash as well. But do not get used to this: while in a quest dashing lowers your current hp at a steady rate. As you progress through the game you might notice that you are missing chests, items, characters and titles. The Goddess will eventually let you travel back to these missions to go back for the sake of completion.
Shaping A World, And Destroying It: There is a lot to see and do in the story, and completing all of the episodes can take quite a bit of time. There is more to do though than simply saving the day alone. Edit Mode exists to create your own maps and challenges, and upload them to the Steam Workshop. You can also download someone else’s to test your skills. There are a few base maps, and you can change many of their facets to make them as easy or hard as you would like. Let's face it; sometimes it is just nice to punish other people after banging your head against a quest. Another interesting option is the "Goddess Room.”The Goddess Room offers you an opportunity to spend the gold you gave up at the end of quests to customize your in-game experience. New outfits, skins for your menus, and other things await you. A time-sink, sure, but there is already so much to do in game that it will not be time wasted.
There is more to do here than just build zones though! Waiting to test your skill is "Time Attack,” which as its name implies, challenges you to race the clock to best a mission as fast as possible. Infinite Battle pits you against a never-ending wave of Evil Lords, which must be completed in thirty seconds. These modes are fun and entertaining but there is one more mode of great importance that must be mentioned.. Multiplayer! Why not hate your friends in an all-new way? In Multiplayer, you can co-op, tag team, or simply free-for-all, racing to complete a map before anyone else. You can also change the settings, such as turning off "Breath of Destruction" (the boss' monsters thirty second game-ender), among other settings.
Thirty Seconds Or It's Free: 4/5 Great. I truly feel that Half-Minute Hero 2 is a sleeper hit, one that has something for just about everyone. Dramatic, upbeat music, clever references to other classic RPGs, strategy, challenge, and replay value. Just because you complete a quest in one fashion does not mean there are not tons of other ways to try and succeed. If your friends are playing, there are a limitless amount of edit map/multiplayer options going on here. Half-Minute Hero is exciting and intriguing, and although its retro graphics style might not be for everyone, it is a clever lampoon at the gaming industry. Too often we as gamers look at graphics first, and if it doesn't look pretty enough we toss it aside. Half-Minute Hero has a very simple look but there is certainly more than meets the eye. Graphics: 4/5 The sprite-styled graphics are beautiful, and the enemy boss art is just fantastic. It may not appeal to everyone, but to the player who occasionally misses this simplistic art style, it will be a fond trip down memory lane, while playing something current. The colors are bright and easy to see, and there are lots of little details to observe such as item changes on the main character. Controls: 3/5 When the controls were working, they were crisp and fluid. However, Half-Minute Hero 2 did not appear to be too friendly towards the Playstation 4 controller (which is what I use on most titles). Even with a DS4 tool, a program that allows a PS4 controller to emulate an Xbox 360 controller for the sake of usability, it was almost impossible to use at times. The keyboard controls however are very sharp and reliant. Features/Gameplay: 4/5 Plenty of things to do in this game! The story mode is pleasant, and takes a fair amount of time to complete. The controls are not terribly complex and the ability to fast-forward through dialogue/cutscenes is terribly useful. Especially when you have played a map seven, eight, nine times. Sound/Music: 5/5 The music in this game is remarkable. There are quite a few composers working on this game and they all bring something fantastic to hear to the game. The main title music is suitably heroic and fast-paced, getting the blood pumping and the body ready to experience fastpaced adventure! And that's just what the game is; the music and sound effects neatly bring this title together. |
| Xsyon Introduces Farming & Cooking Posted: 09 Sep 2014 10:35 AM PDT The apocalyptic sandbox MMORPG, Xsyon has released its most highly anticipated since launch, introducing farming and cooking systems to the game! Xsyon players can now plant and raise a variety of different crops, watering, tending and fertilizing them to obtain bountiful harvests. Xsyon's innovative cooking system allows players to combine the ingredients and seasonings of their choice to create their own recipes. Players must match ingredient types and flavors to produce dishes that provide buffs and bonuses. Players can save their recipes in a cookbook and create special signature dishes. This update also ramps up the survival aspect of the game as players now forage, fish, build fires and cook to survive and thrive in this apocalyptic new world! More information is available on the official Xsyon website: http://www.xsyon.com |
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