Tag: action rpg

Elex II Review

The All-Sprinkles Sundae Gets Another Scoop

HIGH The reveal of what’s going on with the villains.

LOW Trying to fight anything but the lowest-level monsters with a sword.

WTF There are two different monsters, both called “Rippers”.


DYSMANTLE Review

The Whole World Is Your Resource

HIGH Getting a weapon strong enough to one-shot the skinless hunters.

LOW A few quests have confusingly-worded instructions.

WTF The ancient ancestors left behind… sokoban puzzles?


Far Cry 6 Preview

With its eerily familiar locations, its plot about freeing an island from brutal dictator, and a casually-murderous villain from the TV show Better Call Saul, Ubisoft’s upcoming Far Cry 6 immediately feels like a knowing throwback to the genre-redefining Far Cry 3. The crucial difference between them, however, lies in the point of view. Where FC3 wanted players to feel baffled and intrigued by the strange new world they were exploring, FC6 puts them in the role of a citizen of Yara, the fictional Carribean island on which the game is set.