Tag Archives: Role Playing

You might’ve met this giant armoured man early on, in the Forest of Fallen Giants, when a humongous bird drops him on top of a roof. There’s a good chance he killed you. The trick here is roll dodging his advances. Circle strafe is unreliable because he attacks very quickly, …

If you played Dark Souls 2’s multiplayer beta, you might have encountered this boss before–except, back then, he was called Mirror Knight. He’s a slow, lumbering enemy, but has some decent range on his sword attacks. If you get too far away from him, watch out–he’ll cast a volley of …

The hype: Fable will revolutionize video games by giving you an unprecedented level of control over your character’s growth, and you’ll be able to affect the world of Albion in real, permanent ways. The reality: Fable was an above-average action-RPG, with most of its pie-in-the-sky possibilities failing to live up …

Until today, I had assumed that the Federal Trade Commission had no interest or influence in the world of video games, affecting as much change to our hobby as the Better Business Bureau or online petitions (that is to say, basically none). Boy, was I wrong. CVG News reports that …

Pokemon X and Y is now out in the wild for the world to enjoy, as you’ve no doubt noticed when we posted our Pokemon X and Y review along with our complete Pokedex (opens in new tab), and guides to Mega Stone locations (opens in new tab) and Pokemon-amie …

The Kalos region is full of monsters! It’s finally here. Pokemon X and Y have been released, and add dozens of new pocket-sized (and building-sized) monsters to the world. You’ve likely read our Pokemon X and Y review, but now it’s time to see all of the new creatures with …

You again!?! Lets just get this out of the way: We love video games. Theyre fun, challenging, and have even stirred our emotions from time to time. That said, as weve noted before, were a little tired of being murderers in games, particularly when its the same type of dude …

WildStar developer Carbine Studios is willing to bet the world’s ready for another subscription-based MMORPG. Carbine and publisher NCsoft today announced that the online game will use a traditional subscription model with a play-to-pay option available for enterprising players. Beyond 30 days of subscription time included with the initial $60 …

Trey Parker started by saying that several years ago making a game sounded really simple, and that it’d be cool to make something like Skyrim, but that feels long ago now. After the two started with a massive script for the game, the real test was cutting the content into …

Fallout, Wasteland, The Bard’s Tale – these are some of the games created by Brian Fargo. It’s fair to say that he’s been around the games industry for a while, and he was the founder of legendary studio Interplay back in 1983, which worked with development studios like Blizzard, BioWare …