Thursday, April 9, 2020

Quite Possibly The Most Important Article A Gamer Will Read In 2020

Sold your damn soul to the devil. That's what I think when I see these game developers and publishers becoming mates with the one country who has cost people suffering, and death that continues to go on as the days pass. You know of whom I speak, and it is that very country who now has a good percentage of stock and say in game development. A country whom you are supporting with your money every time you spend you hard earned cash on their products. You are, through the bought out and sold out companies, paving the way for more global atrocities via dictatorship.

If you play, and pay for DLC or microtransactions in Fortnite, Path of Exile, Call of Duty, Black Desert Online, or most of the popular free-to-play titles chances are you're contributing to the cause. For it is Tencent who has bought stock for moneymaking, and influence sake in said games. Every time you see a game censored it's also likely due to the game being tied to Tencent. Studios such as Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, and even Platinum games didn't mind said sacrifice of creative freedom nor selling stock to Tencent despite the potential harm it could do Western consumers. If you think for a second these fan favorite gaming studios, and publishers care about your thoughts on the matter best think again. Heck, they don't even care about you. They, like Tencent, are in it to make bank. As long as people keep paying, and playing they'll continue to do so. The only way to stop it, to stick it to the man, is to stop playing and paying for these games and their add-on content. I know it's hard to stop playing what's popular, but for the sake of all that is good in the world, for the very lives of the people, at least try.

Monday, April 6, 2020

Grimvalor (Nintendo Switch)

Originally an iOS touch pad focused game, "Grimvalor" finds it's way to the Nintendo Switch in a competently readjusted port that makes the Metroidvania Soulsborne experience that it is all the more engaging and atmospheric in the console sense. Taking place in a cursed kingdom known as Vallaris the game puts you in the role of a nameless female or male scout who is assigned to search for the missing King Valor as encroaching monstrosities make their way in. Armed with dual weapons, Metroidvania mechanics, and equipment fitting for the task you will fight your way through multiple paths crossing both the land of Vallaris and the Nexus hub.

Thursday, April 2, 2020

HyperParasite (PS4)

Oozing with 80's pop culture references, presidential pokes, and a dash of identity politics "HyperParasite" aims to entertain the gamer with an infinite rogue-like replay rich gameplay loop done up in a slight twin-stick shooter fashion. This semi-top down action packed alien adventure puts the player in control of a parasitic mass that is intent on reaching it's presidential target. All in hopes of conquering humanity via nuclear warfare through body snatching. Kind of like the current COVID-19 versus POTUS situation. Something that is oddly referenced in the game's opening cinematic where a Nick Fury looking Commander in Chief puts a bounty on the parasite's head giving the public a shoot on sight order in hopes of thwarting the end times ploy. With the parasite's ability to take control of a host's body though this means that those looking to capitalize will be killing their own kind if they miss the mark. In a villain versus hero situation how you fare as the alien invader will depend fully on how well you can utilize the game's unique mechanics. That, and how well you can make use of Wito's shop upgrades.