OPINION PIECES

Every once in a while, a game comes around and revitalizes an otherwise fairly stagnant genre. These days, no genre has become more stagnant than shooters, with every major developer and publisher pumping out the same kinds of super realistic, super gritty, or super competitive games. This is where something like Blizzard’s Overwatch comes in, introducing something that is so ...

Before The Division was released, it was speculated that even though there would not be any traditional raids, additional endgame content in the form of Incursions would function as the rough equivalent to raids. As it turns out, that speculation is more or less correct, as the release of The Division’s first Incursion has proven. However, it appears as though ...

If you’ve been paying any attention to Destiny lately, you may have noticed a certain air of discontent among some of the more avid members of its audience. Among other things, there were complaints about how you essentially have to deal with three layers of RNG when getting loot (and bad loot in general), a lack of endgame content, and ...

Following on the heels of Fallout 4’s Automatron DLC, the Wasteland Workshop DLC was advertised as a small DLC that more or less is intended to remind you that there’s still stuff for you to do in the game until Far Harbor is released. To its credit, the Wasteland Workshop DLC delivers exactly what was promised, nothing more, nothing less. ...

If you’ve watched any of the original Star Wars movies, then you probably already know of the franchise’s love of giant superweapons that tend to be blown up by a plucky group of underdogs. As impressive as the Death Stars were, they all had a convenient weak spot that helped the Rebellion score major victories against the Empire. We all ...

By now, you have probably heard of at least one of the many debates over the portrayal of female characters in modern gaming. From fairly legitimate issues like ridiculous body armor, to well intended but perhaps a little far fetched ones that ask for “realistic” body shapes for unrealistic women, you can pretty much find a complaint (regardless of its legitimacy) about anything and ...

Ever since Fallout 4’s DLC roadmap was unveiled, it was assumed that Automatron would be considered one of the smaller DLCs, or at least until Far Harbor is released in May. With a price of $10 (unless you bought the season pass) it seems rather steep, especially when it is compared to what was advertised. By comparison, each of Fallout ...

Regardless of whether you spent one hour or a hundred hours (or even simply watched a Let’s Play) in The Division, it is hard to deny that it is a game that successfully brought together two very popular genres: stat-heavy RPGs and pseudo-realistic third person shooters. To it’s credit, The Division is a well made game overall. But even the most ...

If there is one lesson that Role Playing Games had to learn the hard way, it’s that a good RPG has to have some kind of endgame content to encourage you to keep playing the game, even if you already got the best loot possible and such. The Division is no different, and to that end, it features multiple endgame ...

Love them or hate them, reboots and spiritual successors are simultaneously the easiest and the hardest way for any movie or game franchise to make money. On the one hand, you already have an established audience (take a look at anything Star Wars related and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary). On the other hand, this also means that you have an ...