5 Best Games of September 2020
The kiddos might be gearing up for school this month, but the gaming word keeps on truckin' with a number of hotly anticipated titles. See what's to come with the 5 best games of September 2020. Oh, and we won't make you click through five pages to look at the entire list.
5 Best Games of September 2020
Spelunky 2
Originally announced in 2017, Mossmouth and BlitWorks' Spelunky 2 promises more of the roguelike platformer action that put the original title on the map. In this title, the story deepens as more randomly-generated adventures beckon players. New additions to the title include items like the clone ray, rideable turkeys, and online multiplayer. The creator Derek Yu stated that he wants the world of Spelunky 2 to feel more rich, full, and welcoming.
Spelunky 2 will come out for the PlayStation 4 on September 15.
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Developed by Vanillaware and published by Atlus West, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim features thirteen different characters that interact with one another to create a greater narrative. Largely set in the 1980s during the Shōwa period, players will take part in a war against alien forces using what are known as Sentinel mechas. Gameplay is split between Adventure, Battle, and Archives, and RPG elements are also included through the use of experience points and upgrade items called Chips.
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will come out for the PlayStation 4 stateside on September 22, 2020.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
The Birdman Tony Hawk makes his return to the world of videogames with the release of Activision and Vicarious Visions' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2. A remake of the original two titles, this release will feature new additions to the gameplay, including the revert, spine transfer and wall plant tricks found in later entries. For those who want to bring a friend along, both split-screen and online multiplayer have been included.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 will come out for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on September 4, 2020.
Mafia: Definitive Edition
A total remake of the classic crime drama, Hangar 13 and 2K Games' Mafia: Definitive Edition has players rising through the ranks of the Mafia during the Prohibition era. Players will follow the story of the cab driver Tommy Angelo, who quickly gets thrown in the underworld after a run-in with the mob. Improvements to the title include an expanded story, tweaks to the gameplay, and an original score.
Mafia: Definitive Edition will come out for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on September 25, 2020.
Marvel's Avengers
Players will be able to assemble Earth's mightiest heroes with the release of Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix's Marvel's Avengers. Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, and Ms. Marvel will all make their appearance, who must contend with Taskmaster and the Terrigen Mist. Players can enjoy this title offline as a single-player experience, or can team up online with up to four people during certain aspects of the game.
Marvel's Avengers will come out for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia on September 4, 2020.
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Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix look to take the Marvel Universe to the next level with the live-service action RPG, Marvel's Avengers. Bridging the near endless potential of the Marvel universe with an ever-evolving video game sounds like a match made in heaven, but does Marvel's Avengers live up to expectations?
Marvel's Avengers Review
Marvel's Avengers struggled in the build up to launch. A string of controversies surrounding platform-exclusive content, questionable monetization methods, and comparisons to the struggling Anthem raised a lot of red flags. Moving closer to release, several beta events didn't seem to do much for easing the concerns of players. Now the full game is out in the wild, how does it stand up?
To put it simply, Marvel's Avengers surpassed just about every expectation I had. Offering a free beta event prior to release has many perks, but based solely on my limited experience of that event, I'm not sure I would have bought the game at launch.
The story follows Kamala Khan, a young and enthusiastic Avengers fan who finds herself surrounded by her heroes after submitting a fan story to an Avengers competition. Tony Stark and co. are celebrating the unveiling of a new energy technology, with a massive party the likes only Iron Man could host. However, the celebratory event quickly turns to catastrophe as Task Master and a group of unknown soldiers attack the event.
Despite the efforts of earth's greatest heroes, the Avengers fail to contain a massive explosion that spreads a deadly disease across the population. The events, which later became known as A-Day, saw the Avengers disbanded and outlawed as Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM) takes center stage, promising to cure humanity of the inhuman disease. This disease caused the infected to become mutated, gaining superhuman powers in the process.
The overarching narrative of the game is fantastic from start to finish, but it's the miniature stories told between the killer action sequences that really sell the tale. While the world is struggling with the impact of the Inhumans, the Avengers have their own inner struggles to contend with. Hulk has all but completely taken over as he struggles to deal with the loss of Captain America, with Banner and Stark clashing heads. The story direction does a brilliant job of showing the vulnerable sides to these otherwise invulnerable-like characters.
Even if the concept of the looter-based multiplayer has zero appeal for you, the single player campaign of Marvel's Avengers – while short at about 10 hours – is more than worth the purchase.
Whether you're adventuring alongside buddies in multiplayer or diving into single player's fantastic narrative, combat is Marvel's Avengers' most dominant constant. There are currently six playable heroes in the game, available across both modes: Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, and Thor. While each of the characters follow the same basic principles, with basic and heavy attacks, dodging, and travel abilities, the actual play style differences and build potential between the different heroes is huge.
Every punch, every throw of a shield, every rocket fired, and every dodge feels unique to the character you are playing. Mixing up heavy and light attacks with Iron Man, watching him spin and turn as he blasts enemies in every direction – every character feels great and looks fantastic.
The single player campaign often funnels you into specific characters to suit the story direction at the time, but once you unlock all the heroes and begin experimenting with different characters, builds, and load outs, the game really begins to open up. After finally unlocking Captain America (he's the best Avenger by far, shut up), I immediately threw him into the heat of the action. Focusing on gear that boosted my survivability, I utilized his various tank-like abilities to keep my allies alive and dealing damage.
Struggling with the perfect dodges and parries, I often found myself incapacitated, waiting on the mercy of my fellow heroes to bring me back to my feet. After a few hours, I grew tired of being a liability and completely switched my approach. Focusing on attributes and equipment that increased my ranged damage and critical hit rate, I opted to sit on the back lines throwing my shield into anything that moved. This versatile approach to character building is present across all of the characters, creating a rewarding but challenging progression system that is only let down by the repetitive aspects of the multiplayer content.
One of my primary concerns with the multiplayer in the beta event was how simple everything was. Nothing put up a fight, even the hardest content was a breeze, and it really felt like being on autopilot for the sake of grinding gear. While the gear grind is very much still dominant, and the variety of content is a little slim, dialing up the difficulty definitely ups the stakes – and the experience is much better for it.
It's difficult to fault Marvel's Avengers approach to the single player campaign, but analyzing the problems with multiplayer feels all too similar. Much like previous looter-based, live-service games, Marvel's Avengers struggles with uninspired multiplayer content with repetitive objectives and re-used maps and missions across the board. I often selected 3-4 different mission types in sequence, only to be met with identical objectives and map layouts for each mission. Many of theses issues are compounded by rather lengthy loading sequences between each mission and conveniently placed "elevators" for loading within missions.
Then there's the monetization. While not overly aggressive, it's very present throughout. All characters have a Battle Pass style system where you are rewarded with cosmetic unlockable items through daily activities and achievements. These are currently free, but will transition to premium content a few weeks after release. Having an individual pass per hero is questionable by any standards but the value, or lack of, is entirely down to you.
These aren't new struggles for games that want to deliver an ongoing service, but it's one that Marvel's Avengers makes very little effort to correct. However, the incredibly satisfying combat never once grew stale and the huge potential for development across multiple characters is going to offer endless hours of play for those more acclimatized to the live-service model.
The future of Marvel's Avengers' ongoing success will be completely dependent on the quality and regularity of content. However, as a game available today, it's a solid entry into the loot and shoot RPG space. The single player story is worth the price of admission alone, leaving the fun but dated approach to multiplayer a welcome addition for fans of the looter style approach.
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Watch Dogs Legion Gets Welcome to London Trailer
Take a trip to London with the latest trailer for Ubisoft's Watch Dogs Legion.
This title will feature Ray Tracing and DLSS as they traverse Battersea, Camden, Southwark, Brixton, and other locales.
See the title powered by NVIDIA Geforce RTX below:
Watch Dogs Legion: Welcome to London Trailer | Powered by Nvidia GeForce RTX | Ubisoft [NA]
The third instalment in the Watch Dogs series, Watch Dogs Legion will give players the chance to control multiple characters, which can be recruited across its fictionalized London. The story will put the spotlight on the London branch of hacker group DedSec, which sets out to liberate this city from its dystopian surveillance state.
Note that Watch Dogs Legion will also feature a cooperative multiplayer mode that gives up to four players the chance to work together. Progression between its single-player and multiplayer modes will be shared.
The game will come out for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 29, 2020. Note that it will also release for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 at a later date.
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Cosplay Wednesday – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles' Sherlotta
Originally making its appearance on the Nintendo GameCube, the world of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles has made its way to current consoles with the release of its remastered edition. In honor of this title, Gamers Heroes takes a look at a cosplay from Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.
Making its debut at Animazement 2015, KitBit-Cosplay's rendition of Sherlotta from Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is true to the character. Every detail of this 2000-year-old immortal girl has been captured, from her connection to the crystal with the stone in her hand, her hair, and even her many bows.
According to KitBit-Cosplay, she is a beginner cosplayer that is looking to make cosplay friends, improve her skills, and have a good time at conventions.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Sherlotta Cosplay
Credit goes to U.V. Photography and Jo Bevvy Cosplay & Photography for the photos.
You can find KitBit-Cosplay on DeviantArt here.
Do you enjoy a bit of gaming cosplay? Or maybe you're passionate enough to do it full time. Drop me a line at casey@gamersheroes.com and we'll feature some of your cosplay.
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Where To Find Turbulence Mission In Marvel's Avengers
The Reigning Supreme mission chain requires you to complete Turbulence (Elite). This guide on Where To Find Turbulence Mission In Marvel's Avengers will tell you how to track down the Turbulent (Elite) mission as it's not shown with a green icon at the War Table like other objectives.
Mission Chains are some of the most rewarding objectives to complete in Marvel's Avengers multiplayer content. The Reigning Supreme Mission Chain, during Step 3, is called Shot in the Dark – it's apart of the Avengers Initiative missions. It has several objectives, such as increasing reputation, completing a vault, etc and the final objective is to complete Turbulence (Elite)
Where To Find Turbulence Mission In Marvel's Avengers
If you want to complete the Turbulence (Elite) mission, you simply navigate to Pacific Northwest on the War Table. You can find it on the East side of the map. It is an Elite mission so depending on your current level, it may be a good idea to select the difficulty and take it down a notch if it's too high. Or knock it up a notch, if you're confident in a +3 or +4 mission attempt. +5's are very tough so I wouldn't do that without some decent buddies at your side.
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How To Unlock Vault Missions In Marvel's Avengers
You need Vault Coordinates to unlock special missions. This guide on How To Unlock Vault Missions In Marvel's Avengers explains the process of unlocking the Vault Missions, how you complete them, and the potential rewards for finishing all objectives.
Vault Missions are some of Marvel's Avengers more exciting multiplayer content. Each mission begins with using the signal tracker to find the vault, before defending a room and activating certain objectives, numbered 1,2,3,4,5, revealing the vault and unlocking the treasures inside. Vault Missions are a common weekly challenge card task for characters, so finding and tracking down these elusive missions is rewarding but so far, slow and difficult.
How To Unlock Vault Missions In Marvel's Avengers
You need to find an item called Vault Coordinates. So far we have only found them in chests with this symbol. They appear to be incredibly rare, having only found one in 10 or 11 hours of playing multiplayer. Once you have Vault Coordinates, a Vault mission appears on the world map and you can complete it like any other mission.
Once you have unlocked this mission, you can farm it for a Vault Coordinate. Day of the Remains, part of the Inhuman Faction Mission Chain. As soon as you spawn in, follow the Signal Detector to the nearby Shield bunker, this provides you with a Vault Resource every time. You can leave the mission after you find the item.
Some missions, such as the Inhuman Faction Chain Mission, automatically reveal and unlock Vault Missions so if you're struggling to find Vault Coordinates, progressing through the different faction chains and other mission chains can also be quite rewarding.
We're still searching for more Vault Coordinates and will update the guide as we discover and learn more information and better places to find vault access.
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How To Increase Shield Faction XP In Marvel's Avengers
Want to farm experience points for a specific faction? This guide on How To Increase Shield Faction XP In Marvel's Avengers will tell you all of the different activities you can do to increase your experience points with this faction and earn greater faction rewards.
There are currently two Factions in Marvel's Avengers. The Shield Faction and the Inhuman Alliance Faction. Factions are opportunities for you to earn experience points and reputation with a specific group. As you increase a Faction level through experience points. Each time you increase your Faction level, you earn faction rewards, and can purchase higher leveled items from the faction vendor.
How To Increase Shield Faction XP In Marvel's Avengers
The Shield faction is, well, Shield. You earn experience points for doing Shield Related activities. The largest source of individual experience point increases for Factions are through Objectives. Check the main menu and look under the Objectives tab. Here you can see the available missions and the rewards. Look for the ones with the largest Shield Faction XP rewards.
Another option, and one you will want to routine if you hope to increase faction level quickly, are daily missions. The Shield Faction Coordinator is aboard the carrier. They give you a daily mission each day for defeating a boss (this is how you get DNA Keys) and then daily assignments. These are usually short, very fast, and easy to do. They refresh every day so check back for new missions.
Lastly there are faction specific missions that reward you with experience points and completing missions at the factions location gives a very small bonus to faction XP. Such as completing missions in Utah for the Inhuman Alliance. Opening strongboxes and other chests can also provide small boosts to rep.
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How To Increase Inhuman Alliance Faction XP In Marvel's Avengers
Faction rewards are some of the games strongest items. This guide on How To Increase Inhuman Alliance Faction XP In Marvel's Avengers breaks down the different methods of farming experience points for this specific faction, so you can level up your faction and earn greater rewards.
The Inhuman Faction is one of two factions in the game where you can earn experience points and level them up, the other is the Shield Faction. Certain activities award you with faction experience points. These points can increase the level of that faction. Each level increase with a faction provides specific rewards that you can receive from the faction vendor. The higher your faction level, the more powerful gear you can purchase from that faction.
How To Increase Inhuman Alliance Faction XP In Marvel's Avengers
The primary source of single, biggest increases to experience points, are Objectives. These can be found on the main menu. They can be quite lengthy but the rewards are usually worth it. Search the Objectives menu for those that offer the biggest XP boost for the faction you're looking to level.
Next up you want to make sure you visit the Faction Coordinator every day. They have a Daily Mission and Daily Assignments. Both of these can be done quite quickly and provide a good daily boost to your faction experience points level. To reach the Faction Coordinator for the Inhuman Alliance go to Utah Badlands and select the travel to HQ at the bottom. This will take you to the Ant Hill where you can speak with the faction reps.
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Where To Find & Farm DNA Keys In Marvel's Avengers
DNA Keys open the doors to some of the best loot in the game. This guide on Where To Find & Farm DNA Keys In Marvel's Avengers will tell you exactly what you have to do in order to farm a decent amount of DNA Keys through daily activities, allowing you to open special chests within vault missions.
The Vault missions in Marvel's Avengers offers some of the biggest possible gear upgrades and rewards in the game. They are tough, rare, and worth the challenge. Nearly all Vault missions contain special biometrically locked DNA strongboxes that can only be opened with a DNA Key. As such, it's best to save your limited Vault attempts until you have enough keys to open the DNA box on each run. Thankfully, finding and farming DNA Keys isn't all that difficult.
Where To Find & Farm DNA Keys In Marvel's Avengers
Currently you can visit both Faction Coordinators to receive daily missions. There is one aboard the carrier and one in the Inhuman base. Both factions provide you with daily assignments that offer rare materials and other valuable rewards but they also both offer a daily mission.
The Villain Sector Daily Missions are available from both vendors and they both take you to the same location, an encounter with a villain boss, Task Master. Once defeated, there is a very high chance you will receive a DNA Key. I've done it 4 times and received the DNA Key on every occasion so while it may not be 100% guaranteed, it's definitely a very high chance.
Be sure to check both Faction Coordinators every day to see if the Villain Sector mission is available. The Daily Missions reset at 17:00 UTC
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons September Update Detailed
Get ready for the Fall season in Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons with the September update for the game.
In this update, players will be able to catch crickets, monarch butterflies, salmon, oysters, and other creatures. Players will also be able to shake trees for acorns and pine cones, which can then be crafted for a number of fall-themed items.
Learn more about the update below:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Exploring September – Nintendo Switch
A life simulation game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the fifth main series title in the Animal Crossing series. Players take control of a customizable character that moves to a deserted island after purchasing a travel package from Tom Nook. From there, players can explore the island at their leisures as they gather and craft items, catch insects and fish, and develop the island into a community of animals.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the second best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch, with more than 22 million units sold to date. It also sold five million digital copies in its first month, which broke the console game record for most digital units sold in a month.
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