Kotaku Monday, February 20, 2023 12:05 AM  Last week's episode of The Last of Us was perhaps the show at its most bleak and devastating. Thankfully, episode six, entitled "Kin," offers us a bit of a tonal reprieve, with enough scenes of hope and possibility for life in the post-cordyceps world to remind us that it is still possible to carve out lives worth… |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, February 19, 2023 8:45 PM  Honkai Star Rail, despite being developed by HoYoverse, is quite different from Genshin Impact. One of the key distinctions here is the combat system. Genshin Impact has real-time battles where you need to swap characters in and out. Honkai Star Rail, meanwhile, has turn-based fights, which tend to be slower and more tactical in nature. Here's our guide to help explain how turn-based combat works in Honkai Star Rail. Note: We'll have a Honkai Star Rail guides and features hub once the game has officially released, so stay tuned. How turn-based combat works in Honkai Star Rail Most regular bouts in the game can be started by walking up to a hostile in an overworld area and attacking them. There are also various techniques that are character-specific. For instance, the main character can restore HP, while March 7th can freeze a random foe. Meanwhile, Sushang and Asta deal Physical and Fire damage, respectively, to all enemies once the encounter begins. And then there's ... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, February 19, 2023 8:40 PM  Honkai Star Rail lets you unleash the power of the elements when you fight foes in the game world. However, this is primarily tied to the break mechanic, where you destroy a target's shields. Here's our guide to help explain how elemental weakness works in Honkai Star Rail. Note: We'll have a Honkai Star Rail guides and features hub once the game has officially released, so stay tuned. How elements and elemental weakness work in Honkai Star Rail There are currently seven elements in Honkai Star Rail. We list these, as well as their colors and symbols, below: Physical – grey; two crossed swords. Fire – red; flame. Ice – light blue; snowflake. Wind – green; cloud or gust. Lightning – purple; spark. Quantum – dark blue; orb with sharp edges (looks a bit like a chakram or an eye). Imaginary – gold; shining cross. Screenshot by PC Invasion Elemental combat in Honkai Star Rail versus Genshin Impact If you've been playing Gen... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, February 19, 2023 8:35 PM  Honkai Star Rail brings multiple new fighters for you to try out. While many concepts will remind you of Genshin Impact, and, indeed, a vague similarity to role-playing game (RPG) ideas, there are still a few tidbits that you'll want to learn about. Here's our guide to help explain how character paths or classes work in Honkai Star Rail. Note: We'll have a Honkai Star Rail guides and features hub once the game has officially released, so stay tuned. How character paths or classes work in Honkai Star Rail Gamers who've tried various RPGs (and even strategy or action-shooters) will be familiar with the class system, a concept where your fighters have distinct roles. This can also be seen in the Honkai Star Rail character paths, dedicated classes or functions for your team members. Apart from abilities, characters will also be limited to the type of Light Cone or weapon they can wield. Screenshot by PC Invasion There are currently seven character paths or classes i... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, February 19, 2023 8:30 PM  Honkai Star Rail is HoYoverse's next big project: a free-to-play RPG with sci-fi themes. Given that the studio also made Genshin Impact, you'll notice a lot of similarities, especially when it comes to gacha mechanics. Here's our guide to help explain how the pity system works for Warps or Wishes in Honkai Star Rail. Note: We'll have a Honkai Star Rail guides and features hub once the game has officially released, so stay tuned. How the pity system works for Warps or Wishes in Honkai Star Rail Honkai Star Rail Warps are what you'd normally called Wishes in Genshin Impact. As such, these terms are interchangeable. If you're a Genshin veteran, you'll even notice the same banner concept. Basically, each banner has its own pool of rewards, be it a character or weapon (i.e., Light Cones). The currencies (i.e., Star Rail Pass and Star Rail Special Pass) are used to make your "gacha pulls," and the results are completely random based on fa... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, February 19, 2023 8:25 PM  Honkai Star Rail is an upcoming free-to-play RPG from HoYoverse, the studio behind Genshin Impact. Naturally, the two games have certain similarities, which will seem very familiar with Genshin vets. Still, you might be wondering about all the resources you'd end up earning. Here's our guide to help explain how currencies work in Honkai Star Rail. Note: We'll have a Honkai Star Rail guides and features hub once the game has officially released, so stay tuned. How currencies work in Honkai Star Rail There are several Honkai Star Rail currencies used in regular gameplay, as well as gacha mechanics. For reference, we'll also use terms that Genshin Impact players will be familiar with: Credits (Mora) – Basically, this is your gold, used to buy items from NPCs or upgrade characters/weapons. Materials (XP booklets and weapon/character ascension) – Although the terms used are different, these refer to items that are used to boost your character's lev... |
Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, February 19, 2023 11:32 PM HBO Max's The Last of Us had promised new variations of infected, and while we did get a bloater in the last episode, we also got something new in the form of a child clicker. The thing looked pretty surreal when it was in the episode, and we have a closer look at the costume, […] |
Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, February 19, 2023 11:17 PM Octopath Traveller had released back in 2018, and a lot of gamers had fallen in love with the game's unique ode to classic RPGs. Now Square Enix is set to release the sequel with Octopath Traveller II, and we have a new gameplay overview that reveals you don't have to play the original to get […] |
Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, February 19, 2023 9:12 PM With J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth being as massive as it is, you can bet that the IP can cover several branches of media from books to TV and movies. One particular well that is currently dry is the video game department for LOTR, but it looks like we're going to be seeing a change in the […] |