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GamersHeroes Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:46 PM
    

The team at Level Infinite is celebrating the second Goddess of Victory: NIKKE anniversary by announcing new characters, new story content, and a new minigame.

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GamersHeroes Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:15 PM
    

Guerrilla Games, Nixxes Software, and PlayStation Studios have released Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered for both the PlayStation 5 and PC.

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GamersHeroes Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:50 AM
    

Publisher Com2uS (Summoners War) and developer MOJITO GAMES (a  a subsidiary of JOYCITY) have launched their action-packed character collection RPG STARSEED: Asnia Trigger.

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GamersHeroes Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:09 AM
    

S.T.A.L.K.E.R fans, rejoice! Just in time for Halloween, GSC and MATABOO have released the Legends of the Zone trilogy on the Nintendo Switch.

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GamersHeroes Thursday, October 31, 2024 10:27 AM
    

Successfully escaping aliens in UFO Abduction this week in Rockstar Games' GTA Online will reward players with The Shocker, along with GTA$, RP, and Green and White UFO Boxer Shorts.

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GamersHeroes Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:54 AM
    

Just in time for Halloween, Two Point Studios has released a supernatural trailer for their new title Two Point Museum.

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GamersHeroes Thursday, October 31, 2024 8:04 AM
    

In true BioWare fashion, Dragon Age Veilguard is filled with choices and consequences. In this guide, we'll list the most important choices your character can make and list the impact of each decision. It's important to note that many of Dragon Age Veilguard's dialogue options have little impact. They are merely a means of fleshing …

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Kotaku Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:45 PM
    

Just in time for Halloween, Disney's witchy series Agatha All Along has concluded with a two-part finale. Prior to this week, the show (which stars Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, and Aubrey Plaza) has consistently delivered some of the best Marvel television we've seen, with exciting twists rooted in emotional stakes. It's…

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Kotaku Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:35 PM
    

Dragon Age: The Veilguard wraps up a lot of ongoing storylines for fans of BioWare's fantasy RPG series. But it also has some new threads to pull on, one of which is the focus of the game's secret post-credits stinger. Unlocking this final revelation is a hefty affair that will span several quest lines. If you want to…

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Kotaku Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:50 AM
    

Where the hell is the Switch 2, folks? It's the last day of October and Nintendo still hasn't revealed the one thing every fan is waiting for. Instead, we've gotten almost everything else the company could think of, from random ports of cult Wii U games to literal alarm clocks. What else could the gaming giant throw…

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Kotaku Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:55 AM
    

Many of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's choices are personal and focus on your team's relationships and life paths. However, one of the big, world-changing ones comes early on, shortly after you recruit Davrin, the Grey Warden companion. Right now, you might be staring at a choice between helping either the Tevinter city…

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Kotaku Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:15 AM
    

Found footage seems tailor-made for horror because it's typically built around the idea that the footage was lost or hidden for suspicious reasons. The genre's signature use of wobbly camerawork and raw dialogue places audiences directly in the shoes of a film's panicked characters as nightmarish situations unfold.…

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:42 PM
     State of Decay 2 is one of the greatest zombie games, and now's the time to buy

It's a fantastic time for zombie games right now. Dying Light The Beast is on the way, Dead Island 2 just got that huge new horde mode, the Black Ops 6 Zombies campaign is chewing up the CoD, and now State of Decay 2, the superlative open-world undead fest from 2018, is available cheaper than ever. It's a slightly bittersweet moment - developer Undead Labs recently confirmed that State of Decay 2's October update would be its last - but if you've never tried the open-world survival shooter before, this is certainly the right time.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:32 PM
     New Callisto Protocol roguelike has some of the best ideas the genre's ever seen

A Callisto Protocol roguelike is, frankly, the last thing I expected to come out this year. The Dead Space spiritual successor was quite the debut from Striking Distance Studios, so color me surprised when the team announced Redacted. Set in the same universe as the big-budget horror game, Redacted is a very different beast. The scares are replaced with infinite replayability, the action is ramped up, and there's a punk-rock aesthetic to boot. Taking place in The Callisto Protocol's Black Iron Prison, I found my time with the roguelike welcoming, familiar, and surprising in equal measure.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:48 PM
     Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered is

Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered resurrects a game that fuses several legendary names into one particularly bizarre and brash third-person shooter. The 2011 original brought together Killer7 mastermind Goichi 'Suda 51' Suda, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, and Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka. The game that resulted bears striking aspects of all its creators, making it a rather unique prospect - and one unashamed, even excessive, in its bawdiness in a way that is certain to split opinion. At Gamescom, I asked Suda and Mikami what made them want to bring it back now, and if more might follow.


PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:26 PM
     Star Trek Fleet Command's new Halloween update adds 8 long-awaited characters

Star Trek: Fleet Command is fast approaching its sixth anniversary, and while there'll no doubt be some kind of in-game event to mark the milestone, you can enjoy the special Halloween celebration in the meantime. There's no trick, but there are plenty of treats, as players can access a range of new missions and have the opportunity to unlock some amazing new characters.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:17 PM
     Off The Grid system requirements demand RTX 3060 as minimum graphics card

If you were hoping your old and dusty gaming PC would meet the Off The Grid system requirements, I have some bad news. This new early access battle royale game demands an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 as the minimum graphics card, and an RTX 4070 as the recommended.

It's not often that one of the best graphics cards from the last few years features in the recommended tier of a game system requirements, but Off The Grid is an exception to the rule. As the game is still in early access, this could be down to issues with optimization, and the demands of the game could lessen closer to the final release.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:17 PM
     Kitten Space Agency is a new Kerbal Space Program rival from the creator of DayZ

Let's get this out of the way: Kitten Space Agency is not Kerbal Space Program. Nevertheless, its creator, DayZ's Dean Hall, is already calling it a "KSP killer." KSP fans have been desperate for something to come along and succeed where Kerbal Space Program 2 failed, and it looks like KSA might just have the right space juice to get the job done.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:31 PM
     Once Human codes and how to redeem

What are the latest Once Human codes? There are times in all of our gaming lives when we need a little bit of help. Call it a handout, call it a freebie, call it whatever you like, but receiving a gift from time to time is lovely - and vital when there are eldritch abominations around each corner, wanting to turn you into their next meal.

Whether you're just starting off in Nalcott or working towards the last of the Once Human bosses, you could always use a little help. As with many free PC games, Once Human offers redemption codes to give you a boost, and the Once Human codes below can help you fill your coffers without having to spend hours collecting resources and risking your life outside of your cozy home base.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:07 PM
     Honkai Star Rail codes October 2024 and how to redeem

October 31, 2024: We checked for new Honkai Star Rail codes.

What are the new Honkai Star Rail codes? If you're just starting your adventure through developer HoYoverse's gacha RPG, you might be wondering if there are any freebies to give you a boost. Thankfully, HoYoverse has delivered, and we've got the complete list of working promo codes for you to redeem.

Honkai Star Rail redeem codes are released periodically and typically appear in livestreams and social channels ahead of major updates. These codes can net you some high-value currency, including Honkai Star Rail Stellar Jade, which you can use to pull the best characters from Honkai Star Rail banners. To save you time, we've collected all the latest promo codes in Honkai Star Rail, so be sure to check back regularly before they expire.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:51 PM
     Deadlock release date estimate, latest news, trailers, and more

When is the Deadlock release date? Thanks to a recent lift on restrictions for the secretive upcoming shooter from Valve, streamers and community members can now share gameplay footage and their thoughts on Deadlock.

So, what is Deadlock? Valve's not so secret project has been knocking around for a few years, but it's all been a bit hush hush. Now Deadlock has a shiny new Steam page, an influx of gameplay footage, plus a closed playtest, and has seen player numbers soar to extraordinary heights. If you want to play Deadlock, here's our guide on how to access the Deadlock playtest.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:26 PM
     Best robot games on PC 2024

What are the best robot games on PC? Strapping into an overpowered robot filled to the brim with rockets and lasers is an old but popular power fantasy. Classic shows from the '80s and '90s - like Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion - popularised the mecha anime genre.

Robot games have a robust history rich in various genres, sometimes featuring in the best PC games, ensuring an experience for every kind of mech fan. Fancy yourself a gearhead with a penchant for the micromanagement of mech parts and deliberate, labored robot combat? Perhaps you just want a fast-paced, anime-inspired Voltron-style action where everything explodes? Good news: there's a game for you.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:19 PM
     Should you take Harding or Neve to fight Solas in Dragon Age The Veilguard?

Should you take Harding or Neve to fight Solas in Dragon Age: The Veilguard? From the onset, Bioware's RPG presents you with difficult, meaningful choices. While Harding's sharp eye and heavy single-target damage are great at thinning out the crowds from afar, Neve's AoE magic and protection spells come in clutch situations when health bars begin to blink.

You're thrust into the heart of Minrathous, the magic-infused capital city of the infamous Tevinter Empire. After the ever-iconic bar brawl cinematic, you set out to find Neve Gallas, Minrathous' premier detective who sports a very snazzy hat in the RPG game. Everything seems like it's going OK in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, then Solas tears open The Veil and unleashes hordes of demons. There's never a dull day in Thedas.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:20 PM
     Should you save Treviso or Minrathous in Dragon Age The Veilguard?

Should you save Treviso or Minrathous in Dragon Age: The Veilguard? In some ways, it's an easy choice. Tevinter is a slaver empire, brimming with blood magic and vicious cultists, while Antiva is a Mediterranean dream come true.

Its canals sparkle in the moonlight, warm lanterns bathe everything in a homely orange glow, and, of course, Lucanis is from there, and he's one of the Dragon Age The Veilguard's most popular romance choices. But, if you're secretly wondering what would happen if you save Minrathous in the RPG game, here's a rundown of everything you need to know. Be aware, however; there be spoilers ahead.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:58 AM
     Where to use Black Ops 6 Zombies loot keys on Terminus and Liberty Falls

Where do you use Black Ops 6 Zombies loot keys? Call of Duty Zombies returns to form in Black Ops 6, with new maps, easter eggs, and horrifying zombie variants. There are also new drops, as you might receive valuable loot keys as you defeat zombie foes.

With all those headless, undead bodies lying at your feet, you might miss the valuable Black Ops 6 loot keys that drop from elite enemies like Amalgams and Manglers. Keep your eyes peeled as you progress through the zombie game, as these loot keys can earn you some spectacular weapons and equipment on the Black Ops 6 Zombies maps - all without having to part with Essence.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:54 AM
     The First Descendant Season 2 will add pity drops and two new characters

Free Steam game The First Descendant had a powerful launch, barrelling up the Steam charts to a peak of more than 264,000 concurrent players. Building on that initial impact can be tough, however, and while the game maintains a steady player base there's still plenty of room for potential improvement. Fortunately, developer Nexon Games seems to have lots of ideas, as a comprehensive new community Q and A session answers some of the most pressing questions around what we can expect to see moving into Season 2.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:33 PM
     Call of Duty Black Ops 6 review - the best CoD in years

The Black Ops series carries a different vibe than the broader Call of Duty franchise. It's advertised as a grittier, perhaps more cerebral branch of the FPS phenomenon - though, on a basic level, it still involves riddling your problems with holes until they go away.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:50 AM
     Free Monopoly Go dice links October 2024

October 31, 2024: We've added a new entry to the latest Monopoly Go dice links for free dice rolls.

How can I get Monopoly Go free dice links? The household favorite board game has been reimagined as a free-to-play app on smartphones, allowing everyone to experience the thrills of Monopoly on practically any device. Everything that makes the board game special is here in Monopoly Go, so you'll be collecting properties and building hotels as you go around the board, and there are a variety of multiplayer minigames to get through along the way.

You're going to need to get your hands on Monopoly dice rolls, but they are difficult to come by no matter how far you are into the board game. There are ways to earn additional dice rolls, including logging into the game every day to collect daily bonuses, progressing further in the game, and inviting friends to try Monopoly Go. While you can also spend real money to unlock more dice rolls, you may want to give our list of Monopoly Go dice links a try instead, especially if you're waiting for the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event. Take a look at all the currently active Monopoly Go free dice links for today.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:44 AM
     The best adventure games on PC 2024

What are the best adventure games on PC? From 1976's text-based Colossal Cave Adventure - where we get the genre name from -to the point-and-click golden age of the early '90s and up to more modern fare, few genres have endured as well as the adventure game. That multi-decade lifespan has produced some of the most astounding titles, so narrowing down a list of the best adventure games is undoubtedly a struggle.

Adventure games have prospered thanks to a focus on a well-developed story and setting and a cast of memorable characters. That, and a few tricky brain teasers, as opposed to violence, set the genre apart from its close counterpart - action-adventure games. Your protagonist usually gets by through talking or thinking rather than resorting to fighting, though Full Throttle protagonist Ben might have a few things to say about that. These are absolute classics and are some of the best PC games ever.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:31 AM
     Thanks to Valve it will soon be easier to tell when a game uses anti-cheat

Valve is ensuring better transparency is coming from developers using kernel-level anti-cheat software, as it must now be flagged on the game's Steam store page. While the use of kernel-level anti-cheats is understandable, some games aren't disclosing their presence, and they could theoretically have an unnecessary level of access to your gaming PC.

If you're using an operating system such as Windows 11, kernel-level anti-cheats are effectively operating within the nucleus of this software, where it interacts with your gaming PC. If abused, any software operating at the kernel level could have access to your hardware and cause irreparable damage, or it could be used to access sensitive data.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:05 AM
     All Monopoly Go events, tournaments, dates, and rewards

What is the next Monopoly Go event? With so many limited-time events in Monopoly Go, it can be hard to keep track of the rewards you can get your hands on. Monopoly Go events can last anywhere from a few hours to a week, so bookmark this page as we'll keep it regularly updated with the next events and their start and end dates.

Monopoly Go is the latest online board game sweeping the globe, but completing all of these events won't be easy without some free Monopoly Go dice links, so check out our daily updated guide for some freebies and rewards before you get started on the next Monopoly Go tournament.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:17 PM
     Best gaming chairs 2024

The best gaming chair will keep you comfortable throughout long stints of gaming, working, or relaxing at your computer. If you spend a long time sitting at a gaming PC, having an ergonomic chair can make a real difference to issues like back pain.

Gaming chair designs have become more advanced over time, and many now cross over with the best office chairs for their tilt, height, and armrest adjustments. When paired with the best gaming desk, the right chair gives you a gaming setup that's supportive enough for epic gaming sessions. Subjectively, they also make a real statement in any gaming room.

You'll need to consider style, materials, weight, support, and likely budget. Most major hardware brands make chairs too, but are the options from Razer and Corsair worth their price tag? Can you get a good cheap gaming chair? We've been trying and testing options at all price points to help you find the right throne for your money.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:02 AM
     Genshin Impact codes October 2024 and how to redeem codes

What are the new Genshin Impact codes? Gathering Primogems and Mora in Genshin Impact can be quite the grind. Fortunately, developer Hoyoverse occasionally sends out gifts in the form of Genshin redeem codes. Most codes only work for a limited time, so it's best to redeem them as soon as possible to avoid missing out.

Genshin Impact codes are released periodically, frequently appearing in Hoyoverse special programs: regular video updates detailing future updates to the free PC game. Redeem codes can also drop to celebrate milestones or to coincide with new Genshin Impact events. You can find all the active Genshin codes for October 2024 below, and we also detail what they get you, how to redeem them, and where you can look for more.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:42 AM
     Secretlab Titan Evo NanoGen edition review: A new squishy gaming chair option

The Secretlab Titan Evo NanoGen Edition is a new option in the company's Titan Evo 2022 range, which gets you slightly softer padding for the seat and back, and includes the company's softer PlushCell armrest tops. A new leatherette finish is also included, which is a touch tougher than before, allowing Secretlab to offer an all-white version of this chair that it claims won't yellow with age. The result is a generally squishier, slightly more comfortable gaming chair, though it's not a night and day difference.

With the Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 already our pick for the best gaming chair overall, it's no surprise the new NanoGen Edition is similarly impressive. For this review, we'll concentrate on the differences this version of the chair makes compared to the standard chair, so if you're looking for a fuller picture of its overall features, check out our Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 review.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:00 AM
     Huge Elite Dangerous update transforms the space MMO based on player feedback

Between No Man's Sky, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Starfield, and smaller-budget efforts like FTL and the upcoming Jump Ship, there are a lot of ways to virtually explore the deepest recesses of the cosmos. The spectacular sequel to David Braben and Ian Bell's 1984 PC classic, Elite Dangerous has presided over its particular corner of the genre galaxy since 2014. In the last decade, myriad updates, patches, and mechanical overhauls have reshaped the MMO and flight simulator, but now, inspired by feedback from players, Frontier is taking Elite Dangerous into a new era. Alongside the new Mandalay ship, the entire Powerplay system, which shapes who controls the universe and how it's governed, is being upended and remade.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:33 AM
     Upcoming PC games 2024 and beyond

Which games are coming out in 2024? If you're anything like us, your time is already stretched trying to play all the great games out right now, and the year isn't slowing down any time soon. Hope and anticipation, agony and elation - the endless cycle of emotions we go through during the annual PC release schedule.

Year in, year out, videogames are produced in such varying degrees of quality that not a single one of them is destined for certain success. Some of the best PC games of all time release alongside utter disasters, series are born while others dwindle, and occasionally a game lives up to our expectations. Below you'll find all the upcoming PC games to keep on your radar, and it's wildly varied. There are racing games, story games, city builders, and more, plus all of their expected release dates.

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PCGamesN Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:01 AM
     The 55 best Minecraft seeds for 1.21 October 2024

What are the best Minecraft seeds for 1.21? In essence, seeds are codes that Minecraft uses to generate worlds for you. With the right seed, you can live your every fantasy in this amazing game, like easy-access strongholds for speedrunning, beautiful landscapes for building, or rare structures for looting. Given the infinite nature of Minecraft seeds, we've scoured the internet and tested our own to find the coolest and most demanded seeds.

You can leave your world generation completely up to fate, but if you're unlucky, you could spend hours looking for a Minecraft village, an ancient city, desert temples, or whatever else you want to experience in the sandbox game. So that you don't waste time exploring a bad seed, we've built this comprehensive list of 55 cool Minecraft seeds. Unless otherwise stated, these seeds work for Minecraft Java version 1.21, so make sure your Minecraft launcher is set up for version 1.21 before heading into the game, or you may get different results. You can use these seeds in Bedrock edition thanks to parity, but some structures may differ.

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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:48 PM
    

Part of the fun of Dragon Age's fantasy is that it's inconsistent - or at least, inconsistent by the standards of fantasy RPGs, which often break down into a million neatly organised and interlocking codex entries. It all rides on who you speak to. The humans believe one thing about the origins and workings of Thedas, the elves another, the qunari something else entirely. These differences are the basis for many factional disagreements and thus, many core series plot developments. According to former lead writer David Gaider, however, there's an "uber-plot" behind it all that may one day be resolved and bring the series to a close, assuming BioWare continue to refer to his original (and closely guarded) narrative documents.

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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:10 AM
    

Inflexion Games are closing their UK office, laying off staff and restructuring their main Canadian studio after failing to find commercial success with their Victorian fantasy survival game Nightingale. Reportedly, at least 22 people have been let go.

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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, October 31, 2024 8:35 AM
    

Stationeers and Icarus developers RocketWerkz are making a spiritual successor to beloved space sim Kerbal Space Program, which is currently titled "Kitten Space Agency" in a flagrant display of adherence to wholesome internet trends. It's based on an actual Kerbal Space Program 2 pitch the studio threw at Take-Two subsidiary Private Division back in the day. RocketWerkz CEO and original DayZ creator Dean Hall has hired several former KSP and KSP2 developers to work on the game, and is describing it on social media as a "KSP killer".

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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, October 31, 2024 7:23 AM
    

From developers Cannibal Interactive, the creators of Purgatory Dungeoneer, springs forth a new labyrinth game. This one is called Labyrinth of Wild Abyss: LayeRedux and it has labyrinths. Except the labyrinths don't just have single paths to their centres, but tube monsters covered in eyes who'll stalk you slowly and methodically as you meander. Personally, it's not the vibe I'm after when I sit down in the evening and I think, "I would like to play a video game that makes me feel somewhat pleasant". But hey, it might be for you.

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Twinfinite Thursday, October 31, 2024 10:46 AM
    
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Prepare for war!

Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:30 PM
    

Next Prison Princess Switch and PC Game Is Trapped Allure

Back in 2020, Qureate announced a Prison Princess escape game. Now in 2024, a sequel called Prison Princess: Trapped Allure is on the way, with the game due to debut on the Switch and Steam on November 21, 2024.

The Steam product page for Prison Princess: Trapped Allure is live, but there's still only the eShop page for the original for Nintendo's console at the moment. Unlike the original title, it will be on both platforms right away. Previously, the PC port showed up after the Switch one. As in the first title, players are the ghost of a hero who died when attempting to fight the Demon King Hamehameha. However, while you are dead, you can still help save the day by helping the princesses and your allies escape from the Demon King's castle and dangers.

There's one new princess this time joining returning princesses Aria and Zena. She's named Julietta. She's the reason we're even at the castle, as the mysterious princess summoned us there. Likewise, Aria and Zena ended up captured again while going to fight the Demon King. Fellow allies include Charlotte the knight, Finanche the mage, and Chouquette the bandit. As you go through the castle, you'll need to investigate areas and solve puzzles to bring all three princesses together and search for a way out. The official site also showed a number of screenshots, which include both investigation and fanservice moments.

Prison Princess: Trapped Allure will debut on the Nintendo Switch and PC on November 21, 2024, and the Qureate game will be available in English, Japanese, and both simplified and traditional Chinese. 

The post Next Prison Princess Switch and PC Game Is Trapped Allure appeared first on Siliconera.


Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:00 PM
    

Bandai Namco Shows Dragon Ball FighterZ Goku, Gogeta, and Broly Changes

There are big changes for Dragon Ball FighterZ characters Broly (DBS), Gogeta (SSGSS), Goku (GT), Janemba, and Kefla, and there's a video going over what they are like in-game. This highlights their 1.38 changes in action. The full patch notes for the Dragon Ball FighterZ update are 12 pages long, with Bandai Namco releasing them as a pdf file for people to peruse. 

All of the 1.38 Dragon Ball FighterZ patch changes tend to be character adjustments involving rebalancing or changes to how moves work. There are 11 changes to Broly, for example. 13 of Gogeta's moves were adjusted, with the most influential changes being made to his Standing Heavy Attack. There are 10 changes to both Janemba and Kefla moves. There are only nine changes to the GT version of Goku in Dragon Ball FighterZ, but the Reverse Kamehameha alterations that make it a jumping attack and keep armor from blocking anti-air are especially notable. 

Here's the full Dragon Ball FighterZ patch footage, which starts with Goku (GT), moves on to Janemba, goes to Gogeta (SSGSS), shows Broly (DBS), and ends with Kefla.

https://twitter.com/dragonballgames/status/1851987492741775861

Even with its age, Dragon Ball FighterZ tends to get regular updates. For example, rollback was added to it. PS5 and Xbox Series X versions also launched in February 2024.

Dragon Ball FighterZ is available on the Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC.

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Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:30 PM
    

Metaphor ReFantazio Motion Blur Patch

Atlus announced a new patch for Metaphor: ReFantazio that allows players to turn off motion blur. This is just one of the changes confirmed in the patch notes for the update that should be live now for console players. For PC players, the patch is currently listed as "coming soon."

The 1.09 patch for Metaphor: ReFantazio adds a new option to the settings menu called Dash Effects, which allows players to turn off motion blur. This had been a significant issue for many players, to the point of mods being made to deal with it on PC. Another quality-of-life change is an alteration to the animation for the popularity ranking, making it go a little faster.

The patch also adds a few other changes. These include some progression issues, such as a quest in the Catacombs that was unable to be completed and enemies with certain status effects blocking progress. These have both been fixed, along with other minor bugs.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is the latest game from the Persona series director Katsura Hashino. It features a fantasy world where the population is competing in a royal tournament to determine the new ruler. It's already proving popular, as it sold over 1 million copies on launch day.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is out now for PS5, PS4, PC and Xbox Series X/S. The newest patch is live now for console players and will be live for PC players soon.

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Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:00 PM
    

haunting ground

Haunting Ground, or Demento in Japan, is a survival horror game that came out in 2005 to mixed reviews. Criticism was leveled at the repetitive gameplay, but many praised the disturbing atmosphere that Capcom created through the unwilling objectification of the game's protagonist Fiona. It's a game that would be interesting to look at through a more modern lens, considering the strides that we've made in equality and feminism since the game came out. Except... well, it's pretty hard for modern players to get their hands on this one.

Editor's Note: There will be spoilers for Haunting Ground below.

Haunting Ground follows Fiona, a college-aged woman who was in the backseat of her parents' car when they got into an accident and crashed. While Fiona's parents died, she survived. When she next wakes up, she finds herself in an unlocked cage in the dungeon of a mysterious castle. She manages to get out and befriend a dog named Hewie, but the rest of the castle's occupants aren't as cordial. Throughout the game, Fiona is stalked, chased, harassed, and violated by a posse of people who're after her for unknown reasons. Her only forms of defense are Hewie, her boots (which are made for kickin'), and alchemical land mines.

What instantly stood out to me with Haunting Ground and why I was curious about it in the first place is the fact that your relationship with Hewie is a huge part of the game. I love dogs and have always had a fascination with horror. So I wanted to give Haunting Ground a try. My friend rented the game, and we played it together. Since my scaredy-cat friend was the one in control, we didn't really get through much of it. But its unique gameplay and atmosphere, as well as the intriguing plot set-up, interested me and I got a copy of my own to play through on my own time.

haunting ground fiona
Image via Capcom

Back then, my exposure to horror games had been stuff like Resident Evil. Yes, it's scary, but you had a reliable weapon to protect yourself with and you could permanently kill enemies in the game. In Haunting Ground, you weren't dealing with random zombies or whatnot that you could eliminate. Instead, you had to deal with the stalkers in each level chasing you around. Since you could only rid yourself of them during their respective boss battles, the rest of the time involved you hiding from them or using designated set pieces to temporarily put them out of commission. They also seemed to wander around off-screen so their appearances weren't scripted, adding to the tension. If that sounds kind of the Clock Tower games to you, then you'd be correct! Fans generally consider this game a spiritual successor to that series.

Aside from the stronger focus on survival horror and the fact that you had a cute little dog who'd fetch stuff and fight off enemies for you, Haunting Ground was really interesting to me because of its themes and what it used to try and scare the player. If you take one look at Fiona, you'll probably notice something about her design. She's almost ridiculously hot and the developers know it. At one point in the game, Fiona walks around in nothing but a bedsheet. I vaguely remember there are jiggle physics for her too. Costumes you can unlock throughout the game only serve to accentuate her various assets.

Female characters have always had a sort of special place in the horror genre. Stories usually unfold from the perspective of one, and there are some aspects of sexualization in their torture or deaths. The final girl is an entire horror trope, in which the most "virtuous" one of the group is the one who survives the terrors that befall the protagonists. Meanwhile, the more promiscuous "bad girl" is the one who usually dies first. Some sort of moral handwringing was at play behind the scene? Most likely. The relationship between the many different subcategories of horror and gender is a really interesting topic with a lot of history to comb through, but that's a topic for another day and another outlet. Today, let's just focus very specifically on what themes Haunting Ground has in its story and general atmosphere.

A driving force in the plot is that Fiona contains Azoth—a universal remedy in alchemy and something similar to the Philosopher's Stone—inside of her body. The people in the castle kidnapped and pursue her specifically to use or obtain that Azoth. For example, if Daniella catches you and you get a game over, Daniella presumably rips into Fiona's womb to get at it. One of Fiona's stalkers impregnates her in a bad ending so that he can be reincarnated as her child and achieve immortality through the Azoth. Even at the beginning of the game, before anything really happens, there are a lot of scenes of someone staring at Fiona through peepholes throughout the castle. It brings to mind voyeurism, especially since Fiona is very vulnerable in these sequences.

haunting ground daniella and fiona
Image via Capcom

Now, voyeurism and stalking are both fears that anyone can have. They're scary and violating in a different way than, say, someone mugging you downtown. Same with rape. But forced impregnation is a fear unique to those who can bear children, and that's a horror that really takes over the latter half of the game. Disregarding Debilitas, there's an underlying current of sexual violence and violation in all of the antagonists. Daniella drugs Fiona and then suggestively runs her hand down her unconscious body before she violently presses down on her lower stomach. I will give Daniella grace here; maybe her cooking was just so disgusting that it only seemed like she drugged Fiona.

Female-centric horror is not new, much like how female sexualization isn't new either. It could be that female protagonists relying on their wits and resourcefulness to escape is more interesting than watching a male protagonist attempt brute force. Or perhaps it's easier and more believable to write vulnerable female characters, which makes antagonist more threatening and the stakes higher. In any case, Capcom did not invent the concept of placing women in scary situations and forcing the audience to experience the horrors through their eyes. From my experience though, Haunting Ground is the game that plays the most into very female-specific fears and anxieties while still remaining a game for a general audience.

I can't say for sure since I'm not someone who's attracted to women, but at no point did Haunting Ground feel like it was playing any of the above scenes—the groping, the voyeurism, the impregnation—for a titillating reason. It plays the horror very straight, even if Fiona looks like the dictionary definition of Little Miss Fanservice the entire time. So it's pretty interesting to me how the game takes these very sex-specific anxieties and turns them into something that'd even scare players who may not have to worry about them in real life.

haunting ground fiona hewie
Image via Capcom

While I don't believe the game is feminist in any definition of the word, I like how Fiona's kindness is her greatest asset. There's something to be said about how she relies so heavily on a dog in a game that insists on objectifying her. But the fact that she even has a dog is because she took the time to help Hewie despite her own horrendous conditions. You get the best ending by choosing to extend mercy to Debilitas, who's the only "innocent" stalker in that he's not trying to kill Fiona out of malice. Heck, even the title of his chase theme ("Innocent Freak") alludes to this. Kindness, a "feminine" trait, is not a weakness for Fiona. If she wasn't kind to those around her, then she wouldn't have survived, and it was satisfying to see the subtle character development she undergoes after all of her ordeals.

It certainly would be interesting if Capcom chooses to remake Haunting Ground and "update" the plot for modern sensibilities, but considering how very few people these days can experience the original story, that probably won't go over well. In the year 2024, there is actually no way to officially play this game unless you have a PS2. The game itself is also notoriously difficult to find. Because of its rarity, I've seen secondhand copies sell for anywhere between $178 and $899.95 Canadian. That's frankly insane, especially when you consider the fact that we're talking about a used copy. No one in their right mind would pay that price for a new game, let alone a game from 2005.

Alright then, so physical copies are out of the picture unless someone can invent a time machine. Let's look at the digital storefront. PS3? Nada. However it is available if you have a Japanese account. PS4? Nope, though I did see that Tokyo Jungle is apparently an option for people with PS Plus. Darn, September 2024 Stephanie should've looked into that. But the actual Holy Grail that I'm seeking—Haunting Ground—is nowhere to be found. My princess is in another castle and I don't believe that I'll be able to find her anytime in stores anytime soon.

haunting ground and rule of rose
Image via Capcom, Punchline

Game preservation is an issue that has been ongoing for a while now, especially as copies of retro titles become scarcer and scarcer. Another PS2 game that may share a fandom with Haunting Ground what with the psychological horror and dog companion is Rule of Rose. That game, like Haunting Ground, never got a remake or a remaster. There's no port either. So you have to get a physical PS2 copy to play it officially. In September 2024, unsealed and unsold Italian copies of the game were discovered, which severely lowered the price of the game online. But prior to this, some sellers were listing it for exorbitant prices. A Redditor in 2023 showed that you could get Rule of Rose for the sane and rational price of $1,001.

Was Rule of Rose good? It was unique and had a great story, but was quite tedious to play. Was Haunting Ground good? I mean, yeah, I think so, but some people didn't. But the subjective quality of art shouldn't have bearing on whether it's preserved or not. Considering games and movies can get lost despite existing in cyberspace, I understand that even digital media isn't infallible. But companies can preserve really old games if they want to, and I fully believe that the files for Haunting Ground exist somewhere in Capcom's vaults. Even if it doesn't, come on. They re-released it for Japan's PSN. Is it really too much to ask that regions outside of Japan get it too?

In the years since Haunting Ground came out, there hasn't really been any horror games in which you have to rely almost entirely on an AI-controlled animal for progress. Stuff like The Last Guardian exists, but they're not horror games. Perhaps it's because of how finicky and frustrating the mechanic can be. I do remember how losing Hewie on the grounds prevented me from continuing with the game at one point. Nonetheless, between its unique gameplay mechanics and memorably disturbing story, I do hope that one day, Haunting Ground will be readily available for the masses once again.

Haunting Ground is on the PS2, as well as on the PSN if you're in Japan.

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Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:30 AM
    

Cackling Court Mage Kefka FFVII Ever Crisis Fight Includes Classic Attacks

FFVII Ever Crisis players can now take part in the FFVI event, which includes a Cackling Court Mage Kefka boss fight with his signature chiptune laugh and classic attacks. The crossover is in effect until December 4, 2024, and as promised it includes the Cyan's Blade sword for Angael

An array of classic Kefka attacks are featured in the FFVII Ever Crisis fight, as well as his laugh. As in FFVI, he'll occasionally use Trine against your party. The Light of Judgment, one of his most destructive abilities, appears as a spell he'll charge up to use in the fight. As the fight goes on, he'll unleash Hyperdrive and variants of Firaga and Ultima too. As you near the end of the fight, his Ultimate Forsaken will appear.

In addition to the event being live and Cackling Court Mage Kefka appearing, the FFVII Ever Crisis Aerith Terra banner is live. This includes the Terra's Rod and Terra's Garb equipment. People can also have a chance of getting her Princess Guard Ultimate Weapon in it. That banner runs until December 4, 2024 too.

Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis is available for mobile devices and PCs, and the FFVI event runs until December 4, 2024.

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Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:00 AM
    

The latest update on Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 confirmed that the next parts of the Toby Fox game will debut in 2025.

Toby Fox shared another update on social media about the progress of Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4, the two paid ones on the way, and confirmed they'll debut in 2025. This comes after a previous update noted a simultaneous worldwide release for both was the goal.

Here's Toby Fox's statement on the next two chapters of the game. There's no specific launch window beyond next year yet. This is due to preparing all of the localizations and ensuring it will be on Nintendo and PlayStation systems alongside the PC version.

https://twitter.com/tobyfox/status/1851836949847281963

The last updates on Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 arrived in July 2024 and September 2024 via Toby Fox's newsletter. The first one mentioned how simultaneous releases were a goal, as well as noting how these two put together are longer than the first two together. The September 2024 update noted 8-4 was working on the Japanese Chapter 3 localization and PC version testing would start in October 2024. Chapter 4's main content and PC version was also done by September 1, 2024.

Deltarune Chapters 1 and 2 are available now on the Switch, PS4, and PC, and Chapters 3 and 4 of the game are set to launch in 2025. 

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Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 10:30 AM
    

Persona 3 Reload Pop Up Parade

Good Smile Company has announced a Pop-Up Parade figure of the Persona 3 protagonist. His appearance is based on his look in Persona 3 Reload.

The Persona 3 Reload Protagonist Pop-Up Parade figure stands around 6 inches in height. It features Makoto standing with a hand in one pocket and his other hand reaching up to his headphones.

Here are some images of the figure:

It's available to pre-order now from both the US store and Japanese store for $33.99 or ¥5,500 respectively. The pre-order period will remain open until November 27, 2024. The figure will ship sometime in May 2025 for Japan and Q4 2025 from the US store.

Pop-Up Parade is a range of figures released by Good Smile Company featuring characters across games and anime. The range has previously featured figures for other Persona characters, including the Phantom Thieves from Persona 5. Both Haru in her Noir outfit and a re-release of Joker are also available to pre-order now. Good Smile have also released other Persona 3 figures in the past, including a Nendoroid of the Persona 3 protagonist.

The Persona 3 Reload Protagonist Pop-Up Parade figure is available to pre-order now from the Good Smile Company. The figure will ship in May 2025 for Japan and Q4 2025 for North America. Persona 3 Reload is available now for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

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Siliconera Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:00 AM
    

clock tower rewind review

If you are a fan of the survival horror genre, then you owe a big, hearty "thank you" to Human Entertainment and its 1995 classic, Clock Tower. Clock Tower: Rewind is the enhanced international remaster, marking the first time that the game appeared in regions like North America. Since it's a remaster rather than a remake, you get to experience the first fear in all of its wonderful, old-timey glory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdV1kzvyr9w

Despite its dated graphics, B-horror campiness, and the fact I never actually played Clock Tower myself, the Clock Tower series holds a very special place in my heart. When I was a wee lass, I saw my friend play through the second game. (Not Ghost Head, I'm talking about the actual sequel.) However, I didn't understand what was going on. He got Ending C, in which Jennifer dies, and when the paramedics are retrieving the sole survivor of the whole incident, we see that the survivor is the second Scissorman. The camera dramatically pans down on him and his eyes snap open, implying that he will go on to continue his reign of terror.

Somehow, I must've confused this scene with a nightmare I had and was under the impression that he was in an air vent. Strange how your mind can play tricks like this on you, especially when you were in the unlucky half of kids who suffered from chronic nightmares and night terrors. But the point is that because of this misunderstanding, I grew up with an irrational fear of looking into air vents, worried I'd see some crazy murderer staring out at me. So playing Clock Tower: Rewind wasn't just a way to enjoy a piece of horror game history. It was a way for me to reclaim my ability to look into vents without fear.

clock tower rewind opening
Screenshot by Siliconera

The story of Clock Tower: The First Fear is fairly simple, since it's not a very long game. It starts with Jennifer Simpson and three other girls from Granite Orphanage going to visit the Barrows mansion after the patriarch of the family adopts them all. Their teacher, Mary, tells them to wait in the foyer, as she's going to go fetch Mister Barrows, but when Jennifer tries to check up on Mary, she hears an ear-piercing scream sound out through the night. And thus begins Jennifer's jaunt through the Barrows house of horrors as she has to elude and survive the implacable Scissorman. Throughout her journey, Jennifer may come across the gruesome corpses of her friends and canonically, she is the only one who survives the night.

While the idea of a helpless horror protagonist isn't so rare these days, Clock Tower: The First Fear pioneered it. In fact, during development, some people actually thought that a horror game in which you can't shoot or fight your way out of trouble wouldn't work. Time certainly vindicated director Kono though. Whether you enjoy the Clock Tower series or not, it's hard to deny its overarching influence on the horror genre as a whole, considering it's basically the first survival horror game.

clock tower rewind stained glass foyer
Image via WayForward

Jennifer cannot fight off the Scissorman. She can only hide from him using set evasion points throughout the manor. For example, you can hide in one of the storage rooms behind the armoire. Throughout my playthroughs, Scissorman never caught onto my hiding spots, meaning that you could potentially use the same place over and over again. This must be a limitation of the AI. Future instalments like Haunting Ground (even if it's more a spiritual successor rather than a direct sequel) had stalkers like Daniella start to wise up to your hiding locations and they'd drag you out if you tried to re-use them too much. Even disregarding the limited technology of the 1990s, I can understand why Human didn't want to make Scissorman too smart. The manor's not that big. So on the off chance that you're unlucky enough to trigger Scissorman too many times, it might lock you out of progressing the game if Scissorman could start catching onto your hiding points.

I will note that Clock Tower: Rewind features a rewind function in which you can turn back a short amount of time. Because all of my runs were perfect, I never had to use it. Okay, that was a joke. The reason that I didn't really rewind time a lot is because early on, I was testing it to see precisely how much time I could undo. However, I must've bugged it out because the game became unresponsive. I could still open up the main menu, but Jennifer wouldn't move or investigate anything. So, stuck in a random bathroom, I had no choice but to restart the game. Thanks to that incident scaring me off from the mechanic, I only rewound once to test Scissorman spawn logic. It was still possible to clear the game though, so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

clock tower rewind anne
Screenshot by Siliconera

As you can imagine, the goal of the game is to escape the Barrows house. You can collect various items throughout the house to help you with this endeavor. There are some items you desperately need to pick up or else risk a dead end. For example, if you hadn't found the Ham in the house and you triggered the scene in which Jennifer is in a cage, you'll have no choice but to restart the game or load up a previous save file. The game also randomizes where certain rooms are or what items you'll need, so there's quite a bit of trial and erroring you'll need to get through. Once you know what you need and where things generally are, it's a lot smoother sailing.

As a game from 1995, it's not very long. Barring random Scissorman encounters throwing you off, it only took me give or take an hour or two for a good ending. It also lacks a lot of modern conveniences like maps, meaning that you'll need to rely either on your memory or your own mapping ability. Thanks to the changing layout of the Barrows mansion, existing maps online aren't that precise, meaning you will need to pay attention every time you start up a game. Thankfully, while rooms shuffle around, they only shuffle around within their respective hallways. So for example, you won't need to backtrack all the way to the foyer if you want to look for the taxidermy room because the taxidermy room will always be somewhere in the west wing.

clock tower rewind ending
Screenshot by Siliconera

I highly doubt Human intended this, but the 1990s aesthetic was really charming. There are some random scares in rooms, which remind me a lot of how old educational DOS games and Fisher-Price: Dream Dollhouse would have random stuff move and make noises. Something else about the age of the game is that it uses a really interesting control scheme that you don't really see anymore these days. When you move Jennifer around, she goes in the direction you input until you tell her to stop. If you want to interact with items, use stairs, or open doors, you would need to use the cursor (via analog stick) to point and click. It can make for some tense moments when you only have a limited amount of time to do something, but you're fumbling through your inventory or trying to click on the right thing.

Old games aren't all charming though and Clock Tower: Rewind has its fair share of annoyances. Actually, the main annoyance is the big man himself: the Scissorman. As much as he terrified me as a kid (granted, I was scared of the second one), he is a mere nuisance in this one. Since the only sounds you really hear in the game are Jennifer's footsteps, the scare chord marking his arrival can be a bit of a jump scare. He's relentless too, pursuing Jennifer no matter how many turns she takes or doors she runs through. However, the game is surprisingly generous to you. That's fantastic, of course, but it kind of sucks away a lot of tension from the encounters and makes them a lot more annoying than scary.

clock tower rewind mannequin room
Screenshot by Siliconera

The Scissorman is really slow compared to how Jennifer can sprint around the Barrows mansion. She gets tired though, and if the Scissorman catches up to her when she's not at max stamina, he can overpower her and kill her. However, because of how slow the Scissorman is, it's very easy for Jennifer to literally stop, sit down, take a breather, and keep going. It kind of sounds like a Hanna-Barbera skit when I describe it in that way, but I guarantee that it's not supposed to be funny. This is a very serious game. 

As mentioned above, in order to make the Scissorman leave you alone, you'll need to hide from him using certain spots in the mansion. Then you can continue your exploration. Sometimes you might need to tackle your way past Scissorman depending on how lost or turned around you get. Again, you want to be at maximum stamina to push past him or else you won't survive. But this is yet another reason that he's not as big a threat as you may think, as Jennifer at max strength can literally fight off his shears. A funny thing is that the Scissorman is invincible when he's entering a room, meaning that if you try to leave while he's in the process of entering, he'll just kill you.

motion comic
Screenshot by Siliconera

One of the extras in the game is an old instruction pamphlet in which Human warned against saving while the game is changing between screens. I'm guessing that something about Jennifer knocking down Scissorman while he's between screens would destabilize the code, hence his invincibility. In any case, it's not hard to avoid deaths. So it's not that Scissorman's scary, per se, and more that he can drive you out of areas and rooms you want to explore. This then forces you to have to backtrack through the manor, which is small in terms of scale but still large enough that it can be a slog. It makes the Scissorman more of a tedious obstacle to shake off than a legitimate threat. Not that this is a major complaint though, as that's kind of what eventually happens in most horror games.

Something else I like about Clock Tower: Rewind specifically is that it's basically a collector's item. It contains motion comics (complete with voice acting), as well as little documents from the original release and such of the game. It's really cool! I think that someone who's really into Clock Tower would get a kick out of seeing all of that. The one thing that I don't like is how distracting the alert is when you unlock a new scene in the motion comic. This is really annoying because you usually unlock more stuff when a scene is occurring or when you trigger Scissorman, so you have the giant notification pop up and block your screen while you're trying to see or do something. An alert popping up after a run or when you return to the main menu, or even just a little blip in the corner, would've been much nicer.

clock tower rewind trophy and unlock
Screenshot by Siliconera

I do genuinely want Clock Tower: Rewind to do well in hopes that we can see more ports or remasters of the other Clock Tower games. Honestly, I just want to see Haunting Ground, its spiritual successor. As for the main series itself though, it's a little sad that Clock Tower 3 in 2002 was the last time Capcom really did anything with the property. As far as horror games go, Clock Tower isn't exactly in my personal top five favorites, but it's still such a highly influential and important work that I'm surprised it took this long for it to make its way out of Japan with an official English localization. While its dated graphics and gameplay may turn away some people, it's definitely something to experience for yourself if you're interested in this kind of history.

And no, I don't believe that clearing this game cured my irrational phobia of vents. I suppose we'll just have to wait until a Clock Tower 2: Rewind for that.

Clock Tower: Rewind will come out on October 29, 2024 for the PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch.

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MonsterVine Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:00 AM
     Video games based on movies have become a lost art. You don't really see it happen all that often anymore. So it's nice to see Saber Interactive take a swing at this with A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. As the name suggests, the game is set in the same universe as the Quiet Place […]