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Dying Light 2 Stay Human - Official Gameplay Trailer

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This episode covers Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession, an intriguing early 3D CRPG featuring the Ravenloft setting and AD&D rules. It's not perfect by any means, but still quite fun and a treat for anyone into vampires and classic horror.

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Known Issues (that we're working on)

• Do not equip the Orc Javelin, Orc Shortbow or Ogre Javelin - saving while having one of these item equipped will corrupt the save, preventing you from loading it later. These corrupted saves will be fixed in a future patch.
• Beards are not always properly affixed to the characters' face
• If you're playing from an Early Access save, Bring the Sword back to Merton has a bugged cutscene that prevents you from completing it
• Some people have a black screen / weird clouds when starting a new campaign. Workaround here
• The Landing Plaza in Caer Cyflen has some new decoration that it shouldn't have

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We're over 66% funded and on our way towards the goal!

For this update, we're going to go into more detail about some of the features you'll encounter as you descend into the Chimera complex. One important lesson learned from StarCrawlers was that players really enjoyed our hand-crafted content paired with procedural elements. To avoid procedural fatigue though, we're focusing on making sure each floor of the game highlights new content : new enemies, traps, events, and gear are obvious choices, but we also want these things to introduce new gameplay mechanics. Each floor will feature a mix of both the familiar and new to keep things fresh.

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There's fun news about the game coming this month along with release dates, and we'll be expanding testing for feedback to all of you. A huge thanks to all the alpha/beta backers for their input getting us this far, and shout out to Allen M for encouraging us down the warpath of the tick/tile way back when we were toying with the broader companion micromanagement. It has paid off splendidly. The feedback we've received from beta testers has been incredibly helpful as we've finalized the gameplay systems, and we've added an in-game bug reporting button recently as well.

There'll be a campaign update for alpha/beta backers this weekend that we hope you can take a punch at, so if you have some time to check it out that would be wonderful. The forum has build notes you can comment on as well as the in-game reporter. Once everyone has their mitts on it, all you backers have exclusive access to the forum and can share your thoughts and dreams you have in those build notes, and about the game.

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It’s almost cruel to talk about the best RPGs ever made. Not only is it the kind of topic that inspires especially heated debates, but even a shortlist of the greatest RPGs ever may leave you desperately trying to find the time to somehow play them all.

Then again, the thing that separates the best RPGs from the rest is that they never really make you feel like you’re in a rush to “beat” them or move on to the next thing. They grab you by the hand and take you on a journey defined by character building, storytelling, world design, and, most importantly, the very convincing idea that you are no longer simply yourself but rather have the chance to truly become the kind of legendary figure you used to only be able to daydream about.

Whether they’re JRPGs, CRPGs, Tactical RPGs, or ARPGs, the best RPGs ever made are united by their ability to ease the escape from your burdens, your worries, and your world by taking you on an adventure the likes of which you simply won’t find in any other game.

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Couchpotato said:

25 Best RPGs Ever Made - DOG

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joxer said:

I mean Chrono Trigger trash is on top?
Who was the author of that article? Was it JDR?

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Lead humanity's greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague across multiple worlds, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters. Coming to PC 2022.

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Enjoy, to date, our most well-rounded showcase of what to expect from Bleak Faith: Forsaken. Exploration, hardcore combat, RPG progression, and more!

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The Ascent ascends with the addition of NVIDIA DLSS and Ray Tracing! The Ascent will launch with ray-traced reflections and shadows, and NVIDIA DLSS, to deliver the definitive experience for GeForce RTX gamers!

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Today we play the Fallout 3 remake mod, otherwise known as Fallout 4 The Capital Wasteland. The mod has an ongoing beta phase for its point lookout DLC and in this video I go over my experience and first impressions with it.

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According to the leak, this Marvel game is codenamed CODA and will be XCOM with Marvel heroes. Moreover, it seems that some famous actors will be voicing the characters.

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A few days ago, Square Enix removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition. And earlier today, Capcom issued a new patch for Monster Hunter World that removed this controversial anti-tamper tech from it too.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is one of the most anticipated games. And, from the looks of it, its 2011 build has been leaked online. As such, players can use some patches in order to run this build and see for themselves this very early version of STALKER 2.

From what I can see, the materials, assets and scripts from STALKER 2 are what has been leaked (and not the UE4 executable file). In order to load those assets, users have used the X-Ray Editor.

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First of all, thank you to all of you who are currently playing GRAVEN.
Supporting us and believing in the game we're trying to make, truly means the world to us.

Over the past 20 hours, we've been looking at Live Streams, comments, discussion threads, and reviews, and done a deep-dive into how we can improve GRAVEN going forward.

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Microsoft has full control over The Outer Worlds and will act as the official publisher of any "future iterations" according to a recent statement by Private Division.

The statement was released following some confusion regarding who owns the publishing rights for the game. Take-Two Interactive, who own Private Division, the publishers of the original release of the game before Obsidian was purchased by Microsoft, had an earnings call where they mentioned that The Outer Worlds had sold over 3 million units.

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The Battle of Steeltown is OUT NOW across PC storefronts for Windows 10, Mac, and Linux. The expansion will launch June 9 for Xbox and PlayStation.

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The demo will feature the start of the game and will be 1-2 hours long, depending on your progress. It will run on Windows, Mac and Linux, it will support mouse / keyboard as well as controller, and it will support singleplayer as well as local co-op.

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Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has unveiled a new office in Barcelona.

The team will be made up of former BlitWorks engineers, a studio acquired by Larian in an asset deal. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

BlitWorks is best known for delivering console and mobile ports of indie titles, as well as the Nintendo Switch port of Larian's Divinity: Original Sin 2.

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In this exclusive Dying Light 2 featurette, Thomas Gerbaud (World Director) answers what it means for players to 'stay human' during the modern dark ages of this infected uprising, how it shaped the story, and how players will be able to answer this question for themselves.

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In this video I go over the top upcoming rpgs of 2021 & beyond: Avowed / Fable / Baldur's Gate 3 / Black Myth: Wukong / Dragon Age 4 / Biomutant / Bleak Faith / Crimson Desert / Dark Alliance / Hogwarts Legacy / Forspoken / Elden Ring / Horizon Forbidden West / Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 / The Elder Scrolls 6 VI / Diablo 4 IV / Final Fantasy XVI 16 / Starfield / Gotham Knights / Solasta: Crown of the Magister / Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

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The Last Spell is a turn-based tactical RPG immersed in roguelite mechanics in which you lead a team of hardened heroes to defend the last bastion of humanity against hordes of monsters.

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King’s Bounty II is finally available to pre-order for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store) across all major physical and digital retailers. Nintendo Switch version will be available at all good retailers and digital pre-orders soon. King's Bounty II will be launching on August 24th, 2021 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

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Where many Western RPGs of the era were built around binary choices, 2010’s Alpha Protocol asked you to become a chameleon. Playing as Michael Thorton, you’re a super spy who can flit between various archetypes - the three JBs: Jason Bourne, James Bond, and Jack Bauer. You’re a master manipulator who can be suave, unstable, professional, and anything in between. You wear multiple masks. It’s fitting because Alpha Protocol had many faces of its own throughout development.

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As hack’n’slash constitutes one extremity of the RPG genre, its other side are the tactical RPGs, emphasizing complex, strategic battles played in turns. Here's a ranking of the best tactical RPGs, according to our staff.

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This is a recap of the 3rd edition of our Town Hall series, where we answer questions directly from members of our community! This is an officially curated series of questions answered by Ocean Drive Studio's Creative Director for Lost Eidolons, Jin Sang! This town hall occurred last month as a celebration livestream at the end of the Lost Eidolons Kickstarter campaign. In addition to that we've added questions that were asked up until now in our Discord.

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Sometimes the recipe for a highly satisfying game is simple: fight your way through enemy hordes, run over walls and blow everything up. If you want action, adrenaline, and tons of fun, we have good news. Necromunda: Hired Gun created by the French studio Streum On, has just been released. Today the team behind the game has decided to present this great title to you, as well as answer a few of our questions.

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Modders in the PC Mass Effect community are on a mission to restore cut content to the recently released Legendary Edition of BioWare’s trilogy. Using unearthed files, the community is looking to restore romances, quests, and planets.

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Couchpotato said:

Roleplaying in Turns - Best Tactical RPGs 2021 - Gamepressure

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While at times it can feel like Solasta: Crown of the Magister is trying to bite off more than it can chew, the overall experience remains enjoyable throughout this D&D-based title. The developers seem to understand what makes an RPG fun to play and they do their best to stay true to their creative vision. You add to that an opportunity to play a digital adaptation of the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and you get a game no RPG enthusiast should overlook. This here is a new RPG from a passionate team with fresh ideas. Let's just hope that for their next project, Tactical Adventures manages to implement those ideas a bit better.

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We do not need to relitigate any of the Mass Effect 3 endings. In fact, I reckon that no story sequence has sparked more thinkpieces, chaffed podcast debates, and locked message board threads in recent videogame history. If you are entirely divorced from the discourse, it can be best summed up this way: Mass Effect 3 concluded in an overstuffed 15 minute climax that took some bold, perhaps reckless risks with its tone, cast, and story implications. Fans were apoplectic.

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CD Projekt Red, the developer of The Witcher franchise, hasn't ruled out developing a new entry in the series. While the last game in the series seemed to wrap up the story of Geralt, there are several ways CD Projekt Red could go with a new Witcher game. One thing is for sure: if CD Projekt Red decides to go ahead and develop a new game, the team should put everything they have into it.

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It's an impressive showing, a generational leap in what King's Bounty is capable of. Potentially, it's the start of a whole new era of King's Bounty 2 to come. "Spot on," Baryshnikov says. "That's my big dream." Whether it will all come together, we'll have to wait until 24th August to find out.

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Game Director David Rogers is back, detailing the new combat mechanics that will challenge your squad of Rangers like never before. The Battle of Steeltown is now available for PC

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Official gameplay reveal of our game, Zodiac Legion, a turn-based tactical RPG featuring lethal combat, squad management and strategic elements.

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Hi everyone! Apologies for the lack of recent updates. We've been working hard to add some new asked-for features and behind-the-scenes bug fixes, as well as planning out updates you'll be seeing over the course of the Summer.

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An eagle-eyed Reddit fan recently spotted some interesting information about Avowed on Senior Area Designer Constant Gaw's LinkedIn. According to the LinkedIn page, Avowed may be further along than Xbox fans think and they may be getting more information about the upcoming Obsidian RPG this Summer.

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Avowed is probably going to be quite different from Skyrim, and the game it seems more similar to is Morrowind. Avowed is based on the Pillars of Eternity games and will likely include plenty of callbacks to those, but its rumored setting is going to be something else entirely, probably based on the Living Lands of Eora - much like Morrowind was very different from the rest of Tamriel. This is just the tip of the iceberg, and while many of these similarities may be based on speculation and rumors, it is plausible that Avowed and Morrowind will be compared a lot in the future.

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Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.

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A month has passed since we launched Beta Stage 2. As you well know, Beta is here for testing the future game, finding bugs, and of course — gathering your feedback! Just as during the earlier stages — Alpha and Beta 1 — we’ve launched a grand beta survey. You can find a link in the Main Menu of the game if you have the Beta Early Access. Please follow the link and take some time to complete the survey — it will last till the 13th of June. A small warning: as we need to gather information on nearly all the aspects of the game, the survey turned out to be a long one. May this not stop you! This might be a challenge, but it is a very important part of the development. We’ve always been very attentive to the voice of the community, as we feel the community to be the co-creator of our games. It was you who helped us to change and upgrade Pathfinder: Kingmaker a great deal. And this time again, we need your opinion to make the new game better, so we all will get the best game ever upon the release on the 2nd of September.

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Yesterday, Bioware released a new patch for Mass Effect Legendary Edition that was aiming to improve overall PC performance. And, from the looks of it, this patch also removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.

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Sheriff Extraordinaire Billy Bo knows he should hide well when shooting starts. And he feels pretty good about a metal barrel as a cover cause all back in the Hicks farm, that kept you pretty safe from a load of buckshot. What happens though when we use a slug?

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Sometimes you just know the enemy is out there, even if you don't see them. So forcing a shot in blind, in their general direction, could work. If you have ammo to spare.

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Nights on the road, exploring Urban. An experience you'll never forget, said all those who survived until next morning

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I love to go into design deep dives of indie games. Not enough game criticism delves into the delicate workings of games. It's important to ask the questions: What in this game works? What doesn't? What good things about this game can other developers use to improve their work? What pitfalls should be avoided?

So I'm going to talk about my recent addiction, Valheim. It is a phenomenally successful indie title. It is in Steam Early Access and seems to be about half done.

It sold over 7 million copies by this writing, which puts most AAA titles to shame. I've finished all the available content. More is on the way. Let's talk about it!

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The Diablo franchise has been through the wringer in recent years. The much-hyped third entry was perfectly okay, early server issues aside, but the stalled mobile game and that now-infamous quote from Wyatt Cheng (“do you guys not have phones?�) revealed a gulf between Blizzard’s plans for Diablo and what fans actually wanted for the storied ARPG. Diablo 4, then, could serve as the dungeon crawler’s redemption arc. However, despite getting its first trailer back in November 2019, it remains in early development.

The one bit of concrete information fans do have regarding the Diablo 4 release date is that it won't be coming out in 2021 or, indeed, any time soon. This franchise once went 12 years without a game, after all.

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You know how it is when you got 100% motivation for something, then you do it and it actually works out and you are "in the zone"? It's a great feeling right? Well, I was "in the zone" with writing the last few weeks and I could not be happier about it.

Don't get me wrong I had written a draft of the full story arc a long time ago and worked on parts of it in detail as well, but really fleshing out the story is something I had put off for a while because I was not inspired to do it for a while. Well I am happy to report the inspiration came back and I made gigantic steps forward with the story, quests and dialogues.

My respect for authors who write compelling books grew immensely ever since I started work on the Corven storyline. But then again, writing for a game has an additional factor: "Can this technically be done? Does it make sense within the confines of the gameplay mechanics?" There are restrictions which have to be considered.

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Couchpotato said:

Urban Strife - Shotgun vs Barrel vs Billy Bo

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