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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is an action-adventure game played from a third-person view. Compared to FromSoftware’s Souls series, the game features fewer role-playing elements, lacking character creation and the ability to level up a variety of stats, as well as having no multiplayer elements. It does, however, include gear upgrading, a skill tree, and limited ability customization. Rather than attacking to whittle an enemy’s health points, combat in Sekiro revolves around using a katana to attack their poise and balance instead, which eventually leads to an opening that allows for a single killing blow. The game also features stealth elements, allowing players to immediately eliminate enemies if they can get in range undetected. In addition, the player character has the ability to use various tools to assist with combat and exploration, such as a grappling hook and a torch. If the player character dies, they have the option of being revived on the spot under certain conditions instead of respawning at earlier checkpoints.

It’s hard to do Sekiro‘s world justice through any amount of descriptors, but as usual the detail is there to augment the already impressive environments. Locations, mind, that you can mostly just go to instead of wandering about, as you more often than not can grapple hook up or down to wherever you want. It makes for a rather hefty game, as my playtime so far is roughly on the level with a Souls title and I’ve uncovered what seems to be several optional/super bosses. New Game+ is also confirmed and I’m already looking forward to it since you can’t really “over level” for it. It’s going to be brutal and the closest thing that comes to mind is the brilliant old chestnut Ninja Gaiden Black: do not come in expecting a traditional “Souls” experience.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice innovates to the point where people who are tired of the same old song and dance will find new mysteries to master, but still maintains that strong marriage of world building and sense of pride garnered from besting taxing conflicts. It’s another keeper so long as you’re ready to strap in for a tough ride.

9/10

Release Date: 11th February 2019
Platform: Origin
Region: Worldwide
Language: English

Gameplay

Apex Legends is a battle royale game borrowing concepts of the hero shooter, taking place 30 years after the events of Titanfall 2. Apex differs from most battle royale games by incorporating Legends, pre-defined heroes with unique abilities that fall into roles such as Offense, Defense, Support and Recon. Players are grouped into squads of three, each player selecting a unique Legend in turn, and each match features up to 20 teams competing. All teams start with no equipment and are flown over the game’s map via dropships from a random direction from which they drop onto any spot on the map they can reach. Teams scour the game map for weapons, ammunition, and other equipment while fighting to be the last team standing, all while staying within an ever-shrinking safe zone on the map. A player can be downed into a vulnerable bleed-out state, leaving them only able to crawl for cover or reach a squadmate, who can revive them. If the player bleeds out, or an opponent uses a finisher move on them, they are then eliminated, dropping their equipment to be looted and a banner. The player can potentially be respawned if their squadmates recover this banner and take it to a Spawn Beacon, scattered on the map, in a limited amount of time. Apex features both voice-chat communication with squadmates and a contextual single-button communication approach that allows a player to ping map features like weapons, opponents, or rally points.

Apex Legends is free-to-play and supported through microtransactions for cosmetic items and heroes. New cosmetic items can be earned from opening Apex Packs, the game’s version of loot boxes that contain a random assortment of rewards, or spending the in-game currency Crafting Materials, which are gained through Apex Packs. Apex Packs are freely earned as the player gains experience levels. Additionally, players freely gain Legend Tokens for playing matches as well as for leveling, which are used to unlock new Legends and certain cosmetic items. A final currency, Apex Coins, is bought with real-world funds and can be used to buy Apex Packs, unlock Legends, or purchase specific cosmetics. Respawn plans to offer battle passes in the game’s future which reward players with new seasonal cosmetic items by completing in-game challenges.

Characters

The game currently has 8 playable characters, each with 3 unique abilities.

• Wraith who is a interdimensional skirmisher.
• Bangalore who is a professional soldier.
• Pathfinder who is a forward scout.
• Lifeline who is a combat medic.
• Gibraltar who is a shielded fortress.
• Bloodhound who is a technological tracker.
• Caustic who is a toxic trapper.
• Mirage who is a holographic trickster.

Mirage and Caustic are not available to new players right away. They must be unlocked with either in game credit (purchased in the store) or by playing many games and getting enough XP to purchase them.