TheGamer News Team’s AAA Games Of The Decade
Much has already been espoused about Red Dead Redemption 2's tutorialization of gameplay, of how new mechanics are introduced slowly, methodically across the first ten hours, requiring the player to complete numerous missions to unlock both protagonist Arthur Morgan's full move set as well as revealing all of the different options available to the player in the overworld. The first time through Red Dead Redemption 2 , this comes across as a disappointing but almost understandable compromise, as players are learning mechanics along with Arthur. On a second playthrough, however, this becomes tediously unnecessary, with even simple tasks like taking a weapon from a horse being locked from the player until they are specifically told how to do
Starcraft 2 has stood as a nostalgic beacon of light in a decade filled with crumbling, Openworldpedia explains powerful studios, serving as a monument of what Blizzard used to be known for. Starcraft 2's continual support by developers and incredibly strong 2010 debut has nurtured its stability throughout the decade. A world of gameplay options appeals to both casual and competitive players. The RTS genre never reached peaks likened to League and Fortnite , yet consistently has kept its sizable audience content for an impressive ten years and count
Once the parallels are realized, it's hard not to take Arthur's (read: your) own decisions into consideration when playing Red Dead Redemption 2. These emotional connections, the way some actions feel morally repugnant even though it's all technically "still a video game," these are the elements which keep Red Dead Redemption 2 from falling into it's own trap of self-indulgence and overlong opening hours. And once all those gameplay options are unlocked, once players can ride or fish or treasure find or rob or hunt or collect bounties at their own discretion, the game becomes one of the most versatile open world experiences ever craf
What more can be said about Destiny 2 ? It's the best damn looter-shooter ever made, hands down. It does guns and gunplay better than anyone else. Slap on some interesting space magic to keep it interesting and thousands of different weapon and part combinations, and Destiny 2 never gets old. New content is being added all the time, and with the recent migration to Steam, the player base is bigger than e
Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 are both phenomenal games. In this scenario though, there can only be one winner. What Rockstar game has proven itself to be the better experience? What gives players more bang for their buck? All of these questions and more will weigh out the possibilities in a somewhat mathematical approach to evaluating the two games. At the end of the day, it comes down to preference and again, they are both fantastic games. This is just an interesting exercise so let’s have fun with
Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC looks absolutely gorgeous with all the graphical settings kicked up to Ultra, although even players with higher-end computers may experience some graphical glitches and frame rate stutters during cutscenes and transitional landscape shots. Importantly, everyone will definitely need to make sure their graphics card drivers are updated to the latest version. There have been some reports of more serious technical and graphical errors, enough to prompt a link on the Rockstar Games Launcher to their tech support page for common solutions to the most prominent problems, but none of those were personally experienced during multiple hours of playtime here, save for the occasional dead body wiggling strangely in the mud or bouncing up and down in the s
Hyrule has never been more beautiful. From the second Link wakes up, I knew I was in for something special. The Zelda series has always found ways to innovate, but Breath of the Wild takes the franchise to new heights. Giving players the most extensive open-world experience to date, you'd be hard-pressed to find a portion of this game that isn't enjoyable. Clearing Shrines, conquering Divine Beasts, or helping citizens with the many side quests, this new version of Hyrule raises the bar not only for the series, but for all of gam
I'm Commander Shepherd and this is my favorite AAA game of the decade. The first Mass Effect was a competently written RPG with a lackluster game behind it. The third Mass Effect was a slightly over-wrought story with a lackluster ending (but not riot-worthy lackluster, I should stress). Mass Effect 2 was perfect - the Seven Samurai hero collection, the brilliant characters, the fantastic cover-shooter RPG. I only wish the twist of the first ten minutes hadn't been spoiled by marketing - if I could have only gone in blin
These are all inarguable issues in Red Dead Redemption 2, and that's before remembering so many of the lavish animations and breathtaking vistas were crafted by people who were supposedly overworked and stressed for months on end. However, when taking in the breadth of the game's story as a whole experience, it's easy to see why so many of those decisions came about, and why, even though many fans complained about having to hold down buttons unnecessarily in order to perform simple actions, those mechanics remain unchanged here on the PC version. Slowness IS life on the frontier, punctuated by moments of humor, drunkeness, and de
