Topic: boss fights

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong Review - A Daring, Breathtaking Sequel

    Hollow Knight: Silksong Review - A Daring, Breathtaking Sequel

    Hollow Knight: Silksong is an ambitious and masterfully executed sequel that expands on its predecessor with intricate combat, deep exploration, and a vast, interconnected world. The game encourages patient, nonlinear exploration and strategic decision-making, rewarding players with meaningful di...

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  • DayZ Creator's Monster-Hunting Survival Game Adds Brutal Endgame DLC

    DayZ Creator's Monster-Hunting Survival Game Adds Brutal Endgame DLC

    Rocketwerkz launched *Icarus: Great Hunts Campaigns*, a high-stakes DLC featuring cinematic boss battles and legendary rewards for survival game veterans. The expansion includes three campaigns with 34 missions and challenging arena fights against massive beasts, rewarding players with exclusive ...

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  • Nightreign DLC Revives a Beloved Dark Souls Boss

    Nightreign DLC Revives a Beloved Dark Souls Boss

    Elden Ring Nightreign's DLC, The Forsaken Hollows, launches on December 4, introducing new character classes, bosses, and the return of Knight Artorias from Dark Souls lore. The expansion features two new Nightfarer classes, new locations, and boss encounters, with Knight Artorias highlighted for...

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  • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review - A Stunning Return

    Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review - A Stunning Return

    The game successfully recaptures the atmospheric exploration and visual brilliance of the original *Metroid Prime* series, with stunning environments and a compelling sense of isolation. Significant flaws include a disappointingly large and empty desert zone (Sol Valley) and a surprising lack of ...

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  • Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji DLC Review

    Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji DLC Review

    The Claws of Awaji DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows is a story-focused expansion that introduces a new weapon and more aggressive enemies but lacks significant new content or narrative revelations. The expansion's environment and side activities closely resemble the base game, offering familiar l...

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  • 9 Metroidvanias to Play Instead of Hollow Knight: Silksong

    9 Metroidvanias to Play Instead of Hollow Knight: Silksong

    Hollow Knight: Silksong's long development has led players to seek similar exploration and challenge in other metroidvania games. Various alternatives are recommended based on player preferences, such as Astalon for pixel art, Islets for easier difficulty, and La-Mulana for extreme challenge. Oth...

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  • Sci-Fi Samurai Game Evokes Ghost of Tsushima in Space

    Sci-Fi Samurai Game Evokes Ghost of Tsushima in Space

    SOL Shogunate is a new action-RPG that blends samurai aesthetics with a futuristic solar system setting, casting players as a ronin named Yuzuki on a revenge mission against a spacefaring shogunate. The game features a fusion of classic swordsmanship and sci-fi abilities, including elemental weap...

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  • SOL Shogunate: Samurai Space Opera RPG Announced for Consoles & PC

    SOL Shogunate: Samurai Space Opera RPG Announced for Consoles & PC

    "SOL Shogunate" is a samurai space opera action RPG announced for 2027, blending feudal Japanese tradition with far-future sci-fi in an alternate solar system ruled by a powerful Shogunate. Players become Yuzuki, a ronin seeking vengeance, in a single-player adventure featuring deep combat cust...

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  • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond First Impressions - I'm Already Hooked

    Metroid Prime 4: Beyond First Impressions - I'm Already Hooked

    Metroid Prime 4: Beyond honors the series' roots with familiar elements like the Morph Ball and Scan Visor while introducing new psychic abilities for puzzle-solving and combat. The game blends solitary exploration with modern enhancements, including high-performance graphics, intuitive controls,...

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  • Where Winds Meet: An Epic Wuxia Adventure Review

    Where Winds Meet: An Epic Wuxia Adventure Review

    *Where Winds Meet* is an ambitious open-world RPG set in 10th-century China that captures the essence of Wuxia with gravity-defying martial arts and a beautiful world, but it is frequently hampered by jarring technical issues and burdensome micromanagement. The game features a combat system with ...

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  • Ninja Gaiden 4 Review: The Ultimate Test Awaits

    Ninja Gaiden 4 Review: The Ultimate Test Awaits

    Ninja Gaiden 4 delivers a masterful combat system that combines Team Ninja's methodical design with PlatinumGames' fast-paced action, offering depth and challenge while maintaining fairness. The game introduces a compelling dual protagonist dynamic between newcomer Yakumo and series veteran Ryu H...

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  • Digimon Story: Time Stranger - 5 Essential Beginner Tips

    Digimon Story: Time Stranger - 5 Essential Beginner Tips

    Side quests become temporarily inaccessible for a long period, so complete them before the story lock to earn Anomaly Points and avoid being underpowered. You can use items without sacrificing your attack turn, allowing you to heal or buff while maintaining offensive pressure in battles. Focus on...

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  • Croc & Buck: New ModRetro Chromatic GameStop Titles Launching Soon

    Croc & Buck: New ModRetro Chromatic GameStop Titles Launching Soon

    ModRetro is releasing two new Game Boy Color titles: *Croc: 25th Anniversary Edition* and *Buck and the Cursed Cartridge*, available through ModRetro and GameStop, priced at $45 each and launching on October 31. Both games are fully compatible with original Game Boy Color hardware and modern FPGA...

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  • Scurge: Hive Brings Its Metroidvania Action to Nintendo Switch

    Scurge: Hive Brings Its Metroidvania Action to Nintendo Switch

    Scurge: Hive, a 2006 cult-classic action-adventure game, is being re-released on the Nintendo Switch on October 10th for $14.99, bringing its Metroidvania exploration and isometric combat to new players. Players control Jenosa Armaon, who investigates a space station infected by the Scurge virus,...

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  • Hell Is Us: A Surprisingly Accessible Soulslike With a Dark Story

    Hell Is Us: A Surprisingly Accessible Soulslike With a Dark Story

    Hell Is Us combines challenging soulslike combat with a more forgiving structure, set in a brutal fictional civil war that draws from real-world conflicts. The game features unique mechanics like a healing pulse system and extensive customization through glyphs and relics, though it suffers from ...

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