Review: Sudden Strike 4 – Enjoyable, but Stricken with Minor Flaws

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Pros:
+Ease of access to player based units
+Offers Soviet, German, and Allied campaigns
+Multiplayer is enjoyable thanks to its accompanied learning curve

Cons:
-Difficulties are extremely easy or extremely hard
-Controls on PC were glitching at times, making gameplay with a controller a bit harder (not present on PS4 version)
-Unit selection as well as use of abilities was a bit hard to navigate and confusing during first initial few hours of gameplay
-Confusing and hard to use control schemes

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Console and PC based RTS’ can be a hard line to walk. On one hand, you need the gameplay to transition well and offer an experience that both platforms can enjoy. On the other hand, you want to the game to be an unforgettable experience to fans whom get their hands on your game. You want the challenges of a mouse-control based game to be perfect. This is a struggle that developers have had before with games such as Halo Wars and even Tropico 4.

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Discussion: What Game Have You Clocked in the Most Hours With?

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To gamers, video games are sacred things, and those that we love are even more scared. It’s not uncommon to find that those gamers also have titles that they have clocked in some insane amounts of game time in. Among my own personal collection, whether received as a game review or not for the team here at Blast Away the Game Review, I have my own personal title to love. I’ve clocked ludicrous amounts into the few games I love and will keep doing so as long as those games work on PC and consoles.

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Capcom Reveals a Wildspire Waste Zone for Monster Hunter: World

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Since it’s announcement, Monster Hunter: World has began to captivate fans of the series. These fans have been eager to know what the future of their franchise looks like. Since the game appears to be one of the most promising and innovative to date as an open world title, fans have began to become curious as to what the title holds for them when it releases on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2018.

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Ultra Ultra Releases New Gameplay Footage for ECHO

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Consisting of former IO Interactive developers, Danish studio Ultra Ultra has been hard at work on their first title Echo; an ambitious third-person science fiction-inspired action game, which is fueled with innovative puzzle mechanics, stealth action, and even a since of self preservation. The game takes place after protagonist En finds herself in the Palace. A building that is strange, unique, and run by sentient’s, which create doppelganger Echoes as a means of securities to protect itself.

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Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Announced With a Trailer and Screenshots

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Sword Art Online is undoubtedly one of the most beloved anime franchises out there. It shows with the massive support the games have been getting in recent years. Today, our friends at Bandai Namco Entertainment America have announced that the latest title in the franchise, Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, will be making its way into the action RPG series. The game will be changing gameplay from previous titles by introducing third-person shooter action, which has never before been seen within the games.

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Ni No Kuni II: Revnant Kingdom’s Gamescom Trailer Released and it Reveals Gorgeous Cutscenes

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Bandai Namco hasn’t wasted any time showing off one of their most anticipated titles, which will be releasing exclusively on PC and PlayStation 4 next year on January 19th. The newest trailer shows of that when one world ends, a gateway to another will open, and for Roland, this is the case as the president of Ichi no Kuni is transported to Ni no Kuni.

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Capcom Has Announced Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s Online and Offline Modes

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With Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s release quickly approaching us, players have been bracing to see just how Capcom will merge the worlds of both Marvel and Capcom once more. Fans have been rallying in anticipation to know what modes they can expect, the changes made, and just how they’ll be fighting against Ultron Sigma as they seek to infect all biological life with their new weapon on September 19th.

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Black Desert Online – A Guide for Beginner’s

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Before you begin, you need to know that Black Desert Online isn’t just your average MMORPG by any means. The game is mechanically one of the largest and most difficult games to learn for those whom aren’t accustomed to tutorials. If you’re just getting started, the game is one that has a lot of great ideas, many of them are right under the games hood, which makes some of its core systems rather enjoyable. While it’s one of the best out there, there’s no doubt that the learning curve is steep, and one that will send players reeling when they begin to learn crafting, trading, and the base bit of adventuring.

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Quake Champion’s Early Access Period to Start Next Week

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For nearly a year, Quake Champions has been sitting in closed testing. This close testing included limited invites, limited player bases, and a onslaught of champions to enjoy for those who’ve been testing it, have been doing so quite eagerly. While the testing was announced back at QuakeCon 2014, the game has since gone on to ensure its longevity, but also that it would keep the competitive edge that the franchise has been known for.

Today, the studio announced that the game would be exiting Closed Beta on August 22nd, just two days before Bethesda and id Software’s event QuakeCon in Dallas, TX at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Resort. Tim Willit’s, Studio Director at id Software, announced that Quake Champion’s is heading into the Early Access “version of Quake Champions is, obviously, a work-in-progress, but represents a solid and robust version of the game, with four modes, 11 Champions, a variety of maps, and a thriving community of fans. Early Access will allow us to work closely with players to improve the game and add additional features before the official launch of Quake Champions in the coming months.”

If you are looking to frag your way to the top of the global leaderboards, id Software announced that

Players who want to jump in and frag their way to global dominance will be able to buy the Champions Pack, which will unlock all current and future Champions as well as other exclusive in-game bonuses for $29.99, 25% off the final retail price of $39.99.

To play Quake Champions during Early Access, players can buy the Champions Pack, which includes:

  • All 11 current Champions, including Ranger, Visor, Scalebearer, Nyx, Anarki, Clutch, Sorlag, Galena, Slash, Wolfenstein’s BJ Blazkowicz, and the new DOOM Slayer
  • All future Champions, including at least six additional Champions expected to release before the end of 2018, and any that follow
  • An exclusive Early Access skin for Ranger, available only during the Early Access period for Champions Pack players
  • Three Reliquaries (loot chests containing three in-game items for profile, Champion and weapon customization, including skins, shaders, nameplates and more)

Secret World Legends to Get a TV Show by Johnny Depp’s Studio Infinitum Nihil

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Secret World Legends hasn’t been anything short of polarizing since its re-release as a free-to-play MMO with paid options. It’s a game that pits secret factions such as the Illuminati, Dragon’s, and the Templar’s against one another as they vie for control for the human world against supernatural as well as mythical creatures.

The show, like the game its based upon, will take players deep within the world we know as the human world, but also the realms the game takes players through. The realms where ancient myths, legends, and even modern conspiracy theories have come to life.

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