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		<title>F1 25 (Xbox Series X&#124;S) Review</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>F1 25 is the 23rd instalment in the official F1-branded games published by EA Sports. For those familiar with the franchise, F1 25 takes all the elements that have made previous versions popular – and heightens them to an even greater level of realism, immersion, and thrilling gameplay. However, for those who are not into [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><em>F1 25</em> is the 23rd instalment in the official F1-branded games published by EA Sports.</p>
<p>For those familiar with the franchise, <em>F1 25</em> takes all the elements that have made previous versions popular – and heightens them to an even greater level of realism, immersion, and thrilling gameplay. However, for those who are not into racing games, this does little to reach across the aisle of the gaming community.</p>
<p>2025 feels like the year in which Formula 1 racing is evolving beyond its dedicated base and even further into the mainstream population – especially with the release of the F1 film alongside this game.</p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63983" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WZ9NXPsNsuEQNZFbEozTeE.jpg?x67281" alt="F1 2025" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WZ9NXPsNsuEQNZFbEozTeE.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WZ9NXPsNsuEQNZFbEozTeE-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WZ9NXPsNsuEQNZFbEozTeE-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>To begin with, the game is visually stunning. The cars look and feel sleek to drive – and it brilliantly re-creates world-famous courses with realistic environmental changes depending on the time of day and weather.</p>
<p>From the moment you are thrust into your first race, you can feel the vibrations of the car, the adrenaline of speeding around the track, and the minute details around the courses. It has reached a level of immersion that feels difficult to top. The realistic physics also create an intoxicating experience that makes the player want to master the course to achieve the best times and secure first place.</p>
<p>The level of customisation is expansive, and with several difficulty settings and assists to choose from, the experience will vary significantly from player to player. It can be rather simple – where much of the braking is done for you – or there can be an entirely hands-off approach.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63982" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ss_41e2dc99ae68ff3f7628403fac109aa9b784fa8b.1920x1080-1.jpg?x67281" alt="F1 2025" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ss_41e2dc99ae68ff3f7628403fac109aa9b784fa8b.1920x1080-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ss_41e2dc99ae68ff3f7628403fac109aa9b784fa8b.1920x1080-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ss_41e2dc99ae68ff3f7628403fac109aa9b784fa8b.1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>The My Team mode has seen some much-needed changes from previous instalments. In it, you jump in as the owner of a new team and grow it from the ground up to glory.</p>
<p>Developers Codemasters have dubbed this My Team 2.0 due to changes in the management and driver system. Previously, the owner character also took the driver’s seat. This time, you get the option to drive as either of the two drivers you’ve hired.</p>
<p>Research and development have also been tweaked – meaning you now make changes to each car individually to develop every aspect of your team’s strategy and performance.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63979" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25-ZANDVOORT-1.jpg?x67281" alt="F1 2025" width="1280" height="853" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25-ZANDVOORT-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25-ZANDVOORT-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25-ZANDVOORT-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25-ZANDVOORT-1-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>The game expands on these new features and intertwines them with the return of the story mode, naturally named Braking Point 3. It continues the story-based mode introduced in F1 23, in which you take charge of the fictional Konnersport team – its owners, managers, and racers – to compete against the teams we’re all too familiar with.</p>
<p>It also includes additional features outside of racing, which elevate the realism and provide a unique look into the world of Formula 1. These include making managerial decisions about sponsorships, team activities, and media events. All of this can impact team morale as well as your public perception.</p>
<p>The well-acted cutscenes also provide some much-needed breathing room between each race.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63981" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25_20250527154704-1.jpg?x67281" alt="F1 2025" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25_20250527154704-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25_20250527154704-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F1-25_20250527154704-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>If racing games or Formula 1 are your thing – brilliant. This will offer everything you’re hoping for and more. If they’re not, I can’t see this changing your mind. While it includes much-needed revamps to features from previous instalments, it doesn’t offer much for those who don’t get a kick out of sports-style games.</p>
<p>As with all sports games, there’s only so much deviation possible from their core rules – and this game has masterfully added as much imagination, customisation, and immersion as possible within those bounds.</p>
<p>Would I pick this up at its current $120 NZD price? Personally, no. But I have zero doubt this will strike a major chord with the fandoms it serves. For the rest, it may be best to pick it up when it’s on sale.</p>
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		<title>Lies of P: Overture (Xbox Series X&#124;S) Review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The timeless tale of Pinocchio and his creator Geppetto took a twisty and dark road with the release of Lies of P in 2023. A third person action adventure game with RPG mechanics and an unforgiving combat difficulty. Beautifully designed you are P, a puppet with unique abilities. You are special. You&#8217;re the only puppet [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>The timeless tale of Pinocchio and his creator Geppetto took a twisty and dark road with the release of <em>Lies of P</em> in 2023.</p>
<p>A third person action adventure game with RPG mechanics and an unforgiving combat difficulty.</p>
<p>Beautifully designed you are P, a puppet with unique abilities. You are special. You&#8217;re the only puppet with human-like intelligence. The only puppet who is able to tell a lie.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63847" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/screenshot-2025-06-06-at-6-02-05pm.jpg?x67281" alt="Lies of P - Overture" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/screenshot-2025-06-06-at-6-02-05pm.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/screenshot-2025-06-06-at-6-02-05pm-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/screenshot-2025-06-06-at-6-02-05pm-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>Set in a 19th century cyberpunk-like world in a city known as Krat, where puppets that once served man went postal.</p>
<p>Now the developers have just released one epic DLC, that could have been a singular game release entirely, <em>Lies of P: Overture.</em></p>
<p>P is warped back to the beginning. <em>Overture</em> is a prequel to the main game, before the puppets went on a murderous massacre.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63848" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lies-of-P-Overture_20260606_01.jpg?x67281" alt="Lies of P - Overture" width="1280" height="753" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lies-of-P-Overture_20260606_01.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lies-of-P-Overture_20260606_01-300x176.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lies-of-P-Overture_20260606_01-768x452.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>Guided by a mysterious Stalker, P will uncover the reason why the cyber puppets went rogue.</p>
<p>This is a whole different Krat than we have seen before, as the adeventure takes you beyond the city and only you know of what the near future is about to hold.</p>
<p><em>Lies of P: Overture</em> plays similarly to the original game, with RPG elements and that brutal unforgiving combat.</p>
<p>This new DLC is only accessible via completing the full game, up to Chapter 9. You of course need the original game and the patience and tolerance to forge through.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Lies of P: Overture - Launch Trailer" width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TkCOWLrh26s" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Expect to die. A lot. <a href="https://www.shanethegamer.com/video-gaming/reviews/lies-of-p-xbox-series-x-review/"><em>Lies of P</em></a> is not a &#8216;run and gun&#8217;, combat needs to have a more strategic method in order to survive.</p>
<p><em>Lies of P</em> is coming on to two years since release but is still one of the most beautifully styled games available. The <em>Overture</em> DLC simply adds to this, while maintaining the original playstyle and expanding upon the darkest Pinocchio story ever told.</p>
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		<title>Lost in Random: The Eternal Die (Xbox Series X&#124;S) Review</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lost in Random is a surprise indie adventure and strategy game released by EA Games in 2021. A dark narrative where children are giving a number when they turn a certain age. The &#8216;lucky&#8217; ones are chosen to live in the Queen&#8217;s tower. But this is simply by chance, by a roll of the dice. [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Lost in Random is a surprise indie adventure and strategy game released by EA Games in 2021.</p>
<p>A dark narrative where children are giving a number when they turn a certain age. The &#8216;lucky&#8217; ones are chosen to live in the Queen&#8217;s tower. But this is simply by chance, by a roll of the dice.</p>
<p>Now developers Thunrderfull and Stormteller Games has released the second chapter; <em>Lost in Random: The Eternal Die.</em></p>
<p>But things have changed since the first game.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63878" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ss_cca96b8b8ba9ef06a9c6f4272d41564ca30b77f0.1920x1080-1.jpg?x67281" alt="Lost in Random - The Eternal Die" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ss_cca96b8b8ba9ef06a9c6f4272d41564ca30b77f0.1920x1080-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ss_cca96b8b8ba9ef06a9c6f4272d41564ca30b77f0.1920x1080-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ss_cca96b8b8ba9ef06a9c6f4272d41564ca30b77f0.1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>You take on the role of the now dethroned Queen Aleksandra, who once reigned and controlled the citizens of Random. She is joined by her companion Fortune, a dice.</p>
<p>This new adventure, styled in the same way graphically mixes up the gameplay across four procedurally generated worlds.</p>
<p>As the Queen you now must battle your way through different stages and survive boss battles.</p>
<p>What makes both Lost in Random games different is the combat.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63877" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lost-in-Random-The-Eternal-Die-1.jpeg?x67281" alt="Lost in Random - The Eternal Die" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lost-in-Random-The-Eternal-Die-1.jpeg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lost-in-Random-The-Eternal-Die-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lost-in-Random-The-Eternal-Die-1-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>You use the animorphic dice in order to roll a &#8216;punch&#8217; or use a combat skill. In <em>The Eternal Die</em> Fortune can also be used to pave the path ahead, sometimes the journey is hidden.</p>
<p>But <em>The Eternal Die</em> takes a more battle arena feel as opposed to an adventure. Areas you go to and from are much like arenas and are only escapapble by clearing the area of enemies, and of course surviving.</p>
<p>Difficulty spikes almost immediately from the first combat scene. The <em>Eternal Die</em> is not kids play at all.</p>
<p>Fortune and Queen Aleksandra will encounter many NPC&#8217;s. Some will need you to do things for them before they offer any help, others just have a grudge against the once ruling monarch.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Lost in Random: The Eternal Die | Official Launch Trailer | OUT NOW!" width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5-7-UCz3HN8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><em>Lost in Random: The Eternal Die</em> is a commitment of a play. Given that levels newly generate, each play through is different, you die and return, but it&#8217;s not what it was before.</p>
<p>This definitely makes the game refreshing, although the actual gameplay is somewhat repetitive.</p>
<p><em>The Eternal Die</em> is a worthy play, if you have the patience and are familiar with the first game.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re new to the world of Random, my recommendation is start with the first game before taking this one on.</p>
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		<title>The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Xbox Series X&#124;S) Review</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What we&#8217;ve come to expect from an RPG, and the RPG gameplay sphere itself has evolved epically in the past twenty years, since Bethesda&#8217;s pioneering Oblivion. Originally released in 2006 after Morrowind, an inpiration to any RPG video game that was to come after and now remastered, the adventure awaits once again in a richly [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>What we&#8217;ve come to expect from an RPG, and the RPG gameplay sphere itself has evolved epically in the past twenty years, since Bethesda&#8217;s pioneering <em>Oblivion</em>.</p>
<p>Originally released in 2006 after Morrowind, an inpiration to any RPG video game that was to come after and now remastered, the adventure awaits once again in a richly detailed current gen remaster on Xbox and PC.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Playable in either first or third person, the story starts as Emperor Uriel Septim (voiced by Patrick Stewart) is killed by assassins, along with all his known heirs. Your goal is to find and protect his son, who has been brought up in secret and knows nothing of his heritage. The story will take you all around the game&#8217;s world, a province of Tamriel called Cyrodiil, through to Oblivion. </span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63673" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-165.jpg?x67281" alt="Oblivion Remaster" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-165.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-165-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-165-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pace of play does an excelled job of guiding you from one point to another, with fast travel. You&#8217;ll come to rely on this often, if you didn&#8217;t play <em>Oblivion</em> back in the Xbox 360 days, the world is too large to go on foot if you need to revisit an area.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Absolutely nothing stops you, once the tutorial sequence is over, you can explore this vast world and take up the plot intermittently as you wish. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Want to climb the ranks of the Fighters Guild or the Dark Brotherhood of Assassins? Go for it, Oblivion is </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">your</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> game. </span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63672" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remastered-conversation.jpg?x67281" alt="Oblivion Remaster" width="1280" height="640" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remastered-conversation.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remastered-conversation-300x150.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remastered-conversation-768x384.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A huge amount of detail and time has gone into side-quests that most players may not even find nor finish. Wandering around a populated area is likely to turn up something to do at any given moment. Homes to rip off, people to annoy and job offers. Sniffing these out is all part of play. You can absolutely spend hundreds of hours just exploring and completing side quests, almost forgetting your main mission.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The combat system relies more on reactions and timing. Your stats affect your combat performance and you can assign spells or weapons to hot-keys so you do not have to pull up your menus constantly.</span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63675" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remaster-1-1024x571-1.jpg?x67281" alt="Oblivion Remaster" width="1280" height="714" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remaster-1-1024x571-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remaster-1-1024x571-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/oblivion-remaster-1-1024x571-1-768x428.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stealth and archery are viable character choices just as much as the more traditional mage or warrior standbys and you can blend these aspects to suit yourself. Even the lock picking mini-game is still among the best of I&#8217;ve experienced.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Probably the most impressive part of this title is that ‘real world’ feel. Enter a bar in the evening, and you&#8217;ll be greeted by the hustle and bustle of the townsfolk relaxing. <em>Oblivion&#8217;s</em> towns are alive with genuine and individualistic activity. Sure we RPG players mostly expect this in any given game of this genre, but you have to realise that this game, although remastered, is two decades old.</span></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Official Trailer" width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wFJ3PZuAjK4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every location, no matter how irrelevant or mundane has books to read, chests to open, or loot to steal. Every little detail in the game feels hand-made. </span></p>
<p>Visually we are greeted with a 4K masterpiece. A few months back I actually revisited the orginal <em>Oblivion</em>. It had aged, sure, graphically, but gameplay wise it still had the goods. The remastered version is a lot smoother and fluid, no jaggedness or in-game lag here and your distant horizons do not suddenly pop into view.</p>
<p>This is <em>Oblivion</em> how it was originally imagined. Now reimagined, remastered for those of us that loved the original, or for a new generation of Elder Scroll fans.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ubisoft’s long-running Assassin’s Creed saga visits feudal Japan with Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Fans have long cried out for an Assassin’s Creed game set in Japan. The romanticised idea of ninjas and samurais, honour and battle, sits well with the series&#8217; themes and gameplay. 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima had Sucker Punch Productions and Sony Interactive Entertainment [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Ubisoft’s long-running Assassin’s Creed saga visits feudal Japan with <em>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</em>.</p>
<p>Fans have long cried out for an Assassin’s Creed game set in Japan. The romanticised idea of ninjas and samurais, honour and battle, sits well with the series&#8217; themes and gameplay.</p>
<p>2020’s <em>Ghost of Tsushima</em> had Sucker Punch Productions and Sony Interactive Entertainment beat Ubisoft to it with a game that was Assassin’s Creed in all but name. Drawing more from a Westernised fantasy melded with films of Akira Kurosawa than historical accuracy, <em>Ghost of Tsushima</em> nevertheless set a high bar for <em>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</em>.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63605" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_17.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_17.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_17-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_17-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_17-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_17-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>Whilst I’m a huge fan of Assassin’s Creed games, the rocky path of this latest game, with its lengthy delay and controversies during development, gave me cause for concern. With <em>Star Wars Outcasts</em> not being as well received as the publisher would have liked, Ubisoft has a lot riding on <em>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</em>.</p>
<p>Thankfully, the extended development time seems to have paid off, with <em>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</em> being one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played and possibly the best Assassin’s Creed game in a while. But I didn’t find it instantly appealing.</p>
<p><em>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</em> starts slowly, introducing the character of Yasuke, the black samurai who has caused much of the game’s controversy. Controlling the powerful warrior, players unleash hell through a carefully scripted sequence that has none of the open-world gameplay that the series is known for.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63599" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_11.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_11.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_11-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_11-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_11-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_11-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>Players then switch to Naoe, a young shinobi, the polar opposite of the brutal samurai. Again, players are led through a curated sequence. With this, the game tries to ingrain its stealth mechanics into the player via a rather unforgiving scenario. Whilst it had me cursing, it wasn’t too long before I got to grips with Naoe’s moves. By the end of the prologue, I appreciated what the developers were trying to do, even if it was a bit on the nose and a chore at times.</p>
<p>As a reward for my efforts, the game world then opened up. And what a world it is.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63596" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_08.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_08.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_08-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_08-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_08-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_08-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>The game builds on the vast open areas of <em>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla</em> whilst not ignoring the back-to-basics intent of <em>Assassin’s Creed Mirage</em>’s combat system. The result is a gorgeous-looking game that offers players enemy opponents that actually present a challenge. The enemy AI can sometimes be just as iffy as it has always been, allowing for some gaming of the system, by and large, though you’ll still need your wits about you.</p>
<p>The ninja/shinobi abilities of Naoe are totally befitting an Assassin’s Creed game. The animations as she leaps and runs across rooftops are straight out of pop culture references to the shadowy warriors. Whilst Naoe’s movements may be closer to Frank Miller’s depiction of ninjas in his Daredevil comics than historical reality, it ticks the box for me.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63594" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_06.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_06.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_06-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_06-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_06-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_06-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>Whilst <em>Valhalla</em>’s Eivor gave me no inspiration for any finesse when dealing with fortified sites with multiple enemies (she is a Viking warrior, for God&#8217;s sake, a people not renowned for any subtlety), things are different with Naoe. Not only will attacks from multiple enemies quickly become overwhelming in <em>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</em>, but Naoe’s abilities and movement also promote stealthy infiltration.</p>
<p>For players that have long given up on the stealth foundations of the series, there’s Yasuke, so you can continue to wage war, head-on. Whilst the powerful samurai isn’t really in keeping with the principles of Assassin’s Creed, most of the entries in the series of late have been straying far from the original premise, anyway.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63593" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_05.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_05.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_05-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_05-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_05-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_05-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>Apart from the brief introduction at the beginning of the game, it was twenty hours in by the time I next had an opportunity to play as Yasuke, at the beginning of Act II. After this, players can switch between both characters. Some side missions and targets are available to both characters, but Yasuke and Naoe have their own story missions as well.</p>
<p>The game not only has a night/day cycle but also the turn of the seasons. This drastically changes the environment, with leaves turning orange and snow on the ground. Water also freezes, giving Naoe a fun slipping animation as she crosses the icy surface.</p>
<p>The game has a wanted system similar to the one in earlier games, and most recently in <em>Mirage</em>. This only comes into play after the first act. If guards ring a bell your character will be a target in that region and powerful guardian opponents will also spawn. The only way to remove a character’s wanted status is to wait for the season to change (or manually change it) or use scouts to remove it once your hideout has been upgraded. Switching characters also removes the wanted status, as long the other character isn’t wanted in that region as well.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63592" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_04.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_04.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_04-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_04-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_04-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_04-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>Players can upgrade their hideout area with new buildings which add extra abilities. The forge allows weapon upgrades. The study and stables improve the abilities and number of scouts- which can be used to smuggle resources, reveal quest locations and remove a character’s wanted status. The Dojo allows players to train allies that can be called for assistance during combat. Other buildings increase experience multipliers and loadouts.</p>
<p>Probably the weakest part of the game is the story. That’s not because it is particularly bad, it&#8217;s just that the environment, the visuals and the gameplay all trump the narrative, which only really serves to move the player on to the next task. The Assassin’s Creed story has been a diminishing focus of the game since Ubisoft tied itself up in knots to such an extent that it had to kill off Desmond, back in <em>Assassin’s Creed III</em>. The emphasis since has been more on the vividly realised settings and the player’s interactions in those environments than a rigid story structure.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63590" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_02.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_02.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_02-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_02-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_02-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_02-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>The game is every bit as packed with things to do as the previous Assassin’s Creed games to the point of being overwhelming. The vast environment is full of towns and villages, many offering ornate castles and fortifications with treasures to be unlocked once the daimyos have been defeated. There are also ronin that will attack on sight, creating a bit of mayhem if the local guards spot you fighting.</p>
<p>All this is tied together by visuals that look absolutely breathtaking. The game may use the same engine as previous Assassin’s Creed games, but this just makes for a more optimised experience. The atmospheric effects are incredible, with sunlight fighting through mist, and fog shrouding the landscape. Flowers blow in the wind as you run through them. In built-up areas, citizens go about their business. The world feels very much alive.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63589" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_01.jpg?x67281" alt="Assassin’s Creed Shadows" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_01.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_01-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_01-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_01-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Assassins_Creed_Shadows_01-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p><em>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</em> is still very much in the same vein as <em>Valhalla</em>, offering players a fantastic, huge environment to explore that is beautifully rendered. The gameplay balances the stealth of Naoe’s shinobi with the brutality of Yasuke’s samurai to give players two very different ways to play.</p>
<p>The game is another hit for Ubisoft and one that they are no doubt in need of right now. The Assassin’s Creed saga continues to entertain with feudal Japan being a very fitting era for the franchise and one that fans are sure to enjoy.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Strained family relationships, a small community that looks out for eachother, an absentee Grandma and a hurricane. All of this right up front in the first few moments of Compulsion Games&#8217; South of Midnight. The wild weather causes severe flooding in the Southern American town of Prospero and our main protagonist Hazel sees her family [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Strained family relationships, a small community that looks out for eachother, an absentee Grandma and a hurricane.</p>
<p>All of this right up front in the first few moments of Compulsion Games&#8217; <em>South of Midnight</em>.</p>
<p>The wild weather causes severe flooding in the Southern American town of Prospero and our main protagonist Hazel sees her family home and her mother swept away.</p>
<p>Trying to save her mum, Hazel has no choice but to seek her distant and wealthy Grandmother&#8217;s help.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63516" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/iENY2UwABHk2tEdT7hECxj-1.jpg?x67281" alt="South of Midnight" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/iENY2UwABHk2tEdT7hECxj-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/iENY2UwABHk2tEdT7hECxj-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/iENY2UwABHk2tEdT7hECxj-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>But what she gets is an adventure like no other as the weaves and strands of both time and matter reveal themselves and place Hazel in a world that only she can see, a world where alligators are as big as houses, catfish can talk and a childs toy comes alive.</p>
<p>Think of Alice in Wonderland, fused with Wizard of Oz with a good ole&#8217; southern American flavour, the story of <em>South of Midnight</em> is an original mix of dark and sad emotions, fused with humor and one epic play through.</p>
<p>Hazel soon becomes atuned within the Grand Tapestry. An ethereal weave that binds the Universe together.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63515" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SouthofMidnight_ShakinBones_Hazel_1920x1080-6818f66931e82767bb1d-1.jpg?x67281" alt="South of Midnight" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SouthofMidnight_ShakinBones_Hazel_1920x1080-6818f66931e82767bb1d-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SouthofMidnight_ShakinBones_Hazel_1920x1080-6818f66931e82767bb1d-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SouthofMidnight_ShakinBones_Hazel_1920x1080-6818f66931e82767bb1d-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>Unbeknownst to her she is a natural Weaver and has the ability to control the strands of the Universe.</p>
<p>While she is on a path to find her mother Hazel comes across Knots and Stigma. These are essentially emotional or physical traumas and memories left behind within the Grand Tapestry and manifest as dark and foreboding enemies in various forms.</p>
<p>Taking these out by weaving restores the tear they cause and assists you to eventually upgrade your abilities&#8230; while you also bottle forgotten emotions.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63512" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0x0.jpg?x67281" alt="South of Midnight" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0x0.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0x0-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0x0-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>Floofs are a near to transparent object found hidden away throughout this mystical swampy land and these can be spent on the said upgrades to your skills.</p>
<p>Speaking of skills Hazel picks up new abilities at game specific intervals, from wall running to hurling herself over vast distances, grappling and more.</p>
<p><em>South of Midnight</em> plays out in chapters. Each new chapter reveals more about the wider story as well as what had gone on before and how all of this is going to eventually make sense. It&#8217;s a dark narrative.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="South of Midnight | Official Gameplay Trailer" width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g4oqgRLVmZw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Graphically <em>South of Midnight</em> is beautiful. The cutscenes are stop motion and in-game visuals are based on that stop motion.</p>
<p>The environmental details are beyond anything, spectacularly detailed and while <em>South of Midnight</em> is a third person play, total free roam can be limited. So to find Floofs you need to be observant for hidden areas or alternative paths.</p>
<p><em>South of Midnight</em> is full of southern American lore, mixed with family dynamics and of course a fantastical story.</p>
<p>A game that pulled me in when I was able to do an early preview play months ago. A game that I had been needing to play through since that first taste, and a game you need to sink yourself into.</p>
<p>So far in 2025 <em>South of Midnight, an Xbox / PC exclusive,</em> is my pick for the best title this year.</p>
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		<title>Avowed (Xbox Series X&#124;S) Review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>You are a survivor. Shipwrecked on a land where a mysterious Dream Scourge is running rampant, turning allies on eachother. And it&#8217;s up to you to find the source of this plague and restore peace with your God working through you. Avowed, an exclusive Xbox game, is an RPG that can be played in either [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>You are a survivor. Shipwrecked on a land where a mysterious Dream Scourge is running rampant, turning allies on eachother.</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s up to you to find the source of this plague and restore peace with your God working through you.</p>
<p><em>Avowed</em>, an exclusive Xbox game, is an RPG that can be played in either first person or third person perspective within the world of Eora, where an epic adventure awaits for you and your envoy across the Living Lands.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63276" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/avowed-bear-fight.jpg?x67281" alt="Avowed" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/avowed-bear-fight.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/avowed-bear-fight-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/avowed-bear-fight-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>You create your character from a number of presets then customize their look, voice and more.</p>
<p>Gameplay has the usual RPG elements of skills and item upgrades, quests, both major to the storyline and minor side gigs.</p>
<p>In-game onverstaions with NPCs will determine gameplay paths as you&#8217;re given a multi-choice of responses.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63277" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/uvyTRGxwnyodEv2ji5YMPD-1.jpg?x67281" alt="Avowed" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/uvyTRGxwnyodEv2ji5YMPD-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/uvyTRGxwnyodEv2ji5YMPD-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/uvyTRGxwnyodEv2ji5YMPD-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>The Living Lands enviroments are beutifully detailed and of course as with any good RPG, exploration is a must. You will traverse acroos four differing areas of the Eora.</p>
<p>From deep caves, sprawling valleys and towns through to coastal and forest domains. The world of <em>Avowed</em> is vast, and I sense that this game could be the start of a series of titles.</p>
<p>I also felt a &#8216;Fable&#8217; and &#8216;Dragon Age&#8217; vibe to <em>Avowed</em>. This is a very good thing.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Avowed - Official Launch Trailer" width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XrnW9dMo9RE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Combat has you either wielding magic, through to hand to hand and of course you have an inventory where you can equip items to either aide you or give defense in any tricky situation.</p>
<p>While the animation style of <em>Avowed</em> looks colourful annd there is a small amount of NPC humour thrown in to the dialogue, the narrative and tone is seriously dark.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll become wise on the lore and history as you speak with other NPCs and find Journals thoughout your adventure.</p>
<p>An exquisetly detailed game from Obsidian Entertainment, where you go, how you play and the hero you are is determined by you.</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s most epic adventure is now before you with <em>Avowed. </em>Within a world of magic, mystery and monsters, only you can defeat the Dream Scourge.</p>
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		<title>KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II (Xbox Series X&#124;S) Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Kingdom has come in an open world sequel where you experience life, combat and and epic narrative in 15th Century Europe. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is played in first person (with cinematics in third person) with a mix of close hand to hand sword combat, horse riding and exploration. Differing kingdom politics is at [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>The Kingdom has come in an open world sequel where you experience life, combat and and epic narrative in 15th Century Europe.</p>
<p><em>Kingdom Come: Deliverance II</em> is played in first person (with cinematics in third person) with a mix of close hand to hand sword combat, horse riding and exploration.</p>
<p>Differing kingdom politics is at the heart of this historically accurate story, as you, Henry of Skalitz a son of a common Blacksmith, now a Knight of Sir Radzig Kobyla, is on a mission of both revenge and resistance in an RPG style, with many quests before you.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63245" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/qYZKayzxHTAws4oeTeDpAT-1200-80.jpg?x67281" alt="Kingdom Come Deliverance II" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/qYZKayzxHTAws4oeTeDpAT-1200-80.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/qYZKayzxHTAws4oeTeDpAT-1200-80-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/qYZKayzxHTAws4oeTeDpAT-1200-80-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>The King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus IV has been unlawfully imprisoned by King Sigismund.</p>
<p>You also have your own personal vendetta against Sigismund.</p>
<p>With a posse of Knights and your right hand man Sir Hans Capon you start out as a messenger but it is not long before you&#8217;re in full battle mode against Sigismund&#8217;s allies.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63246" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/65qowJhWNXHABK4isAhMnQ-1200-80-1.jpg?x67281" alt="Kingdom Come Deliverance II" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/65qowJhWNXHABK4isAhMnQ-1200-80-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/65qowJhWNXHABK4isAhMnQ-1200-80-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/65qowJhWNXHABK4isAhMnQ-1200-80-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>Gameplay is mostly based on decisions or narrative paths you choose, this also dictates who may align with you, whether you find yourself in an impromptu fight and how your allies react to you as well.</p>
<p>If you played the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) you&#8217;ll recognize a few familiar faces that make cameos in this second chapter.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63247" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-riding-1.jpg?x67281" alt="Kingdom Come Deliverance II" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-riding-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-riding-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-riding-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>Graphically, <em>Kingdom Come: Deliverance II</em> is well detailed, from the meticulous &#8216;real-world&#8217; recreation of towns and cities from 15th Century Europe through to open contryside and more.</p>
<p>Characters, both your main playable and NPCs could still do with a little more work.</p>
<p>While general play is fluid, combat of the main character feels a bit blocky. There are on occassion delays in dishing out some sword justice, as if the game &#8216;thinks&#8217; for a second before landing a good wallop against your foe. This had me in a few crucial moments where the enemy was able to get an extra smack of their weapon in.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | Launch Trailer" width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9j5RshNPkFY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><em>Kingdom Come: Deliverance II</em> has the medieval lore and feel and a very excellent story to the likes of an high budget era based action film release.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a lot to this second chapter, and while there may still need to be some patching done in future, if mid-century narratives and authenticity in era based gameplay is your genre, <em>Kingdom Come: Deliverance II</em> brings a motherload and then some.</p>
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		<title>Funko Fusion (Xbox Series X) Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Funko Fusion brings the cult plastic statues to life with some interesting, licensed adventures. I’m not a fan of Funko Pops. Of course, I have a few, but as far as I’m concerned, they sit so far on the peripheral of pop culture fandom as to be a bit too try-hard for this cynical (and [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><em>Funko Fusion</em> brings the cult plastic statues to life with some interesting, licensed adventures.</p>
<p>I’m not a fan of Funko Pops. Of course, I have a few, but as far as I’m concerned, they sit so far on the peripheral of pop culture fandom as to be a bit too try-hard for this cynical (and slightly snobbish) OG nerd.</p>
<p>So, a video game featuring the large-headed plastic oddities should be about as far away from my alley as a seat in the box at an AFL game. Curiously, though, I found <em>Funko Fusion</em> considerably more appealing than its static namesakes.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63204" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_07.jpg?x67281" alt="Funko fusion" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_07.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_07-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_07-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_07-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_07-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>Funko Pops are stylised licensed plastic models of pop culture characters and icons. Everything from Back to the Future to obscure anime has been immortalised as a Funko Pop. Depending on your viewpoint they are hugely collectable merchandise or overpriced plastic rubbish aimed at the gullible.</p>
<p>From a gaming perspective, the massive umbrella of licensed franchises means that a Funko Pop game could draw on a huge amount of material. And that’s exactly what <em>Funko Fusion</em> does.</p>
<p>The developers have been smart as well. Almost as if they could see me lining up my crosshairs ready to take potshots at their stupid idea of bringing to life the plastic models I dislike so much. Instead of picking some of the more tenuous license&#8217;s likely to make me see red, they picked some absolute corkers to include in the game.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63201" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_02.jpg?x67281" alt="Funko fusion" width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_02.jpg 1920w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_02-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_02-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_02-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Funko_Fusion_02-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></p>
<p>So even if some of the combat is a bit shonky and repetitive, I’m going to put all that aside and wax lyrical about how bloody awesome it is to play weird versions of absolute classics like John Carpenter’s The Thing and the 1970s Battlestar Galactica. The soundtracks alone make playing the game worthwhile. Those two gems are joined by big-headed versions of Hot Fuzz, Masters of the Universe, Jurassic Park and many more – some as guest appearances and others as unlockable scenarios.</p>
<p>The concept is not unlike the Lego games combining puzzles and combat. <em>Funko Fusion</em> looks similarly aimed at younger viewers, but the material is not really age appropriate. Whilst it was cool discussing 1970s Battlestar Galactica with my eight-year-old, things took a darker tone when trying to explain why the scenario based on The Thing was probably not a good choice to play next.</p>
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<p>Despite the eclectic inspiration for the various scenarios and the variety of puzzles, as I hinted, the combat is a bit dull. It’s about as unsophisticated as in the Lego games, to be honest. But <em>Funko Fusion </em>labours on it a bit more, with different weapons from different scenarios needed to proceed in the game. But other than that, the game wears its heart on its sleeve.</p>
<p><em>Funko Fusion</em> is an interesting love letter to the famous franchises that it draws from. Film and TV plots are lovingly translated into bite-sized levels that are both enjoyable as well as sometimes a bit dull. This is a game that I found myself wanting to enjoy more than I did. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that the game is a wasted opportunity, but it’s not exactly the license to print money that the developers probably thought it would be.</p>
<p>Time will tell, however, as a bit of a rocky start can be turned around. I think the game has a solid foundation and the available material to improve if the publishers want to spend the time to fix an interesting but flawed game and turn it into something special.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Dragon Age series has spanned many gens of consoles and with Bioware still at the development helm and EA Games (Electronic Arts) publishing, it has retained its deep lore and RPG gameplay consistently. The newest instalment, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is no exception to the Dragon Age rule, it engrosses you into a deep [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>The Dragon Age series has spanned many gens of consoles and with Bioware still at the development helm and EA Games (Electronic Arts) publishing, it has retained its deep lore and RPG gameplay consistently.</p>
<p>The newest instalment, <em>Dragon Age: The Veilguard</em> is no exception to the Dragon Age rule, it engrosses you into a deep narrative where two Elven Gods that were once imprisoned are released.</p>
<p>Set ten years after Dragon Age: Inquisition, Fen&#8217;Harel takes it upon himself to bring down the veil, a magical boundary between the metaphysical world and the Fade, a world of demons and spirits.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63132" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-Veilguard-Everything-We-Know-1.jpg?x67281" alt="Dragon-Age - The-Veilguard" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-Veilguard-Everything-We-Know-1.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-Veilguard-Everything-We-Know-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-Veilguard-Everything-We-Know-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>This releases Elven Gods who had previously misused their powers for no good deeds. Now free the Elven deities are on a rampage and all manner of beasts and monstrosities are loose.</p>
<p>You play as Rook, a character you customise at the start of the game and is a part of a party of six guardians.</p>
<p>Without giving too much away here, some of your party meet with ill fates and it is generally up to you and a couple of members of the gang to seek the Elven Gods and bring them down.</p>
<p>As with any good RPG, you will gain experience levels throughout play and this scores you points which can be cashed in to upgrade your skills.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-63133" src="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard_screen2_group.jpg?x67281" alt="Dragon-Age - The-Veilguard" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard_screen2_group.jpg 1280w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard_screen2_group-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.shanethegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard_screen2_group-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p>
<p>Items can be purchased or found within the game, and equipping better weapons and armour of course aids you in your quest.</p>
<p>The world of <em>Dragon Age: The Veilguard</em> is full of hidden items and side path puzzles which will net you gold or items you can either use or sell at a merchant.</p>
<p>You will control the allies of your party in combat, while they will always assist in taking down a baddie, if you want them to do a specific spell or pack a punch, it&#8217;s as simple as using a hotkey on your gamepad, and selecting the character&#8217;s ability.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Official Launch Trailer" width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NdtmtuzICOI" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>You can also swap out your allies weapons to something a bit more fiercer, or magical.</p>
<p><em>Dragon Age: The Veilguard</em> may be party play, but it is a single player title.</p>
<p>There is an old school feel to it too. There are moments in gameplay that I felt myself reminiscing to the glory RPG days of PS3 and Xbox 360. Graphically <em>Dragon Age: The Veilguard</em> is okay. The world&#8217;s you&#8217;ll find yourself are well detailed, character renders could do with a bit more love though.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, just like prior Dragon Age titles, the lore, lineage and engaging narrative is there and solid.<br />
As a fan of the series I have loved my time with<em> Dragon Age: The Veilguard</em> and if you&#8217;re also a Dragon Age player, then it&#8217;s time to jump back in from where things left off and save the world once again.</p>
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