Player Mistakes Back to All Characters The final newGenshin Impactcharacter introduced before Natlan debuted was Emilie, a five-star Dendro polearm user from Fontaine. Emilies products are extremely popular with the citizens of Fontaine, and they come from all over the region to seek out her services. Emilie hides a secret, secondary profession, though. Known to the few in her inner circle as a “forensic cleaner,” Emilie moonlights as a sort-of detective, uncovering hidden clues and secrets in crime scenes....

Summary AlthoughFallout 4has many strengths, like its improved combat and detailed world design, it usually isn’t considered the peak of the franchise. Criticisms of Bethesda Game Studios' second crack at theFalloutseries abound, but most of its demerits seem to revolve around how ithandles the stapleFalloutfeatures, specifically as they pertain to the role-playing experience. Chief among the most common critiques ofFallout 4has to do with the game’s dialog system, which many view as a major step backward for the franchise....

Summary Almost six years have passed sinceFallout 76first released and the game continues to evolve through a growing list of post-launch updates. With several more updates in store for just 2024 alone, there’s no end in sight for whatFallout 76’s future updates will bring to the game. As much asFallout 76continues to grow, it should slow down and consider pumping the breaks with one particular feature. More specifically,future updates forFallout 76should hold off on introducing any more new factions, and instead focus on giving the spotlight to some of the existing factions from the franchise....

Quick Links Once you make it to the 20th floor of the Mines inFields of Mistria, there will be aWater Sealthat needs to be broken. The tablet will be in an unknown language, so you’ll need to take a rubbing of it toEilandso they can translate the text. You’ll get the Water Tablet Rubbing, which will kick off the ‘The Water Tablet’ quest. Find Eiland on the map, show him the tablet, and he’ll take you to their office....

Summary Final Fantasy 14recently began a huge sale on digital items to celebrate its 11th anniversary. From now through September 10, fans can save 30% on select in-game cosmetics for use inFinal Fantasy 14. August 27 marked the 11-year anniversary ofFinal Fantasy 14. Though not as significant a milestone asFF14’s 10-year anniversary last year, it is no less important, especially as it came so soon after the release ofDawntrail, the fifth expansion for the critically-acclaimed MMORPG, in July....

Summary TheFinal Fantasyfranchise hasn’t exactly had a major presence on the Xbox platform lately. Since 2020, Square Enix has only released three games in its flagship JRPG series on Microsoft’s consoles:Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin,Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, and most recently,Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn. Sadly, the majority ofFinal Fantasyinstallments in the last four years have skipped Xbox entirely.FF7 Remake,FF7 Rebirth, andFF16, for instance, were launched as PlayStation exclusives....

Quick Links Once Humanoffers a wide range of unique Deviations that players can secure, each providing valuable assistance in different ways. WhileCombat Deviations like the Mini Feasterexcel at taking down some of the toughest enemies in the game, Territory Deviations also prove to be great at lending a helping hand. Territory Deviations are particularly useful for their ability to assist with various tasks around the player’s Territory.Deviations like Buzzy Beeare excellent for optimizing crop growth, while others, likeFlame Essence, excel at boosting the efficiency of theElectric Furnace....

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreehas once again resuscitated tired debates in and around the community regarding difficulty, summons, and co-op. BecauseFromSoftware’s Soulslike gamesallow for so much personalization in custom builds and play styles there are inevitably a lot of players who also believe they need to be played certain ways lest their triumphs be the result of ‘cheese’ and not considered genuine to some. But while gatekeeping is certainly apparent in some corners, there is also a side of the fanbase that relishes in the communal elation of each other’s company and their indiscriminate successes....

Summary AGenshin Impactleak is teasing a major new quality-of-life feature coming to the game with the Version 4.8 update, adding a helpful recap feature to the game’s cutscenes. The massively popular RPG from HoYoverse has plenty of story content for players to dive into, between the game’s main story, its multitude of side quests, and its new events. Each update’s main event typically comes with its own story, with some featuring expansive story content likeGenshin Impact’s summer events....

Fans ofHelldivers 2are gearing themselves up after hearing about Arrowhead’s latest announcement. TheEscalation of Freedom updateis poised to give the game a lot of new additions that will improve its quality and increase overall engagement within the community. One of the noteworthy additions mentioned during the reveal is a new difficulty level. Its purpose is to give players a whole new combat experience, a challenge with great rewards but whose level of toughness will either be loved or loathed....

Summary It’s not clear yet whetherThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomis bringing the franchise back to its roots entirely, as the abilities of Zelda’s new Tri Rod alone are indicative of a much larger and more malleable world than that of classicZeldatitles. That being said,Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s scale does seem to be drawn back much further than the series' most recent titles,Zelda: Tears of the KingdomandZelda: Breath of the Wild, so the likelihood of more classic franchise elements making an appearance seems higher than it has in quite some time....

Any story needs some kind of conflict; that’s Writing 101. Storytellers may prefer a certain kind of conflict, and that holds true inFinal Fantasy 14, where in addition to the overt struggles present at any given time, there are philosophical arguments being held constantly throughout the narrative, even inDawntrail’s story. At Gamescom, Game Rant got to sit down withFinal Fantasy 14executive producer Naoki Yoshida, known to fans as Yoshi-P. He discussed, among other things, the ideological debates the game has had with itself over the years, and how that continues withDawntrail’s most prominent characters, Sphene and Wuk Lamat....

Spoilers for Mortal Kombat 11 and Mortal Kombat 1 ahead. Summary Mortal Kombat 1has a roster chock-full of iconic new and returning characters, each with their own array of deadly martial skills for the player to master and dish out hours of macabre entertainment. With this iteration of the series, however, Netherrealm Studios threw the book at the game’s canon continuity and reset the clock, starting theMortal Kombatmultiverse anew once more with new origins for all characters, even ones introduced as recently as the preceding title,Mortal Kombat 11....