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The Epic Games Store sale coupons are back
The Epic Games Store sale coupons are back
If you thought you could get through the end of 2020 without one more sale you’d be wrong as the Epic Games Store has started the Holiday Sale 2020.
What makes this one different is the return of the coupon. In the past, sales on the store have tried to entice people to spend their money with a $10 coupon just for signing in which could then be used on a purchase of $14.99 or more. Aside from…
Alan Wake – Anniversary Update with Sam Lake, Ilkka Villi and Matthew Porretta
Epic Games Publishing and developer Remedy Entertainment will release Alan Wake Remastered for the Nintendo Switch via Nintendo eShop in Fall 2022. The Nintendo Switch version will be digital-only and run natively on the hardware More information will be announced in the coming months.
Additionally, Remedy Entertainment has given an update to the live-action Alan Wake TV series that was announced back in late 2018. AMC has picked up the rights to develop it alongside Remedy Entertainment.
Lastly, Remedy Entertainment shared new concept artwork and information for Alan Wake II. The studio had originally intended to talk more about Alan Wake II over the summer period, but that won’t be happening anymore.
“Everything with Alan Wake II development is going really well,” said creative director Sam Lake. “We are deep in production, have a lot of material, and a great deal of the game is playable. But we’ve been talking for the past couple of months and have come to the decision here at Remedy, along with our wonderful publisher Epic Games, that we will not be showing anything big this summer.”
Lake continued, “To create a proper, polished demo or a trailer takes a lot of effort, and it’s several months of work that could take away from development. We feel that we have momentum going, and we want to make sure we are creating the best, and first, survival horror game for Remedy. We don’t want to take the team away from that focus, so we’re going to keep going and making a great game experience, and unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a bit longer for a demo and trailer.”
Alan Wake II will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2023.
Bread’s Game Journal 02/22/22: In Sifu, Mercy is The Coolest Feeling In The World.
*Spoilers for Sifu*
There’s something truly unique about the way Sifu handles the idea of a New Game Plus that leads to a secret ending. Unlike a lot of other games that go with this setup, it doesn’t take all that long. Nor is achieving the proverbial “True” ending actually all that difficult. A statement that sounds bizarre when you consider how difficult the game itself has been up to this point, but then, that’s just the thing.
As a reminder, the only way to get the true ending in Sifu is to understand that vengeance won’t solve anything, and exploit the hidden mercy mechanic in each of the boss fights. Essentially via letting all the bosses know that you can easily kill them, but are choosing not to, by breaking their structure meter twice in one fight. Doing so sounds like it’s going to be a hassle, some of these bosses are a huge pain to beat at all, let alone beating in a specific way that requires you to be actively careful not to kill them.
The thing is though, it isn’t. By the point in the game that you’re going back to fight all these bosses again, if you’re anything like me, they don’t stand a chance. Fajar becomes utterly predictable and can be beaten flawlessly before he even really has a chance to gain the upper hand. Shaun, a total nightmare when you first fight him, has become a big predictable lug who will fall victim to your kidney punch stuns over and over until the battle is over. Even Kuriko, who’s extreme speed and difficult to predict patterns can’t stand up to you after you’ve fought her a dozen times trying to get your age down for the next run during your first playthrough.
This new lack of difficulty from a previously brutally difficult game makes you, the player, feel just as you should in these mercy giving situations. In the story of the game, the lead character wants these kung-fu masters to know that he’s easily beaten them, and that they have to live with that knowledge. A feeling that translates perfectly to the player when you just trounced a boss that used to kick your ass up and down the room.
I’ll be real, there’s a not insignificant chance that Sifu is my game of the year. Still too early to completely tell, but I doubt I’m going to feel the same things I felt playing this game again. I urge anyone who likes action games to give it a try.
