It’s nice finding that footing to play the games we knew we would love. It doesn’t always work out, but in my case it did and can for anyone. I look forward to the dynamic bloody streets of Vampyr or maybe some dungeon crawling through a labyrinth of a nest for a Hollow bug world (I’m honestly shook how good Hollow Knight is). My best advice: try and tough it out, be patient and know that eventually that feeling might come around. After all, you wouldn’t have bought the dang game otherwise.

This happened to myself recently with two games that I greedily bought without a second thought — Vampyr and Hollow Knight Beginner Guide Knight when it released on Switch . Both games I was immensely looking forward to and with both I hit the same wall. No matter how often I tried playing, every attempt to pick up the controller was met with my mind split between disinterest and intrigue. It becomes hard to tell if the brain is responding in a Pavlovian way for the shiny new toy or there is actual enthusiasm buried under the loss of focus for both games. Luckily it was the latter. There are, of course, times where a game is just not for you, but it was a relief knowing it was just a matter of time.

Well, I guess we all saw this coming. If its predecessor opened the list, then Ori and the Will of the Wisps was destined to follow it, especially because it absolutely smashed by improving nearly every aspect of the origi

There is one more option: cut those loses. Yes, sometimes a game just isn’t the one in which case two things will play out, either selling it back to the local game store or having to delete it off the hard drive and realize you get nothing back for purchasing said game. This is where a bit of tactic comes into how games are purchased. For ones that are sure to be a one and done, just buy it from the store/online and sell it back to that local game store where you get cash or credit towards that next game. Buying a one and done digitally knowing there is nothing in return if it’s not for you is just a bummer. Which is why I bought Vampyr physically; it’s easy to know I will play it once and feel good about it, and then it can go towards another game, continuing the cycle.

It is literally the game's biggest chunk of DLC, a great conclusion to the expansion trilogy, and also an awesome way to cap off Dead Cells, so it naturally pleased the gaming critics and reserved a spot in the rank

There's no denying that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the definitive game to play for anyone who wants to scratch their Soulsborne itch. The deflection mechanic, stealth, ninja tools, and a host of other combat moves have contributed to Sekiro being perhaps the most dynamic From Software game around , with entire combat scenarios completely altered at the drop of a hat with the player's acti

_Updated on October 22, 2023 by Casey Foot: Though Hallownest is dangerous, it’s still a joy to explore thanks to its stunning environments, the game’s art direction, and masterful music by Christopher Larkin. Team Cherry did a excellent job creating an immersive world with extensive attention to detail. The ghosts of Hallownest’s past haunt every area you explore, whether it’s through the environmental storytelling or the literal enemies that attack you. If the lack of Silksong news has you down, perhaps a revisit of Hallownest will perk you u

As it’s very sparsely populated, there isn't much to see here. The main draw of the Howling Cliffs is that they're outside and feel like freedom compared to the confines of Hallownest's inner regions. Also, the Stag Nest can be found here, which is a touching monument to one of the nicest friends the Knight will make in their trav

For most who play games, this feeling is completely understandable, unless you’re one of the few super-humans that can game for ludicrous amounts of time (looks at all streamers) then this happens to the best of us. It’s unfortunate when looking forward to a game only to be completely put off by it or feel disinterest in said game. No matter how bad you wanted to play it, it might just not be the time; a blockade. What does one do then? When having waited to buy ‘x’ game only to find disinterest; not everyone can afford games on a weekly basis and there's a massive selection to choose from. The first advice would be to tough it out. Maybe that game isn’t the one for now, but at least there are fallbacks until that moment of inspiration hits.

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That’s because Hollow Knight took a beloved, familiar genre and injected a fresh take into it, delivering a massive, interconnected world that cleverly shifts as you progress – not to mention its mysterious story with a quite original mythology and its amazingly quirky charact