An old classic of the Xbox is set to be released for the PS5 later this year, and with a fresh coat of paint. Many fans can hardly wait and are looking forward to the end of the console war, except for one faction.
Which game is being referred to? Gears of War is one of the most well-known exclusive titles of Xbox. Now the publisher has announced the release of Gears of War: Reloaded – a remaster of the first title, which is set to be released on August 26, 2025.
The game is set to be released for Xbox, PC, and PS5, bringing you back to the beginnings of the series. You will benefit from a 4K resolution, up to 120 FPS, as well as cross-progression and cross-play.
For many PlayStation fans, this is a reason to celebrate, as 19 years ago, no one would have thought they could ever play this exclusive title without an Xbox. Some players are once again emphasizing the end of the console war and while this is a reason for joy, it is primarily the Xbox players who are looking grim.
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It is official, the console war is over: Phil Spencer says in light of the PS5 that he no longer wants to bring all players to Xbox
End of the Console War, but Not for Everyone!
What are players complaining about? While PlayStation fans are rejoicing, discontent is growing among Xbox players. For them, the console war is still ongoing, as PlayStation has already released some exclusive titles and is selling them on Steam, while Xbox has nothing from that – they are still empty-handed.
Many fans wish for true classics like God of War 1-3, which they missed back in the time of the PS3, but since Sony still clings to its strict monopoly, nothing will come of it. The following voices can be heard on X.com concerning the console war:
“It’s not over until Sony starts porting PlayStation games to Xbox.” – Xbox Joker
“Only when Xbox gets God of War.” – MisterNegative
“‘over’, but the rest of the ‘fans’ say that Xbox doesn’t deserve the PS games.” – Alan Somma
When will PlayStation exclusive titles come to Xbox? Unfortunately, there are no official statements from Sony on whether and when the PlayStation monopoly will be abandoned. Xbox fans will therefore have to continue to be patient and hope that PlayStation will eventually bring its exclusive titles to Xbox as well. It’s good that Xbox is working on a new app, as this will allow fans to view games on Steam: Microsoft is working on a new Xbox app that is expected to show all your PC games – even from Steam and the Epic Games Store
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The developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 have revealed how you prefer to play your Heinrich. It turns out he is worse than the Black Death.
What have the developers shown? The developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 are currently celebrating the achievement of a new milestone. Their second game has recently surpassed the mark of 3 million copies sold. An important step for the developers.
On this occasion, they have published various statistics showing how you prefer to play your Heinrich. In a post on X.com, the developers shared an overview of the lad.
If you had to describe Heinrich, you would say that the young Czech is a wine drinker, prefers to fight with a longsword and crossbow – even if he only hits the head with every 7th shot. He also has suspiciously good luck when rolling dice. However, his fighting power should not be underestimated.
Did you know that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has a secret ending?
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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 hat ein geheimes Ende – So bekommt ihr es
Heinrich is worse than the plague
How dangerous is Heinrich? The protagonist Heinrich is played differently by each player, but you can’t get through the role-playing game without fighting. The developers have now revealed in their statistics that Heinrich has defeated more than 489 million NPCs. Only human NPCs were counted, so animals from hunting are excluded.
With nearly half a billion kills, Heinrich is thus deadlier than the Black Death, which claimed between 20 and 50 million lives in the Middle Ages (via planet-wissen.de). This corresponds to about half of the population of that time (via segu-geschichte.de).
However, Heinrich’s numbers would likely threaten the entire world population. This was only about 540 million in the 15th century (via Wikipedia). So the favorite activity in the game is neither rolling dice nor drinking, it is fighting against enemies in the RPG.
Even after 30 years, Neon Genesis Evangelion is still considered one of the most important animes of all time. This is not only due to the action, but also to the complex themes. These occur not only with the characters but also within the world. A major inspiration for this was a real fear of the director.
What kind of anime is Neon Genesis Evangelion? From the outside, the anime appears to be a classic mecha anime, but the battles between giant robots and monsters are only a small part of the series.
It also deals with complex themes such as loneliness, sacrifice, or trauma. The world and the fate of the characters contribute to this as well. But without a significant fear of the director, the anime might never have existed.
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Neon Genesis Evangelion – Trailer for the Legendary Anime Series
I seriously thought the world would end in the 20th century
What was the director afraid of? Neon Genesis Evangelion comes from the pen of Hideaki Anno. The director was also responsible for the film End of Evangelion and the 4 remake films released between 2007 and 2021. He also directed the film Shin Godzilla.
In an interview (via gmanetwork.com) in 2014, he spoke about the inspirations for Neon Genesis Evangelion. One of his greatest was the fear of a nuclear catastrophe in the backdrop of the Cold War. He explained what it was like back then: There was a real sense that the world would be destroyed if a nuclear war broke out. If someone pressed the atomic button, it would lead to the destruction of the world – that was the reality then, this fear of Armageddon.
This also led him to be truly convinced that humanity would not survive the 20th century: I seriously thought the world would end in the 20th century. With his anime, he wanted to show what happens to the world after such a catastrophe.
Religious symbols and themes were also included, as Japan is a country where many tsunamis and earthquakes occur. It has experience with natural disasters: It is a country where ruthless destruction happens quite naturally. It gives you a strong sense that God exists out there.
Is the inspiration noticeable in the series? The foundation for the world of Evangelion is the Second Impact in the series. In 2000, a meteorite strike at the South Pole caused global changes that wiped out a large portion of humanity.
15 years after this catastrophe, the angels also appeared. These were large beings that threatened the Earth.
As it was later discovered, the Second Impact was not a natural catastrophe. During a human expedition, they found Adam, the first angel. An experiment was initiated that awoke Adam and triggered the Second Impact.
Thus, a human experiment caused not only a tragedy but also the subsequent appearance of the angels. When naming the angels and the EVAs, one can notice the religious influences. You can find more adult anime here: Anime over 16 – These 5 series are adult and nothing for young children
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Expedition 33 is a strong contender for Game of the Year 2025. It has borrowed a lot – but in an extremely good way.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has taken the RPG fan world by storm and has become a massive hit. Especially considering that this game is the debut work of Sandfall Interactive and many of its employees. Expedition 33 seems to evoke a lot of emotions in its players, combining fluid gameplay with a great story and wonderful art style.
The reason why all this works so well is that pretty much every mechanic in the game is “borrowed” – but in the best possible way.
Spoiler Warning: In this article, I will also touch on the story of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. If you haven’t finished it yet, there may be spoilers.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – JRPG with French Flair has Release Date
In the style of the Princes “Everything is just borrowed,” gaming veterans will recognize an overwhelming amount of parallels and inspirations that the game has drawn upon in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Especially Final Fantasy and the Persona series are hard to overlook.
The basic design of the game world, with an “overworld” where players can travel around to visit individual locations, also reminds one of RPGs from over two decades ago. The entire Final Fantasy series utilized this up to part 9, and many other JRPGs have also taken inspiration from this. In those games, players start out on foot and then gain access to more areas by ship and later by airship, allowing them to discover hidden places.
Unusually, Expedition 33 utilizes a turn-based combat system. This is considered “outdated,” so much so that even Final Fantasy has moved away from it in its later installments, opting instead for action. This is something that many fans dislike.
However, Clair Obscur didn’t rest on its laurels; rather, it combined everything with another extremely successful system: the Souls games. With precise time windows of only 150 milliseconds for parrying, players need patience, skill, and have to memorize combat patterns. This is challenging, but never overwhelming and always fair.
Moreover, Expedition 33 has meticulously ensured to remove all the things that annoyed players in Metaphor or Persona. If a battle doesn’t go according to plan, you don’t have to awkwardly die but can reload immediately and start over.
Save points are not rarely distributed; instead, the game saves every time you adjust the characters’ equipment in the menu in some way.
The skill system is also taken from Final Fantasy IX. The Lumina are basically a one-to-one adaptation of the Ability system. Equip items to gain passive effects, and after wearing an item long enough, you “learn” the passive effect and can activate or deactivate it using distributable points. However, in Clair Obscur, you don’t have to repeat this for each character.
Even the story heavily borrows from Final Fantasy
Finally, I want to touch upon the story. Because even though it is absolutely outstanding, complex, and heartbreaking, you can also find a lot of inspiration from Final Fantasy X here. Would you like a few examples?
In Final Fantasy X, people try to fight against a threat that periodically wipes out entire cities. Here, that is the beast “Sin,” which in Expedition 33 is represented by the painter.
In the end, it turns out that Sin is not just a villain (just like the giant painter), but Sin acts on behalf of someone else – just as the painter does.
If you destroy Sin, you aren’t just defeating a threat to the world, but obliterating an entire world and everyone living in it. The same applies to the painter, whose defeat (almost) wipes out all humans on the planet.
Deep monologues that you only understand after the end, are of course also present. As it should be.
The protagonist’s father, Renoir for Verso and Jekkt for Tidus, starts as a villain who seems irrational, self-satisfied, and malicious. Only at the end does it become clear how much his family means to him.
One of the protagonists in both games (Tidus and Verso) does not even exist. While Tidus is only a “dream of the past,” Verso is merely the painted reflection of a memory of the real Verso, who has died. Breaking the cycle and defeating the antagonist leads to the protagonist’s death.
I could go on like this for a long time. Almost every significant “story beat” also appeared in a modified form in Final Fantasy X.
I don’t mean all these points as criticism. The way Clair Obscur combines all these elements – from the story to the combat system and atmosphere – and creates something new out of it is nothing short of phenomenal. I would almost call this the “Blizzard principle,” where successful systems are adopted and refined until they are nearly perfect. Sandfall Interactive has clearly succeeded in this with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
I am very grateful to the development team for drawing inspiration from so many classic JRPGs of the Final Fantasy series and combining them with modern mechanics from action games like Dark Souls or Elden Ring.
During the roughly 50 hours of gameplay, I felt like I was 20 years younger again. As if I were exploring a world that captivated me as much as Final Fantasy X did back in the day, where every single level was a work of art, full of secrets to explore and understand.
The cutscenes are all a work of art.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has taken this nostalgia, forged it into a new visage, and created a masterpiece that I thought would no longer come in today’s gaming world. It has very few ideas that are truly “new.” Only the combination of all the game elements has not been seen in this form. That is enough. That, and the palpable passion of the developers in every minute, that they have created a game that they themselves want to play.
Expedition 33 is already for me the game of the year and one that I would return to very, very, very often. This will be my new “comfort” game, the one I refer to every 1-2 years when I want a weekend to myself and just want to have a good time without getting annoyed by how frustrating modern games can be in many ways. Thank you for that. This game has been a true enrichment for my life. Even if I overlooked many secrets at the beginning…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 would not be Baldur’s Gate 3 if it only included one-dimensional “good” or “bad” characters. Still, there are certain characters that players joyfully embrace, but also some that the community simply finds annoying due to their nature. However, one of these characters seems to be quite a lovable hero behind his facade.
Which character is being talked about? It’s about the tiefling Rolan, an aspiring wizard, whom you first meet in the Druid Grove in Act 1. There, he argues with the other tieflings Lia and Cal about whether they should stay in the grove to help the refugees or flee instead.
From this situation (and others that appear throughout the game), you get to know Rolan as a rather headstrong and arrogant man who focuses more on himself and his personal training in Baldur’s Gate rather than on anyone else. Only Lia, Cal, and himself seem to be the most important to him.
For this reason, Rolan is labeled by the community as a selfish or annoying side character who prefers to complain rather than be helpful. However, under a Reddit post, some players reported that they were able to discover the opposite.
Here you can see the animated short film for Patch 8 of Baldur’s Gate 3:
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Der animierte Kurzfilm zu Patch 8, dem letzten Update für Baldur’s Gate 3
Players discover the true motives behind the facade
What do players say about Rolan? While Rolan initially comes off as an unsympathetic wizard without real talent, who constantly needs to be rescued and supported by players, some players on Reddit have more to say about him:
“He expects a lot from himself. He wants his family to be proud of him. Overcompensation may look very much like arrogance, but in Act 2, you realize that his self-worth depends on how valuable he can be to others. When he can’t save the other tieflings alone, he’s way too hard on himself,” writes accursed_JAK.
But there are more opinions about his magic talent as well:
“Rolan receives a lot of shit from players. But he’s actually a solid wizard,” writes SarcasticKenobi with the most upvotes under the original post, “His variations of common spells are better than our versions; he can cast Mage Armor on real armor instead of just robes. Also, he leaves a ton of corpses on the way to the Towers of the Rising Moon. (…) He just ran out of spell slots because of the number of enemies and needed our help.”
AdParking3521 replies: “Yes, when you meet him in Act 1, you assume he’s just an arrogant show-off, but no. So many people survive in Act 1 because he’s there. Not that he’s particularly happy about it.”
This assumption is confirmed by the original post under which this conversation takes place. It shows what happens when Rolan is not persuaded to stay by the side of the refugees.
Why shouldn’t you miss Rolan in Act 1? The author of the Reddit post (Danofold) reports that he forgot to talk to Rolan in Act 1 and thus couldn’t convince him to help the refugees. As a result, a total of 6 other tieflings were never able to reach the next safe spot of the group. This includes Rolan himself, the tiefling woman Bex, and 4 children.
Another conclusion from this is that a lot of story content can be lost this way, which we don’t want to fully spoil here. Therefore, whoever wants to get the most out of their gameplay and the story of recurring characters should definitely talk to Rolan as soon as they see him for the first time in Act 1.
Pokémon GO has announced the new event “Critical Hit.” The star of the event can now be admired on your loading screen for quite some time: Wulaosu. Now it appears.
When does the event run? “Critical Hit: GO Battle Week” takes place from May 21, 10:00 AM, to May 27, 8:00 PM.
The event features some content. The most important of which is the ability to obtain Wulaosu. Because the combat bear is finally available from the start of the event, after it was previously only visible on the loading screen.
How do I get Wulaosu? For that you need to evolve Dakuma, which you caught as part of the special research “Powerful and Masterful.” The research will also receive a new part in the event, where you can earn Dakuma candies. And you will need them, as the requirements for Dakuma’s evolution are not exactly easy.
Wulaosu comes in two variants – the focused style and the flowing style. No matter which of the two you want: You need to provide 200 Dakuma candies for the evolution. And that’s not all.
You evolve Wulaosu in the focused style by defeating 30 Dark-type Pokémon in raids or Dyna battles, while Dakuma is your buddy.
You evolve Wulaosu in the flowing style by defeating 30 Water-type Pokémon in raids or Dyna battles, while Dakuma is your buddy.
At least: Dakuma does not have to be part of your team while you are racking up victories. The only important thing is that it is your active buddy.
However, that is not all you can expect in the event.
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Pokémon GO: What’s in the new Season Powerful and Masterful
All content from “Critical Hit” in Pokémon GO
In addition to Wulaosu and the new part of the special research, you can look forward to the following content and bonuses.
You will receive double XP from raid victories
Meditie, Skunkapuh, and Garstella have an increased shiny chance
If you complete the limited research of the event, you will receive an additional raid pass per day
The research will also provide special candies, Dakuma candies, as well as encounters with Meditie, Skunkapuh, and Garstella, which have a special background
There are exclusive attacks:
Rasaff learns Fury Swipes when you evolve Menki
Jugong learns Ice Shard upon evolution
Trikephalo receives Whirlwind after evolution
Quajutsu learns Water Pulse after evolution
And Lapras that you get from raids or field research have Ice Beam
The special research also contains a Knarbon with a special background
Which Pokémon appear? In the wild, you will encounter the following monsters. Possible Shinys are marked with an asterisk*.
Menki*
Jurob*
Galar-Zigzachs*
Meditie*
Froxy*
Kapuno*
Kleptifux
In raids:
Level 1: Kanivanha*, Skunkapuh*, Garstella*
Level 3: Lapras*, Hisui-Admurai*, Adebom*
Additionally, you will find more optional but paid researches in the shop.
What’s next? The “Critical Hit” will be one of the last major events of the month, but even before that, May has a lot to offer, such as the Crown Clash event with Gladimperio. And there are other dates that might be exciting for you. You can find our overview here. All events in May 2025 in Pokémon GO.
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The development team at Exo-Labs has managed to run an AI language model on a Windows 98 PC with a Pentium II processor – and that with just 128 MB of RAM.
What exactly was tested? The development team at EXO Labs undertook an unusual experiment: They wanted to find out if a modern AI language model could run on a PC that is more than 27 years old, equipped with an Intel Pentium II, 128 MB of RAM, and Windows 98.
The model used is based on LLaMA 2 but has been significantly reduced to work with only 260,000 parameters in this extremely limited hardware setup. Nevertheless, the system reportedly achieved a processing rate of 39.31 tokens per second, according to the developers – a clear indicator of how efficient AI can become.
The complete technical process and the motivation behind the experiment can be read in detail on the EXO Labs blog.
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Students spy on passersby with hidden cameras and AI, find name and address in seconds
The Technical Foundation
How was it realized? According to EXO Labs, the implementation was anything but simple. Modern compilers are simply not compatible with the old architecture. Therefore, the team resorted to the outdated Borland C++ 5.02 Compiler – one of the few tools still capable of running on Windows 98.
A compiler is, in simple terms, a program that translates source code into a form that the computer can execute directly.
According to the developers and Tom’s Hardware, the retro PC was purchased on eBay for around 119 pounds (approximately 140 euros). Since USB support is limited under Windows 98, the developers used a PS/2 keyboard and mouse and transferred the necessary files via FTP from the MacBook to the old computer.
The goal was to run a functional AI model completely offline and locally – without, for example, a cloud-based solution.
Why is this attempt a significant step for AI development? According to EXO Labs, the goal was not to make AI usable on old hardware, but to demonstrate how efficiently current models can become through clever architecture.
We want more efforts to be made to run AI models on older hardware. There is still much development work to be done – from optimizing memory usage to exploring new architectures that can work efficiently on limited hardware.
The so-called BitNet architecture was used for this purpose. It employs ternary weightings (−1, 0, 1) instead of the usual 16 or 32-bit values. According to JVTech, this can massively reduce memory requirements. Consequently, it is hoped that in the future, the necessary space and the previously extreme costs of widespread AI use can also be somewhat reduced.
After the major expansion in March, fans of Dungeon Fighter Online can now look forward to the next content update. The themes of love and desire are the focus of the new dungeon.
Those who have mastered the quest “Petals of Uncertainty” can start a new Legion Dungeon with 4 boss challenges and three difficulty levels, and experience the story of a forgotten goddess.
With the new dungeon challenge come many fresh rewards, including legendary gear, cosmetic items, consumables, and silver coins.
With “Gateway of Beauty”, you can enter a new city once you have completed the quest “The Goddess of Beauty Returns”.
The update also brings numerous improvements and bug fixes to the game. You can find the complete patch notes on dfoneople.com.
Here is the trailer for the new update of Dungeon Fighter Online:
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Dungeon Fighter Online: Venus, Goddess of Beauty – Trailer for the new dungeon of Season 9
How provocative can bosses be? Dungeon Fighter Online: Yes!
What is the new patch about? The second act of season 9 revolves around Venus, the goddess of beauty and truth, who awaits you in a garden inside her temple. However, you won’t stay there. The dungeon goes through a total of four phases, in which you will encounter different divine desires or transformations of Venus.
The risqué theme of the dungeon is clearly reflected in Venus’s unusual design, as she usually wears airy dresses and shows a lot of skin. This once again highlights the South Korean roots of the game.
What do I need to know about Dungeon Fighter Online? The game from developer and publisher Neople mixes classic 2D action from brawlers like Double Dragon with MMORPG elements and an – as promised by the developers – epic story. You choose from dozens of different classes and slash through hordes of enemies with screen-filling effects.
The 20-year-old online brawler has always been particularly popular in Asia. By 2023, the franchise is expected to have generated more than 22 billion US dollars. With over 850 million registered players, Dungeon Fighter Online is also considered the largest MMORPG in the world, as reflected in our list of MMORPGs with the most players according to official developer numbers.
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Although the second phase of Alpha Two in Ashes of Creation is still ongoing, there have been fresh servers and an influx of interested testers. Both in combination led to an impressive success, which according to studio head Steven Sharif, no other game in Unreal Engine 5 has managed to achieve.
With the launch of the new Fresh-Start server Shol and further invitations for the current phase of Alpha Two, they were able to significantly increase this number by May 3, 2025. In the official Discord channel, Steven Sharif explained that at peak times, more than 8,000 Alpha testers were present on the new server.
He further stated that no other game known to use Unreal Engine 5 has achieved anything comparable. However, the enormous number of players naturally caused problems, which according to the developer were mainly triggered by bugs related to core systems such as crafting, events, or combat.
They would be using the next few days to fix the identified bugs and issues, while the server remains online and can thus provide additional data. The goal is, according to Steven Sharif, to create a stable foundation for the start of the third phase of Alpha Two in August 2025 – both gameplay-wise and technically.
One of the recent trailers of Ashes of Creation introduces the new rogue class:
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Ashes of Creation: Trailer shows gameplay of the rogue class
More than just graphic power
Initial struggles of UE5: Unreal Engine 5 has been available since April 2022, and anyone who approaches the provider Epic Games receives a comprehensive package for developing modern, visually appealing games – technologies like Nanite, Virtual Shadow Maps, and Lumen make it possible.
A major advantage of the engine: In UE5, multiple developers can work simultaneously on a part of the game. This was not possible in the previous engine. Especially the creation of larger worlds is supposed to be easier – a significant advantage when developing an MMORPG.
As great as all this sounds, many games using Unreal Engine 5 have had a mixed start in the first years. The reboot of Lords of the Fallen and also Immortals of Aveum, for example, look great, no question, but came with unusually high system requirements and technical issues like crashes, performance drops, or regular graphical errors.
Three years ago, the developers of Ashes of Creation showcased their game in Unreal Engine 5 for the first time:
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Why is this milestone so important? At times, there were concerns due to problematic releases that Unreal Engine 5 might not be a good choice for MMORPGs that want to deliver a certain number of players on the servers, smooth performance, and modern graphics.
With the current milestone, however, Ashes of Creation now shows that it is indeed possible to develop such an ambitious MMORPG in UE5 if enough time is invested in the technical foundation to adapt the engine to one’s needs.
And the fact that such a stress test is already taking place now, many months before the final launch, is invaluable. Because now the developers have more than enough time to continue refining the technical foundation, fixing bugs, and optimizing performance. The game that has not done this yet, but aims to release much earlier than Ashes of Creation, is: There is finally a sign of life from one of the most important and beautiful MMORPGs of 2025
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The best builds in Diablo 4 rely on the interplay of various factors that cause damage numbers to soar. In Season 8, one mechanic is dominant that is actually the hardest to utilize: Overwhelm.
What kind of mechanic is this?
Overwhelm adds additional damage based on your maximum health and your fortitude. Willpower further increases the damage. Almost every skill can overwhelm.
Each class has a base chance of 3% to overwhelm. However, Druids, Barbarians, and Necromancers can guarantee an overwhelm through skills and talents. Nevertheless, the mechanic is present in almost all strong builds.
How important is Overwhelm in Season 8: Although the mechanic only works reliably for a few classes, many of the best builds in Season 8 use Overwhelm as a core mechanic for damage.
In the S and A tier, there are many builds from Necromancers as well as Barbarians and Druids. Even classes that cannot naturally guarantee an overwhelm use the mechanic.
In this case, the mechanic works through the unique amulet “Talisman of the Exiled Prince”, which guarantees that your next core skill will overwhelm if you have spent enough of your primary resource. The same works with the right runewords.
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Diablo 4: Der Gameplay-Trailer zu Season 8 mit Belial
“Yay! More Snapshotting!”
The spread of the Overwhelm mechanic has also been noticed by a user on Reddit and it is not happening for the first time. In Season 7, Overwhelm builds were also widespread, with the Cataclysm Druid being strong again for the first time in months.
The problem with these builds is that many of them use “snapshotting”, meaning: You stack buffs as much as possible and then use a channeled skill. This skill benefits from the buffs at the time of activation as long as you can maintain it. If it runs out unexpectedly, you can hardly do anything anymore.
This playstyle is uncomfortable for many players, which is why they intentionally exclude all builds with Overwhelm – even at the risk of not being able to compete at the top.
Some of the strong builds in Season 8 forgo Overwhelm and snapshotting, instead relying on classic playstyles, such as the lightning spear sorceress. You can find the top builds for all classes in our ranking: The best builds in Diablo 4: Tier list for Season 8
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A gamer can only use one hand after a stroke, but he has found a way to still play Counter-Strike 2.
Who is the gamer?On Reddit, a user named “ExitAcrobatic9844” shared that he plays the tactical shooter Counter-Strike with just one hand. The user’s real name is Andrew, and he reports that he had a stroke at the age of 13 after an aneurysm in his brain ruptured. He survived, but the stroke resulted in him being unable to use his left hand.
Before he suffered the stroke, he enjoyed playing video games, Andrew reports in his blog OneHandReview. He thought his gaming days were over, but then he discovered a gaming mouse with 12 thumb buttons, which are often used by MMO players.
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Counter-Strike 2: Valve once again impresses with the launch trailer
Gamer needs no keyboard, does everything with the mouse
How does he play now? Andrew shares in his blog that at some point he discovered the Razer Naga V2 Pro. MeinMMO has tested the Razer V2 Pro for you: this is a gaming mouse designed for playing MMOs.
The mouse gives players the option to vary the number of available thumb buttons. You can choose between 2, 7, and 12 thumb buttons. Additionally, the mouse has more buttons on the top. In total, the mouse has up to 19 different freely programmable buttons.
Andrew had to find a way to play games using only one hand and looked for a way to perform as many actions as possible through the mouse. With the Razer Naga V2 Pro, he was able to experiment and test the different attachments.
Even with the version that had 7 buttons, he noticed a significant difference, but the attachment with 12 thumb buttons turned out to be the best solution. From then on, he could assign all possible actions to the mouse, thereby completely eliminating the need for a keyboard. This is normally used in Counter-Strike for actions such as running, jumping, or reloading.
What are thumb buttons? Thumb buttons are located on the side of a mouse, roughly where your thumb rests when you hold the mouse with your right hand. You can usually assign these freely. In shooters, these buttons are often used to control the use of a gadget, throwing a grenade, or performing a melee attack via the mouse – this is often simpler, more intuitive than pressing buttons like “V” or “G”.
How does his one-hand control work? Andrew has shared different settings for how he plays his favorite games using just the mouse. In Counter-Strike, he uses the following button layout:
Right Mouse Button: Move forward
Left Mouse Button: Shoot
Scroll Wheel Up: Jump
Scroll Wheel Down: Reload
Thumb Button 1: Move left
Thumb Button 2: Move right
Thumb Button 3: ADS (aiming down sights)
Thumb Button 4: Crouch
Thumb Button 5: /
Thumb Button 6: Use
Thumb Button 7: /
Thumb Button 8: Inspect (viewing the weapon / skin)
Thumb Button 9: Buy Menu
Thumb Button 10: /
Thumb Button 11: Scoreboard
Thumb Button 12: /
Top Button 1: Microphone
Top Button 2: Drop (dropping weapons and gadgets)
The interesting thing is: Andrew apparently does not have a button assigned for moving backwards, even though he still has buttons left over and even has a button for inspecting the skin. On Reddit, some commentators joke that he knows no retreat, only the offensive. He has the perfect fragging mentality. Overall, many players respect him for finding a way to play a competitive shooter like CS2 with just one hand.
Andrew is not the first player we’ve reported on who plays Counter-Strike with just one hand or one arm. The streamer “xirilikika” shares a similar fate and is partially paralyzed after a stroke. She too found a way to continue playing Valve’s tactical shooter, but she uses her entire arm: This streamer plays CS:GO with just one hand and makes spectacular kills
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Yoda is one of the most iconic characters from the movies of Star Wars. He and other representatives of his species play an important role in the story – yet surprisingly little is known about them. Why is that?
Why is Yoda so famous? The small, green-skinned Jedi Master is one of the hallmarks of Star Wars. Even those who haven’t seen the films recognize Yoda at least visually.
His role in the story is very important: In the prequel trilogy, he is part of the Jedi Council, gives wise advice, and also fights against powerful opponents like Count Dooku or Darth Sidious himself.
Later in the classic trilogy, he helps Luke Skywalker with his training as a Jedi before Yoda dies at the age of 900. Thus, he is a central figure, which, surprisingly, almost didn’t come to exist.
Strangely, the Jedi Master belongs to a species about which we know surprisingly little. Not even the official name is known. However, some information has leaked over the years.
Yoda’s first appearance was in Episode 5 – see the trailer here:
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We know very few representatives of the species
What do we know about the species? Because there is still no proper name for the species in the Star Wars canon, it is often simply referred to as “Yoda’s species”.
These creatures are small, have green skin, and are characterized by their ability to use the Force very well in most cases. They live very long, just like Yoda, who lived to be 900 years old.
Particularly striking are the hands, which consist of three fingers, and the feet, which have three toes. For this reason, the species has also received the nickname “Tridactyl” – meaning “three-fingered”.
In Episode 5, Yoda is seen curiously searching through Luke’s supplies for food. In fact, the species primarily feeds on meat, with smaller animals like frogs commonly on the menu, as well as eggs and sweet treats like cookies.
Unfortunately, it is not known where the species comes from, how it originated, and what special traditions are practiced. George Lucas deliberately withheld details about Yoda’s species. Over time, this has created a great mystery that makes the species even more enigmatic.
How many representatives of the species are there? George Lucas limited the number of known representatives to a minimum. To this day, only three members are known in the Star Wars canon:
Yoda himself
Yaddle, a Jedi Master who is part of the council and appears in Episode 1
Over the years, several more representatives have emerged outside the canon. Nevertheless, Yoda’s species remains very mysterious and a subject of speculation. Thus, one of the most famous characters from Star Wars is also one of the most enigmatic. Did you already know: Yoda is based on 2 real people – one of them is a famous scientist that everyone knows
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In EA FC 25, a user shared a clip on Reddit that shows a mistake that many players have likely made. Especially during Team of the Season (TOTS), this blunder can become very costly. Fortunately, there is a simple solution.
Where does the mistake occur? The mistake can happen during a player pick in FC 25. In a player pick, you can choose between at least 2 items.
First, you need to reveal the hidden cards. You can do this manually with each item individually or use the automatic reveal of all pick items. Ultimately, you must select your desired card with a press of a button and confirm your selection with another press.
Actually, it’s a safe process. A user on Reddit demonstrates how one can still make an annoying mistake during a player pick.
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What mistake did the player make? The player opened a pack that contains 3 professionals with a rating of at least 86, from which they can choose one player. In EA FC, this is called a “1-of-3-86+-Rare-Player-Pick.” Already after opening the first item, they had accidentally settled on the goalkeeper Sommer.
In third place awaited the much better and rarer card with Premier League TOTS player Rice. Although the player’s cursor positioning suggests that they intended to settle on Rice, they forgot to correct their initial selection.
Why did the player lose 800,000 coins? The TOTS upgrade for Rice costs around 815,000 coins on the transfer market due to his strong stats (all over 90) and 4 PlayStyle+. On the other hand, keeper Sommer from FC Lombardia (Inter Milan) is worth only about 5,000 coins (via Futbin, as of May 5, 2025).
The mistake therefore cost the player over 800,000 coins. Even though the player picks were untradeable items, the user must have been quite frustrated.
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Fan gives simple tip to avoid mistakes
On Reddit, many users have reacted to the post of the unlucky player. The reactions are filled with much mockery, derision, and disbelief. Among the numerous schadenfreude-filled comments, there is also a simple, yet effective tip from a player:
User Halomau1 writes: “Don’t choose anyone until you’ve revealed all options.” (via Reddit). The comment is one of the top comments with 172 upvotes.
User kazomester shows less understanding for the mistake in response to the tip: “I don’t understand why people do this.” (via Reddit)
Then user Even-Fan2304, who made the mistake, speaks up and assures that it was not intentional. (via Reddit)
User starts the fight for the “Crown of Foolishness”
Another top comment shows that the unlucky player is not alone in their mistake:
User KentKainer admits under the same post: “I traded a team with a 90 rating to get a 5x-77+-Rare-Player-Pack.” (via Reddit)
For clarification: Normally, a normal gold team worth a maximum of 5,000 coins is enough for a 5x-77+-Rare-Player-Pack. However, the player accidentally traded in a team worth about 130,000 coins.
Another user took this as an opportunity to create a funny meme in which the two victims compete for the “Crown of Foolishness”.
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Who made the bigger mistake? According to the meme, user KentKainer made the even dumber mistake. However, looking at the loss value, the 800,000 lost for TOTS Rice far exceeds the approximately 130,000 coins that 90-rated teams currently cost in FC 25.
With patch 11.1.5, there are new items in World of Warcraft that let you get close to Xal’atath. You don’t even have to be a priest for that.
If priests are envied in World of Warcraft, it is because they have a very special bond with the current antagonist, Xal’atath. But soon, everyone else who loves the “Knife-Waifu” can get a little closer and at least have her voice permanently in their ear – if they want to. A new reward from the Lorewalking event in patch 11.1.7 ensures that everyone can get a small piece of Xal’atath.
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What kind of reward is that? For completing the quest line about the origin of Xal’atath, you will receive the toy “Echo of Xal’atath, Blade of the Black Empire.” When you use this, you receive a buff that gives you a chance to hear Xal’atath whispering to you when you kill enemies.
The whispers are the same ones that priests can hear. For instance, after a kill, Xal’atath asks you if you enjoyed it, laughs amusedly, or notes that “every little death helps.” Now and then, she also finds your slain enemies “Delicious” or simply “Boring”.
With each defeated enemy, there is a 10% chance that you will hear one of her voice lines whispered to you.
Usually, these whispers can only be heard by priests and only if they are either equipped with the artifact weapon Xal’atath or using the corresponding transmog template. However, with the toy, everyone can enjoy the slightly seductive-manic voice that congratulates you on every new victory… or mildly mocks you in amusement.
What other rewards are there? Depending on which of the “Lore-Walking” campaigns you complete, there are two more rewards.
Memory Crystal of K’aresh: This toy transforms you into an Astral for 5 minutes, resembling the Wayfarer (“Locus-Walker”). This toy also has a cooldown of 2 hours.
Royal Visage: A toy that transforms you into a slightly transparent Arthas Menethil in the Lich King’s armor (without the helmet) for 5 minutes. The toy has a cooldown of 2 hours.
Aside from that, there’s a secret quest line about the elves of Silvermoon, which is not yet available on the test realm. This will likely be released later after the patch’s release and already hint at the story of patch 11.2. Even if you don’t like the toys, the new quests are worth it – because there is new story about the origin of Xal’atath.
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Prompt engineering was considered the trendiest job in 2023, promising job security and a six-figure salary. By 2025, the hype is over, and the job is no longer in demand.
In 2022, the American company OpenAI launched the Chatbot ChatGPT, generating a massive AI hype. The big developments also meant that one job suddenly became very important: “Prompt engineering.”
Prompt engineering was considered the trendiest job in the entire tech industry in 2023 and was partly advertised with annual salaries of $300,000.
However, by 2025, two years later, this role is basically fulfilled, thanks to the rapid development of AI and companies adapting to the use of the technology. This is reported by the English-language Wall Street Journal (may have paywall), quoting Jared Spataro, Chief Marketing Officer of “AI at Work” at Microsoft:
Two years ago, everyone said, ‘Oh, I think prompt engineering will be the trendy job.’ That has not proven to be the case at all.
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Prompt Engineering: 2023 the big hype, now basically done.
What exactly is prompt engineering? The concept behind the job was to have an expert who made precisely the right inputs to generate the best answers from large language models. In IT, a prompt is a request to the user to provide input. With a prompt, you typically give a task to be followed and can, like a user, earn 1,200 euros per day.
What is the problem? The problem is that AI has rapidly advanced in recent years: Today, AI models are much better at recognizing user intent and can ask follow-up questions if they are unsure. Today, a perfectly tailored prompt is no longer necessary to harness the full potential of AI.
Moreover, many companies are now training their employees on how to best work with AI. Therefore, in most cases, it is no longer necessary for a single person to possess this expertise.
Especially in the current situation, where many are under pressure due to growing economic uncertainty and tight budgets, many companies are hiring significantly fewer people anyway. Furthermore, some companies have found it cheaper and more effective to teach their employees prompting skills rather than hire dedicated employees with those skills.
In Dune: Awakening the battle between the Houses Atreides and Harkonnen is the focus of the story and various features. MeinMMO summarizes how the factions, guilds, and the Landsraad work.
This, in turn, ensures that House Atreides survives the trap of the Harkonnens and the attack on Arrakeen. For years, a war over Arrakis and the Spice rages on the desert planet, drawing all players into it.
Update from May 7, 2025: We have added information about the overland map.
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The story trailer for Dune Awakening:
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How important are the factions?
The Houses Atreides and Harkonnen play an important role in the story of the alternate timeline but not only that. Through a kind of quest line, you can join one of the two factions with your character and even pledge loyalty to one of the houses with your guild.
Keep in mind: If you belong to the Atreides and your guild joins the Harkonnen, there is no place for you in that community – the same goes for the other way around. If you want to be in a guild with friends, make sure to discuss faction choice in advance.
However: You have one chance per character in Dune: Awakening to betray your house and switch factions. You should think carefully about this, as you will make some enemies who will take your betrayal badly.
By the way, you can earn the building styles of both factions and mix them up as you like when building. However, it will be much easier for you to earn the design of your house.
If you don’t want to do PvP in Dune: Awakening, you can still have hundreds of hours of fun with the game.
What about PvP?
In certain areas of the game world and in the Deep Desert, PvP is activated. There is no obligation to visit these places or fight against other players there.
If you are still keen on resources from the endgame zone but don’t want to do PvP, each class has skills to escape from an unwanted fight if necessary. At this point, you should have been playing Dune: Awakening for about 100 hours and should know the relevant skills quite well.
Within a PvP zone, “friendly fire” is only disabled for group members. Players of your guild or faction who do not belong to your group take normal damage from your attacks.
Worlds, Servers, Sietches – how does it work in Dune: Awakening?
Each world of Dune: Awakening consists of at least 20 servers, also called Sietches. On each Sietch, a maximum of 40 players can be present simultaneously – each server will have its own waiting queue if more Dune fans want to log in there.
In large parts of the open world, you can only see the players who are playing on the same Sietch as yourself. Exceptions are the endgame zone of the Deep Desert and the social hubs (the capitals Arrakeen and Harko Village) of the game, where hundreds of players can be present at the same time.
The normal zones, the social hubs, and the Deep Desert are connected by overland maps. Travel between areas is only possible with Ornithopters: traveling on the overland map costs fuel, time, and water. While you fly around, you will also see other players flying around in your world.
Here you can see the basic structure of the worlds and servers of Dune: Awakening.
Important: You do not have to be on the same Sietch as your friends to play Dune: Awakening together. However, you must be on the same world as your friends.
If that is the case, you can form a group of up to four characters with your friends, teleport to the trading post closest to your buddies, and then experience almost all the content of the survival MMO together, including the story and story missions. Forming guilds of up to 32 players is possible across Sietches.
The only thing that doesn’t work: Getting your own property on another Sietch and building there. However, you can help your friend raise his base.
What does not exist: Private or single-player servers, similar to Conan Exiles.
You can build large bases together with friends. However, the property belongs only to one character, who comes from the respective Sietch.
What is the Landsraad?
The Landsraad is a powerful political alliance of the great noble families within the Empire. In Dune: Awakening, the Landsraad consists of 25 houses, whose representatives you can meet in the game.
Each world of Dune: Awakening will have its own Landsraad, and all players within the world, who belong to a guild and one of the two factions, can contribute through endgame activities to bring the Landsraad to the side of their own faction.
To do this, they must complete the tasks of the representatives of the families and, in this way, bring as many of the 25 houses as possible to the side of the Atreides or Harkonnen for the next weekly election.
The goals change week to week, and the community must figure out each time how to charm the houses in the current cycle. Sometimes you have to manufacture and deliver certain items, sometimes collect resources, capture control points, or explore the world and find crashed ships.
If you can convince all 5 houses in a row, line, or diagonal of you with your faction, the Landsraad election is immediately over.
The Landsraad Election – what does the victory bring?
The faction that can first win over certain houses or at the end of the week the most houses for itself can then decide which decree will be active in the following days. The larger the contribution of a guild, the greater the influence on the choice of the decree – there are always three to choose from, one of which is selected. Each guild leader votes for his guild.
Such a decree could be that the winning faction has access to one of several merchants selling special recipes as well as some of the best items in the game – including armors, weapons, tools, or vehicles.
Exciting: After the launch of Dune: Awakening, another faction will eventually be added to the game, which will primarily aim to sustainably balance the Landsraad – especially when the faction balance in a world gets out of hand. This faction will be associated with various new mechanics about which no details are currently available.
Or you reduce repair, production, or refinement costs for a week. PvP communities may want to activate full loot in the Deep Desert, meaning that players defeated in the endgame zone can be completely looted.
In addition, all players – regardless of whether they won or not – who participated in the activities will also receive personal rewards. You can earn Solari (the currency in the game), resources, or schematics. As a reward, you will also receive the colors of your house, which you can use when creating new armors.
Dune: Awakening will be released on June 10, 2025, with a Buy2Play model. There will be no preceding early access phase, but you will buy the finished full version. The survival MMO comes without a subscription and aims to offer new updates and content for free. For more important information, you will find here: Everything about the release, prices, features, and editions of Dune: Awakening
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On Pokémon GO, the next spotlight hour will start on May 6, 2025. We will show you all the details about the event featuring Coiffwaff.
What is the spotlight hour? The spotlight hour takes place every Tuesday evening. It is also included in the list of events in May. As usual, it starts at 6:00 PM.
From the start of the event, you can use the hour to encounter the highlighted Pokémon in large quantities. On top of that, there will be a bonus.
What is the Pokémon on May 6? The Pokémon of the day is Coiffwaff. It will appear almost everywhere during the spotlight hour on May 6 for 60 minutes.
What bonus is there? This spotlight hour offers double the number of candies for each catch you make during the event. This applies to Coiffwaff, as well as all other Pokémon you catch.
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How useful is Coiffwaff in Pokémon GO?
What’s special about Coiffwaff: Bad news first: Coiffwaff is not a viable attacker in either the PvP battle league or in raids. So, you can safely ignore it if you are only looking for a strong attacker.
But: Coiffwaff is a Pokémon for collectors. Because the dog comes in various forms. To unlock them, you need to change Coiffwaff’s form multiple times. However, not all forms of Coiffwaff are available everywhere and at all times. Read all about the Coiffwaff forms here.
Coiffwaff is in the spotlight
For the form change, you always need 25 candies, plus 10,000 stardust. So, it is worth collecting as many candies as possible in advance. The spotlight hour is perfect for that.
Is there a Shiny Coiffwaff? Yes, the shiny variant of the Pokémon is also in the game. You can theoretically catch it during the spotlight hour, but the chances are not increased.
How else can I make use of the hour? Aside from Coiffwaff, you can also apply the candy bonus to any other Pokémon you catch during that hour. For example, you could catch a raid Pokémon or a Dynamax Pokémon and also receive double candies for that. If you use a Nanab berry, the number will be doubled again. That can be worth it.
What’s next? The month of May has begun in Pokémon GO. It not only brings new spotlight hours, but also other events and content. One such content is the new bonus pass that you can work on throughout May. There, you can level up through tasks to earn additional rewards. Read all about the reward pass in Pokémon GO here.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you huge freedom of choice about what you do in the game and what you don’t – and most of it still somehow leads to an end. A player decided to do something really stupid and discovered a scene that hardly anyone should know about.
Spoiler Warning: This involves some core moments from Act 1, a hidden interaction, and some connections to later gameplay.
This devil saves you:
Raphael is an important character in Baldur’s Gate 3, whom you encounter early in the game and who appears multiple times throughout the story.
Somehow, the devil seems to know that you are important all along, as he ensures multiple times that you reach the city.
This is how you get rescued: During Act 1, you will eventually arrive at the Goblin camp. If you don’t just slaughter everything that moves, you can talk to some of the inhabitants – including Priestess Gut.
The Goblin shaman talks to you about the Absolute and puts you through a ritual to join the supposed goddess. If you agree, you receive a potion that knocks you unconscious.
Gut throws you into a dungeon and plans to execute you there. You then have to start a rescue mission with the rest of the party or free yourself. However, if you do not do this or fail, Korrilla, Raphael’s assistant, appears.
Korrilla, whom you later meet again, quickly incinerates your jailers and then frees you with a hint that your master still needs you. A user on Reddit discovered this and it has caused quite a stir.
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Larian ensures that even the dumbest decisions turn out well
The user is not the first to discover this secret. Many others comment that they sometimes deliberately make as stupid decisions as possible just to see what happens. One of them even created the barbarian “Bad Decisions Steve” with a glorious mustache for this purpose.
Scenes like the one with Korrilla are called “Failsaves” that Larian has built into the game to ensure that you can still finish Baldur’s Gate 3 even if you really mess up. There are countless such scenes that you only see if you are truly stupid or brutal.
In some comments, users express their excitement about such content that they would never see themselves because they are far too afraid of failure. They wonder how much of the game they are probably missing because of this.
Larian has created an unbelievably vast world with Baldur’s Gate 3, and absolutely no one has probably seen everything even after thousands of hours. And although there are dozens of “Failsaves”, even the all-powerful developers cannot protect you from every stupidity: 5 decisions in Baldur’s Gate 3 that can kill you instantly
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No Rest for the Wicked was released in Early Access on Steam in 2024 and was for many players a successful mix of ARPG and Souls-like. Now a huge update has been released, but instead of great joy, there is a lot of frustration.
What was this update about? Almost 1 year after the Early Access release, a major update titled The Breach was released for No Rest for the Wicked. Besides major adjustments to performance, there were also gameplay innovations (via Steam):
New cutscenes
New areas
New quests
New game modes
New weapons and armors
New enemies
Additionally, a new endgame mechanic called the Plague system was introduced, and weapons, armors, and status effects were revamped. Overall, a lot has changed in the game. However, instead of great joy from players, there has been a lot of criticism. Some fans counter this.
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Players criticize that everything takes longer
What is being criticized? Since the The Breach update, negative reviews have been piling up on Steam. Looking at the recent reviews, the game now stands at 53% positive reviews, which is considered Mixed. The mainly criticized points are the currently tedious grind and that the game has become harder.
Hartkoa (via Steam) writes: The line between fun and stress is very thin… before the patch “The Breach” the difficulty was just right… now it’s more like stress, enemies are way too strong, the player deals too little damage, combos are buggy and no longer fluid, the modifiers that can roll on equipment are almost all useless
SquareHead (via Steam) praises some changes with the patch but criticizes combat changes. He feels that the new food mechanic and the waiting times for upgrades together create a nightmare if not managed properly.
However, there are users who argue against this and believe that it needs to be given time. After all, the developers have hardly had time to respond to feedback. This includes bijantz1994 (via Steam). He praises the new content and better performance. While he also agrees that the difficulty has increased, he believes waiting is necessary.
Have the developers responded yet? The developers reacted quickly. Just on May 2, 2 days after the patch release, Hotfix 1 was released. They addressed performance issues and UI improvements, as well as gameplay aspects such as balancing experience points, bosses, and weapon drop rates.
On May 4, Hotfix 2 was released, which improved further points in balancing and loot.
Since the game is still in Early Access, it can be assumed that the developers will continue to try to respond to player feedback. Those who would rather dedicate themselves to other games in the meantime might find something in this list: Games like Diablo 2024 – The best alternatives to Diablo 4
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Anyone who hasn’t checked in on Star Citizen in years but has an account should maybe give the SciFi MMO another chance. Because even though there is still no final release date, the game from Cloud Imperium offers a unique experience with patch 4.1… at least if everything works.
How has Star Citizen improved over the years? That is precisely what a current post by the player Warmtofu on Reddit reveals. He explains that he had already tried Star Citizen during Alpha 3.8 (released in December 2019). Due to bugs, terrible performance, and crashes, he hadn’t even finished the tutorial mission back then: “I had a terrible time.”
He therefore used the refund option to get his money back. A week ago, he jumped in again because a good buddy raved about Alpha patch 4.1 and claimed it was “the best game ever.”
Warmtofu logged into his new starter version and was surprised: After 5 hours, no crashes, no technical problems, no annoying rubberbanding (where the character jumps from one position to another without traversing the space in between).
The player flew through space with his friends, completed missions, and got himself a hoverbike. He has had so much fun with Star Citizen since his restart that his new conclusion is downright euphoric: “There is NOTHING comparable to this game. I am in love. […] It feels like the Wing Commander MMO I’ve always wanted.”
Since Alpha patch 3.24, you can have your own hangar in Star Citizen:
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“This is the game I have waited my entire life for”
How does the community react to this report? Many of the comments emphasize that you can already have a lot of fun with Star Citizen… at least under one condition (the game is still in alpha).
DJNaviss explains on Reddit what that condition is: “When it works, it’s a magical experience! There’s nothing like it.”
Anxious-Strawberry70 adds on Reddit: “‘If it works’ is said repeatedly. And this year, that ‘if’ happens more often; sometimes it doesn’t work, but that is gradually becoming less frequent as stability increases. With the increased server caps, the new content, and all the things they’re doing this year, it’s fantastic.”
SmoothOperator89 cheers on Reddit about the report: “It’s encouraging to see that people who had used the refund out of frustration are coming back and changing their minds. There’s no second chance for a first impression, and who knows how many bridges CIG has burned over the years, but I’m glad there are some people giving it another try.”
KyewReaver writes on Reddit: “I played Wing Commander, Privateer, and Freelancer, and even then I still wanted something more. Star Citizen is what I wished for. This is the game I have waited my entire life for.”
What can you expect in Star Citizen? Thanks to the numerous updates of the past years, you can now expect a persistent universe in Star Citizen that consists of huge planets, moons, space stations, and more.
As part of this universe, you can engage in various activities such as transporting cargo, salvaging shipwrecks, mining ores, racing, hunting criminals, rescuing stranded pilots, trying your luck as a thug, or exploring with your spaceship.
