Niantic has a certified hit on its hands with Pokémon GO . Naysayers will cite the game’s stability problems at launch, or say cheeky things like “people still play this Adventure Game Missions?,” but no one can deny the phenomenon of that magical summer in 2016 when everyone under the age of 40 was stampeding like crazed herds of Tauros in pursuit of digital critters. Even today, the game makes more money than every other Pokémon mobile game combined. So, it makes sense that Warner Bros. handed Niantic the reins to the Wizarding World’s first AR mobile venture, Harry Potter: Wizards Uni
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was announced a few months ago, and even with little to go on, many fans suspected that it would be a similar experience to Pokémon GO . Those suspicions were only given more fuel when the development team outlined the game’s features earlier this week. Not only is the basic premise the same, but there are also some mechanics that seem directly pulled from Pokémon GO, particularly gyms and PokéSt
The killers each have unique abilities and the survivors have perks and tools that can be utilized and may be extremely handy for gaining some Bloodpoints. For example, survivors can carry a torch that can be used to blind the killer (and force him to drop a survivor he’s holding!). They can also carry tool kits that can be used to break hooks, speed up generator repairs, and first aid kits that can be used to repair themselves. The possibilities are numer
Only one piece of the gameplay took a while to get used to, and that was the skill checks associated with actions like repairing a generator or healing. One hears a familiar sound that the skill check is about to begin, and then a circle appears on screen with a smiling needle that players must stop with the “L” button within a small range. I missed far too many of these skill checks for the first couple of ho
A review code for Dead by Daylight was provided to TheGamer for this review. Dead by Daylight is available for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with a mobile port planned for release in November of this y
We highly recommend you try Resident Evil 7 for yourself. Attempting to escape an eerie haunted house while locating your friends proves to be a gruelling and frightening experience. For the most intense experience, try Resident Evil 7: Biohazard in
PT sees players moving through an endlessly looping hallway as they attempt to solve its complex, vague puzzles and avoid the disturbing, ghost-like woman that occasionally attacks them. It’s unfortunate that the full game will never be released, but PT is still a landmark horror release that has gone on to inspire countless copyc
Resident Evil 2 is everything Resident Evil fans hoped for and more. Upcoming remakes like Final Fantasy VII should learn a few things from this game. Since Resident Evil 2 was rebuilt from the ground up, there was much potential for error, but instead, Capcom delivered possibly the best horror game of 2
We know now that PT is a “playable teaser” for Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills , a game that will never actually materialize since it was canceled by Konami . But back when it released, it was a truly mysterious and bizarre experie
Once you’ve fixed all the generators, you can escape via one of two doors, each of which takes a bit of time to open — during which, of course, the killer will be making one final mad dash to kill you. At some point if you play Dead by Daylight, you’re going to be faced with an open escape door and a fellow survivor in need of help behind you, and which you choose is going to reveal a lot to me about your character.
The first Outlast successfully translated the found footage horror genre to video game form, and Outlast 2 delivers a similar, yet arguably even scarier, experience. Outlast 2 changes the setting from a mental asylum to rural Arizona, where players are chased down by insane cult members. Its dark religious themes help to make Outlast 2 especially unnerving, and while the first half is a bit slow, the second half is a dizzying rollercoaster of shocking scenes and moments that will be drilled into the minds of anyone brave enough to play through
Overall, the pattern of Wizards Unite ‘s gameplay looks to be borrowing heavily Pokémon GO ‘s. Players walk around to find collectibles, monitor their resources, and are eventually forced to visit real-world locations to replenish those resources. Then again, most mobile games have some sort of resource system. Even if Wizards Unite handles resources similar to GO, the latter still has very Pokémon -specific features like gyms and legendary battles. Surely Niantic wouldn’t give us some Polyjuice Potion version of that, right? Wel
The largest complaint is reserved for the cursor used in the menus outside of gameplay. It feels a tad too sensitive at first and can be annoying to use. Its inclusion is a bit strange since the user interface lends itself to simply having an option highlighted and then using either the analog or directional buttons to cycle to another opt