The Destiny Hotfix is live! It fixes a couple of small things that were quite annoying if repeated.
So far Elimination has been fixed so that the round timer doesn’t stop indefinitely after a Guardian was killed immediately after being revived in high-latency matches. Plus Flawless Trials runs were not being counted in the Record Book.
With only a month and a half on the Switches belt, it seems that most people enjoy it. Well, be it with some technical difficulties, the National Purchase Diary (NPD) results of March are in. The Nintendo switch sold 906,000 units in March in the United States alone. Making it the fastest-selling console in Nintendo’s history.
Originally reported on the Ubisoft blog, the video game giant wants to broaden their horizon and expand their talent. How? Well, they’ve opened two new studios in Bordeaux, France and Berlin, Germany.
Simple puzzle games are getting more and more common nowadays. Classic games like “Unblock Me” and “Flow” keep me hunting for new and exciting puzzle games because by now those games set the standard for your average mobile puzzle game.
Level: A Simple Puzzle Game (only on the App Store) is no exception to that list. It’s simplistic mechanics and its ease-of-use makes it the perfect game to pick up and play for a when there’s a long line at that taco truck and you really want that taco, well at least so I thought.
Level is a game where the player has to “level” multiple platforms together. It starts off with two platforms and two white whole circles. To level, the platforms move one circle to the other platform and leave the other circle where it was at. Therefore one circle is equal to one circle. Easy right, sure, at first but then it starts adding new shapes to each puzzle as you go through the ever increasing levels. It gets pretty difficult, it makes the player stop and think before carelessly moving a shape. So far the total amount of levels in the game are 80 and more is to be added in the future, Starch the makers of this game says.
There are shapes and there are platforms. Each piece has a purpose and nothing is ever left out in each puzzle. The pieces consist of a circle, triangle, and a square then they have their counterparts. The hollow versions of those white shapes. The whole shapes way down the platform and the hollow shapes raise up the platform. Black shapes are also hollow or whole, too, but can’t be moved. This provides a huge assortment of patterns and ways that each level can be solved which is one of the reasons it makes this game pretty difficult.
The platforms are another key part of this “simple” game. There is a total of six different platforms represented by a symbol or a line connecting the platforms. A lock on a platform means it can’t be moved. Chains between two platforms mean one side needs to be weighed down to break the chains apart to turn them into their natural state. A platform might be broken in half and there are two magnets facing each other, once the two platforms are leveled they make a single platform. Some Connect using gears. When one goes up the other goes down. There is also a solid line connecting two platforms. They move together when a shape is moving it up or down. Finally, there is a key facing one direction, pointing to a lock. Level them and,Presto, they’re normal again.
The player has only a certain amount of moves before they lose a life, which there’s only five of. Once the lies run out there is a micro transaction to buy more lives or more moves. This is where the game kinda started getting irritating for me. I love how easy it is to pick up and play but if I’m struggling on level 35 and it takes all my lives because I couldn’t solve it, there is no way to continue playing unless I wait 20 minutes for a life to come back or pay for a complete set of five lives. There’s no way to watch an ad to get a free life back which is kind of a downer. It’s great that they have no ads (it keeps the game looking clean) but what if I’m waiting for a train and it’s taking a long time. I run out of lives but I want to keep playing but I have to pay. I’d rather play a different game then wait for my life to come back, there aren’t even any hints to help if you’re stuck and your just wasting lives. It’s a big problem for the player base and it’s really working against Starch.
The game gives you some help by providing a very helpful tutorial and a cheat sheet (which tells you how much each shape is worth) also when you pick up a shape and drop it back where you originally had it doesn’t count against your moves when you drop it back down.
Level: A Simple Puzzle Game is a really quick game meant to be played in short bursts. It’s challenging, brutal, and addictive but with no way to easily get lives or moves back and with no music to support its crafting gameplay I don’t see me coming back to this game that often. It’s good to challenge the player but waiting 20 minutes to continue that challenge is not something that I feel is complementing with this games fast mechanics.
68/100
This is a piece I wrote for my 12th-grade English class, I had to choose a theme from the book of my choice, which is 1984, and write a theme statement about it, warning you while your ahead. This contains spoilers from the book 1984 and the video game Bioshock. you have been warned.
A major theme in 1984 is giving into the system of things. George Orwell does such a fantastic job creating this believable world that I could see happening. Winston, the protagonist, believes something is wrong with the system and isn’t for the hating and total control of things. He believes that people should be free and not so ruthlessly and tortured into believing in their system, “Big Brother”. Winston gets caught in lies and betrayals throughout his adventure, it isn’t happy and unfortunately, it never will be.
I believe everyone is looking for that person to fall on when things go sour. That person that will hold them up and protect them, a hero. But there are no heroes only people doing what they believe is right.
When I image a hero I think of Marvels Spiderman or DCs Batman. You might say they’re “super” heroes but they’re just people like you and I. We chose who we are based on the things we do. We mold and construct our paths and even if we don’t know what’s ahead we still see it coming a mile away, just don’t know it yet.
I remember the first time I watched the entire Star Wars movies. It was at the YMCA and I was a part of this awesome comic book club. There’s was about 10 or so in the group and I suck at drawing and don’t get me started on my handwriting. But I loved to draw and color, I always hated crayons, color pencils are the way to go. Okay, I love art got it, I digress.
What an amazing lineup this month. Let’s Journey across the sands and see what’s left of the Lords of the Fallen. Let’s get to it.
Number one, Journey, the critically-acclaimed title made by thatgamestudios. Explore this ancient and mysterious world, as you soar above ruins and glide across the sands to discover the secrets of this land. Journey is nothing but a masterpiece, especially with its grammy-nominated score.
Lords of the Fallen, created by City Interactive is a Dark Souls type game creating and building your character is just one of the hardest parts. Everything you do can either raise you up or bring you down. Fight off the demonic Rhoda legion’s from the dark realm. Explore hidden caves, broken walls, and tunnels to find hidden secrets and create the biggest, wisest, and all-powerful hero in this action-packed RPG.
Prince of Persia: the Forgotten Sands is the next chapter in The Sands of Time universe. Created by none other than Ubisoft entertainment (creators of Assassin’s Creed) brings you a fast-paced platformer filled with Quests and collectibles as you embark on an adventure to find out what true leadership means and the cost of great power.
Datura created by plastic group brings you a film like narrative. Controlled by the PlayStation move or the Dualshock 3 to give you an immersive experience never-before-seen in gaming.
Badlands, created by Frogmind is a Flappy Bird/LocoRoco type of game. Fly and survive through this dangerous and stylistic game with over 100 levels to go through.
Finally, Amnesia: Memories is a visual novel on the PS Vita created by Idea Factory International. This game is about a heroin (you guessed it) that has amnesia. You must figure out his past by creating relationships and by choosing who are your real friends or it just might cost your life.
Well, that’s it for September’s PlayStation plus games. Love to see your comments of the games lineup down below, see you next month.
With the “announced” Wii NX the 3DS sales just might be going down since reports say that the NX might be portable, hmm. Nintendo of America is keeping it alive (or is it the other way around) by bringing more games and refreshing the style of their handhelds.
Handhelds always have been a thing with Nintendo. Every handheld has to have a special edition and they pull it off so well, too. I always wanted a Gameboy SP Minish Cap Edition, it looks so cool!! I digress.
President of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime announced over Twitter that the Galaxy style new #3DS XL model will be available in stores this week across North America for $200. The post said this:
Out of this world! A new Galaxy style new Nintendo 3DS XL is coming to stores starting this week for $199.99!
Will it boost sales? Do you like the new Galaxy style 3DS? Tell us in the comments down below.
Now that’s playing with power.
Dylan Lepore 