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THERE IS SO MUCH VALUE IN MHW’S REPLAYABILITY

So hey, I made a fun little video on Monster Hunter World because GOD DAMNIT MHW has one of the best games to replay.

MHW has an impressive 14 different weapon classes to choose from and you have ALL of them available to you from the very first time you select a weapon.

Your weapon is crucial in Monster Hunter. You build it, create a relationship with it, it becomes part of your identity as a hunter.

And then you just might get bored of it and drop it all together.

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THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS

I stopped playing MHW for a while and I rocked the Hammer for 40 - 50 hours of gameplay. But I eventually got the itch for bashing some dino dome and jumped back into it but I decided to pick up a new weapon; the Long Sword.

The beautiful part about it is that there was no punishment, no incredible set-back, no huge dropoff and I DIDN’T HAVE TO RE-START THE ENTIRE GAME!

But you do have to grind the weaker monsters to build that weapon up to where you’re leveled so you go back and fight a Jagraas or a Tobi Kadachi just to watch yourself die.

Humiliatingly.

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The beauty, true beauty, of using a new weapon is that you have to re-learn the monster’s mechanics and gimmicks. What was once your strength now may be your weakness.

You’re not as invincible switching form the Lance. You have to get closer switching from the Bow. Everything is different.

This creates a new experience, almost a new game.

It is going to be hard to beat Jack in sheer character. He had an undoubtedly likeable level of charisma that even though you knew he was out of his mind ya still wanted to kind of route for the crazy bastard.

Judging the Calypsos by their cover...doesn’t look like they’re gunna out-do Jack. We don’t need to out Jack the Jack. I really want to see if Gearbox can pull off a villain that both has that zany borderlands humour and manages to give me the shivers.

I DON”T HATE THE SONIC MOVIE

There has been a lot of talk about the new Sonic move and I mean A LOT, both good and bad.

In my humble, little does it matter, opinion; I think this is going to do more good than it will harm for the Sonic franchise.

Sonic has always had a consistency problem and this movie is no stranger to that especially in the design but for once, FOR ONCE, we might get Sonic’s personality and potential down to a T.

Sonic stories are almost always a long shot and I don’t think that this movie will be the exception. Not even close. What I do think, however, is that this movie will provide exceptional base material for how we will see Sonic and his personality become portrayed over the following years.

We see a lot of video game movies flop, some worse than others *cough* *cough* Mario Bros. *cough* *cough* but I think this one will rise above a majority of the others and breathe some well needed life into the franchise and the character himself.

Zombies and Burly Biker Dudes? SIGN ME UP!

I am so excited to finally start Days Gone, I have some really high hopes for this game. We have seen open world zombie games not fail...but also not blow anybody away.

I really like the realistic gritty atmosphere the game seems to have and as far as I know there is A LOT of realism. Almost everything but y’know, the living dead all walkin’ around looking to fuck your day up.

THIS GAME CONTINUES TO IMPRESS THE HELL OUT OF ME

I have been playing Hollow Knight for the past week or so, I know I’m late to the game, I just want to be prepared for when Silksong drops!

One thing that wins me over super easily is style. I love indie games because they so often excel in this area and Hollow Knight has style in ACES. The hand drawn style and having the ability to combine cute with deadly creates a type of humor only achieved by games from Behemoth Studios. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were an influence for those that made Hollow Knight.

Not only that but I have mad respect for games that just throw your ass right into the trenches and expect you to learn on your own, they present you with a simple enemy and simple platforming elements but the rest is up to you after that.

NO HAND HOLDING

Hard vs. easy mode is a hot topic nowadays but I think Hollow Knight is that perfect middle ground where a new enemy is difficult, you understand it, maybe die a time or two then you try again and you nail it. But the BEST part is by far the punishment for dying.

You don’t lose progress, you don’t restart the mission, you lose all your currency and your ability to heal. THAT IS SO FUCKING COOL. I loved how Dark Souls did this where you have to go re-collect your souls but having to fight your own dead soul to get your earnings back is HELLA COOL.

I still have A TON more to go through but it has created an amazing first impression on me. If you want to see more of me rambling while playing it I have some lets play videos kickin it over on Superodd; my youtube channel.

HOW WILL MOZE’S ABILITIES WORK IN BORDERLANDS 3?

So we have seen both Amara’s and Zane’s skill trees at work and they are a clusterfuck of dynamic awesomeness.

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Amara has three different abilities all revolving around astral projection and the use of her badass Plasma Vishnu arms. A projectile, a bandit pancake making ground pound and a Maya copycat stasis bubble.

They all have the same origin and use the arms, which is really cool to have that variety.

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Zane has three different abilities that all revolve around tech but once again they are three completely different abilities. A Zero clone that shoots and you can teleport to, SNTNL your not do friendly shoot-ya-in-tha-face bot buddy, and a holo-shield that can change elements and other fun schtuff.

All of his abilities revolve around the use of Tech and for the most part disruption. Makes sense for a Hyperion Hitman.

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So that leaves me wondering…

I finally made it to the big city that I had no idea even existed! Plus we get to meet up with our old BFF!

This game is starting to prove more and more difficult with each interaction but the way they scale up your kit and not necessarily your power is really interesting. It doesn’t give you a leg up in damage a lot of the time but more so a leg up in mobility and the ability to learn new uses of the upgrade to your kit.