Day: 16 October 2017

South Park Trades In Fantasy Role-Playing For Superheroes In ‘The Fractured But Whole’

by Chris Wheatley, posted in Previews

 

South Park: The Fractured But Whole’s release is right around the corner but many gamers still sit in the dark when it comes to the storyline. The prequel to Ubisoft’s upcoming release – The Stick of Truth – took players through a fantasy world full of aliens, zombies, and of course, the powerful Stick of Truth. Now players will have a chance to play the superhero role as the New Kid in the next instalment of the South Park RPG series.

With outlandish costumes, skills and abilities, as well as the ever-so-popular over-the-top narrative, the creative team behind South Park are back at it again with their new release quickly approaching. Entering Cartman’s new world of superheroes and villains, you’ll take control of a lowly new kid in a new world of fantasy mayhem, fighting enemy sixth graders and of course, tons of fart stomps.

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The cast of South Park will fend off evil in a brand new re-imagined superhero world.

Compared to The Stick of Truth – which harnessed the essence of traditional RPG mechanics combined with the hilariously disturbing and all around provocative dialogue – The Fractured But Whole takes this formula and expands on it immensely. With more of South Park to explore, diving into the lives of residents in the fictional Colorado town looks to become more enduring and exciting than its predecessor.

Highlighting the superhero world, the characters don heroic costumes, equipped with gut-wrenching moves and gross abilities. Players also have the option of choosing a starting superhero class, like the Blaster, Speedster, or the heavy hitting Brutalist, which changes the style of your player’s combat approach. Plenty of other stats, buffs and the powerful Ultimate move is sure to provide players with tons of combinations for intense, and excruciatingly side-splitting combat abilities.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole is coming in the wake of the astoundingly successful prequel, The Stick of Truth. The RPG approach to the acclaimed franchise as well as changing the theme of the story from fantasy role-playing to superhero fantasy battles means Ubisoft looks set to devour fans with tons of new content.

The release of The Fractured But Whole is now right around the corner, releasing October 17th on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

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Star Wars Battlefront II – Attack of the loot crates?

by PJ Moon, posted in Videos

Star Wars Battlefront II, despite not yet being released, has already been subject to heavy criticism from gamers.

After partaking in Battlefront II’s public beta, many players have voiced concern about in-game loot crate microtransactions. Each loot crate contains cosmetics and winning poses for the characters, but each loot crate may also contain game-changing Star Cards. Ability upgrades, temporary invincibility, shorter weapon reload times, and other stat boosts are all obtained through Star Cards. These Star Card upgrades are only available through, you guessed it, loot crates.

Players may purchase the loot crates with in-game currency or with real money, but the amount of currency earned in the multiplayer matches is said to be a disproportionately small fraction of the loot crate cost.

This leaves players using in-game currency to access loot crates at a major disadvantage to players willing and able to pay real money for loot crates. Players relying on in-game credits will likely be severely under-levelled compared to those paying money for quicker access to loot crates and whatever Star Cards the loot crates might contain.

As a result, Battlefront II’s multiplayer will be unbalanced. Many players have spoken out in opposition to Battlefront II’s “pay-to-win” loot crate system and their complaints have not gone unnoticed.

Publisher EA and developer DICE have responded to criticism and have ensured players the loot crate system included in the beta is not the completed loot crate system and will be adjusted further for better balance. Part of the promised balancing includes making the game’s most powerful items available only through in-game achievements.

EA and DICE have also assured players:

“You have to earn the right to be able to upgrade Star Cards and unlock most Weapons. You can only upgrade or unlock them if you have reached a high enough rank, which is determined by playing the game”.

Although EA and DICE have promised a balanced gameplay experience, some players are hesitant. Only on November 17th, when Star Wars Battlefront II is released, will gamers know whether or not EA and DICE follow through with their promises.

Post-apocalyptic RPG, ELEX, gets a launch trailer – “The world’s a playground”

by Casey Mcstefan, posted in Videos

Developer Piranha Bytes has released one last trailer for their RPG ELEX before its release into the gaming wild tomorrow.

In ELEX, players choose to join three different factions – from there they can shape the fate of the planet of Magalan with their decisions.

The action role-playing game is set in a post-apocalyptic world, or as the developers state: “where magic meets mechs”.

From swords and axes to bows, crossbows and harpoons, ELEX offers a large selection of weaponry. Once you’ve picked a weapon, you need to find a companion, choose a faction and change the world. Are you up for this epic task?

ELEX is out for PC, PS4 and Xbox One digitally and at retail in mere hours.

Season Pass for South Park: The Fractured But Whole is full of goodies

by Chris Wheatley, posted in Videos

The sequel to the South Park RPG, – The Fractured But Whole – is now right around the corner. The new title promises to deliver a ton of content on the base game itself, but the team over at Ubisoft are relentlessly teasing with the unveiling of future DLC releases – all of which will be available separately, or in the South Park Season Pass.

New costume packs, challenges, in-game helpful buddies and brand new stories to follow are all on the horizon after the game’s official release. Here are the takeaways of what the Season Pass will include:

Takeaways:

  • Relics of Zaron – This costume pack is included as a free Day One update for all Season Pass owners once the game releases on October 17th. The beloved character Towelie will also be released as a helpful in-game buddy on October 24th.
  • The Danger Deck DLC – Enter Doctor Timothy’s Danger Deck for the ultimate challenge in combat. Unlock new and exclusive costumes and artefacts only found in the Danger Deck DLC, releasing December 2017.
  • From Dusk til Casa Bonita DLC – Introducing an all-new story, team up with the Coon and Mysterion and infiltrate Casa Bonita. Fend off against the demonic presence and unravel the mysteries of the new storyline releasing in 2018.
  • Bring the Crunch DLC – Yet another storyline DLC, not much info has been released at this point, but we do know a new class of superhero will be introduced. This DLC will be releasing in 2018 as well.

Along with the standard edition and the separate Season Pass available for purchase, players may also receive all of the downloadable content within the Gold Edition, which is available for pre-purchase now.

Look for South Park: The Fractured But Whole releasing for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC on October 17th. Be sure to take advantage of the Season Pass and the additional content coming through future DLC releases.